April 19, 2023 5:21 am PT
When we talk about rankings, it almost always has to do with sports, whether that be football, basketball, or whatever the case may be. We talk about recruiting rankings, quarterback rankings, schedule rankings, mascot rankings, all of it. When it comes to athletics, there is no shortage of lists, pitting teams up against one another.
For academics, though, it’s a different story.
While most fans care about sports for the most part, there is always a feather in the cap for the top academic schools in the nation, giving them the power to boast that they have the smartest students, and the best opportunity to set their players up for a successful life after college.
The Pac-12 is full of some of the top schools in the nation, with your Stanford’s and Cal Berkley’s ranking among the best in the best nationwide. The go-to place for university rankings when it comes to academics is U.S. News and World Report, and they recently put out their university rankings for 2022-23.
Here’s where all of the Pac-12 schools stand.
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Washington State University
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Location:Pullman, Washington
U.S. News rank:212
Total enrollment fall 2022:24,278
11
Oregon State University
Location:Corvallis, Oregon
U.S. News rank: 151
Total enrollment fall 2022:27,562
10
Arizona State University
Location:Tempe, Arizona
U.S. News rank:121
Total enrollment fall 2022:64,716
9
University of Utah
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Location:Salt Lake City, Utah
U.S. News rank: 105 (tie)
Total enrollment fall 2022:25,826
8
University of Arizona
Location:Tucson, Arizona
U.S. News rank:105 (tie)
Total enrollment fall 2022:38,528
7
University of Oregon
Location:Eugene, Oregon
U.S. News rank:105 (tie)
Total enrollment fall 2022:18,062
6
University of Colorado
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Location:Boulder, Colorado
U.S. News rank:97
Total enrollment fall 2022:30,936
5
University of Washington
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Location:Seattle, Washington
U.S. News rank:55
Total enrollment fall 2022:36,206
4
University of Southern California (USC)
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Location:Los Angeles, California
U.S. News rank: 25
Total enrollment fall 2022:20,790
3
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
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Location:Los Angeles, California
U.S. News rank:20 (tie)
Total enrollment fall 2022: 32,119
2
University of California, Berkley (Cal)
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Location:Berkeley, California
U.S. News rank:20 (tie)
Total enrollment fall 2022:32,143
1
Stanford University
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Location:Palo Alto, California
U.S. News rank:3
Total enrollment fall 2022:7,645
