UNC-Chapel Hill ranks fifth among national public universities for 20th consecutive year

Posted Sep 14, 2020
For two decades, the nation’s oldest public university has consecutively been ranked one of the country’s best. U.S. News & World Report’s 2021 Best Colleges rankings named UNC fifth in their list of top public schools among national universities. The rankings also placed the University atop their best value schools list among public national universities. (UNC.edu)

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