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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
Bronze University of Nebraska at Omaha (Nebraska) 22.0 12.5 15.0 7.5 9.5 64.5 10,993 9,910
Bronze SUNY Oneonta (New York) 22.5 12.5 8.5 7.0 16.0 64.5 4,960 4,760
Bronze State University of (New York) at Oswego (New York) 20.5 14.0 8.5 7.5 16.0 64.5 5,743 5,305
Bronze California State University-Fresno (California) 21.5 9.0 10.0 7.5 18.5 64.5 19,549 17,763
Bronze Carlow University, Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) 20.0 18.0 10.0 7.5 11.0 64.5 1,418 990
Bronze Salisbury University (Maryland) 23.0 13.0 10.0 7.5 13.0 64.5 6,243 5,776
Bronze Emory & Henry University (Virginia) 22.0 16.5 10.0 6.5 11.5 64.5 1,313 1,086
Bronze SUNY Brockport (New York) 21.5 13.5 8.5 6.5 16.5 64.5 5,224 4,840
Bronze University of New Hampshire at Manchester (New Hampshire) 22.0 8.5 8.0 6.5 21.5 64.5 571 410
Bronze Sweet Briar College (Virginia) 23.0 18.5 9.5 6.0 9.5 64.5 461 461
Bronze Providence College (Rhode Island) 23.5 15.0 8.0 9.0 9.0 64.5 4,295 4,081
Bronze Quinnipiac University, Hamden (Connecticut) 22.0 14.0 8.5 9.0 11.0 64.5 7,752 6,070
Bronze Soka University of America, Aliso Viejo (California) 23.5 17.0 9.5 9.5 5.0 64.5 476 464
Bronze Oberlin College (Ohio) 23.5 17.0 14.5 8.5 1.0 64.5 2,951 2,942
Bronze Transylvania University, Lexington (Kentucky) 23.5 16.5 10.0 8.0 6.5 64.5 999 999
Bronze Morehouse College, Atlanta (Georgia) 22.5 15.0 9.5 8.0 9.5 64.5 2,374 2,374
Bronze University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire (Wisconsin) 22.0 9.0 15.0 8.0 10.5 64.5 8,562 8,430
Bronze Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware (Ohio) 23.0 15.5 9.5 8.0 8.5 64.5 1,441 1,441
Bronze John Carroll University, University Heights (Ohio) 21.0 14.0 9.5 8.5 11.5 64.5 2,479 2,235
Bronze University of Scranton (Pennsylvania) 18.5 14.0 9.5 8.5 14.0 64.5 4,057 3,511
Bronze Queens University of Charlotte (North Carolina) 22.0 17.0 9.5 7.0 10.5 64.0 1,407 1,324
Bronze Hartwick College, Oneonta (New York) 22.0 18.0 8.5 7.0 10.5 64.0 1,094 1,093
Bronze Salem State University (Massachusetts) 20.5 15.5 7.5 7.5 15.0 64.0 4,261 3,754
Bronze The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg (Texas) 22.5 8.5 15.0 7.5 12.5 64.0 21,945 20,098
Bronze Western Illinois University, Macomb (Illinois) 23.0 16.0 10.0 6.5 10.5 64.0 5,220 4,252
Bronze Martin Luther College, New Ulm (Minnesota) 24.0 16.0 10.0 8.5 5.5 64.0 603 602
Bronze Capital University, Columbus (Ohio) 22.0 17.0 10.0 8.0 7.0 64.0 2,173 1,678
Bronze Saint Francis University, Loretto (Pennsylvania) 21.5 16.0 10.0 8.5 8.0 64.0 1,615 1,393
Bronze Saint Ambrose University, Davenport (Iowa) 22.0 15.5 5.0 8.0 13.5 64.0 2,381 1,937
Bronze West Chester University of Pennsylvania, West Chester
(Pennsylvania) 23.5 9.5 10.0 8.0 13.0 64.0 13,818 12,817
Bronze Saint Norbert College, De Pere (Wisconsin) 24.0 15.0 10.0 8.0 7.0 64.0 1,746 1,746
Bronze Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego (California) 20.0 12.0 10.0 8.5 13.5 64.0 3,333 2,746
Bronze Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach (Florida) 20.5 10.0 14.5 8.0 11.0 64.0 7,867 7,187
Bronze Seton Hall University, South Orange (New Jersey) 19.5 9.5 9.5 8.5 17.0 64.0 7,524 5,916
Bronze Doane University, Crete (Nebraska) 22.0 18.0 10.0 7.0 8.5 63.5 1,214 919
Bronze Neumann University, Aston (Pennsylvania) 22.0 14.5 9.5 7.0 12.5 63.5 1,546 1,357
Bronze West Texas A & M University, Canyon (Texas) 23.0 12.0 10.0 7.0 13.5 63.5 6,067 5,411
Bronze Aurora University (Illinois) 21.0 11.5 5.0 7.5 20.5 63.5 4,652 3,704
Bronze Illinois College, Jacksonville (Illinois) 24.0 17.0 5.0 7.5 12.0 63.5 913 911
Bronze Central College, Pella (Iowa) 24.5 13.0 10.0 7.5 10.5 63.5 1,041 1,041
Bronze Woodbury University, Burbank (California) 21.5 14.0 4.5 7.0 18.5 63.5 832 764
Bronze Central Washington University, Ellensburg (Washington) 20.0 13.5 10.0 7.0 15.0 63.5 7,385 7,074
Bronze University of Houston-Downtown, Houston (Texas) 22.0 11.0 14.5 6.5 11.5 63.5 6,396 6,277
Bronze Guilford College, Greensboro (North Carolina) 23.0 17.0 9.5 6.5 9.5 63.5 1,120 1,085
Bronze Valdosta State University (Georgia) 23.0 16.0 9.5 6.0 11.0 63.5 6,334 5,427

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