Boston College held steady at the No. 36 spot for best national university in U.S. News & World Report’s 2023 rankings. U.S. News assesses universities based on 17 measures of academic quality, including faculty resources, graduation and retention rates, financial resources per student, undergraduate academic reputation, and student selectivity, among others. The rankings this year reflect data from fall 2021 or earlier, the U.S. News website reads. While BC placed higher than some of its peer universities—Boston University ranked at No. 41 and Northeastern ranked at No. 44—it fell below Tufts University at No. 32, The University of Notre Dame at No. 18, and Georgetown University at No. 22. Read more at the link in our bio. (Featured Graphic by Olivia Charbonneau / Heights Editor)