Marquette was awarded a 4 1/2-star rating (out of 5) on Money’s 2026 Best Colleges in the U.S. list for quality, affordability and student outcomes, marking the third consecutive year the university has received this distinction.
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Marquette is additionally ranked 82nd nationally and No. 1 in Wisconsin by the Wall Street Journal and College Pulse, 88th among national universities by U.S. News & World Report and among the top colleges by The Princeton Review.
More rankings and recognitions are available on the Marquette website.
