{"id":2194,"date":"2012-02-14T12:44:31","date_gmt":"2012-02-14T12:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.cos.ucf.edu\/?p=2194"},"modified":"2012-02-14T12:44:31","modified_gmt":"2012-02-14T12:44:31","slug":"ucf-earns-a-top-5-u-s-news-ranking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-earns-a-top-5-u-s-news-ranking\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF Earns a Top 5 U.S. News Ranking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>COS students, faculty and staff should all be very proud of themselves. Your hard work has helped UCF earn its highest ranking from\u00a0U.S. News &amp; World Report.<\/p>\n<p>The University of Central Florida is the No. 4 \u201cup-and-coming\u201d school in the country, according to U.S. News &amp; World Report\u2019s 2012 best colleges rankings.\u00a0UCF achieved its highest ranking in the \u201cup-and-coming\u201d list, which recognizes national universities that \u201crecently made the most promising and innovative changes in academics, faculty, students, campus or facilities.\u201d UCF tied for fourth with Clemson University in South Carolina on the list of national schools to watch.\u00a0UCF also ranked among the top 100 public universities overall, coming in at No. 97.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBest Colleges 2012 Edition\u201d ranks more than 1,300 colleges and universities nationwide in more than a dozen categories considering factors such as graduation rates, academic reputation and SAT\/ACT scores. 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