Profiles

Institutional Research provides data to the U.S. Department of Education and a variety of other organizations that compile profiles and guidebooks, such as the following:

• College Navigator by the National Center for Education Statistics
• College Affordability and Transparency Center by the U.S. Department of Education
• Big Future by the College Board
• Paying for College by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
• College Scorecard by the White House
• Student Achievement Measure by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and 6 other higher ed associations

          UCCS is recognized as excelling in 5 categories of the 2020 Great Colleges to Work For program:
          * Collaborative Governance
          * Job Satisfaction
          * Supervisor/Department Chair Relationship
          * Teaching Environment
          * Tenure Clarity and Process

           See survey results at https://ir.uccs.edu/surveyhub/survey-results

          Teaching Environment for Faculty (2018)
          Tenure Clarity & Process for Faculty (2018)
          Compensation & Benefits (2018)
          Respect & Appreciation (2018)
          --> see more results for 2019 on our surveys page

          #417of 914institutions; survey results are online:
          FY 2016 (HERD)
          FY 2017 (HERD)
          FY 2018 (HERD)
          FY 2019 (HERD) 

• STARS Gold Rating (2018 through 2021)
• 25th Sierra Club's Cool Schools (2019)
• Princeton Review Green Colleges 

National listing of LGBTQ-friendly colleges and universities:
4.5 out of 5 stars (Premier Campus)

• Military Times' 95th Best Colleges 2018 for Four-Year Schools (2018)
• Military Times' Best for Vets College (94th in 2019 for 2020)
• Military Friendly Schools Top Ten, #3 among large publics (2021-2022)

(see the UCCS rankings at usnews.com):

As of the 2020 published rankings, UCCS is categorized among the national universities.

2020 Rankings:

• #153 in Business Programs
• #153 in Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
• #265 in Top Performers on Social Mobility
• #293-381 in National Universities

2019 Rankings:

• 48th - West Regional University (2019)
• 10th - West Public Regional University (2019)
• 57th - Best Value West Regional Universities (2019)
• 147th - Undergraduate Business Programs (2019)
• 146th - Undergraduate Engineering (2019)

2021 Online Programs:

• 67th of 357 - Online Bachelor's Programs (2021)
• 11th of 145 - Online Bachelor's in Business (2021)
• 88th of 324 - Online Business MBA (2021)
• 15th of 79  - Online Master's in Criminal Justice (2021)
• 46th of 317 - Online Master's in Education (2021)
• 69th of 105 - Online Master's in Engineering (2021)
• 32nd of 194 - Online Master's in Nursing (2021)
• 44th of 96 - Online Bachelor's Programs for Veterans (2021)
• 54th of 78 - Online Business MBA for Veterans (2021)
• 11th of 16 - Online Master's Criminal Justice for Veterans (2021)
• 10th of 18 - Online Master's in Nursing for Veterans (2021)
• 13th of 35 - Online Master's in Education for Veterans (2021)

2022 Best Graduate Schools:

• 66th of 273 - Part-time MBA
• 133rd of 186 - Computer Science
• 144th of 277 - Education
• 154 to 202 - Engineering
  • ​​​​146th of 187 -- Electrical Engineering
  • 139th of 182 -- Mechanical Engineering
• 124th of 146 - Physics
• 117th of 276 - Public Affairs
• 148th of 217 - Psychology
• 120th of 227 - Clinical Psychology
• 95th of 284 - Public Affairs

106th of 122 institutions in the West region and >600 overall (2020)
#800th via student survey (2017)

Top Colleges

• 101st in the West (2017)
• 205th in Public Colleges (2017)
• 573rd Top Colleges (2017)