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.
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