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UC Riverside has again been named the No. 1 university in the nation for social mobility by U.S. News & World Report.

UC Riverside is ranked in the top 1.3% of universities worldwide according to the 2024 Center for World University Rankings.

Once again, U.S. News & World Report has named UC Riverside the No. 2 university in the nation for social mobility. UCR also climbed 13 spots in the overall rankings, to No. 76 among the top 435 private and public universities.

UC Riverside is the No. 31 public university in the 2023 Forbes “America’s Top Colleges” rankings. The ranking is an improvement of two positions from the 2022 Forbes rankings. The methodology for the Forbes list relies on data from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard, as well as databases such as Payscale that gauge...

UC Riverside was named as one of the top academic institutions and best values for students by the Princeton Review in its latest rankings. The university earned top rankings from the Princeton Review for the fourth consecutive year.

UC Riverside achieved a 4.5 out of 5-star rating in Money magazine’s Best Colleges in America 2023 rankings, released June 22.

UC Riverside is ranked No. 9 among public universities in the Princeton Review’s Guide to Green Colleges.

For the fourth consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report has named UC Riverside the top public university in the nation for social mobility.

UC Riverside is the No. 33 public university in a college ranking from Forbes magazine. UCR was among several UC campuses and 17 public universities in the top 50.