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University at Albany 2025 Best Colleges Ranking Media Kit

College Factual has updated it’s Best Colleges Rankings for 2025 and University at Albany has received a top ranking. You can read more about this year’s release or scroll down for details on how UAlbany fared in this year’s report.

This page was created to give you an overview of how UAlbany fared in College Factual’s Best Colleges Rankings.

How University at Albany Fared in College Factual’s 2025 Best Colleges Rankings

Nationwide Ranking

UAlbany placed #263 out of 2,152 schools analyzed in the 2025 Best Colleges Ranking. This places it among the best of higher education institutions in the country for students!

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This media kit includes highlighted rankings from the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree Rankings

Bachelor’s Degree Rankings

Rankings by Major

In addition to the top overall ranking, UAlbany has been ranked for quality bachelor’s degree programs:

Ranking Name	Rank	Out Of	Percentile
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	74	933	92.1%
Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	84	816	89.7%
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	64	925	93.1%
Best English Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	66	471	86.0%
Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	56	378	85.2%
Best General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	90	883	89.8%
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	74	694	89.3%
Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	180	1,187	84.8%
Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	93	609	84.7%
Best Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	55	460	88.0%
Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	56	416	86.5%
Best General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	65	481	86.5%
Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	195	1,150	83.0%
Best Political Science & Government Bachelor’s Degree Schools	103	573	82.0%
Best Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	128	571	77.6%
Best Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools	94	417	77.5%
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	100	540	81.5%
Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	128	506	74.7%
Best Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	88	384	77.1%
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	18	199	91.0%
Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	7	64	89.1%
Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	18	175	89.7%
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	4	54	92.6%
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	133	535	75.1%
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	10	75	86.7%
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	14	172	91.9%
Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools	13	45	71.1%
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	7	68	89.7%
Best Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	5	44	88.6%
Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	12	78	84.6%
Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	6	35	82.9%
Best Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	10	89	88.8%
Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	9	79	88.6%
Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	10	60	83.3%
Best English Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	17	102	83.3%
Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	15	89	83.2%
Best General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	9	70	87.1%
Best General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	21	173	87.9%
Best English Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	8	43	81.4%
Best Homeland Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	2	8	75.0%
Best Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	114	373	69.4%
Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	26	144	81.9%
Best Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	106	345	69.3%
Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	6	38	84.2%
Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	41	225	81.8%
Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	12	78	84.6%
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	20	134	85.1%
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	7	42	83.3%
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	16	93	82.8%
Best General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	17	91	81.3%
Best Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	26	114	77.2%
Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	22	95	76.8%
Best Political Science & Government Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	11	53	79.3%
Best General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	9	42	78.6%
Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	40	194	79.4%
Best Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	9	32	71.9%
Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	9	32	71.9%
Best Political Science & Government Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	27	123	78.1%
Best Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	13	46	71.7%
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	23	94	75.5%
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	9	34	73.5%
Best Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York	12	42	71.4%
Best Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region	27	87	69.0%

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