The University of Hawaii at Hilo ranked No. 61 out of 141 on U.S. News and World Report’s 2017 list of the best “Regional Universities West.”
The University of Hawaii at Hilo ranked No. 61 out of 141 on U.S. News and World Report’s 2017 list of the best “Regional Universities West.”
The list is part of the Washington, D.C. company’s “Best Colleges” rankings, a yearly report comparing the academic quality of more than 1,800 schools in the country. The company uses the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education to categorize colleges.
It uses student outcomes, faculty resources, financial resources and student achievement, among other factors, to determine where schools rank.
In previous years, UH-Hilo was classified as a liberal arts college. In 2016, it came in No. 202 on the list of the best liberal arts colleges, according to U.S. News and World Report spokeswoman Enxhi Myslymi.
In 2015, it was No. 198 on that same list.
This year, the college’s business program was ranked No. 248 nationally. It also came in at No. 14 out of 37 “Top Public Schools” in the Regional Universities West division.
The Regional Universities division includes schools that offer “a full range of undergraduate programs and some master’s programs but few doctoral programs,” according to the report.
The Hilo campus had a 71 percent acceptance rate in fall 2015, according to the report. It had a 12 percent four-year graduation rate and a student-faculty ratio of 12 to 1.
The University of Hawaii at Manoa ranked No. 169 out of 298 on the list of the “Best National Universities.”
The full report can be found at: tinyurl.com/CollegeRankingHilo