Rankings, Florida Gulf Coast University
| Academic rankings | |
|---|---|
| Master’s | |
| Washington Monthly | 391 |
| Regional | |
| U.S. News & World Report | 78 |
| National | |
| Forbes | 519 |
| WSJ/College Pulse | > 600 |
Florida Gulf Coast University was ranked #331-440 in the National Universities category in the 2022-23 U.S. News & World Report annual rankings of the best colleges and universities. The institution was also named #169-227 in the Top Public Schools category.
For its 2021 rankings of U.S. News & World Report ranked FGCU 68th overall in Regional Universities South. In the south category, FGCU was also named the #16 Most Innovative School and #66 in Top Performers in Social Mobility.
In 2020, The Princeton Review ranked FGCU as the 30th-best undergraduate entrepreneurship program overall and first in Florida.
U.S. News ranked FGCU as tied for 78th among all regional universities in the southern United States in 2019, and tied for 29th among public ones.