Release date: Aug. 18, 2006

Emory Ranked 18th by U.S. News & World Report

Emory University ranked 18th among 248 national universities in this year's U.S. News & World Report annual college quality rankings. Emory has been ranked in the top 20 since 1994 and this year improved its standing by two places over last year. In a specialized list, Emory's Goizueta Business School was rated 13th nationally in the magazine survey of undergraduate business programs.

"These rankings are an external validation of the work of many people at Emory to provide a distinctive education for our students--one where students discover what they're good at and then use their talents to make the world a better place," says Emory University Provost Earl Lewis. "Emory is a place where we strive to get better and better. Our students experience this commitment first-hand."

"Our faculty tie research and teaching closely together, and the work they do comes into the classroom," says Lewis. "That's attractive to many students. Our students also benefit from Emory's Atlanta location, with all its extraordinary cultural and professional resources."

Goizueta Business School advanced five slots in this year's U.S. News rankings, which comes on the heels of its number 5 ranking among undergraduate business programs released this spring by BusinessWeek. "We are honored that our undergraduate business program is being acknowledged for the strength of our globally recognized faculty and strong student experience," says Larry Benveniste, dean of Goizueta.

Andrea Hershatter, associate dean and director of Goizueta's undergraduate business program, says the school augmented its leadership development programming this year "so that our students are prepared to make increasingly significant positive contributions to the organizations in which they will work and to society as a whole."

Emory's overall rankings on the survey's components included a 15th place ranking in student selectivity. Other components included a 4.0 out of 5 in academic reputation, 12th in faculty resources, 16th in overall financial resources and 25th in graduation and retention.

The faculty resources rank (20 percent of the final score) is an indicator that is mainly derived from faculty compensation and average class size. At 12th place, Emory had a higher ranking on this measure than Johns Hopkins, Dartmouth, Stanford and several other highly ranked universities.

Emory was 21st among national universities offering the best value. Rankings in this category were based on academic quality and the net cost to a student receiving the average amount of financial aid.

Emory ranked 15th in alumni giving, with an average of 36 percent of alumni contributing to the school over a two-year period.

The rankings will be in the Aug. 28 issue of the magazine, which will appear on newsstands Monday, Aug. 21 and at www.usnews.com on Friday, Aug. 18.

Emory University is known for its demanding academics, outstanding undergraduate college of arts and sciences, highly ranked professional schools and state-of-the-art research facilities. For nearly two decades Emory has been named one of the country's top 25 national universities by U.S. News & World Report. In addition to its nine schools, the university encompasses The Carter Center, Yerkes National Primate Research Center and Emory Healthcare, the state's largest and most comprehensive health care system.

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