Cal Poly Pomona improved its rankings in the newly released 2006 edition of Americas Best Colleges by U.S. News & World Report. The university moved up one notch to tie for 4th on the list of Top Public Universities-Masters in the Western United States, which features public universities offering a full range of undergraduate and master's programs. Among both public and private universities, it moved up four spaces to 31st in Best Universities-Masters (by Region), placing in the top tier of Western universities with undergraduate and masters programs.