Once again, the University of Central Florida gains recognition for being an up and coming university.
UCF ranks alongside Harvard, MIT, Stanford, and Duke among the most innovative universities in the country, according to U.S. News & World Reports Most Innovative Schools.
UCF was tied at No. 13 with Georgia Tech and the University of Southern California on the list. This is the first year the category has been included in the magazine, according to a UCF press release.
“We added this ranking so that college officials could pick schools that the public should be watching because of the cutting-edge changes being made on their campuses,” according to the magazine.
The rankings were made by university presidents, provosts, and admission deans from around the nation. The rankings were based off of which universities had the most innovative curriculum, students, faculty, campus life, and technology or facilities, according to a UCF press release.
UCF also moved up four places in the rankings for all national universities from No. 173 to No. 168 and eight places amongst all public institutions from No. 99 to No. 91, according to a UCF press release.
UCF was tied at No. 50 for online programs and ranked at No. 131 for best business programs. The university also ranked amongst the best colleges for veterans, according to a UCF press release.
