US News‘s 2016 ranking of national universities puts Boston College at #30, tied with University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. This is the highest BC has been ranked by US News.

The University is rated 4th in Massachusetts, behind Harvard (#2), MIT (#7), and Tufts (#27). Among Catholic schools, Notre Dame (#18) and Georgetown (#21) are ranked higher. In the ACC, BC is tied with UNC as 4th highest in the rankings, behind Duke (#8), Virginia (#26), and Wake Forest (#27).