Curry School of Education | University of Virginia

Several national publications and organizations regularly publish college editions that feature the University of Virginia prominently in a variety of categories. These include the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings of both undergraduate and graduate schools; BusinessWeek's survey of both undergraduate and graduate business schools; Newsweek/Kaplan "How to Get Into College Guide"; Forbes' magazine biennial survey of business schools; Solucient's 100 Top Hospitals; the U.S. News & World Report ranking of top hospitals; Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.'s America's Top Doctors; the National Research Council ranking of graduate programs; Princeton Review's top values; Kiplinger Personal Finance magazine's ranking of top values; and, the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education annual report on graduation rates.

The University of Virginia remains the No. 2 best public university in the 2007 edition of the U.S. News and World Report rankings. In the 10 years since U.S. News began ranking public universities as a separate category, U.Va. has ranked either No. 1 or No. 2.

U.Va. continues to rank in the Top 25 among the best of all national universities, public and private, tying with the University of Michigan at No. 24.

The University also continues to be ranked in U.S. News' Top 25 in the Great School, Great Value category, coming in at No. 17 for the second year in a row.

The Newsweek/Kaplan "How to Get Into College" guide has identified the University as one of 25 "New Ivies" - a group of public and private institutions identified based on admissions statistics and interviews with administrators, faculty, students and alumni.

In 1995, the prestigious National Research Council, which evaluates 274 institutions once every ten years, placed U.Va.'s graduate programs high on the list. In its November 2003 issue, Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine ranked the University of Virginia as #2 on its list of 100 Best Values in Public Colleges. In 2004, the University Medical Center was named one of the nation's Top 100 Hospitals for the sixth consecutive year. Also in 2004,U.Va. had the highest graduation and retention rate of any public college or university.

U.S. News & World Report Rankings
2007 America's Best Colleges Issue
August 2006 -- U.S. News & World Report's latest college rankings placed the University of Virginia as the nation's #2 public university and 24th (tied with the University of Michigan) among all (248) national universities. Since U.S. News began a separate listing of the top 50 public universities in 1998, U.Va. has never been lower than No. 2. In the 20-year history of the rankings, U.Va. has never dropped out of the top 25 listing.

University of Virginia for 2007

2^nd Best Public University
24^th Best Public/Private National University (tied with University of Michigan)