AUSTIN (KXAN) — A new report ranked the University of Texas at Austin as the top public university in Texas and seventh among public universities nationally. The U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Rankings for 2026 also holds UT at No. 30 nationally overall among public and private universities.

“Our commitment to the people of Texas is to deliver an uncompromising standard of academic excellence,” UT President Jim Davis said in a Monday news release. “That excellence is driving the highest demand and student performance in our University’s history. I am grateful to our faculty and staff for their dedication to our students and their academic success.”

The World Report ranked 32 undergraduate programs No. 1 in the state, with 24 being ranked in the top 10 nationally.

Six of those pr

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