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Princeton Review
- UC among 'Nation's Best' — UC has been named as one of the nation's best institutions for undergraduate education for the sixth straight year, according to the Princeton's Review's 2013 edition of "The Best 377 Colleges." (2008-13)
- Named a "Green University" — For the third straight year, UC is listed in the top tier of the nation's "green" universities. (2013)
- Lindner College of Business among best 294 — UC's College of Business is ranked one of the best, based largely upon the opinions of students.(2012, also among the top in '11, '10, '09)
- College of Law, among best 172 — UC's College of Law is ranked among the top schools in the country. (2011, '09, '05)
- Best Professor in Nation — LisaMarie Luccioni, adjunct professor of communications, was named one of the best 300 undergraduate teachers in the country. She teaches business etiquette and professional image courses in the Lindner Honors-PLUS program and communications in the McMicken College of Arts & Sciences. She is one of fewer than 100 Certified Image Professionals in the U.S. (2012)
- 19th most diverse — UC is ranked 19th in the nation for having a diverse student population. (2009)
- Entrepreneur Program in top 25 — UC's undergraduate entrepreneurship program in the Lindner College of Business is ranked 21st among Princeton's "Top 50 Entrepreneurial Colleges." (2008)
Academic Ranking of World Universities
- Top 300 in the world — UC places in the top 300 worldwide universities, out of more than 2,500 universities ranked by the influential Academic Ranking of World Universities. The study was published by Shanghai Jiaotong University. (2012)
- Top 100 of American universities (2012)
Chronicle of Higher Education
- At top of Fulbright Scholar list — Among research institutions, the University of Cincinnati ranked near the top of the list when the Chronicle published "Top Producers of U.S. Fulbright Scholars." UC had seven faculty earning Fulbrights, surpassing Harvard, Columbia, Cornell and Ohio State universities. Only four universities ranked ahead of UC (Pennsylvania State, University of Kansas, Arizona State and New York University). Fulbright awards allow faculty to teach and conduct research internationally. (2011)
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
- Research classification — UC is classified as a "Very High Research Activity" university, placing us among 35 research-intensive universities to receive the classification. (2011)
- Community Engagement — UC is received a Community Engagement classification, acknowledging UC's emphasis on service in improving teaching and learning, as well as its commitment to benefiting the local and global community. (2011)
DesignIntelligence (survey of employers)
- Industrial design No. 1 — UC's College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning was named as having the country's best undergraduate industrial design program for the second straight year — tied with Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Calif. (2013)
- Interior design No. 2 — For the past decade, DAAP’s undergraduate interior design program has ranked in the top three in the nation. This year it rose to second in the country from last year's No. 3 slot. (2013)
- No. 10 for graduate architecture — DAAP’s graduate-level architecture program ranked No. 10 for the second straight year. The report said it was strong in in “cutting-edge design.” (2013)
DesignIntelligence (subsurvey of deans and department heads)
- Interior design No. 1 — Interior design deans and department heads ranked UC’s undergraduate program No. 1 as the “most admired undergraduate interior design program.” (2013)
Business Insider's Global Design Rankings
- DAAP college No. 3 in world — Art directors, product designers and other design professionals rated UC's College of Design, Architecture, and Planning No. 3 in the world as a school that "is best suited to get you the design job you want." The college was the No. 1-ranked public university in that category. (2013)
International Student Barometer
- Among the top 15 worldwide — The 2011 International Student Barometer, the largest survey of international college students in the world, rates UC among the top 15 in the world. In these categories, UC not only placed in the top 15 worldwide, but also in the No. 1 spot in the U.S. — opportunities to teach, earning money and financial support. UC also placed high in the following other categories:
- Top 15 in these global categories — expert lecturers, good teachers, grading criteria, sports facilities, visa advice, finance office, welcome, student advising.
- No. 1 in these U.S. categories — managing research, learning spaces, online library, technology, Internet access, response to offer.
