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The excellence of Lawrence Technological University’s programs is recognized by independent comparative guidebooks and other organizations, such as U.S. News & World Report, Princeton Review, the Brookings Institution, PayScale, Business Insider, G.I. Jobs, and the Association of Independent Technological Universities.
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Lawrence Technological University is fourth in Michigan and in the top 7 percent of 4,500 colleges surveyed by the U.S. Department Education for its 2019 College Scorecard, which studies the value of a college education. With a return on investment of more than a million dollars over the course of a career, LTU ranks first in the Metro Detroit area.
The government data was analyzed by Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce. The center used a complex calculation of net present value of a college degree and concluded that a Lawrence Tech graduate can expect a net-present-value return of $1,124,000 over 40 years on their investment in a college degree.
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Lawrence Technological University ranks in the top tier of U.S. News & World Report’s America’s 2023 Best Colleges and continues to score high in the most prestigious categories including being recognized as a “Best Value Schools.”
LTU is also in the top quarter of the “Midwest Regional Universities” rankings and again is on the “Top Performers in Social Mobility” list, which measures the graduation rate of economically disadvantaged students. U.S. News also recognized Lawrence Tech as a top college for veterans. LTU’s Business programs, Undergraduate Engineering programs, and Computer Science programs were also ranked well.
Additional accolades include Best Online Master’s in Engineering Programs, Best Online MBA Programs, Best Online Master’s in Computer Information Technology Programs and graduate school rankings in the categories of Best Engineering Schools, Civil Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering.
U.S. News rankings are based on data from proprietary surveys and reliable third-party sources, which look at student retention rates, graduation rates, graduate indebtedness, assessments of academic quality by peer institutions, the student-faculty ratio, class sizes, test scores and grades of incoming students, the level of alumni giving, and the strength of the faculty.
For more, visit www.usnews.com/best-colleges/lawrence-tech-2279
Lawrence Technological University is one of the nation’s best institutions for undergraduates, according to “The Best 388 Colleges: 2023 Edition,” the annual profile of America’s top colleges and universities published by the educational services company Princeton Review.
The Princeton Review chose the colleges for its book based on data it collects annually from surveys of 2,000 college administrators about their institutions’ academic offerings. For its selection of profiled schools for the book, the company also reviews data from its surveys of college students attending the schools. Only about 14% of America’s 2,700 four-year colleges make the book.
LTU was also featured on Princeton Review’s “Best Midwestern” colleges and “Best Green Colleges” list. Only 158 of the 655 four-year colleges in Michigan and eight other Midwestern states made the Best Midwestern list. Just 420 of the nation’s 2,700 four-year colleges made the Green Colleges list.
The Princeton Review does not rank the colleges in the book from 1 to 388. The company’s 85-question student survey asked students to rate their colleges on dozens of topics and report on their campus experiences. Information on the survey process and methodology for the ranking lists can be found at princetonreview.com/college-rankings/ranking-methodology.
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In addition, LTU is ranked 34th on The Princeton Review’s list of 2018’s “Top 50 Undergraduate Schools” to study game design. Colleges and universities were selected based on a survey The Princeton Review conducted in 2015 of 150 institutions offering game design coursework or degrees in the United States, Canada, and several other countries.
The prestigious Brookings Institution has consistently shown Lawrence Technological University as providing value to students and alumni. The most recent study (from 2015) ranked Lawrence Technological University fifth in the country for providing the most value-added in preparing its graduates for well-paying occupations.
The study focused on the “value-added” from a variety of quality measures and showed that Lawrence Tech provides a +21.5% value-added benefit to mid-career earnings of the typical graduate. The “value of alumni skills” received a score of 96 (out of a possible 100) and “curriculum value” had a score of 93 (out of a possible 100). “Share of graduates prepared to work in occupations requiring STEM knowledge” also received a score of 93.
The goal of the Brookings studies are to go beyond the traditional rankings that reward colleges that primarily admit rich, smart students who can be expected to do better in their careers than most college graduates. Instead, the Brookings researchers wanted to determine if colleges actually made a difference in preparing their students for successful careers
That report encompassed more data sources and covered many more of the over 6,100 two- and four-year colleges than the college rankings from U.S. News & World Report. It seeks to take into account student profiles and their majors when comparing the career outcomes of alumni from different colleges. The yardstick became the value-added by a college in comparison to its peer group.
