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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 undergrad students No. of undergrads

Cluster Rankings
Honorable Mention The University of Findlay (Ohio) 22.0 14.0 10.0 7.5 6.0 57.7 3,030 2,248
Honorable Mention Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania) 24.0 11.5 10.0 7.0 7.0 57.7 4,163 3,927
Honorable Mention Hastings College (Nebraska) 19.0 16.0 10.0 7.0 7.5 57.7 982 965
Honorable Mention University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg (Mississippi) 20.5 11.5 10.0 7.0 10.5 57.7 9,857 8,413
Honorable Mention University of Akron Main Campus (Ohio) 18.5 13.5 14.5 7.0 6.0 57.7 9,666 8,444
Honorable Mention Portland State University (Oregon) 17.5 12.0 9.5 7.0 13.5 57.7 12,744 10,418
Honorable Mention Hampshire College, Amherst (Massachusetts) 23.5 16.0 9.0 6.5 4.5 57.7 717 717
Honorable Mention North Carolina Wesleyan University, Rocky Mount
(North Carolina) 22.0 13.5 10.0 6.5 7.5 57.7 1,135 1,036
Honorable Mention University of California-San Diego, La Jolla (California) 6.5 4.5 15.0 9.5 22.0 57.5 40,716 32,852
Honorable Mention Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Tallahassee
(Florida) 22.5 11.0 4.5 9.0 10.5 57.5 7,973 6,784
Honorable Mention Appalachian State University, Boone (North Carolina) 19.5 11.5 10.0 8.5 8.0 57.5 18,960 18,120
Honorable Mention Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion (Indiana) 19.0 12.0 10.0 8.0 8.5 57.5 2,000 1,893
Honorable Mention Louisiana Tech University, Ruston (Louisiana) 20.0 10.5 15.0 8.0 4.0 57.5 8,575 7,857
Honorable Mention University of Miami, Coral Gables (Florida) 17.0 10.5 9.5 9.0 11.5 57.5 18,388 12,405
Honorable Mention Mississippi State University, Starkville (Mississippi) 16.5 10.5 15.0 8.0 7.5 57.5 18,882 16,583
Honorable Mention University of Missouri-Columbia (Missouri) 16.5 8.0 15.0 9.0 9.0 57.5 26,395 22,090
Honorable Mention The University of Texas at San Antonio (Texas) 18.5 3.5 14.5 8.0 13.0 57.5 24,829 22,625
Honorable Mention University of Dallas, Irving (Texas) 22.0 15.5 4.5 7.5 9.5 57.2 1,581 1,376
Honorable Mention Mount Marty University, Yankton (South Dakota) 21.5 16.5 10.0 7.0 4.0 57.2 818 620
Honorable Mention Columbia College Chicago (Illinois) 21.5 15.0 9.5 6.5 6.5 57.2 6,146 6,013
Honorable Mention Merrimack College, North Andover (Massachusetts) 22.0 14.5 8.0 8.0 4.5 57.0 5,038 3,960
Honorable Mention Baker University, Baldwin City (Kansas) 21.0 13.0 5.0 8.0 10.0 57.0 949 923
Honorable Mention Salve Regina University, Newport (Rhode Island) 21.0 11.5 8.0 8.0 8.5 57.0 2,252 2,064
Honorable Mention University of North Florida, Jacksonville (Florida) 18.5 9.0 9.5 8.0 12.0 57.0 11,730 10,712
Honorable Mention University of Delaware, Newark (Delaware) 14.5 8.5 14.5 9.0 10.5 57.0 21,680 18,084
Honorable Mention University of North Dakota, Grand Forks (North Dakota) 13.5 10.5 15.0 8.0 10.0 57.0 8,919 7,075
Honorable Mention University of Iowa, Iowa City (Iowa) 11.5 11.0 15.0 9.0 10.5 57.0 25,602 20,622
Honorable Mention Indiana University-Bloomington (Indiana) 14.0 8.0 15.0 9.0 11.0 57.0 42,650 35,871
Honorable Mention North Carolina State University at Raleigh (North Carolina) 13.0 8.0 14.5 9.5 12.0 57.0 31,842 24,925
Honorable Mention University of California-Davis (California) 8.5 4.5 15.0 9.0 20.0 57.0 38,184 30,929
Honorable Mention Wayne State College (Nebraska) 22.0 14.0 10.0 7.0 5.5 56.7 3,012 2,835
Honorable Mention Utah Valley University, Orem (Utah) 23.0 12.0 9.5 7.0 7.0 56.7 20,130 19,658
Honorable Mention Oakland University, Rochester Hills (Michigan) 18.5 11.5 10.0 7.5 11.0 56.7 12,104 10,141
Honorable Mention Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro (Tennessee) 16.5 13.0 14.5 7.5 7.0 56.7 14,784 13,950
Honorable Mention The University of Texas at El Paso (Texas) 17.5 8.0 14.5 7.5 11.0 56.7 16,154 14,588
Honorable Mention CUNY Medgar Evers College, Brooklyn (New York) 22.0 14.0 8.5 4.0 10.0 56.7 2,594 2,594
Honorable Mention Adrian College (Michigan) 22.5 12.0 10.0 6.5 7.5 56.7 1,678 1,621
Honorable Mention Arkansas Tech University, Russellville (Arkansas) 21.5 13.5 9.5 6.5 7.5 56.7 5,094 4,940
Honorable Mention Clayton State University, Morrow (Georgia) 23.5 10.0 9.5 6.0 9.5 56.7 3,154 2,905
Honorable Mention Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville (Tennessee) 18.5 12.0 10.0 8.0 8.0 56.5 8,160 7,850
Honorable Mention Liberty University, Lynchburg (Virginia) 20.0 9.0 9.5 8.0 10.0 56.5 56,661 32,378
Honorable Mention South Dakota State University, Brookings (South Dakota) 18.0 9.0 15.0 8.0 6.5 56.5 8,283 7,716
Honorable Mention Michigan State University, East Lansing (Michigan) 15.0 4.5 15.0 9.0 13.0 56.5 45,915 37,492
Honorable Mention Colorado Christian University, Lakewood (Colorado) 21.0 15.5 4.5 8.5 7.0 56.5 2,513 1,889

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