The two universities with Tri-City campuses made appearances on several of the lists compiled in U.S. News & World Report’s annual college rankings. 

Washington State University edged its way onto the Top 100 Public Schools lists, tying for No. 99 with Florida Atlantic University, Georgia State University, Missouri University of Science & Technology, Oklahoma State University, Rowan University and University of Arkansas.  

Unlike for some University of Washington campuses, the individual WSU campuses, such as WSU Tri-Cities in Richland, were not ranked separately. 

Several of the WSU system’s undergraduate programs were also nationally ranked: 

• Undergraduate International Business No. 26 (tied) 
• Undergraduate Nursing No. 56 (tied) 
• Undergraduate Engineering Programs No. 78 (tied) 
• Undergraduate Business No. 83 (tied) 
• Undergraduate Computer Science No. 103 (tied) 

“WSU’s continued rise in the U.S. News rankings is an important recognition of the momentum we are building across the university,” said WSU President Betsy Cantwell in a statement. “We are investing in student success, academic excellence and research that makes a difference – and those investments are producing results. As Washington’s land-grant university, we are expanding opportunity for students, preparing graduates for a rapidly changing world, and putting WSU’s knowledge and innovation to work for communities across our state and beyond.” 

Heritage University, which has a campus in downtown Kennewick, was ranked in the top 30 private schools in the West and just outside the Top 50 for best regional universities in the West.  

Heritage officials characterized the U.S. News rankings, as well as other ranked lists it has recently been named to as “recognition that reflects Heritage’s commitment to making a high-quality education accessible and transformative.” 

Other universities and colleges in the rankings include the  

• University of Washington at No. 49 among national universities. 
• Gonzaga University at No. 90 among national universities. 
• Whitman College at No. 79 among national liberal arts colleges. 
• Whitworth University at No. 111 among national liberal arts colleges. 
• Walla Walla University at No. 32 and Central Washington University at No. 36 among regional universities in the West. 
• Eastern Washington University at No. 200 among top public schools.