University of Chicago Rankings for 2025 is #21 in QS World University Rankings and #14 in Times Higher Education. The university dropped in this year's QS Rankings from #11 in 2024 to #21 in 2025. In THE, University of Chicago slightly dropped from #13 in 2024 to #14 in 2025. According to the U.S. News and World Report, the university ranks #25 among the Best Global Universities in 2024.

The University of Chicago achieved an overall score of 86.2 in QS World University Rankings 2025 based on 11 ranking parameters. While in THE, it was awarded a total score of 90.9 on the basis of 6 parameters. Given below are the major rankings parameters where University of Chicago scores the highest:

QS Ranking Parameters Score THE Ranking Parameters Score
Academic Reputation 99.1 Research Quality 97.4
Employment Outcomes 99.1 Research Environment 90
Employer Reputation 96.4 Teaching 88.4
Faculty Student Ratio 94.2 Industry 86.2
International Student Ratio 87 International Outlook 81.1
International Research Network 85.1 Overall 90.9
International Faculty Ratio 79 - -
Overall Score 86.2 - -

University of Chicago Rankings: Worldwide

Check the 5 year trend for University of Chicago rankings in the world by various notable agencies:

Ranking Agency 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
QS World University Rankings #21 #11 #10 #10 #9
U.S. News Global Universities Rankings - #25 #22 - -
Times Higher Education #14 #13 #13 #10 #10
CWUR - #11 #7 #7 #6
Shanghai Rankings - #10 #10 #10 -

University of Chicago Rankings: Subject-Wise

The University of Chicago ranks among the world's top 50 universities for courses like business, economics, computer science by THE and QS WUR by Subject Rankings 2025. Check out the global rankings of other courses offered by University of Chicago by QS, U.S. News and THE:

University of Chicago QS Ranking

The University of Chicago is ranked in QS WUR by Subject Rankings 2025 for 37 courses. 6 of these courses re ranking among the top 10 subjects in the world while overall these courses rank among the top 200 subjects in the world.

Subject 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
Economics and Econometrics #4 #4 #4 #4 #7
Accounting and Finance #5 #5 #5 #5 #9
Arts and Humanities #16 #15 #14 #=13 #=13
Business and Management Studies #=17 #16 #19 #19 #23
Medicine #34 #=34 #34 #31 #27
Chemical Engineering #=39 #63 - - -
Computer Science and Information Systems #50 #=56 =52 #=56 #50
Life Sciences and Medicine #132 #=129 #104 #121 #78
Engineering and Technology #=57 #53 #49 #54 #=38

University of Chicago U.S. News Ranking

U.S. News has included 11 University of Chicago courses in its latest Subject Rankings. Given below are the rankings for some popular courses:

Subject Rankings
Arts and Humanities #21
Clinical Medicine #53
Computer Science #179
Engineering #572
Materials Science #143
Social Sciences and Public Health #89
Economics and Business #3
Psychiatry/Psychology (tie) #50

University of Chicago THE Ranking

This year, THE included 10 courses of University of Chicago in its subjects rankings. All of these courses are ranked among the top 20 subjects in the world. While Law, Arts & Humanities and Business & Economics are ranked within top 10 subjects globally.

Subject 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
Law #8 #9 #10 #13 #4
Business and Economics #9 #7 #5 #7 #6
Psychology #11 #9 #12 #7 #5
Life Sciences #19 #18 #17 #12 #11
Medical and Health #26 #25 #28 #25 #24
Computer Science #40 #37 #=38 #36 #=32

University of Chicago Rankings: Miscellaneous

Check how the University of Chicago ranks nationally across different countries in the U.S. News and Forbes:

Ranking Agency Category Rankings 2025
U.S. News Best Colleges for Veterans #1
National Universities #11
Best Value Schools #13
Most Innovative Schools #22
Top Performers on Social Mobility (tie) #190
Forbes In the Midwest #2
Private Colleges #12
Research Universities #14
Top Colleges #14

Even with a slight drop in the global rankings, the University of Chicago performed quite well in subjects rankings on the global platform. Many of the courses at the University of Chicago ranks among the top in the world and are unchanged from the 3-4 years.