University of Connecticut Rankings

The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a top ranking public university located in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It has been rated as the No. 1 public university in New England and placed among the top 30 public universities in the nation.

The University of Connecticut has the following Schools & Colleges: College of Agriculture and Natural Resources; Ratcliffe Hicks School of Agriculture; School of Dental Medicine; School of Business; Neag School of Education; School of Engineering; School of Fine Arts; Graduate School; School of Law; College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; School of Nursing; School of Social Work; School of Pharmacy; School of Medicine.

Rankings:

- University of Connecticut is placed in Tier 1 and ranked 66th among the Best National Universities in the country (US News & World Report 2010).

- The Neag School of Education is ranked 24th nationally in the US News Education School Ranking 2010.

- The Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) program is ranked 29th in the country out of 101 programs in U.S. News America's Best Graduate Schools 2010 Edition.

- 18th in the US News Ranking of Part-time Law Schools (2010).

- Ranked 339th in the world (QS World University Rankings 2009).

- University of Connecticut is rated the 12th best among public universities and 21st among the 278 public and private graduate schools of education in the U.S. (USNWR 2009). The Neag School’s core programs are also placed in the nation’s top 20: elementary education (13); secondary education (17); curriculum and instruction (19); and special education (20).

- Placed among the top 40 best values in public colleges nationally and No. 1 in New England (Kiplinger’s Personal Finance).

- The Economics Department is placed 4th nationally in the field of law and economics; 12th in the study of urban, rural, and regional economics; and 15th in agricultural and natural resources economics, according to the rankings of 129 economics departments by the Southern Economic Journal.

- University of Connecticut is placed 4th in the nation by the National Science Foundation for federal research funding in psychology.

- 56th in the NRC Rankings of Top US universities in Physiology (2007).

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