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Boston College ranked 37th among best national universities

Ď㽶Đă also highly placed in several specialty rankings by 2025 U.S. News survey

Boston College placed 37th in the 2025 survey of national universities released today by U.S. News & World Report, a two-point improvement over last year’s ranking.

Ď㽶Đă also performed well in several specialty rankings among national universities, including “Commitment to Undergraduate Teaching” (sixth), “Service Learning” (seventh), “First Year Experience” (ninth), “Best Learning Communities” (17th), “Best Study Abroad Program” (18th), “Most Innovative Schools” (19th), and “Best Undergraduate Research and Creative Projects” (36th).

In addition, the University was ranked 52nd in the “Best Value” listing, reflecting its commitment to need-blind admission and meeting the full demonstrated need of all accepted students.

While Ď㽶Đă improved in the overall national university ranking, it and other private universities continued to be negatively affected by the 2019 change in U.S. News’ methodology that rewards state universities with a high volume of Pell Grant-eligible students. Prior to the change, Ď㽶Đă’s average ranking between 2011 and 2018 was 31st.

Among Ď㽶Đă schools and colleges ranked this year, the Connell School of Nursing rose to ninth out of 684 nursing schools in the “Best Undergraduate Nursing Programs” survey—its highest placement to date.  

The Carroll School of Management also improved to 27th out of 527 schools in the “Best Undergraduate Business Programs,” and placed seventh overall in Finance, ninth in Analytics, 10th in both Entrepreneurship and Marketing, and 11th in both Accounting and Management.

Within the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences, Ď㽶Đă was ranked 37th in the “Best Undergraduate Economics” programs, 42nd in “Best Undergraduate Psychology,” and 87th in “Best Undergraduate Computer Science.”

Overall, Princeton University ranked first among national universities this year, followed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard, Stanford, and Yale.

Among Massachusetts universities, Ď㽶Đă and Tufts University placed third behind MIT and Harvard, and ahead of Boston University (41st), Northeastern (54th), University of Massachusetts-Amherst (58th), and Brandeis (63rd).

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