{"id":18275,"date":"2024-09-29T13:35:10","date_gmt":"2024-09-29T17:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=18275"},"modified":"2024-09-30T15:43:30","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T19:43:30","slug":"udm-ranks-in-top-200-u-s-universities-in-u-s-news-world-reports-2025-best-colleges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2024\/09\/29\/udm-ranks-in-top-200-u-s-universities-in-u-s-news-world-reports-2025-best-colleges\/","title":{"rendered":"UDM ranks in top 200 U.S. universities in U.S. News &amp; World Report&#8217;s 2025 Best Colleges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18276\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/09\/First-day-of-classes-24.jpg?resize=993%2C424&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Dozens of students walk on the McNichols Campus during the first day of classes.\" width=\"993\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/09\/First-day-of-classes-24.jpg?resize=300%2C128&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/09\/First-day-of-classes-24.jpg?resize=1024%2C436&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/09\/First-day-of-classes-24.jpg?resize=768%2C327&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/09\/First-day-of-classes-24.jpg?resize=1536%2C654&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/09\/First-day-of-classes-24.jpg?resize=1204%2C513&amp;ssl=1 1204w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/09\/First-day-of-classes-24.jpg?w=1900&amp;ssl=1 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 993px) 100vw, 993px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For a sixth year in a row, University of Detroit Mercy (UDM) was ranked among the top national universities by <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">U.S. News &amp; World Report<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> in its Best Colleges 2025 edition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The University is ranked in the National University category and its place is virtually unchanged from the 2024 list. But there were several areas where rankings improved substantially:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Best Value Schools, National Universities \u2014 No. 28 (up from No. 31 in 2024)<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Undergraduate Business Programs-Finance \u2014 No. 36 (up from No. 50 in 2024)<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Undergraduate Nursing Program \u2014 No. 149 (up from No. 183 in 2024)<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Entrepreneurship \u2014 No. 18 (up from No. 31 in 2024)\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The University\u2019s rankings in Undergraduate Business Programs-Management (No. 24) and Best Colleges for Veterans, National Universities (No. 134) were also nearly identical to the 2024 rankings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The U.S. News rankings put Detroit Mercy among the top five universities in Michigan and the top independent institution in the state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWe are thrilled that <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">U.S. News &amp; World Report<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> continues to rank UDM among the top institutions in the country,\u201d said President Donald B. Taylor. \u201cTheir algorithm recognizes our value to our students, alumni and the community, and that is gratifying and important.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In recent news, the University announced the opening of a new dental education center in Vermont. It will be the first dental school in the state and will provide quality dental care to Vermont residents, who often must wait years to see a dental professional.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In addition, the University welcomed its largest first-year student class since 1990 when the University was formed by the merger of Mercy College of Detroit and University of Detroit. In total, 651 new freshmen joined the University community. Also, the University will continue its Titan Edge program, which provides a Detroit Mercy education tuition free to high-achieving students who are eligible for the maximum Federal Pell Grant and the full Michigan Achievement Scholarship.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a sixth year in a row, University of Detroit Mercy (UDM) was ranked among the top national universities by U.S. News &amp; World Report in its Best Colleges 2025 edition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":224,"featured_media":18276,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6],"tags":[1695,130,19,2195,2355,6422,476,4159,2146,181,1694,4844],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/09\/First-day-of-classes-24.jpg?fit=1900%2C809&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-4KL","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18275"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/224"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18275"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18295,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18275\/revisions\/18295"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}