The University of Cincinnati is one of the world's top 200 universities and top 40 national public research universities honored by U.S. News & World Report. It is placed at No. 68 "most innovative among national universities" in the latest 2023 rankings. In addition, Reuters recently named UC among the world’s top 100 most-innovative universities, which only includes 46 U.S. universities to make that prestigious list. Among more than 410 majors, 50+ are ranked the top 50 nationally. Design, Architecture, Engineering, Music, Medicine, Health and majors in other fields are recognized as the country’s even the world’s top-ranked programs.

As the global founder of cooperative education, UC remains a world-class leader in experience-based learning. U.S. News & World Report ranks UC’s co-op program in the Top 4 in the country, and our students earn a collective $76.5 million in the 2022-23 year working for thousands of employers around the city and world via their co-op work placements, alternating academic semesters with professional, paid work directly tied to their majors.

Our campus setting continues to garner worldwide acclaim, with The New York Times highlighting UC’s dramatic campus renovation of the past quarter century “the most ambitious campus design program in the country.” In addition, Forbes, Delta Sky and Travel + Leisure magazines have all highlighted UC as one of the world’s most beautiful campuses.