{"id":407532,"date":"2026-09-22T20:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T20:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/407532\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T20:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T20:30:11","slug":"heres-where-fsu-and-famu-stand-in-new-national-university-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/407532\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s where FSU and FAMU stand in new national university rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) &#8211; New national rankings for Florida State University and Florida A&amp;M University have been released, revealing some changes in their standings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">FSU dropped from 21st in public schools to 24th and also dropped in overall university rankings, falling to 59th nationally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">As far as FAMU, the HBCU climbed the U.S. News and World Report Top Public Universities ranking, jumping over a dozen places to #79 for public universities and becoming the top HBCU on the list. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text text-center\">More Tallahassee News<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">However, FAMU dropped in overall HBCU rankings, dropping in both the public and overall lists. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">To read more about FSU\u2019s rankings, click <a href=\"https:\/\/news.fsu.edu\/news\/university-news\/2026\/09\/22\/national-rankings-highlight-fsus-strength-in-student-success-academic-quality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/news.fsu.edu\/news\/university-news\/2026\/09\/22\/national-rankings-highlight-fsus-strength-in-student-success-academic-quality\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">To read more about FAMU\u2019s rankings, click <a href=\"https:\/\/news.famu.edu\/2026\/famu-79-among-nations-top-public-universities-2027-usnews-and-world-report-rankings.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/news.famu.edu\/2026\/famu-79-among-nations-top-public-universities-2027-usnews-and-world-report-rankings.php\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">To keep up with the latest news as it develops, follow WCTV on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WCTV.tv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wctvnews\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@WCTVEyewitnessNews\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nextdoor<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WCTV\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">X<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WCTV\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Have a news tip or see an error? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/2026\/09\/22\/heres-where-fsu-famu-stand-new-national-university-rankings\/mailto:news@wctv.tv?subject=Correction%20Needed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Write to us here<\/a>. 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(WCTV) &#8211; New national rankings for Florida State University and Florida A&amp;M University have been released,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":407533,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[1721,1814,2324,1422,3603,2329,161850,26260,3113,232,234,233],"class_list":["post-407532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-capital-city","tag-famu","tag-florida-am-university","tag-florida-state-university","tag-fsu","tag-hbcu","tag-national-university-rankings","tag-public-universities","tag-rankings","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}