<p>U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. – The Air Force Academy was ranked No. 1 in the nation by high school guidance counselors and second in the nation in aeronautical and astronautical engineering Monday by U.S. News and World Report’s Best College Rankings of 2012.</p>
<p>Other accolades the Academy earned include a tie for the No. 5 position in undergraduate engineering programs with California Polytechnic University and the U.S. Naval Academy, No. 5 among undergraduate electrical engineering programs, and No. 33 among liberal-arts colleges.</p>
<p>High school counselor rankings are new to the U.S. News rankings, according to a release announcing the rankings.</p>