U.S. News & World Report 2025 Best Colleges Ranks Bowie State University 11 Among HBCUs

University Improves From 16 Ranking Last Year

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(BOWIE, Md.) - U.S. News & World Report released its 2025 Best Colleges ranking today with Bowie State University ranked 11 among all Historically Black Colleges and Universities, up five positions from last year and solidifying BSU as one of the Top 10 public HBCUs.

The university also ranked 54 for social mobility in the Regional Universities (north) category recognizing Bowie State's success in graduating students who are the recipients of federally funded Pell Grants, usually from households earning less than $50,000 a year.

"The increase in Bowie State's ranking from 16 to 11 among HBCUs is due to hard work, dedication and commitment of faculty, staff and the entire campus community," said President Aminta Breaux.

U.S. News & World Report ranked 77 HBCUs using nearly all of the same indicators as it does for its regional universities list, but with different weights or factors including first-year retention rates, student excellence, faculty resources and graduation rates. It also assesses results from a separate peer survey for HBCU administrators.

The U.S. News' rankings are driven by quantitative and qualitative measures that education experts have proposed as reliable indicators of academic quality, and U.S. News' view on what matters in education. They provide a guide to help prospective college students and families determine the schools that best fit their needs.

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