US News Rankings 2025: Which Universities Have Gained or Lost the Most Since 2018?

The table below lists the historical rankings for 122 national universities for the years 2018 through 2025. Also listed are the current rankings for an additional 35 universities that have been added to the rankings since 2018.

US News 2018--2025	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	Avg Rank	Dif 2018-2025


Princeton	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0
MIT	5	3	3	4	2	2	2	2	2.875	3
Harvard	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2.375	-1
Stanford	5	7	6	6	6	3	3	4	5	1
Yale	3	3	3	4	5	3	5	5	3.875	-2
Caltech	10	12	12	9	9	9	7	6	9.25	4
Duke	9	8	10	12	9	10	7	6	8.875	3
Johns Hopkins	11	10	10	9	9	7	9	6	8.875	5
Northwestern	11	10	9	9	9	10	9	6	9.125	5
Penn	8	8	6	8	8	7	6	10	7.625	-2
Chicago	3	3	6	6	6	6	12	11	6.625	-8
Cornell	14	16	17	18	17	17	12	11	15.25	3
Brown	14	14	14	14	14	13	9	13	13.125	1
Columbia	5	3	3	3	2	18	12	13	7.375	-8
UCLA	21	19	20	20	20	20	15	15	18.75	6
Dartmouth	11	12	12	13	13	12	18	15	13.25	-4
UC Berkeley	21	22	22	22	21	20	15	17	20	4
Rice	14	16	17	16	17	15	17	18	16.25	-4
Vanderbilt	14	14	17	14	14	13	18	18	15.25	-4
Notre Dame	18	18	15	19	19	18	20	18	18.125	0
Michigan	28	27	25	24	23	25	21	21	24.25	7
Washington Univ	18	19	19	16	14	15	24	21	18.25	-3
Carnegie Mellon	25	25	25	26	25	22	24	21	24.125	4
Georgetown	20	22	24	23	23	22	22	24	22.5	-4
Emory	21	22	21	21	20	22	24	24	21.875	-3
Virginia	25	25	28	26	25	25	24	24	25.25	1
North Carolina	30	30	29	28	28	29	22	27	27.875	3
USC	21	22	22	24	27	25	28	27	24.5	-6
UC San Diego	42	41	37	35	34	34	28	29	35	13
Florida	42	35	34	30	28	29	28	30	32	12
UT Austin	56	49	48	42	38	38	32	30	41.625	26
NYU	30	30	29	30	28	25	35	30	29.625	0
UC Davis	46	38	39	39	38	38	28	33	37.375	13
UC Irvine	42	33	36	35	36	34	33	33	35.25	9
Georgia Tech	34	35	29	35	38	44	33	33	35.125	1
Illinois	52	46	48	47	47	41	35	33	43.625	19
Boston College	32	38	37	35	36	36	39	37	36.25	-5
Tufts	29	27	29	30	28	32	40	37	31.5	-8
UC Santa Barbara	37	30	34	30	28	32	35	39	33.125	-2
UW Madison	46	49	46	42	42	38	35	39	42.125	7
Rutgers	69	56	62	63	63	55	40	41	56.125	28
Boston Univ	37	42	40	42	42	41	43	41	41	-4
Ohio St	54	56	54	53	49	49	43	41	49.875	13
Maryland	61	63	64	58	59	55	43	44	55.875	17
Rochester	34	33	29	34	34	36	47	44	36.375	-10
Washington	56	59	62	58	59	55	40	46	54.375	10
Purdue	56	56	57	53	49	51	43	46	51.375	10
Wake Forest	27	27	27	28	28	29	47	46	32.375	-19
Georgia	54	46	50	47	48	49	47	46	48.375	8
Lehigh	46	53	50	49	49	51	47	46	48.875	0
Virginia Tech	69	76	74	74	75	62	47	51	66	18
Texas A&M	69	66	70	66	68	67	47	51	63	18
Case Western	37	42	40	42	42	44	53	51	43.875	-14
William & Mary	32	38	40	39	38	41	53	54	41.875	-22
Northeastern	40	44	40	49	49	44	53	54	46.625	-14
Florida St	81	70	57	58	55	55	53	54	60.375	27
Minnesota	69	76	70	66	68	62	53	54	64.75	15
Stony Brook	97	80	91	88	93	77	58	58	80.25	39
NC State	81	80	84	80	79	72	60	58	74.25	23
UMass Amherst	75	70	64	66	68	67	67	58	66.875	17
Brandeis	34	35	40	42	42	44	60	63	45	-29
Penn State	52	59	57	63	63	77	60	63	61.75	-11
Michigan St	81	85	84	80	83	77	60	63	76.625	18
U of Miami	46	53	57	49	55	55	67	63	55.625	-17
George Washington	56	63	70	66	63	62	67	63	63.75	-7
Tulane	40	44	40	41	42	44	73	63	48.375	-23
RPI	42	49	50	53	55	51	60	70	53.75	-28
Connecticut	56	63	64	63	63	67	58	70	63	-14
Pitt	68	70	57	58	59	62	67	70	63.875	-2
Indiana	90	89	79	76	68	72	73	73	77.5	17
