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Fairfield University ranked No. 28 for Best Undergraduate Teaching in the National Universities category in the 2024 U.S. News & World Report Best College Rankings, moving up one spot from the No. 29 berth in 2023. Fairfield’s overall rank in the National Universities category this year is No. 124 in a tie with 8 other schools.

Among Connecticut institutions in the Best National University category, Fairfield University was ranked only behind Yale University and UCONN. 

“Fairfield’s rise over recent years has elevated the University as one of the best investments in American higher education and one of the most respected Jesuit Catholic institutions in the country,” said Fairfield University President Mark R. Nemec, PhD.

Last year, Fairfield University moved into the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education’s Doctoral Universities category and entered the Best National Universities ranking for the first time placing among U.S News & World Report’s Top 125 Best National Universities. The University was the top-ranked institution among schools that moved into the National Universities category.

Fairfield’s second year on the Best National Universities list also includes recognition in the Best Value Schools – National Rankings category where the University is ranked No. 140, up 7 spots from 2023.

Programs in the Charles F. Dolan School of Business, Marion Peckham Egan School of Nursing & Health Studies Program, and the School of Engineering and Computing are highlighted in program specialty rankings. The Dolan School jumped 46 spots to No. 118 for Best Undergraduate Business Programs and was ranked No. 16 for Best Undergraduate Business Programs – Business Analytics; No. 17 for Best Undergraduate Business Programs – Marketing (up 20 spots); No. 17 Best Undergraduate Business Programs –Finance (up 4 spots); And No. 28 Best Undergraduate Business Programs –Accounting (up 11 spots). Fairfield’s School of Engineering & Computing was ranked No. 86 in the Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs category (No Doctorate), and the Egan School was ranked 112 for Best Undergraduate Nursing Programs.

According to U.S. News & World Report, “U.S. News evaluated nearly 1,500 U.S. four-year bachelor’s degree-granting institutions on as many as 19 measures for its 39^th rankings edition.”

Posted On: September 18, 2023

Volume: 55 Number: 15

Fairfield University is a modern, Jesuit Catholic University, rooted in one of the world’s oldest intellectual and spiritual traditions. More than 5,000 undergraduate and graduate students from 36 states, 47 foreign countries, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico are enrolled in the University’s five schools.  In the spirit of rigorous and sympathetic inquiry into all dimensions of human experience, Fairfield welcomes students from diverse backgrounds to share ideas and engage in open conversations. The University is located in the heart of a region where the future takes shape, on a stunning campus on the Connecticut coast just an hour from New York City.