<p>Many UC schools have international reputations: CCM, DAAP, and Engineering, because of the co-op program. Not to mention all the graduate programs and fantastic research opportunities/accomplishments.</p>
<p>I always take the USN&WR rankings with a grain of salt because they measure a university as a whole, when everyone knows you need to look at the particular school or college you are interested in, within any university. However, UC’s average GPA & freshman ACT scores are on the rise, so the uni as a whole has improved.</p>