Get to Know WSSU
NOTABLE RANKINGS
WSSU has emerged as an institution with a national reputation for positively impacting the social and economic mobility of its students. The U.S. News and World Report ranks WSSU as:
#1 HBCU in the Nation for Social Mobility (CollegeNET) #2 HBCU in U.S. for Value (Money Magazine) Top 10 Best-Value colleges in N.C. (SmartAsset.com) Top 10 HBCUs Changing the World (College Magazine) Top 10 Military-Friendly School (Military Friendly) Top 25 Best HBCUs in the U.S. (College Raptor) Best HBCUs (Successful Student) #1 Most-Instagrammed College in N. C. (AT&T)
#48 in regional universities in the south #3 in Top Performers on Social Mobility #21 in Top Public Schools.
WSSU also ranks as one of the Top 10 most afford - able HBCUs in the country by HBCU Lifestyle, and Money Magazine ranks WSSU as the #2 HBCU in the nation for its quality and affordability. Since 2018, WSSU has emerged as more than “a teaching institution.” Because of the research activity of faculty and staff, WSSU has firmly established itself as a burgeoning research-intensive university. According to the national rankings on National Science Foundation Higher Education Research and Development (NCES, 2021), WSSU increased 143 spots from rank #537 in Fiscal Year 2019-20 to rank #394 in Fiscal Year 2020-21. In the state of North Carolina, WSSU moved up from rank #19 in Fiscal Year 2019 to rank #11 in Fiscal Year 2020 among North Carolina public and private institutions; moreover, WSSU’s sponsored research portfolio of extramurally funded awards has tripled since 2018.
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