Syracuse	61	53	54	58	59	62	67	73	60.875	-12
Binghamton	87	80	79	88	83	83	73	73	80.75	14
Stevens Inst Tech	69	70	74	80	83	83	76	76	76.375	-7
UC Riverside	124	85	91	88	83	89	76	76	89	48
Col School of Mines	75	80	84	88	83	89	76	76	81.375	-1
Univ at Buffalo	97	89	79	88	93	89	76	76	85.875	21
Clemson	67	66	70	74	75	77	86	80	74.375	-13
Pepperdine	46	46	50	49	49	55	76	80	56.375	-34
Delaware	81	89	91	97	93	89	76	86	87.75	-5
WPI	61	59	64	66	63	67	82	86	68.5	-25
UC Santa Cruz	81	70	84	97	103	83	82	84	85.5	-3
Marquette	90	89	84	88	83	83	86	86	86.125	4
Drexel	97	124	132	133	127	105	93	86	112.125	11
Howard	110	89	104	80	83	89	115	86	94.5	24	s
SMU	61	63	64	66	68	72	89	91	71.75	-30
Fordham	61	70	74	66	68	72	89	91	73.875	-30
Baylor	75	78	79	76	75	77	93	91	80.5	-16
American	69	78	77	76	79	72	105	91	80.875	-22
Iowa	78	89	84	88	83	83	93	98	87	-20
Yeshiva	94	80	97	76	68	67	105	98	85.625	-4
Colorado	94	106	97	103	103	97	105	98	100.375	-4
Auburn	103	115	107	97	99	97	93	105	102	-2
TCU	78	80	97	80	83	89	98	105	88.75	-27
Illinois Tech	120	129	139	124	122	127	98	105	120.5	15
Saint Louis	103	102	104	103	99	105	105	105	103.25	-2
Tennessee	97	96	121	118	117	115	105	109	109.75	-12
San Diego	90	85	91	88	93	97	98	109	93.875	-19
Oregon	115	115	117	103	117	105	98	109	109.875	6
Brigham Young	61	63	77	80	79	89	115	109	84.125	-48
Arizona	124	106	117	97	103	105	115	109	109.5	15
Missouri	115	129	130	124	122	121	124	109	121.75	6
New Hampshire	120	129	139	143	127	137	115	109	127.375	11
Arizona St	103	89	104	112	103	121	105	121	107.25	-18
Iowa St	103	96	117	124	122	127	115	121	115.625	-18
Denver	87	96	97	80	93	105	124	121	100.375	-34
South Carolina	115	119	121	118	122	115	124	121	119.375	-6
Vermont	103	106	104	118	117	121	133	121	115.375	-18
Oklahoma	110	106	125	133	136	127	124	132	124.125	-22
Clark	81	66	91	103	103	97	142	132	101.875	-51
Loyola Chicago	103	115	104	112	103	115	142	132	115.75	-29
Miami Oh	78	89	91	103	103	105	133	136	104.75	-58
Dayton	133	147	132	133	127	127	133	136	133.5	-3
Michigan Tech	124	140	166	153	148	151	151	148	147.625	-24
Colorado St	133	147	153	160	148	151	151	148	148.875	-15
Kansas	124	102	117	124	127	121	151	152	127.25	-28
Clarkson	94	102	97	133	103	127	142	152	118.75	-58
Kentucky	87	106	121	143	136	137	159	152	130.125	-65
Nebraska	124	127	132	133	127	151	159	152	138.125	-28
Alabama	103	106	125	143	148	137	170	171	137.875	-68
Catholic	124	136	147	153	148	176	178	171	154.125	-47
Tulsa	110	129	153	143	148	137	195	179	149.25	-69
Arkansas	133	147	153	160	160	176	178	189	162	-56
TOTAL AVG										-5.95

ADDED SINCE 2018								2025
UC Merced								58
Villanova								58
Santa Clara								63
Rutgers Newark								80
Illinois Chicago								80
NJIT								84
Loyola Marymount								91
RIT								91
USF								91
Fla International								98
Gonzaga								98
Rutgers Camden								98
Temple								98
Cal St Long Beach								109
George Mason								109
San Diego St								109
San Francisco								109
UT Dallas								109
Chapman								121
Creighton								121
CUNY City College								121
Elon								121
Univ at Albany								121
UCF								121
Fairfield								132
Cal St Fullerton								136
Thomas Jefferson								136
UAB								136
Utah								136
VCU								136
Oregon St								144
Houston								144
UMBC								144
James Madison								148
Cincinnati								152

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