Sep 23, 2025 - News
USF, FSU climb in U.S. News college rankings
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Five Florida schools made the top 100 of U.S. News & World's rankings for the best national colleges.
The big picture: The annual rankings evaluate nearly 1,700 higher education institutions on 17 measures of academic quality, per U.S. News.
Zoom out: Jumping three spots each from last year's overall rankings were Florida State University (tied for No. 51) and the University of South Florida (tied for No. 88).
- The University of Florida maintained its No. 30 rank from last year, tying with the University of Texas at Austin.
- The University of Miami fell one spot to tie for No. 64.
Zoom in: USF and FSU also climbed two spots each in the ranking for best public schools, landing in ties for rankings of 21 and 43, respectively.
- UF tied for the position of seventh-best public school, maintaining its rank from last year.