London (UK) Times Higher Education Supplement
- 190th in the world — The Times Higher Education supplement, emphasizing research universities, ranks the University of Cincinnati 190th among all the universities in the world, 69th among United States universities and 28th among public U.S. universities. (2011, '09)
National Research Council (survey repeated every 10+ years)
- 7th in country — UC's classical PhD program ranked 7th best in country. (2010)
SuperScholar.org (1st "Smart Choice" ranking for online degrees)
- Criminal justice No. 2 in nation — The College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services' online criminal-justice degree program was named second best in the nation. Arizona State University took first. (2012)
Diverse Issues In Higher Education
- Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award — UC was one of the inaugural recipients of the HEED award from "INSIGHT Into Diversity" magazine, higher education's oldest and largest diversity-focused publication. The national award honors U.S. colleges and universities that demonstrated an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion. (Nov. '12)
- Top 100 — The University of Cincinnati is ranked among the Top 100 schools in awarding master’s degrees to African American and Native American students. UC also ranks among the Top 100 schools in awarding doctoral degrees to African American, Asian and Native American students, and in awarding medical degrees to African American students. (2010)
Poets & Writers magazine
- Creative-writing doctoral program No. 8 in nation —- Department head Russel Durst largely attributes the placement to "the accomplishments of the faculty, who in recent years have produced prize-winning books and won highly competitive awards including the Fulbright, National Endowment for the Arts, and the Guyana Prize for Literature Caribbean Award.” (2011)
Fashionista.com (based in New York City)
- No. 12 in the country — The UC fashion design program in the College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning was included in rankings of the top 20 fashion design programs in the nation and placed 12th. Judges looked at jobs procured, opinions of people in the industry and standout program offerings. (2011)
Chronicle of Higher Education
Webometric
- No. 239 in the world — The Cybermetrics Lab in Spain measures "the performance and impact of universities through their web presence," ranking the University of Cincinnati 239 in the world. Webometrics scores each university on four criteria, the most heavily weighted being the number of links to the institution's website from other sites -- a way of evaluating that site's general impact on the web community say the rankers. (2012)
SCImago Research Group
- The SCImago Research Group's Institutions Rankings World Report 2010 combines four global indicators revealing performance, institutions' ability to generate scientific knowledge and to achieve international visibility. UC ranks as follows:
- 203th in the world out of 3,290 institutions (2012)
- 70th in North America 581 institutions (2011)
Washington Monthly
Bloomberg BusinessWeek
- Lindner College of Business in top 100 — UC’s business school placed 82nd out of 113 public and private undergraduate programs listed as the country's best undergraduate schools. The ranking was five places higher than the previous year's. The undergraduate accounting program placed at 15th in the nation. (March 2012)
- School of Design among world's best — The DAAP school was listed among the best 60 design schools in the world. And one of the world's best design graduate programs in the world. (last rated in '07)
Journal of Criminal Justice Education
- Criminal Justice No. 1 in research productivity — The School of Criminal Justice (in the College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services) has led the nation in having the most published researchers in the field for 10 years, according to a Journal of Criminal Justice survey. UC has placed No. 1 in the last two surveys, which are conducted every five years. The ranking is based upon the number of articles published during the previous five years and weighted by the quality of the journal. (late 2007)
Industrial Designers Society of America
- School of Design among top four in world — The DAAP school was one of four to receive an International Design Excellence Award, considered the "gold standard" and sponsored by the society and BusinessWeek magazine. The other four schools were from South Korea, the Netherlands and Milwaukee. (July 2007)
Planetizen Guide
- Graduate urban-planning 20th in U.S. — The DAAP urban-planning master's degree program ranks 20th in the nation and fifth in the Midwest, according to the Planetizen Guide to Graduate Urban Planning Programs. Additionally, the guide placed the program sixth in the nation for providing training to international students and ninth in the nation for offering the best financial aid packages. With its Top-25 ranking, UC stands with other such schools as Harvard, Cornell and MIT. Planetizen is the only ranking system that currently exists for Schools of Planning. (2009)
Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index by Academic Analytics
(2007, the most recent report available)
- These programs placed in the following rankings among nearly 7,400 doctoral programs in the country in terms of faculty productivity:
- Biological sciences No. 2 — Only Harvard ranked higher.
- Classics and classical languages No. 3
- Criminology and Justice Studies No. 6
- Environmental engineering No. 6
- Ecology No. 6
- Physiology No. 7
- Biomedical sciences No. 9
- Special education No. 9
- Toxicology No. 10
National Science Foundation
- One of America’s top 25 public research — UC is so ranked. (last ranking done in 2009)
Money magazine
- 'Value' No. 62 — In the magazine's last College Guide, UC was ranked 62nd among Money's 100 "elite values" in higher education. (2005, guide has not been updated since then)
Journal of Real Estate Economics
- No. 5 in real estate — UC is the fifth most influential real estate research institution in the U.S., based on the quality of faculty research and literary citations in journals. UC's Real Estate Center placed ahead of schools such as Cornell, Harvard, Wisconsin and Yale. (2007)
American Institute of Architects
- Steger building among world's best — The AIA's international rankings of the world's most notable projects placed UC's Steger Student Life Center among 11 of the world's most exciting buildings. (2006)
Gold medal for dining
- UC's CenterCourt Dining in the Campus Recreation Center won gold medal status for its innovations in college dining from the National Association of College and University Food Services. (2006)
Committee on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
- Clermont program in top 20 — Clermont College's Surgical Technology Program is rated one of the top 20 among 360 programs by the Accreditation Review Committee for Education in Surgical Technology. (2006)
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