The Brookings study noted that the five quality factors strongly associated with more successful economic outcomes for alumni are curriculum value, alumni skills, STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) orientation, completion rates, and student aid.
The study found that LTU added 18 percent more value – virtually the same as the California Institute of Technology – with respect to occupational earnings power compared to four-year institutions with similar characteristics and students. The study found that alumni skills, the share of graduates majoring in STEM fields and curriculum value strongly predict a college’s value added in preparing its graduates for well-paying occupations.
For more, visit Brookings Institution
LTU placed in the top 11% of colleges and university nationwide in the 2020 PayScale Salary Report. LTU has the best ranking among colleges in the metropolitan Detroit region. Alumni responding to the survey rated their job satisfaction 5 out of 5 and are “extremely satisfied.”
Alumni with a bachelor’s degree earned an average salary of $56,700 early in their careers and $106,400 average salary by mid-career.
The PayScale surveys document that students get the best return on their college investment by majoring in science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM). More than half of LTU graduates (51 percent) included in the PayScale survey majored in STEM subjects, which was also true for most of the other high-ranking colleges. According to the survey, popular employers for LTU alumni are Chrysler Group LLC, FCA Corp., Ford Motor Company, General Motors Co., Mubea, NORR, and ZF TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. among others.
For more, visit PayScale
Business Insider, a business, celebrity, and technology news website, ranked LTU among the 610 “Smartest Colleges in America” in 2016. The publication ranked America’s colleges and universities based on brainpower, as reflected by the school’s average standardized test scores.
“These tests are often criticized,” noted the Business Insider, “but research shows that both the SAT and ACT are good measures of general cognitive ability, since just about any mental test measures one’s ability to reason. Therefore, the scores that schools report to U.S. News & World Report give a reasonable snapshot of a school’s overall smarts.”
Lawrence Tech earned the 2021-22 Military Friendly School designation from Viqtory, publisher of several military-focused magazines and websites. This is the latest in many veteran-focused accolades. One key reason for the recognition is that Lawrence Tech offers a 15 percent tuition discount to all active military, inactive, reserve, or retired military. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has also designated Lawrence Tech as a “Yellow Ribbon School” for providing up to $5,500 per year in aid to qualified veterans.
“Lawrence Tech offers a special welcome and continuing services for all those who have served our nation in the armed forces, who defend America’s freedom and are willing to make the ultimate sacrifice,” said Virinder Moudgil, LTU president.
Institutions earning the Military Friendly School designation were evaluated using both public data sources and responses from a proprietary survey. Final ratings were determined by combining survey scores with LTU’s achievements in student retention, graduation, job placement, loan repayment, persistence in degree advancement or transfer, and loan default rates, both for all students and for student veterans.
Methodology, criteria, and weightings were determined by Viqtory, with input from the Military Friendly Advisory Council of independent leaders in the higher education and military recruitment communities.
For more about Lawrence Tech’s commitment to attracting and supporting military students, visit our Military Financial Aid page or contact Michelle Hines, school certifying official, at 248.204.2110.
Association of Independent Technological Universities (AITU) Established in 1957, the Association of Independent Technological Universities (AITU) is an organization of leading American technological institutions whose mission is to exchange ideas and best practices; to advance engineering, science, and professional education; and to inspire innovation.
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Lawrence Technological University and the 19 other colleges and universities that comprise the Kern Entrepreneurship Education Network (KEEN) were awarded a Gold Edison Award in the category of Collaborative Networks and Support at the Edison Awards 25th anniversary celebration on April 28, 2012 in New York City.
The Edison Awards promote the time-tested characteristics of innovation of visionaries such as Thomas Edison. The Edison Best New Product Awards have recognized and honored some of the most innovative products, services and business leaders in the world.
The collegiate engineering programs in the KEEN network were recognized for their collaborative work together to instill the entrepreneurial mindset in all of the nearly 19,000 students they collectively teach. In addition to the rigorous technical fundamentals they offer as part of their normal engineering curricula, these engineering programs offer experiential opportunities aimed at instilling in the students a set of professional skills necessary for their future work.
