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Cover Story America's Best Universities Rankings 2025

Teaching focus (25) Class size (20) Experiential learning (20) Retention rate (10) Economic mobility (25) Total score (100) Total no. of students No. of undergrads No. of undergrad students

Cluster Rankings
Silver California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (California) 14.0 13.0 9.5 10.0 20.0 66.5 2,463 1,023
Silver San Jose State University (California) 19.5 8.0 10.0 8.5 20.5 66.5 26,223 21,807
Silver Yale University, New Haven (Connecticut) 11.5 13.0 14.5 10.0 17.5 66.5 14,854 6,805
Silver Mercer University, Macon (Georgia) 21.0 13.5 9.5 8.5 14.0 66.5 7,145 4,177
Silver Keuka College, Keuka Park (New York) 20.5 16.0 8.5 6.5 17.5 66.2 1,105 851
Silver La Roche University, Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) 21.5 20.0 10.0 6.5 10.5 66.1 949 703
Silver Stetson University, DeLand (Florida) 23.5 17.0 9.5 7.0 12.5 66.0 3,232 2,260
Silver Valparaiso University (Indiana) 23.5 14.0 10.0 7.5 14.5 66.0 2,598 2,204
Silver Pacific Union College, Angwin (California) 25.0 12.0 10.0 7.5 15.0 66.0 718 717
Silver Tuskegee University (Alabama) 24.0 12.0 9.5 7.5 16.5 66.0 2,687 2,282
Silver University of St Francis, Joliet (Illinois) 20.0 16.0 5.0 7.0 21.5 66.0 1,333 1,109
Silver Clarke University, Dubuque (Iowa) 23.5 16.0 10.0 6.5 13.5 66.0 857 768
Silver Patrick Henry College, Purcellville (Virginia) 25.0 15.0 4.5 9.0 12.5 66.0 356 356
Silver Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley (Massachusetts) 24.5 15.0 8.5 9.0 9.0 66.0 2,206 2,191
Silver Ursinus College, Collegeville (Pennsylvania) 23.5 16.0 9.5 8.0 9.0 66.0 1,473 1,473
Silver Wesleyan University, Middletown (Connecticut) 20.0 16.5 9.0 9.5 11.0 66.0 3,099 2,969
Silver Lewis University, Romeoville (Illinois) 22.0 15.0 5.0 8.0 16.0 66.0 4,664 3,154
Silver Rollins College, Winter Park (Florida) 24.0 16.0 9.5 8.5 8.0 66.0 2,768 2,535
Silver Ithaca College (New York) 22.5 15.5 9.0 8.5 10.5 66.0 4,724 4,285
Silver Endicott College, Beverly (Massachusetts) 21.0 16.5 13.0 8.5 7.0 66.0 3,349 3,017
Silver Seton Hill University, Greensburg (Pennsylvania) 21.0 17.0 10.0 8.0 10.0 66.0 1,760 1,450
Silver Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore (Maryland) 22.5 14.5 9.0 8.5 11.5 66.0 4,387 3,953
Silver Lipscomb University, Nashville (Tennessee) 22.0 14.5 9.5 8.5 11.5 66.0 4,441 2,886
Silver University of Massachusetts-Lowell, Lowell (Massachusetts) 16.5 11.5 13.0 8.5 16.5 66.0 11,138 9,450
Silver Saint Mary's College of California, Moraga (California) 23.0 15.5 5.0 8.5 14.0 66.0 2,324 1,943
Silver Moravian University, Bethlehem (Pennsylvania) 20.5 16.0 9.5 8.0 12.0 66.0 2,173 1,875
Silver Fresno Pacific University (California) 18.5 13.0 10.0 7.5 19.0 66.0 1,598 958
Silver Goucher College, Baltimore (Maryland) 23.0 17.0 14.5 7.5 6.5 65.8 989 932
Silver Utica University (New York) 22.5 17.0 8.5 7.5 13.0 65.8 2,598 2,255
Silver Saint Elizabeth University, Morristown (New Jersey) 21.5 17.0 9.5 7.5 13.0 65.8 774 578
Silver Alvernia University, Reading (Pennsylvania) 21.0 16.0 10.0 7.0 14.5 65.8 1,946 1,716
Silver CUNY Brooklyn College (New York) 21.0 12.0 8.5 7.5 19.5 65.8 8,898 8,268
Silver Loyola University New Orleans (Louisiana) 23.0 15.0 14.5 7.5 8.5 65.8 3,645 2,868
Silver Coe College, Cedar Rapids (Iowa) 22.5 13.0 10.0 7.0 16.0 65.8 1,254 1,254
Silver Viterbo University, La Crosse (Wisconsin) 22.0 16.0 10.0 7.5 12.5 65.6 1,687 1,200
Silver Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven
(Connecticut) 22.0 15.0 8.0 7.5 15.5 65.6 6,301 5,392
Silver California Baptist University, Riverside (California) 22.5 13.5 5.0 7.5 19.5 65.6 9,472 7,172
Silver Kean University, Union (New Jersey) 21.5 14.5 9.5 7.5 15.0 65.6 10,477 9,396
Silver William Paterson University of New Jersey, Wayne
(New Jersey) 20.0 15.5 9.5 7.0 16.0 65.6 5,802 5,134
Silver Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans (Louisiana) 24.0 15.5 9.5 7.0 13.0 65.6 3,007 2,452
Silver Franklin College (Indiana) 23.5 13.0 10.0 7.0 15.5 65.6 920 865
Silver California State University-Bakersfield (California) 22.5 11.5 10.0 7.5 17.5 65.6 7,836 6,796
Silver Pacific University, Forest Grove (Oregon) 23.0 15.5 10.0 7.5 13.0 65.6 3,124 1,473
Silver St Olaf College, Northfield (Minnesota) 24.0 13.5 10.0 9.0 9.0 65.5 3,044 3,044

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