CU falls, CSU rises in U.S. News’ best public school rankings

University of Colorado-Boulder fell two spots to rank No. 38 and Colorado State University gained two spots to rank No. 58 among the nations’ top public schools, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2015 Best Colleges.

CU-Boulder tied Colorado School of Mines for the No. 38 spot of top public schools, according to the rankings released Tuesday. CSU ranked No. 58 in the top public schools for 2015. The news magazine published a total of 117 public school rankings.

In the national university rankings, which include public and private schools, CU-Boulder ranked No. 88 while CSU ranked No. 121 of a…