Each fall, numerous rankings organizations, together with the Princeton Evaluate, the Wall Road Journal, and U.S. Information and World Report (U.S. Information), launch their annual lists of the most effective faculties and universities within the nation. As soon as once more, LMU retained its placement among the many nation’s premier faculties and universities as a top-ranked establishment supported by a world-class college and distinctive pupil expertise.
Whereas LMU carried out nicely this 12 months, unanticipated and unprecedented modifications within the methodologies employed by U.S. Information decreased the college’s total rating—from #77 to #93. LMU is just not alone: modifications to over 12 metrics adversely impacted mid-tier personal universities throughout the nation. This was very true for many Jesuit universities, the place an emphasis on smaller class sizes, social justice missions, and the liberal arts helped LMU within the earlier methodology. Relative to different personal establishments and opponents, LMU fared higher than the nationwide common (establishments that misplaced floor from the brand new standards dropped by a median of 20). Basic and academic information media have been protecting the rating modifications and challenges of this 12 months’s U.S. Information rankings and their shifting methodologies (for instance: New York Instances, The Chronicle; Others).
For the 2023-2024 U.S. Information Greatest Faculties, LMU continues to rank among the many nation’s high 100 universities for the fifth consecutive 12 months since our debut on the listing in 2019. LMU additionally retained its spot among the many high six personal universities in California:
- #6 Non-public Faculty/College in California*
- #6 Jesuit College within the U.S.**
- #16 for Excessive-High quality Undergraduate Educating within the U.S.
- #47 Non-public Faculty/College within the U.S.
- #93 General Faculty/College within the U.S.
*California: Stanford, Caltech, USC, Pepperdine, Santa Clara, LMU
**Jesuit: Georgetown, Boston Faculty, Santa Clara, Marquette, Fordham, LMU (tie), Gonzaga (tie)
Enterprise and Engineering applications continued their upward ascent, with a number of applications listed among the many nation’s finest:
- #12 Entrepreneurship
- #14 Enterprise Analytics
- #15 Advertising and marketing
- #23 Engineering
- #24 Worldwide Enterprise
- #31 Administration
- #40 Finance
- #46 Accounting
- #84 Undergraduate Enterprise
Princeton Evaluate’s Greatest Faculties listing positioned LMU within the Prime 10% nationally in these areas:
- Greatest Faculty Library
- Greatest Science Labs
- Greatest Faculty Theater
The Hollywood Reporter’s current rankings listing LMU College of Movie and Tv because the nation’s eighth finest movie faculty.
To be taught extra about LMU’s many different rankings, go to LMU Rankings.
