The University of Scranton is a top 10 college in its region with nationally ranked academic programs and distinction for innovation and support for veterans, according to U.S. News and World Report.<\/p>\n
The publication\u2019s 2026 Best Colleges report<\/a>, published Tuesday, ranked The University of Scranton No. 8 in the Regional Universities (North)<\/a> category. U.S. News has ranked Scranton in the top 10 in its category for an astounding 32 consecutive years.<\/p>\n Two of Scranton\u2019s academic programs ranked among the top 40 in the nation. Scranton placed No. 38 in \u201cBest Undergraduate Programs in Analytics\u201d and No. 40 in \u201cBest Undergraduate Programs in Accounting.\u201d The University also tied for 135th in \u201cBest Undergraduate Nursing Programs,\u201d tied for 162nd in \u201cBest Undergraduate Engineering Programs\u201d and tied for 254th in \u201cBest Undergraduate Business Programs.\u201d Scranton also tied for 410th in \u201cBest Undergraduate Computer Science Programs.\u201d National rankings reflect the results of peer surveys used to identify programs of high academic quality.<\/p>\n The University achieved high marks in several regional categories, including No. 3 in \u201cBest Colleges for Veterans,\u201d a selection of schools recognized for making higher education more accessible and affordable for veterans and active-duty service members. Scranton ranks No. 9 in \u201cBest Undergraduate Teaching,\u201d which recognizes schools\u2019 strong commitment to teaching undergraduates rather than conducting graduate-level research. Scranton tied for 13th in \u201cMost Innovative Schools,\u201d which identifies institutions making innovative improvements in curriculum, personnel, campus life, technology or facilities.<\/p>\n The University placed 55th on U.S. News\u2019 \u201cBest Value Regional Universities (North).\u201d Scranton also tied for 106th in \u201cTop Performers on Social Mobility,\u201d which examines the success of schools that enroll and graduate students who were awarded Pell Grants.<\/p>\n U.S. News uses numerous data points to rank bachelor\u2019s degree colleges in America, including graduation rate and graduation rate performance; retention rates; borrower debt; peer assessments; faculty salaries; student-faculty ratio; financial resources; standardized test performance; and Pell Grant student graduation rates and performance.<\/p>\n U.S. News categorizes colleges for their rankings based on the official Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching classification of universities.<\/p>\n Earlier this year, U.S. News and World Report\u2019s Best Graduate Schools rankings<\/a> placed five University programs in the top 50 in the nation, and several programs ranked in the top 150 in the country, including business analytics, tied for 28th; finance, tied for 31st; accounting, tied for 39th; healthcare management, tied for 46th; rehabilitation counseling, tied for 49th; occupational therapy, tied for 79th; part-time MBA, tied for 80th; physical therapy tied for 105th; nursing-anesthesia, tied for 111th; doctor of nursing practice, tied for 127th.<\/p>\n Scranton has recently appeared in other national rankings, as well, including being designated as one of the nation\u2019s best colleges by Forbes<\/a> and the Princeton Review<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The University of Scranton is a top 10 college in its region with nationally ranked academic programs and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3939,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[3530,3587,3586,178,180,179,274,3585],"class_list":["post-3938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-best-colleges","tag-national-universities","tag-regional-universities","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-the-university-of-scranton","tag-u-s-news-and-world-report"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}