New rankings put UW-Platteville among the top 15 Midwestern public universities

UW-Platteville is among the top 15 public universities in the Midwest, according to U.S. News and World Report rankings released Tuesday. The media company ranked nearly 1,500 colleges and universities using multiple metrics, including graduation rates, first-year retention rates, earnings by major, faculty salaries and student-to-faculty ratios. UW-Platteville and Minnesota State University-Mankato tied for the 12th-best public university in the Midwest. UW-Platteville tied Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa, as the 55th-best public or private university in the Midwestern region. The university finished in a 16-way tie for the 55th best undergraduate engineering program in the country.  UW-Platteville also ranked 350th in computer science; 22nd among best colleges for veterans; and 137th in social mobility, calculated using graduation rates for Pell Grant recipients.