University of Dayton - Awards and Rankings

Awards and Rankings

After a ranking in 2010 by the U.S. News and World Report in their annual "America’s Best Colleges" issue, The University of Dayton broke the top 100 and ranked 99th of the top national universities. However in the 2011 edition, the university fell down to 101. It also ranked 55th among private schools and eighth among Catholic institutions.

In 2009, The Princeton Review ranked the University of Dayton ranked No. 7 for easiest campus to get around, No. 10 for number of students engaged in intramurals, and No. 13 for happiest overall students. UD graduated 96% of its student-athletes in 2008, the most of any Atlantic 10 Conference school, and tied for 10th in the nation in such achievement.

The University of Dayton also ranks as a top-tier national university and one of the 10 best Catholic universities in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report.

Other awards and recognition include:

• The entrepreneurship program has been ranked 4th nationally by The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur Magazine.
• The School of Business Administration is listed in the 2008 edition of Best 290 Business Schools, published by Random House and The Princeton Review.
• The annual RISE (Redefining Investment Strategy Education) Forum is the largest student investment conference in the world.
• The School of Engineering graduate program ranks first among all Catholic universities, in a tie with University of Notre Dame, according to U.S. News & World Report in 2011. In Ohio, it ranks third. Nationally, it ranks 52nd.
• The University of Dayton is one of just 15 colleges in the nation named the 2007 winners of the Merck Institute for Science Education (MISE) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) award.
• The University of Dayton is the #1 Catholic university in nonmedical research and the #2 university nationally in materials research funding.
• The Marian Library, which holds the world's largest collection of material about Mary, the mother of Jesus, attracts scholars from around the world. More than 40 percent of its holdings are not found in any other library. Holdings include high-quality Marian art, including works by internationally recognized American contemporary painter Roman Turovsky-Savchuk.
• The "Savior of Our Cities" national survey of community revitalization ranks the University of Dayton #1 among Catholic universities and No. 3 overall in helping to save America's cities from blight.
• The University of Dayton finished in the top 30 in men's basketball home attendance for the 12th straight season in 2008-09. Since UD Arena opened in 1969, Dayton has been in the NCAA's top 35 in home attendance every season. The Flyers led the Atlantic 10 in attendance for the 12th straight season.
• The University of Dayton athletic facilities compete with the best in the nation, with the University of Dayton Arena ranking as the second most-used venue for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship.
• UD is the #1 university in the state of Ohio for Department of Defense-sponsored research and development and leads all other Ohio universities in aerospace research.