Global education evaluator QS recently named BU the 17th best private university in the United States in its 2021 rankings. QS also deems BU the 20th best “doctoral university” in the nation, 3rd best among the 16 Massachusetts universities that were graded, and #28 in the nation for Economics & Econometrics. QS evaluated 352 American doctoral universities, basing its rankings on employment prospects of universities’ graduates; the gender, ethnic, socioeconomic, and international diversity of faculty and students; student graduation/retention rates, as well as spending on instruction; and research quality.
Read more about BU’s QS rankings in BU Today.