Selected Rankings

Excellence in education is our first and foremost goal. As one of the first Baccalaureate programs in nursing, UC’s College of Nursing has a proud tradition of providing quality education from its inception in 1889. The College of Nursing was the recipient of the first endowment ever given to a nursing program.

The University of Cincinnati and the College of Nursing are recognized for their commitment to education and research:

Top 200 National Universities (U.S. News & World Report 2013 college rankings)
Ranking in the top 10% of all US nursing programs (US News & World Report)
Top 100 “elite values” in higher education (Money Magazine)
Top 50 research libraries (Association of Research Libraries)
11th largest endowment of 569 institutions surveyed (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Top 15 underrated gems (College Match)
Featured in The Best 201 Colleges for the Real World: Get In. Get Out. Get a Job.
Top 20 public research universities nationally (Lombardi Program on Measuring University Performance Annual Report)
Classified as a Doctoral/Research – Extensive University, by the Carnegie Commission; one of only 151 in the nation of nearly 4,000 institutions of higher education
First in Ohio for earnings from patents developed on campus (more than $5 million in 2001)