In 2009, Lawrence Tech was awarded a five-year, $1.1 million grant from the Kern Family Foundation to further integrate the entrepreneurial mindset in the education of undergraduate engineering students.
In 2010, Lawrence Tech and five other KEEN universities formed the Dynamic Compass Network (DCN) to share innovative approaches to entrepreneurial education in curricular innovation, faculty excellence, a community of practitioners, peer collaboration, continuous improvement, and experiential learning.
Lawrence Tech took the lead by implementing a pilot project that provided benchmarks for the network.
Lawrence Tech’s placement on Victory Media’s 2016 STEM JobsSM Approved Colleges list acknowledges LTU’s standing among the nation’s elite schools for offering students responsive and relevant STEM-focused education leading to STEM careers after graduation. Schools were scored on three key indicators of success: STEM job alignment, STEM job placement, and diversity in a school’s STEM programs. Victory Media notes that it is “pleased to showcase Lawrence Tech as a school leading the way in this area.”
President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll
Lawrence Technological University has once again been named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, which recognizes institutions of higher education that support exemplary community service programs for students and raise the visibility of effective practices in campus community partnerships
The Corporation for National & Community Service has administered the award since 2006 in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, as well as the American Council on Education, Campus Compact, and the Interfaith Youth Core.
“The President’s Honor Roll recognizes higher education institutions whose community service efforts achieve meaningful outcomes in their communities. This distinction is the highest federal recognition colleges and universities can receive for community service, service-learning, and civic engagement,” said Ted Miller, chief of external affairs for the Corporation for National and Community Service. “This recognition is part of our strategic commitment to engage millions of college students in service and celebrate the critical role of higher education in strengthening communities.
This is Lawrence Tech’s third appearance on the list. Three of LTU’s community service projects were cited as examples:
Lawrence Tech has distinguished itself as one of the first universities in the country providing leadership education for all of its undergraduates. Lawrence Tech’s Leadership Program covers all four years and includes a commitment to community service and volunteering. The 2014 Honor Roll for community service can be found at www.nationalservice.gov/special-initiatives/honor-roll.
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Lawrence Technological University was chosen as one of 361 U.S. colleges and universities to receive the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching’s 2015carnegie foundation Community Engagement Classification, which recognizes an institution’s commitment to community engagement. Lawrence Tech was first added to this list in 2008.
Lawrence Tech and the other schools acknowledged represent less than 8 percent of the total number of colleges and universities in the country.
John Saltmarsh, director of the New England Resource Center for Higher Education, which administered the selection process, explained, “These are campuses that are improving teaching and learning, producing research that makes a difference in communities, and revitalizing their civic and academic missions.”
For the complete listing, visit www.nerche.org.
In the 2017 USA Today college rankings, Lawrence Technological University is ranked in the top 5 percent of all American colleges and universities for the highest paid graduates and the best architecture programs. Other programs recognized were engineering and computer and information sciences. LTU was also cited for best overall quality, quality in the Great Lakes region, and quality in Michigan.
Lawrence Technological University ranks in the upper third of more than 1,250 college and universities worldwide according to the 2019 rankings published by the Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education, the United Kingdom’s top publication on higher education.
More than 85 countries are represented in the rankings, which are unique in their global review, judging research-intensive universities on aspects of their core missions, such as teaching, research, knowledge transfer, and international outlook.
For more, visit www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings
Zippia.com, the San Mateo, Calif.-based career guidance website, ranked Lawrence Tech No. 4 in Michigan on its list for “best colleges for Mechanical Engineering majors.” The results were based on average earnings after six and 10 years in a career, the percentage of graduates at the institution who were Mechanical Engineering majors, rates of admissions and graduation, and cost and debt issues.
Lawrence Technological University has received high marks from GradReports.com. LTU’s College of Architecture and Design ranks third in the nation for providing great return on investment for a bachelor’s degree in architecture. Alumni median salary shortly after graduation is $53,400. Only $300 separates LTU from second place.
LTU’s Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering program is in the top 10 in the nation for alumni salaries one year after graduation with a median annual salary of $73,200.
GradReports.com bases additional analysis on factors such as tuition, median salaries, and median debt taken from the U.S. Department of Education.
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