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USF Hits Record in 2026 U.S. News Rankings as UF Holds Top-10 and FSU Climbs

State officials cast the list as validation of Florida’s university system.

Cars speed past University of Florida entrance sign located at the intersection of University Avenue and Gale Lemerand Drive in Gainesville, Fla. (Azhalia Pottinger/Fresh Take Florida)
The J. Wayne Reitz Union at the University of Florida on Monday, Sept. 22, 2025 in Gainesville, Fla. (Noah Lantor/Fresh Take Florida)
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Overview

  • University of South Florida reaches its best-ever positions at No. 88 overall and No. 43 among public universities, with U.S. News also placing it No. 12 for best value among publics.
  • University of Florida ties for No. 7 among public universities for a second year, steady after a politically turbulent period that included leadership upheaval and a blocked presidential hire.
  • Florida State University rises to No. 21 among public institutions and No. 51 overall, described by campus leaders as the school’s strongest showing yet.
  • Other Florida outcomes include FIU at No. 46 among publics and No. 97 overall while again leading the nation in social mobility, UCF up to No. 57 among publics and No. 117 overall, FAU at No. 100 among publics, and FAMU still the top public HBCU despite declines elsewhere.
  • Florida Board of Governors leaders and the state university chancellor publicly celebrated the results, asserting Florida as the nation’s leading public university system.