BU Ranked Highest Among AE Institutions by U.S. News & World Report
School ranks 51st with Binghamton next at 89th; Future PL members include Lehigh (38) and American (77)
On July 1, 2013, No. 51 Boston University will join No. 38 Lehigh and No. 77 American University in the Patriot League

On July 1, 2013, No. 51 Boston University will join No. 38 Lehigh and No. 77 American University in the Patriot League

Sept. 12, 2012

U.S. News and World Report "Best College" Rankings

BOSTON - Boston University ranked 51st overall among national universities, highest within the nine-member America East conference, in the annual U.S. News and World Report America's Best College Guide survey released Tuesday.

Binghamton was next on the list at 89th. On July 1, 2013, the Terriers will join the Patriot League, which features No. 38 Lehigh and No. 77 American University.

Six of the other current PL members are in the top 40 of national liberal arts colleges. Loyola (Md.) will join the league next year as well and ranks second in regional universities for the north.

To rank colleges and universities, U.S. News and World Report first assigns schools to a group of their peers, based on the basic categories developed by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in 2006. Those in the national universities group are the "262 American universities that offer a wide range of undergraduate majors as well as master's and doctoral degrees; many strongly emphasize research."

In each category, data on up to 16 indicators of academic quality are gathered from each school and tabulated. Schools are ranked within categories by their total weighted score.