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The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee ranked No. 1 on the list of Best Colleges in Milwaukee<\/a>, according to a recently released list.<\/p>\n

The report from Research.com also ranked 51ÁÔÆæ No. 1 on the 2026 list of Best Value Colleges in Milwaukee<\/a> and Most Affordable Colleges in Milwaukee<\/a>, and ranked No. 2 on Best Colleges in Wisconsin<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The annual ranking includes more than 1,700 colleges and universities that were selected from among 6,000 institutions nationwide. The data-driven rankings, based on over 400 metrics, consider<\/a> a university\u2019s research activity, the quality of its teaching and faculty, and the quality of life on campus.<\/p>\n

Nationwide, 51ÁÔÆæ was ranked as the No. 42 Best Public College, and ranked No. 65 on the overall best colleges list.<\/p>\n

More rankings and information are on the 51ÁÔÆæ profile page<\/a> on Research.com.<\/p>\n

Data for the rankings comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, and databases including OpenAlex, Peterson’s and College Scorecard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The report from Research.com also ranked 51ÁÔÆæ No. 1 on the 2026 list of Best Value Colleges in Milwaukee and Most Affordable Colleges in Milwaukee, and ranked No. 2 on Best Colleges in Wisconsin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3151,"featured_media":82795,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"categories":[174,200],"tags":[],"section":[122,126],"display_categories":[352,116],"related-coverage":[],"uwmnews-feed":[],"class_list":["post-151735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-news-in-brief","section-campus-community","section-campus-news","display_categories-top-story-tertiary","display_categories-top-story-section"],"yoast_head":"\n51ÁÔÆæ ranked as best in Milwaukee, and best value<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The report from Research.com also ranked 51ÁÔÆæ No. 1 on the 2026 list of Best Value Colleges in Milwaukee and Most Affordable Colleges in Milwaukee, and ranked No. 2 on Best Colleges in Wisconsin.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-ranked-as-best-in-milwaukee-and-best-value\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"51ÁÔÆæ ranked as best in Milwaukee, and best value\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The report from Research.com also ranked 51ÁÔÆæ No. 1 on the 2026 list of Best Value Colleges in Milwaukee and Most Affordable Colleges in Milwaukee, and ranked No. 2 on Best Colleges in Wisconsin.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-ranked-as-best-in-milwaukee-and-best-value\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"51ÁÔÆæ REPORT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-12-09T15:51:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2020\/04\/20191024_MD_IMC-166_copy.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"John G. 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