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Article: Joining the ranks: Naval Academy recognized for engineering program and professor accessibility.
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- The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)
- Article date:
- August 25, 2006
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Byline: Bradley Olson
Aug. 25--Several national publications gave high marks to the Naval Academy this week for top-flight engineering and chemistry programs, accessible professors and its "stone-cold sober" campus. The engineering program has long won national renown, and this year it was ranked third by U.S. News and World Report among institutions that don't grant doctorates. The academy tied for third in that category with the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., and Cooper Union in New York City. Two private schools tied for first: Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, Calif., and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Ind. William Miller, ...