For the fourth consecutive year, the University of Florida moved up in the U.S. News and World Report rankings of the best public colleges and universities in the United States, rising to a tie for No. 6 from No. 7 in the just-released Best 2021 Colleges rankings.
Florida ties for No. 6 with the University of California Santa Barbara in the 2021 U.S. News rankings for public schools, its best ranking ever. UF also tied for No. 30 in the national rankings of all universities, tying with UCSB, Tufts University, and New York University.