ANN ARBOR, MI — Five Michigan universities have been listed among the top-200 colleges in the United States, according to the Wall Street Journal/College Pulse’s 2026 Best Colleges in the U.S. rankings released on Monday, Sept. 29.

The University of Michigan-Ann Arbor was ranked No. 25 out of 584 colleges nationally this year, ahead of Rice University and Brown University.

This year’s rankings were made in collaboration with College Pulse, an online college demographic survey platform, and Statista, an online data-gathering platform.

The rankings were determined based on student outcomes, which included salary impact and years to pay off college prices, learning environment and diversity.

University of Detroit Mercy was ranked No. 36 overall, ahead of University of Southern Californi

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