Kettering University in Flint Retains #1 Ranking in "America's Best Colleges"

Business Wire, August 17, 2007

FLINT, Mich. -- Kettering University has retained its #1 ranking for Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (IME) in the country and continues to be ranked in the Top Twenty in the 2008 edition of "America's Best Colleges Guide," which is published by "U.S. News & World Report." Kettering's category is Undergraduate Engineering schools, whose highest degree is a bachelor's or master's degree.

Kettering also retained its #3 ranking in Mechanical Engineering and moved up in its category to #11 in the nation for overall rank. Kettering's national rankings are:

# 1 - Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering,
# 3 - Mechanical Engineering,
#11 - Overall ranking for Kettering University.
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"Kettering University continues to enjoy the reputation as an institution offering some of the best undergraduate engineering programs in the country," said Kettering President Stan Liberty. "Built on a tradition of co-operative education and preparation of future leaders for a global society, Kettering provides an unparalleled undergraduate engineering work integrated learning experience."

It is the eighth year in a row that Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering has been #1 in its category.

1. Kettering University
2. Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo (Calif.),
3. Bradley University (Ill.)

#3 - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING IN THE TOP FIVE

Kettering's Mechanical Engineering Department, the largest academic unit on campus, stayed at #3 in its category and has been in the Top Ten for seven years.

1. Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (Ind.),
2. Cooper Union (N.Y.),
3. Kettering University and Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo (Calif.)

OVERALL RANK: #11 IN THE UNITED STATES

Kettering remained in the Top Twenty in the country in the "Best Programs" category. Last year, the University was #12.

#1. Harvey Mudd College (Calif.) and Rose-Hulman Institute (Ind.),
#3. Cooper Union (N.Y.),

#11 Kettering University and
#11 Lafayette College (Pa.), Milwaukee School of Engineering (Wis.),
    Swarthmore College (Pa.) and U.S. Coast Guard Academy (Conn.)

For more on the selection process, visit: www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/about/07rank_brief.php. "America's Best Colleges" newsstand book and the Monday, Aug. 27, edition of "U.S.News & World Report" magazine hits newsstands Monday, Aug. 20.

For more on Kettering, visit: www.kettering.edu