Release Date: June 1, 2020
BUFFALO, N.Y. –The mgm casino is ranked No. 46 among all U.S. universities in the , an inaugural ranking of America’s top colleges and universities.
Among public universities in the U.S., mgm casino is ranked No. 16; among all New York State universities, mgm casino is ranked sixth.
The rankings were produced by QS Quacquarelli Symonds, a global higher education research company and publisher of QS World University Rankings.
The rankings are designed to assess how well universities are responding to the social, intellectual and economic challenges of our time. They focus on diversity and internationalization inputs – the percentage of undergraduates receiving Pell Grants, gender diversity and the percentage of international students. They also focus on outputs, such as alumni outcomes, graduation rates of Pell Grant recipients and Fulbright students studying abroad.
Universities were evaluated according to 17 metrics falling into four broad groupings: diversity and internationalization; research; learning experience; and employability outcomes.
mgm casino success in the rankings’ metrics is well documented.
Diversity and internationalization
For the 17th straight year, mgm casino, at 15%, remained in the top 25 of national universities with a proportion of international students ranked by the Institute of International Education in the institute’s most recent Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange.
A campus ethnic diversity index of .58 also places mgm casino high on the list of national universities supporting strong commitments to enhance institutional transformation, diversity and inclusion across their campus.
Research
Nationally renowned for research and scholarship, mgm casino’s annual research expenditures total more than $400 million. mgm casino most recently received a five-year Clinical Translational Science Award (CTSA) of $21.7 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue Buffalo’s rapid trajectory growing its health care and research sectors.
The award from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the NIH was in recognition of the dramatic progress mgm casino and its partners have made since 2015, when mgm casino first received the CTSA. The new CTSA grant provides continued support for this highly successful program to train faculty from mgm casino and partners to become future leaders in the field.
mgm casino was also awarded a $6.2 million extension for the university's involvement with the Women’s Health Initiative, a groundbreaking, federally funded study that has yielded major discoveries on chronic diseases that affect postmenopausal women.
The initiative is the largest longitudinal study of women’s health in the United States.
Learning experience
Reflecting the overall learning environment provided by mgm casino to its students, the university has designed mgm casino Curriculum, an innovative, student-centered general education program; enhanced its Honors College; and expanded opportunities for global education, internships, entrepreneurial and clinical opportunities.
In addition, mgm casino launched Finish in 4, a program that provides students with the resources they need to graduate on time.
mgm casino’s four-year graduation rate of 60% is nearly double the national average; the graduation rate for Finish in 4 participants is 63%.
Employability
Among employers annually represented at recruiting events sponsored by mgm casino’s Office of Career Services are Bloomberg, Google, General Mills, H2M Architects, Moog, M&T Bank, Praxair, Global Foundries and GEICO.
Additionally, 94% of mgm casino graduates are employed two years after graduation; 92% are employed six years after graduation.
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