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School of Drama graduates celebrate during the Yale University commencement on Old Campus in New Haven Monday.
Students walk to class at the UConn campus in Storrs, Conn. Monday, April 4, 2022.
Wesleyan University hosted a dress rehearsal for its WesWorks performance, which runs through Saturday in Middletown.
One Connecticut university tied with two other colleges for the third spot in the 2023 U.S. News & World Report ranking of best national universities.
Released on Sunday, U.S. News & World Report’s 2022-23 list of best colleges in America placed Yale University at No. 3, rising two spots from last year’s ranking. The annual list is created using factors like graduation and retention rates, graduate indebtedness, social mobility and faculty resources.
Stanford University and Harvard University also hold the third spot out of 443. Princeton University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology took the No. 1 and No. 2 spots respectively.
Here’s how Connecticut schools ranked nationally:
No. 3 Yale University
No. 67 University of Connecticut
No. 115 Fairfield University
No. 166 Quinnipiac University
No. 219 Sacred Heart University
No. 234 University of Hartford
No. 331-440 University of Bridgeport
U.S. News’ additional rankings include top public schools, best colleges for veterans and top performers on social mobility.
Yale University was ranked No. 1 in the best college for veterans list and the UConn held the No. 38 spot. For best undergraduate teaching, Yale University was ranked No. 21 and Fairfield University was placed at No. 29.
The University of Connecticut was also ranked No. 26 in top public schools, and the University of Bridgeport was ranked No. 82 in social mobility, meaning it enrolls many students who were awarded with Pell Grants.
Wesleyan University was ranked No. 18 in the 2023 National Liberal Arts Colleges rankings. Trinity College was placed at No. 39 and Connecticut College was ranked No. 55.
The U.S. News made a few revisions to its methodology this year. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on standardized testing, U.S. News did not factor in SAT/ACT scores if less than 50% of entrants submitted them in consecutive years. The percent of instructional faculty with a terminal degree — the highest degree one can achieve in an academic field — now includes both part-time and full-time faculty.
