University of Houston makes huge leap in college rankings

The University of Texas at Austin raised its score top-of-the-line faculties in the rustic, in keeping with the latest undergraduate U.S. News & World Report’s annual document. UT Austin climbed to No. 9 amongst nationwide public universities and stays the No. 1 public college in Texas. Among each private and non-private universities, UT rose six puts to No. 32.

UT-Austin beat out Texas A&M University, which was once ranked the No. 20 public college in the country and No. 47 total.

Also mountaineering the rankings in the 2024 document was once the University of Houston, which jumped 21 positions, from 91st in 2023 as much as seventieth in the 2024 Top Public Universities checklist. UH’s total rank progressed 48 spots from final 12 months, shifting as much as No. 133.

“The latest rankings boost is due in large part to the University’s decade-long effort to improve its six-year graduation rate, which has risen 16% since 2013.  According to the 2024 rankings, UH is now exceeding expectations regarding its graduation rates,” a UH spokesperson stated in a remark launched Monday morning.  

The U.S. News and &World Report’s score technique underwent its most important alternate in historical past from 2023 to 2024, with new emphasis fascinated with each commencement results and social mobility, per Axios Austin. U.S. News not considers magnificence dimension or alumni giving, however has added a brand new standards that tracks commencement charges of first-generation college scholars at nationwide universities.

Houston’s Rice University dropped two spots to No. 17 from final 12 months in the full rankings from the Report. Texas A&M secured the No. 20 spot amongst best public colleges and slipped into the highest 50 at No. 47 in the Report’s 2024 total checklist.