{"id":61180,"date":"2014-09-11T07:39:37","date_gmt":"2014-09-11T11:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=61180"},"modified":"2021-01-08T10:01:49","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T15:01:49","slug":"u-s-news-lists-ucf-3-comer-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/u-s-news-lists-ucf-3-comer-university\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. News Lists UCF as No. 3 &#8216;Up-and-Comer&#8217; University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Central Florida was ranked today as the nation\u2019s No. 3 \u201cup-and-comer\u201d university in the 2015 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/academics\/us-news-rankings\/\">U.S. News &amp; World Report\u2019s Best Colleges<\/a> rankings of more than 1,300 higher-education institutions.<\/p>\n<p>The ranking is part of the magazine\u2019s annual compilation that gauges universities in a dozen categories.<\/p>\n<p>The up-and-coming category is based on a nationwide survey of college administrators who selected institutions that have made the most promising and innovative changes in the areas of academics, faculty, student life, campus, or facilities.<\/p>\n<p>UCF is the only Florida school ranked among the 14 universities listed this year. 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