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Michigan Tech Ranked Third In State

Among Michigan's more than twenty major universities, which includes only the top level of doctoral granting institutions, Michigan Tech is ranked in third place. U.S. News and World Report magazine released its annual rankings on August 20.

US News places Michigan Tech in its National Universities category. According to the magazine, this category includes "the 248 American universities that offer a wide range of undergraduate majors, as well as master's and doctoral degrees." Michigan Tech continues to rank in the top half of this prestigious group.

In addition, three of the university's undergraduate engineering programs ranked among the top 25 in the country. Environmental engineering ranked 16th, materials science and engineering was 18th, and mechanical engineering was 25th.

Institutions are scored on a variety of factors, including reputation, graduation rate, retention, student ACT and SAT test scores, class size, alumni giving and more.