Highlights
No. 169“Best U.S. National Universities” U.S. News & World Report, 2025 |
No. 7“Top Performers on Social Mobility” U.S. News & World Report, 2025 |
No. 33“Top 100 Best U.S. College 2024” Wall Street Journal |
No. 12“Best Colleges for Education in California” Niche.com, 2025 |
No. 19“Best Small Colleges in California Niche.com, 2025 |
Top Best Western Colleges“2025 Best Colleges: Region by Region” The Princeton Review |
No. 96“Best Online Bachelor’s in Business Programs” U.S. News & World Report, 2025 |
No. 14“Best Colleges for Business in California” Niche.com, 2025 |
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University-Wide
- ULV ranks No. 169 nationally
U.S. News & World Report, 2025 - ULV ranks No. 7 nationally in “Top Performers on Social Mobility”
U.S. News & World Report, 2025 - ULV ranks No. 80 nationally in “Top 100 Best U.S. College 2025”
Wall Street Journal - ULV ranks No. 19 in “Best Small Colleges in California”
Niche.com, 2025 - ULV ranks as Top Best Western Colleges in “2025 Best Colleges: Region by Region”
The Princeton Review - ULV ranks No. 164 nationally in “Best Colleges for Veterans”
U.S. News & World Report, 2025 - ULV ranks No. 173 nationally in “Best Online Bachelor’s Programs”
U.S. News & World Report, 2025 - ULV ranks No. 189 nationally in “Best Hispanic-Serving Institutions”
Niche.com, 2025 - ULV ranks No. 14 in “Best College Dorms in California”
Niche.com, 2025 - ULV ranks No. 21 in “Best Colleges that Accept the Common App in California”
Niche.com, 2025 - ULV ranks No. 26 in “Best College Campuses in California”
Niche.com, 2025 - ULV ranks No. 27 in “Safest College Campuses in California”
Niche.com, 2025 - ULV ranks No. 30 in “Top Private Universities in California”
Niche.com, 2025 - ULV ranks No. 33 in “Colleges with the Best Student Life in California”
Niche.com, 2025 - ULV ranks No. 28 in “Best Colleges in Los Angeles Area”
Niche.com, 2025 - ULV ranks No. 33 nationally in “Best U.S. College”
Wall Street Journal, 2024 - ULV ranks No. 151 nationally
U.S. News & World Report, 2023 - ULV ranks No. 6 in “Top Performers on Social Mobility”
U.S. News & World Report, 2023 - ULV ranks No. 101 in “Best Value Schools”
U.S. News & World Report, 2023 - ULV ranks No. 136 nationally
U.S. News & World Report, 2022 - ULV ranks No. 7 in “Top Performers on Social Mobility”
U.S. News & World Report, 2022 - ULV ranks No. 66 in “Best Value Schools”
U.S. News & World Report, 2022 - ULV ranks No. 112 nationally
U.S. News & World Report, 2021 - ULV ranks No. 132 nationally
U.S. News & World Report, 2020 - ULV ranks No. 136 nationally
U.S. News & World Report, 2019 - ULV ranks No. 159 nationally
U.S. News & World Report, 2018 - ULV ranks No. 152 nationally
U.S. News & World Report, 2017 - ULV ranks No. 160 nationally
U.S. News & World Report, 2016 - ULV ranks No. 166 nationally
U.S. News & World Report, 2015 - ULV ranks No. 161 nationally
U.S. News & World Report, 2014 - ULV ranks No. 165 nationally
U.S. News & World Report, 2013 - ULV ranks No. 152 nationally
U.S. News & World Report, 2012 - ULV ranks No. 136 nationally
U.S. News & World Report, 2011 - ULV ranks No. 181 nationally
U.S. News & World Report, 2010 - ULV ranks No. 177 nationally
U.S. News & World Report, 2009 - ULV ranks No. 168 nationally
U.S. News & World Report, 2008 - ULV ranks No. 160 nationally
U.S. News & World Report, 2007 - ULV ranks No. 170 nationally
U.S. News & World Report, 2006 - ULV ranks No. 174 nationally
U.S. News & World Report, 2005 - ULV ranks No. 168 nationally
U.S. News & World Report, 2004
College of Arts and Sciences
- ULV ranks No. 147 nationally in “Best Colleges for Anthropology and Sociology”
Niche.com, 2025 - ULV ranks No. 28 in “Best Colleges for English in California”
Niche.com, 2025 - ULV ranks No. 30 in “Best Colleges for History in California”
Niche.com, 2025 - ULV ranks No. 43 in “Best Colleges for Biology in California”
Niche.com, 2025 - ULV ranks No. 43 in “Best Colleges for Communications in California”
Niche.com, 2025
College of Business
- ULV ranks No. 96 nationally in “Best Online Bachelor’s in Business Programs”
U.S. News & World Report, 2025 - ULV ranks No. 14 in “Best Colleges for Business in California”
Niche.com, 2025 - ULV ranks No. 217 nationally in “Best Online MBA Programs”
U.S. News & World Report, 2025 - ULV ranks No. 113 in “Best Colleges for Business in America”
Niche.com, 2025
College of Health and Community Well-Being
- ULV ranks No. 30 in “Best Colleges for Psychology in California”
Niche.com, 2025 - ULV ranks No. 193 in Clinical Psychology in “Graduate School Rankings”
U.S. News & World Report, 2025 - ULV ranks No. 280 in Psychology in “Graduate School Rankings”
U.S. News & World Report, 2025
College of Law and Public Service
- ULV ranks No. 76 nationally in “Best Colleges for Criminal Justice”
Niche.com, 2025 - ULV ranks No. 135 in “Best Public Affairs Programs”
U.S. News & World Report, 2025 - ULV ranks No. 1 bar pass rate for California Accredited Law Schools among first-time exam takers
California Bar Examination, July 2023 - ULV ranks No. 2 in the U.S. for diversity
U.S. News & World Report, 2018 - ULV ranks No. 1 in California in “Best Schools for Hispanics”
preLaw Magazine, 2018 - ULV ranks as No. 1 in California in “Best Schools for African-Americans”
preLaw Magazine, 2018 - ULV ranks as No. 3 in “Best Law Schools for Diversity”
preLaw Magazine, 2015
LaFetra College of Education
- ULV ranks No. 12 in “Best Colleges for Education in California”
Niche.com, 2025 - ULV ranks No. 194 in Best Education Schools
U.S. News & World Report, 2025