Rankings

At Illinois, we measure success by the impact our students, faculty, and alumni have in the world.

Our focus is on providing transformational learning experiences – in the classroom and out of it. And when you do this for more than 150 years, people take notice.

U.S. News & World Report Rankings

The 2024-25 U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Colleges rankings rated Illinois as the number 9 public university and the number 33 national university.

U.S. News & World Report's graduate and undergraduate rankings

1 The graduate program in library and information science at the School of Information Sciences is ranked 1st in the nation.
2 & 3 The Department of Accounting ranks 2nd in undergraduate programs and 3rd in graduate programs.
3 & 3 Campus ranks 3rd in undergraduate and 3rd in graduate civil engineering programs.
4 The campus ranks 4th in undergraduate and graduate materials engineering.
5 & 11 The Grainger College of Engineering is ranked 5th in undergraduate and 11th in graduate programs nationally.