A Premier National University....

• The 2009 U.S.News & World Report college rankings lists Miami University 26th among the top public universities in the nation, once again recognizing Miami for providing "outstanding examples of academic programs that are believed to lead to student success."
  
  
• Kiplinger's annual list of the "100 Best Values in Public Colleges" ranks Miami University as the top bargain in Ohio and 31st nationally. (2008)
  
  
• The Fiske Guide to Colleges 2007 praises Miami as "one of the rising stars among state universities" for its "strong emphasis on liberal arts and its opportunities for research, travel abroad, and leadership."
  
  
• Identifying the most noteworthy colleges in both the United States and Canada, the 2007 edition of The Insider's Guide to the Colleges describes Miami as a Public Ivy that "takes education seriously."
  
  
• Barron's Best Buys in College Education 2007 says many people think of Miami when they "look for a public university with the academic offerings and collegiate life-styles of many of the more prestigious private institutions."
  
  
• According to a 2005 book by the American Association for Higher Education—Student Success in College: Creating Conditions that Matter—Miami is an "involving" college and one that exemplifies "what an educationally effective college or university looks like at the turn of the twenty-first century."
  
  
• Kaplan Publishing's 2005 edition of The Unofficial, Biased Guide to the 331 Most Interesting Colleges recognizes Miami as one of the country's top schools. The rankings are based on a survey of guidance counselors at public and private high schools.
  
  
• Miami was named one of 30 schools in the United States that offers "an education comparable to that at Ivy League universities at a fraction of the price" in the book The Public Ivies: America's Flagship Universities.
  
  
• The Peace Corps' latest Top 25 list, which recognizes colleges and universities that have produced the most Peace Corp volunteers, ranks Miami eighth among medium-sized schools, with 782 of our alumni having served since the organization's founding in 1961. (2008)
  
  

More Miami Points of Pride

High Academic Standards

• In Business Week magazine's latest ranking of undergraduate business programs, Miami's Farmer School of Business appears among the nation's top five percent, ranking eighth among public universities and colleges. (2008)
  
  
• Survey results just released by Entrepreneur magazine and The Princeton Review show the Miami University Institute for Entrepreneurship ranks 16th among the nation's undergraduate entrepreneurship programs. (2008)
  
  
• In the newly released report of the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) assessing the extent to which students engage in "educationally effective" activities, scores reflecting the academic experiences of Miami first-year students and seniors were higher than those of students at regional and national peer universities. (2007)
  
  
• According to the latest NCAA data, Miami's graduation rates are among the highest nationally, ninth among NCAA Division I public universities (81 percent) and first in Ohio.
  
  
• Of all qualified students applying to medical school, 68 percent of Miami students are accepted, compared to 49 percent nationally. The figure rises to more than 85 percent for Miami students who earn at least a 3.2 g.p.a. and score at least average on the MCATs. (2007)
  
  
• Miami's undergraduate and master's degree programs in accountancy were ranked 11th and 18th in the nation, respectively, by Public Accounting Report. The rankings climb to third and fifth, respectively, among universities without a doctoral program. (2007)
  
  
• According to 2007 data, 90 percent of students return for their sophomore year.
  
  
• In an Institute for International Education report on the number of students studying abroad, Miami remains among the top universities in the nation, ranking 24th among doctoral/research institutions. More than 30 percent of Miami students study abroad before they graduate. (2007)
  
  
• Because our academic reputation is a magnet for employers, Miami sponsors one of the largest collegiate career fairs in the country. Compared with on-campus recruitment programs at other universities our size, nearly twice as many employers recruit at Miami, and four times as many on-campus interviews are conducted. (2006)
  
  
• A U.S.News & World Report online ranking for 2005 listed Miami's Speech Pathology and Audiology graduate program in the top 10 among universities nationwide that offer a master's degree in this field.
  
  
• Miami is among a select group of universities in the nation that have produced a Rhodes Scholar, a Truman Scholar, and a Goldwater Scholar in the same academic year. Other schools in this select group are Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Duke, Stanford, Syracuse, and the University of Washington.
  
  

Extracurricular Engagement

• According to Eduventures, a research and assessment consortium, Miami students rank near the very top among the comparative institutions nationally in leadership program participation. Seventy percent of Miami students said they engage in these programs, compared to 55% at the benchmark institutions. (2008)
  
  
• For the eighth time in the past 10 years, Miami's Gamma Gamma chapter of Pi Sigma Epsilon, a national marketing fraternity, was named top chapter. (2008)
  
  
• Miami's speech team members won four state titles at the Ohio Forensics Association State Championship in February 2008. Additionally, results from both the American Forensics Association and the National Forensics Association show that since 1999, Miami's speech team has won 21 national championship titles—more than any other university in the country.
  
  
• Miami's James Lewis Family Mock Trial Program took third place in the 2008 Mock Trial National Championship Tournament hosted in Minneapolis April 4–6. Miami's team has captured 13 regional championships in 14 years and 10 top-15 finishes nationally.
  
  
• In 2008, Miami placed third among 400 schools competing in RecycleMania, an intercollegiate recycling contest Miami co-founded in 2001.
  
  

First-Rate Facilities

• Miami has recently completed a new engineering building, psychology building, student apartments, the Goggin Ice Center, and Miami's first parking garage. A new business school facility is currently under construction, and plans are being made for a new student center. (2008)
  
  
• In the latest survey assessing the quality of service and facilities among Ohio university libraries, Miami ranked among the leaders in all benchmarked areas.
  
  
• Wireless computing capabilities (802.11g) are available in all buildings on all Miami campuses as well as many "green spaces" located in common areas.
  
  
• More than 66 percent of Miami's faculty use the online course management system Blackboard, giving students access to bulletin boards, chat rooms, syllabi, grades, and other course materials. (2007)
  
  
• In the latest student survey, more than 96 percent of students reported they were satisfied or very satisfied with university cleanliness of public spaces in Miami's residence halls and the quality of food at Miami's "to go" locations among other services provided by Miami's housing and dining services. (2007)
  
  
• Since 2005, Miami University's Food Service has received 23 awards in national dining competitions, with Miami winning more first-place awards (13) than any other university in North America.
  

Noteworthy Alumni

Our students become successful leaders in their field and throughout the nation. View a representative listing of Miami alumni who have made it to the top of their chosen profession.