UC Berkeley Clinches No. 1 Public U.S. Status and 7th Globally in 2026 US News Rankings
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U.S. News’ 2026 Best Global Universities list ranks UC Berkeley No. 7 worldwide and No. 1 among U.S. public universities, with Berkeley also listed as the No. 4 research university in the country overall; UCLA follows as the next public institution at No. 11, and Berkeley earns top-five positions in several subjects such as physics, biology, economics, environment, and space science.
- UC Berkeley named top public university in the U.S. and No. 7 in the world by ‘U.S. News’ University of California, Berkeley
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- 7 N.J. universities just ranked among the world’s best — with one school surging higher NJ.com
- Two Connecticut universities ranked among the best in the world by U.S. News & World Report CT Insider
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