UCF Ranks Among Nation’s Top 5 Most Innovative Public Universities, Top 30 Public University for BSN Programs
Released on September 24, 2024
U.S. News & World Report‘s 2025 Best Colleges list recognizes UCF for its excellence in innovation, student success and undergraduate education.
UCF’s strengths in empowering student success, achieving social mobility and fostering impactful industry partnerships have elevated the university to become one of the nation’s top five most innovative public universities.
“UCF’s rise in prominence as one of the nation’s most innovative universities is a reflection of the collective boldness, creativity and excellence of our people,” says UCF President Alexander N. Cartwright. “Together, our students, faculty, staff, and partners are making an incredible impact as we transform lives, solve societal challenges, elevate our community and state, and invent the future.”
UCF continues to advance toward becoming a top 50 public research university overall and earned recognitions in several other categories:
Top 20 public university nationally for best undergraduate teaching.
Top 25 public university nationally for student outcome measures, including graduation and retention rates.
Top 30 public university nationally for social mobility, best value and nursing.
Top 50 public university nationally for engineering and computer science.
“To be ranked, once again, among the nation’s best undergraduate nursing programs demonstrates UCF’s excellence in preparing future nurses for clinical practice and is a testament to our faculty and staff’s commitment to student success.”
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