Marquette is ranked in the top 5.1% of more than 21,000 universities worldwide in the Center for World University Rankings’ 2025 edition of the outcome-based Global 2000 list. This marks the second consecutive year Marquette improved its position; Marquette was ranked in the top 6% in 2023 and top 5.5% in 2024.
The Center for World University Rankings publishes the largest academic rankings of global universities. Objective indicators are used for all four key pillars underlying the methodology of the ranking — education, employability, faculty and research — with no reliance on surveys or university data submissions.
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Marquette is additionally ranked 55th in the country in the 2025 Wall Street Journal/College Pulse Best Colleges in the U.S. list and 86th among national universities by U.S. News & World Report. A full list of rankings and recognitions is available on Marquette.edu.
