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Website says MTU one of top three MI colleges

HOUGHTON, MI--   Michigan Technological University has been ranked third among 39 state colleges and universities in College Factual’s 2018 Best Colleges list.

It’s also placed in the top 20 percent of more than 1,300 schools evaluated nationwide.

College Factual is a website that assesses the quality of education, the cost of colleges and universities, and the majors they offer.

The site also ranked several majors at Tech in the top 20 percent across the country.  Among those majors, mechanical engineering-engineering mechanics ranked in the top 5 percent; chemical engineering and forestry in the top 6 percent;  environmental engineering and computer engineering in the top

15 percent; and electrical engineering in the top 20 percent.

For more information go to collegefactual.com.

Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.