Editing Boston University (section)

=== Rankings ===
{{Infobox US university ranking
| USNWR_NU = 41
| USNWR_W = 73
| THE_WSJ = 171
| Forbes = 53
| THES_W = 75
| QS_W = 108=
| Wamo_NU = 69
| ARWU_W = 101–150
}}
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|+ USNWR graduate school rankings as of 2024<ref name="USNWR Grad">{{Cite web |title=BU's Graduate School Rankings |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/boston-university-164988/overall-rankings |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317220419/https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/boston-university-164988/overall-rankings |archive-date=March 17, 2017 |access-date=January 15, 2025 |magazine=U.S. News & World Report}}</ref>
|-
! colspan=2 scope=row | [[Questrom School of Business|Business]]
| 50
|-
! colspan=2 scope=row | [[Boston University School of Education|Education]]
| 42
|-
! colspan=2 scope=row | [[Boston University College of Engineering|Engineering]]
| 31
|-
! colspan=2 scope=row | [[Boston University School of Law|Law]]
| 24
|-
! rowspan=2 scope=rowgroup | Medicine
! scope=row | [[Boston University School of Medicine|Primary Care]]
| Tier 2
|-
! scope=row | [[Boston University School of Medicine|Research]]
| Tier 2
|-
! colspan=2 scope=row | [[Boston University School of Public Health|Public Health]]
| 7
|-
! colspan=2 scope=row | [[Boston University School of Social Work|Social Work]]
| 12
|-
! colspan=2 scope=row | [[Boston University College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (Sargent College)|Occupational Therapy]]
| 1
|}
{| class="wikitable floatright"
|+USNWR departmental rankings as of 2024<ref name="USNWR Grad" />
|-
! scope=row | Biomedical Engineering
| 10
|-
! scope=row | Biological Sciences
| 80
|-
! scope=row | Chemistry
| 67
|-
! scope=row | Clinical Psychology
| 27
|-
! scope=row | Computer Science
| 45
|-
! scope=row | Earth Sciences
| 70
|-
! scope=row | Economics
| 22
|-
! scope=row | English
| 41
|-
! scope=row | Fine Arts
| 32
|-
! scope=row | Health Care Management
| 19
|-
! scope=row | History
| 54
|-
! scope=row | Mathematics
| 55
|-
! scope=row | Physics
| 38
|-
! scope=row | Political Science
| 59
|-
! scope=row | Psychology
| 46
|-
! scope=row | Public Health
| 7
|-
! scope=row | Social Work
| 12
|-
! scope=row | Sociology
| 41
|-
! scope=row | Speech-Language Pathology
| 5
|-
! scope=row | Statistics
| 41
|}

''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' ranks Boston University tied for 41st among national universities and tied for 73rd among global universities for 2025.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date= |title=''U.S. News'' Best Colleges Rankings |url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/boston-university-164988/overall-rankings |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222513/http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/boston-university-164988/overall-rankings |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |access-date=June 21, 2024 |magazine=U.S. News & World Report}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=June 26, 2024 |title=Boston University |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/boston-university-164988 |access-date=June 26, 2024}}</ref> It also ranked BU 25th in "Best Value Schools", tied for 63rd in "Most Innovative Schools", and tied for 49th in "Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs" at schools whose highest degree is a doctorate and 10th in Biomedical Engineering.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Boston University Rankings |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/boston-university-2130/overall-rankings |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924042051/https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/boston-university-2130/overall-rankings |archive-date=September 24, 2018 |access-date=June 21, 2024 |magazine=U.S. News & World Report}}</ref> ''U.S. News & World Report's'' 2024 list also ranks Boston University's online graduate information technology programs 8th in the U.S.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 26, 2024 |title=Best Online Master's in Information Technology Programs |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/online-education/computer-information-technology/rankings |access-date=June 26, 2024}}</ref> the online graduate criminal justice programs tied for 3rd, and the online graduate business programs (excluding MBAs) tied for 6th.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Online Programs Rankings |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/online-education/boston-university-164988 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102013241/https://www.usnews.com/education/online-education/boston-university-164988 |archive-date=January 2, 2018 |access-date=October 22, 2020 |magazine=U.S. News & World Report}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=June 26, 2024 |title=Best Online Master's in Business Programs |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/online-education/business/rankings |access-date=June 26, 2024}}</ref>

Boston University is ranked No. 171 nationally in the 2025 ''Wall Street Journal/College Pulse'' U.S. colleges and universities ranking.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Best U.S. Colleges 2025 - WSJ / College Pulse Rankings |url=https://www.wsj.com/rankings/college-rankings/best-colleges-2025?mod=ig_collegerankings2025 |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=WSJ |language=en-US}}</ref>

''[[QS World University Rankings]]'' ranked Boston University 108th overall in the world in its 2025 rankings.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Boston University |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/boston-university |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=Top Universities |language=en}}</ref>

''[[Times Higher Education]]'' ranked Boston University 75th in the world for 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-09 |title=World University Rankings |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/latest/world-ranking#!/length/25/name/boston/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/scores |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=Times Higher Education (THE) |language=en}}</ref>

''Times Higher Education'' ranked Boston University 34th in the 2024–25 Global University Employability Rankings.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-14 |title=Best universities for graduate jobs: Global Employability University Ranking 2024-25 |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/best-universities/best-universities-graduate-jobs-global-university-employability-ranking |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=Student |language=en}}</ref>

The [[Academic Ranking of World Universities]] ranks Boston University 39–50 in the United States, and 101–150 in the world, in its 2024 list.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ShanghaiRanking's Academic Ranking of World Universities |url=https://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings/arwu/2024 |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=www.shanghairanking.com}}</ref>

In 2016, the Chronicle of Higher Education placed the Boston University School of Social Work as sixth in the nation for research productivity by faculty.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Boston University School of Social Work Rankings |url=http://onlinemsw.bu.edu/accreditation-and-rankings |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323190506/http://onlinemsw.bu.edu/accreditation-and-rankings |archive-date=March 23, 2016 |access-date=March 24, 2016}}</ref>

BU is one of 146 American universities receiving the highest research classification ("RU/VH") by the Carnegie Foundation.<ref name="Carnegie Foundation" />