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The 2025 US News & World Report higher education (HE) rankings have been released, revealing little change at the very top despite a year marked by significant challenges for American colleges and ...

Florida International University remains among the nation’s top 50 public universities in the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings. The university was ranked No. 46 among public universities and ...

Gunrock, the UC Davis mascot, jumps for joy on the campus, ranked No. 10 among public universities in the nation in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026 on Oct. 8. (Gregory ...

Florida State University is now ranked No. 21 among public universities in the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings. FSU also achieved a record ranking of No. 51 among all national universities, ...

Astronomy graduate student Angela Twum conducts highly impactful research on luminous red novae, stellar explosions thought to be caused by the merging of two stars. UC Santa Cruz has been named one ...

This post was updated Sept. 26 at 12:15 p.m. UCLA is no longer the nation’s No. 1 public university after eight years on top in the U.S. News & World Report’s annual university rankings. UCLA was ...

Texas Tech University improved in the 2026 U.S. News & World Report (USNWR) Best Colleges rankings released Tuesday, seeing the largest leap in rankings among schools within the Big 12 Conference.

Universities are in thrall to a rankings system that prioritizes narrow aspects of academic life. Three changes would give institutions the freedom to explore fresh ways of working. And governments ...

This story was updated on Nov. 4 to clarify FIU’s definitive No. 1 ranking in the Wall Street Journal/College Pulse rankings. Florida International University has been ranked the No. 1 university in ...