We will leverage high-quality reputation rankings and consider developing our own measures.
Publications such as U.S. News and World Report rank higher ed institutions to help students and their families make informed college choices. In recent years, rankings at institutions in the State University System have risen at unprecedented levels, which is a result of strategic and coordinated efforts at the university, System, and state government levels.
University of Florida
Top 10: Public National University
- 2026 7th
- 2025 7th
- 2024 6th
- 2023 5th
- 2022 5th
Florida State University
Top 25: Public National University
- 2026 21st
- 2025 23rd
- 2024 23rd
- 2023 19th
- 2022 19th
University of South Florida
Top 50: Public National University
- 2026 43rd
- 2025 45th
- 2024 45th
- 2023 42nd
- 2022 46th
Florida International University
Top 50: Public National University
- 2026 46th
- 2025 46th
- 2024 64th
- 2023 72nd
- 2022 78th
University of Central Florida
Top 75: Public National University
- 2026 57th
- 2025 61st
- 2024 64th
- 2023 64th
- 2022 67th
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Public HBCU
- 2026 1st
- 2025 1st
- 2024 1st
- 2023 1st
- 2022 1st
FAMU ranks 1st among public historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU). FAMU also ranks 92nd among all public universities in the nation.
Florida Atlantic University
Top 100: Public National University
- 2026 100th
- 2025 103rd
- 2024 112th
- 2023 132nd
- 2022 140th
New College of Florida
Top 10: Public Liberal Arts
- 2026 10th
- 2025 7th
- 2024 6th
- 2023 5th
- 2022 5th
Florida Polytechnic University
Public Regional Colleges: South
- 2026 1st
- 2025 2nd
- 2024 2nd
- 2023 3rd
- 2022 1st
University of West Florida
Public Regional Universities: South
- 2026 6th
- 2025 10th
- 2024 10th
- 2023 10th
- 2022 16th
University of North Florida
Public National University
- 2026 122nd
- 2025 126th
- 2024 129th
- 2023 132nd
- 2022 132nd
Florida Gulf Coast University
Public National Universities
- 2026 170th
- 2025 161st
- 2024 162nd
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