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September 25, 2009

By Dale H. Long The Tribune Star Fri Sep 25, 2009, 07:18 PM EDT

TERRE HAUTE — If your reputation comes from the company that you keep, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology is in very good company lately with several national publications citing the college among the nation’s leaders in undergraduate engineering education.

Rose-Hulman was ranked the No. 1 college or university that offers the bachelor’s or master’s degree as its top degree in engineering. The ranking is based on a national survey of deans and senior faculty conducted by U.S. News & World Report for its annual college guidebook.

This marks the 11th consecutive year that Rose-Hulman has topped this prestigious list.

Individual Rose-Hulman engineering departments once again received No. 1 rankings in the U.S. News & World Report survey. Those programs are chemical, civil, computer, electrical and mechanical.

Rose-Hulman’s combination of providing a challenging technical education in a highly personal and motivational environment has the college listed in the 2010 Fiske Guide to Colleges, a leading resource for college-bound students and their parents.

The annual guide, compiled by former New York Times education editor Edward B. Fiske, features more than 330 of the country’s best and most interesting colleges and universities. It offers a subjective presentation rather than a statistical one, assessing the strengths and weaknesses of each institution in terms of academics, social life and overall quality of life. Student testimonials give first-person accounts to these areas of the college.

In its two-page Rose-Hulman profile, the guide observes that “Rose offers an outstanding technical background and bright prospects for future employment. Students are smart, motivated, and highly competitive, and love using their computers for work and play.”

Later, the guide states “students committed to careers in engineering or the sciences will find a top-flight education at this Midwestern technical school. While Rose ‘doesn’t have that big-school pride’ so common in this part of the country, students appreciate the feel created by the small classes and school’s small size.”

In fact, a junior student told Fiske Guide to College editors: “Our community atmosphere makes us different than anywhere else. Where else do you know the Dean of Students by his first name? Or talk to your professors while you are working out?”

Academic quality was the leading principle taken into account in compiling this year’s Fiske Guide to College list. A special effort was made to include engineering and technical schools because of their recent popularity and career field interest.

Rose-Hulman’s efficient administrative structure, abundant career service opportunities and active campus lifestyle were rated highly by students in Princeton Review’s 2009 survey for its “Best 371 Colleges: 2010 Edition.” This year’s survey asked 122,000 students to rate their schools on 62 topics and report on their campus experiences — the school’s academics, administration, campus life, student body and themselves.

Rose-Hulman made the Top 10 in the following categories: Best Administered Colleges, “Schools Run Like Butter,” sixth; Best Career Services, ninth; and Most Active, “More to Do on Campus,” 10th.

Also, students gave Rose-Hulman high marks for admissions (97 out of 99 score), fire safety (92), academics (85) and quality of life (82) in the college’s two-page profile published in the book.

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