Stevens receives top college rankings in many important areas as having the second most innovative college music program in the country, second only to the esteemed Berklee College of Music, by the blog TheBestColleges (http://www.thebestcolleges.org). And in July, Stevens received word of yet another prestigious recognition—it had been chosen as the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Jostens Institution of the Year for 2012-2013. The honor is presented annually to the ECAC institution that best exemplifies the highest standards of collegiate academics and athletic performance; Stevens was selected from more than 300 Division I, II and III programs. Stevens also received the award in 2008. (See story on p. 6.) “These rankings demonstrate what Stevens alumni and those who hire them have known for some time—that a Stevens education provides an outstanding foundation for a successful career and a tremendous value for our graduates and for the companies and organizations in which they work,” said Stevens President Nariman Farvardin. “These accolades are a symbol of the growing recognition that Stevens is a major force in American technical education.”
Stevens’ goal and challenge, of course, is to accelerate the trend of improvement in the quality of the education and experience that it provides for students—the rankings will follow, Farvardin said. The various rankings measure important areas that are critical to a university’s success, including graduation rates, student selectivity, faculty resources, career placement and ROI. Stevens is already measuring its effectiveness in many of these areas and is striving to further improve upon them, in its 10-year Strategic Plan, The Future. Ours to Create., launched in 2012. (Visit www.stevens.edu/strategy.) “One would not structure a university improvement plan for the purpose of doing well in the rankings,” Farvardin said, “but by making progress toward our strategic goals, we will make measurable improvements that will manifest themselves in improved rankings.” Stevens alumni and friends can certainly accelerate Stevens’ progress and increase its national prestige. Indeed, alumni are a key factor, Farvardin said. “Alumni in influential positions in industry, research and government can help this
STEVENS HAS RECENTLY ENJOYED A NUMBER OF TOP NATIONAL RANKINGS AND HONORS. HERE’S A SAMPLING:
Ranked 9th in the nation for 30-year net return on investment for graduates by PayScale in 2013
Ranked as the 2nd most innovative
college music program in the nation by TheBestColleges in 2013
Ranked 7th in the nation among elite universities in percentage of STEM degrees awarded in a 2013 report from U.S. News & World Report
Ranked 13th in the nation for career services by The Princeton Review’s 2013 edition of “The Best 377 Colleges”
Ranked 75th in the category of
Best National Universities in the 2013 edition of “Best Colleges” by U.S. News & World Report
Ranked 7th in the nation for the
number of engineering master’s degrees awarded in 2012 by the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE).
Ranked 12th in the nation for alumni with the highest mid-career salaries by CNNMoney.com in 2012
Listed among the top 11 schools for insurance and technology talent in Insurance & Technology in 2012
Awarded honorable mention in
Wall Street & Technology’s 2012 list of the 11 schools that capital market executives list as their favorite in hiring computer programming and engineering graduates
Ranked on U.S. News & World Stevens has become more selective, accepting 38 percent of undergraduate applicants for Fall 2013. The university will continue to improve selectivity, projecting a 33 percent accept rate by Fall 2022. Source for graphs: Stevens Institute of Technology
Report’s 2012 “Short List” of 10 national universities that produce the most interns
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