Four Illinois Universities Land on U.S. News & World Report’s ‘Best Colleges’ List

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Four colleges in Illinois have earned a spot on U.S. News & World Report’s newest ranking of the 2022-2023 Best Colleges and Universities in the nation, with two of them landing among the top ten.

The annual list, released Monday, evaluates 1,500 colleges and universities on more than a dozen measures of academic quality, including graduation rate, social mobility, class sizes, faculty salaries and more, a press release from the magazine states.