FSU climbs to No. 21 spot in new U.S. News & World Report rankings
After holding the same spot in the last couple of years, Florida State University has moved up a notch in the latest U.S. News & World Report’s "2025-2026 Best Colleges" rankings.
FSU is ranked No. 21 among the nation’s public universities, tied with Texas A&M University, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and the College of William & Mary. The placement moves it up two spots from last year.
To top it off, the university also earned a record ranking among the nation's public and private universities at No. 51, climbing up three places from last year.
FSU boasts Niche rankings ahead of U.S. News’ take
Besides the U.S. News & World Report, publications such as Niche – founded in 2002 – also have their own rankings, which FSU highlighted as it secured the No. 11 spot in Niche’s 2026 Top Public Universities in America rankings.
FSU also climbed to No. 7 nationally for Best Student Life and boasted being No. 2 in the category of Best Greek Life. At the same time, the university was ranked the No. 2 party school in America once again.
Florida State University continues to solidify its reputation as a premier public institution, securing the No. 11 spot in Niche’s 2026 Top Public Universities in America rankings.
— Florida State University (@FloridaState) September 19, 2025
FSU climbed to No. 7 nationally for Best Student Life, a testament to FSU’s engaging and… pic.twitter.com/Joc5IiGXEA
ACC............B1G..........SEC..........B12
STAN..4.......NW...7......VU....17.....BAY......88
DUKE..7......UCLA.17....TX....30.....TCU......97
CAL....15.....MI....20.....FL....30.....CO .......97
ND.....20.....USC..28.....GA...46.....BYU......110
UVA...26.....WI....36.....TAM..51.....ASU.....117
UNC...26.....IL.....36.....TN....102...ISU......117
GT.....32......OhSt.41....AUB..102....UCF.....117
BC.....36......WA...42....MO...102.....AZ.....127
FSU...51......MD...42.....OK...110.....HOU...132
VT.....51......RU....42.....SC...127.....KS.....143
WF.....51.....PUR..46.....KY...143......UTAH..151
MIA....64.....PSU..59.....AL....169.....KSt....158
NCS...64.....MN....59.....LSU..169.....CINCY.158
PITT...69.....MiSt..64.....MS...169......OkSt..198
CLEM.75.....IN.....73.....AR....183......TT.....198
SYR...75.....IA.....102....MSSt.208.....WV....222
SMU...88....OR....110
LOU...158...NE....158
avg....51............55.............110.............139
Another interesting factor is that national universities are having large changes in their undergraduate enrollment. Latest figures (in thousands of students):
B1G.............B12...............SEC.............ACC
OhSt.46.8.....ASU...65.5.....TAM..60.7.....CAL...33.5
PUR..44.8.....UCF....59.6.....TX....43.2.....FSU...32.7
PSU..42.6.....AZ......45.0....FL.....36.6.....VT.....31.0
MN...41.3.....HOU...39.3.....AL....34.4.....NCS...28.4
MiSt..41.2....CINCY.33.6.....LSU...34.2....CLEM.23.4
WA...40.8.....CO.....33.4.....GA....32.4.....UNC..21.1
WI...39.1.....BYU....33.0.....SC....30.2.....GT.....20.6
IN....38.1.....TT......32.3.....AR....28.9.....PITT...20.4
RU....38.0....UTAH..28.1.....AUB..27..9....UVA...17.9
IL.....37.1....ISU.....25.6.....KY....25.5.....LOU...17.1
MI.....34.5....OkSt..22.4.....TN....24.4.....SYR...16.0
UCLA.33.5....KS.....22.1.....OK....23.4.....MIA...13.3
MD....31.1....WV.....18.2.....MO...22.4.....BC.....9.7
IA.....22.7.....KSt....15.7.....MS...21.6.....ND.....8.9
USC..20.6.....BAY....14.9.....MsSt.18.6.....STAN.7.9
OR....20.6....TCU....11.0.....VU....7.2......SMU...7.3
NE....19.7............................................DUKE.6.5
NW....9.1.............................................WF.....5.5
avg...33.4..............31.2............29.5...........17.8
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