Quinnipiac University ranked No. 91 on the Wall Street Journal’s 2025 Best Colleges in America list, the highest ranking ever awarded to the university.

“If you look at the history of Quinnipiac rankings, they’ve been going up and up,” said Provost Debra Liebowitz. “It picks up on the long history of what Quinnipiac has valued, providing excellent educational and student experience opportunities that help set students up for success in whatever way they define that.”

The WSJ’s annual ranking considers 500 U.S. private and public institutions, scoring each school on student outcome (70%), learning environment (20%) and diversity (10%). 

The student outcome category focuses on a student’s return of investment upon graduation while the learning environment looks at the school’s opportunities for career preparation. 

“That’s always been Quinnipiac’s focus,” Liebowitz said. “I think in a way it’s picking up on our commitment to student career preparedness, it’s picking up on our impressive graduate success.”

With the score of 77 — and technically tied with Ohio Northern University and Worcester Polytechnic Institute — Quinnipiac is the second-highest ranked Connecticut university on the list, bested only by No. 4 Yale. 

The only other Connecticut university to make it on the list is the University of Connecticut, which landed at No. 99. 

The list is closed out by No. 100 Boston College.  

The WSJ ranking isn’t the only one bestowed upon Quinnipiac. Zippia has ranked the university as No. 1 in the nation for successful career placement following graduation for the fifth year in the row.

“I think we’re becoming less of a secret,” Liebowitz said.