Florida International University and three other Florida schools are in the top 50 public colleges and universities in the country, according to U.S. News and World Report.
At 46th, FIU is the only South Florida school to make the top 50 in the list of 2025 Top Public Schools. This is its first time in the top 50, and it sits at 98th among all national universities, public and private, according to the report.
“FIU climbed 18 spots from last year among public universities and 26 spots overall to become one of the Top 100 universities in the nation,” the university wrote in a news release.
— FIU (@FIU) September 24, 2024
Who took the top spots?
The top public school in the country is the University of California Los Angeles, the report says, followed by the University of California Berkeley. The University of Michigan Ann Arbor took the third spot.
How did Florida do?
The Florida school that ranked the highest on the list of best public schools was the University of Florida in Gainesville, which took the number 7 spot…