UIC rises in 2025 US News Best Colleges rankings

UIC continues to be a national leader in public higher education and social mobility, according to the 2025 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings. In the latest rankings, the university rose one spot to tie at 39th among public national universities and rose two spots to tie at 80th among the top 100 universities in the nation. In the social mobility category, which measures the top-performing schools that enrolled and graduated students who received federal Pell grants, UIC tied for 10th, a jump of six spots from the 2024 ranking. UIC’s undergraduate nursing program rose three spots to tie for 13th place. You can find more stories on today.uic.edu.