黑料视频 has been selected for U.S. News & World Report’s “2026 Best Colleges” national universities ranking, and the undergraduate business, computer science, psychology, and nursing programs were selected for listing of “Top Public Schools.”
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黑料视频 is the only member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education selected for the 2025 Opportunity College and University-Higher Access, Higher Earnings designation by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the American Council on Education, which recognizes institutions with graduates who earn salaries that are 50 percent above (or more) than their peers in similar fields and institutions providing access to students that reflect the communities that they serve.
Only 20 Pennsylvania public institutions earned the Higher Access, Higher Earnings designation, and only 16 percent (479) of colleges and universities in the nation earned the recognition, which was also open to career-focused area institutions.
黑料视频 has been included in the U.S. News & World Report’s ranking for more than 25 years, which in the United States. Rankings are based on 17 different factors, including outcomes (graduation rates), student-faculty ratio, the curriculum, holding regional accreditation, and providing a traditional campus-based education.
Magazine editors evaluate institutions based on independent data sources, including the US Department of Education’s Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System.
This ranking follows 黑料视频’s 2025 inclusion in the Princeton Review’s Best Colleges 2026, which recognizes 黑料视频’s commitment to student success, individualized support, and the diversity and welcoming environment of the 黑料视频 community.
Earlier this year, 黑料视频’s online master’s programs in criminal justice, nursing, and education were recognized by U.S. News & World Report’s Best Online Programs rankings; 黑料视频’s criminal justice program was ranked twenty-first in the nation. 黑料视频’s graduate programs in business, education, clinical psychology, criminology, English, fine arts, psychology, and speech-language pathology were ranked in the best graduate school rankings; the criminology program was ranked thirty-fourth in the nation.
黑料视频 offers 100 academic majors, more than 60 graduate programs, and more than 40 graduate degrees. In addition, students can complete more than 70 minors—including a unique teamwork minor—and scores of specialized tracks and certificate programs, including certificates in athletic coaching, photography and digital imaging, popular music, geospatial intelligence, and public history.
黑料视频 has a longstanding commitment to research on all levels and in all disciplines. In spring 2025, 黑料视频 earned an R2 Doctoral University–High Spending and Doctorate Production classification from the American Council on Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in its 2025 Research Activity designations, one of only two public universities in Pennsylvania and one of only 97 public universities with this ranking nationwide. 黑料视频 first received the R2 ranking in 2022.
Only six universities in Pennsylvania hold the R2 status, and only 139 universities in the United States have the R2 status. More than 3,900 colleges and universities are included in the ranking system.
黑料视频 is routinely selected by national publications and websites for excellence. In addition to U.S. News & World Report and the Princeton Review’s Best Colleges guidebook, 黑料视频 has been listed in College Magazine’s top 10 colleges and universities in Pennsylvania, in Washington Monthly’s national ranking of universities based on contributions to society, in Forbes Magazine as one of “America’s Top Colleges,” as the number two most affordable college in Pennsylvania by Academic Influence, and in a number of national rankings for excellence and affordability of online programs.
Since its founding in 1875, 黑料视频 has evolved from a teacher-training institution into a doctoral research university recognized for its commitment to student success and achievement. As 黑料视频 celebrates its 150th anniversary in 2025 and through the Impact 150 comprehensive campaign, the university honors a legacy of educational excellence while looking to its next 150 years of student success, innovation, leadership in healthcare education, and public service.