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- Best Colleges 2012 [#41] - U.S. News
- Top Ten Party Schools 2010 [#3] - Playboy Magazine (link no longer works)
- America's Best College Football Town - USA Today
- Best Cities for Young Adults [#1] - Kiplinger
- Top Ten Best Value Public Colleges 2012 [#5] - The Princeton Review
- Best Business Schools 2012 [#28] - U.S. News
- Best Values in Public Colleges 2012 [#13(in-state)/#11(out of state)] - Kiplinger
- Top Public National Universities [#10] - U.S. News and World Report
- The World University Rankings 2012-2013 [#31] - Times Higher Education (Reuters)
- Top Universities 2012 [#38] - QS World University Rankings
- Academic Ranking of Universities 2012 [International:#19 / National:#17] - Academic Ranking of World Universities
- National Universities 2012 [#18] - Washington Monthly
- Best Party Schools 2014 [#8] - Princeton Review
- Best Health Services 2014 [#1] - Princeton Review
- Best College Newspaper 2014 [#4] - Princeton Review
- Most LGBT Friendly Colleges 2014 [#5] - Princeton Review
- Best College Library 2014 [#12] - Princeton Review
- University Ranking 2013 [International: #23 / National: #17] - CWUR
- Top Seven Best Value Flagship University 2014 - The Fiske Guide to Colleges
- Top 10 College Towns 2013 [#8] - Livability
- Top 10 Foodie Cities 2013 [#5] - Livability
- Top 10 Cities with the Best Music Scenes Outside of NYC LA Nashville [#8] - Livability
- Smartest Cities 2013 [#8] - Lumosity
- Safest Cities in America 2013 [#4] - FBI / Business Insider
- Academic Ranking of World Universities 2013-2014 [#19] - Times Higher Education (Reuters)
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