UC Berkeley Tops U.S. News' Best Public Schools List

UC Berkeley has been ranked as the top public school in the United States, tied with UCLA, according to the 2024 American college rankings by U.S. News and World Report. The university has seen notable achievements in recent years, including Nobel Prizes awarded to faculty members and surpassing fundraising goals. UC Berkeley also excelled in various academic programs and shared the top spot in several disciplines. The entire UC system had all its undergraduate campuses ranked among the top 100 public and private universities. The rankings were based on measures of academic quality and outcomes, with a revised methodology that focused on universally reported data.