College and university rankings are updated regularly by the organizations that compile them—the links below represent a sample of the many rankings available. 

• U.S. News and World Report (National rankings)
• Times Higher Education
• QS World University Rankings
• Forbes
• Princeton Review

Statement on Rankings

The University of Chicago offers a rigorous, empowering and highly engaged undergraduate education. We provide a range of information to help prospective undergraduates decide if the intellectually invigorating education at UChicago is a good fit for them. Much discussion and controversy has arisen over how media outlets and other organizations use changing data and formulas to create university rankings—sometimes producing shifts in rankings without underlying changes at the schools themselves.

At UChicago, we have long encouraged families to approach rankings with their own critical thinking and look beyond them to the fundamentals of a university’s academic program, culture, and opportunities for enrichment. A successful education depends more on finding an institution that meets a student’s individual needs and goals than upon any statistical formula.

For example, some factors that used to be considered as part of some of the more popular rankings—such as class size or the educational achievement level of instructors—were removed last year but remain of critical importance to the academic success of our students. A hallmark of the UChicago experience is when small classes of students analyze a text or conduct research with a highly published professor who is considered an expert in their field. These are among the reasons why UChicago is home to some of the most intellectually ambitious faculty and students in the world.

If you are a student who would enjoy learning how to deconstruct the statistical and analytical criteria of the rankings as well as debating with others their historical, philosophical, sociological, economic and political implications, we’d love to see your application.