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- Notre Dame is rated among the nation's top 25 institutions of higher learning in surveys conducted by U.S. News & World Report, Princeton Review, Time, Kiplinger's and Kaplan/Newsweek.
- Notre Dame ranks first among U.S. Catholic colleges and universities in the number of undergraduates who have gone on to earn a doctorate since 1920, according to independent studies conducted by Georgetown University and the Delta Epsilon Sigma scholastic honor society.
- Notre Dame is one of the few universities to rank in the top 25 in the U.S. News & World Report survey of America's best colleges and the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) Directors' Cup standings of the best overall athletic programs.
- Notre Dame ranks fourth in a listing of "dream schools" in a survey of parents by the Princeton Review. The top four are Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, and Notre Dame.
- The Mendoza College of Business at Notre Dame ranks second nationally for its undergraduate program and 20th nationally for its MBA program by BusinessWeek magazine in its surveys of top business programs.
- Hispanic Magazine ranks Notre Dame 16th on its list of the top 25 colleges for Latinos.
About Notre Dame
One of the New Ivies
The Wall Street Journal named Notre Dame one of the "New Ivies" in American higher education, along with, among others, Duke, Northwestern and Johns Hopkins. Learn more about Academics >
A Rising Private Research University
An influential book from Johns Hopkins University Press ranks Notre Dame sixth among 11 rising private research universities. Learn more about Research >
