U.S. News & World Report has again named UC Riverside the No. 1 university in the nation for social mobility. UCR tied for the top social mobility ranking with Florida International University. This is the eighth year that U.S. News has featured a breakout category for social mobility. UCR has...

UC Riverside is the No. 36 public university in a 2026-27 college ranking from Forbes magazine. UCR is No. 97 overall among public and private universities on Forbes Top Colleges list. Fall is college rankings season, with leading publications focused on varying measures of what constitutes higher education success. For...

UC Riverside is the No. 37 public university in a 2024-25 college ranking from Forbes magazine. The methodology for the Forbes America’s Top Colleges list relies on data from the federal Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System and the College Scorecard; the Seattle-based software and data company Payscale, which tracks graduates’...

UC Riverside is the No. 33 public university in a college ranking from Forbes magazine. UCR was among several UC campuses and 17 public universities in the top 50. The methodology for the Forbes list relies on data from two federal databases, the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, or IPEDS...