In the most recent U.S. News & World Report, the University of Iowa fell 45 spots in Best Global Universities Rankings, while Iowa State University’s ranking dropped 81 spots.
The University of Iowa ranked 180th in last year’s list, but fell to 225th in 2024. Iowa State University was ranked 263rd in 2023 and is now ranked 344th.
The list of the Best Global Universities considered 2,250 college campuses in 104 countries, while last year’s list only evaluated 2,000 universities in 95 countries.
The University of Northern Iowa was not included in the ranking either year.
U.S. News and World rankings include strict criteria
The U.S. News and World Report’s Best Global University rankings assess the quality of international universities based on 13 key metrics.
These metrics include:
Global research reputation (12.5%), Regional research reputation (12.5%), Publications (10%), Books (2.5%), Conferences (2.5%), Normalized Citation impact (10%), Total citations (7.5%), Number of publications that are among the 10% most cited (12.5%), Percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited (10%),, International collaboration, relative to country (5%) and Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited in their respective field (5%).