Top Marks for CVCR-Affiliated Programs in 2007
November 2007
The ballots are in, and the news is out: Lehigh has once again received top rankings and high praise from several key publications. The two programs most closely affiliated with the CVCR—the College of Business and Economics (CBE) and the department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE)—have received particularly high marks.
In November, BusinessWeek named Lehigh the #1 part-time MBA program in the Mid-Atlantic region and #5 nationally. Lehigh's program ranked #2 nationally for academic quality and #9 for student satisfaction. Its students gave the program an "A" for curriculum and teaching quality. You can view the detailed rankings on BusinessWeek's web site and read a news article about the rankings on the CBE web site.
For the second year in a row, BusinessWeek has ranked Lehigh’s undergraduate business program in the top 20 nationwide. Lehigh’s CBE took top marks in some of the most important categories captured in the survey: A+ in teacher quality and job placement, A in facility and services, and 15th overall in academic quality. The rankings come from surveys of 80,000 college seniors and over 450 corporate recruiters.
Additionally, Inbound Logistics magazine has recognized the strength of Lehigh’s CBE supply chain program in particular by listing it among the top 25 smart choices in the nation. The magazine describes Lehigh’s program as a “creative, hands-on environment that uses case studies and industry experts” and recognizes the program’s broad nature, especially its strong ties to the engineering college. In fact, the article cites the CVCR as a particularly relevant example of this relationship.
Lehigh’s ISE department regularly ranks among the top 20 graduate programs in Industrial Engineering by U.S. News and World Report, and this year was no exception, with the department ranked 15th nationwide in the 2008 list. The Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (RCEAS) moved up 6 places to 37th among graduate engineering programs nationwide. Lehigh as a whole continued to climb in the rankings, moving up 2 spots to 31st in U.S. News’s “2008 America’s Best Colleges.” Click here for the full rankings.
In May, Lehigh was featured in a front-page New York Times story as a “new Ivy,” so named because of its rapidly increasing selectivity:
At Lehigh, known for its strength in engineering and business, about 12,000 students applied this year. That is a whopping 50 percent increase in applications over seven years ago and more than 10 times the seats available in a freshman class of 1,150. The median SAT score of admitted students has climbed about 10 points a year in recent years, officials said. (May 16, 2007, p. A1)
All of this recognition is appreciated, but none of it is really news to us. Lehigh’s students, faculty, staff, and alums have long known what a strong educational experience Lehigh can provide. We are pleased to share this information with you and believe the CVCR is in a unique position to provide added value to your organization. We look forward to working with you.
(This article adapted from Center for Value Chain Research Newsletter, vol. 2 no. 2, Spring 2007.)