schools, and #196 in best value schools.
In 2025, U.S. News and World Report ranked the school #244 in national universities, #135 in top public schools, #139 for Engineering, #74 for Nursing, #126 for Computer Science, #147 for Business programs, and #102 for social mobility
== Notable alumni ==
Kevin Aguiar, politician who represented the 7th Bristol district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Steven Baddour, attorney and politician from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Antonio F. D. Cabral (B.A. 1978), member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives 1990–present
Robert Correia (B.S. 1962), member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives 1976–2008, mayor of Fall River 2008–09
Charles A. Dewey, United States federal judge in Iowa's southern district
Scott Ferson, President Liberty Square Group
Bruce Gray (B.F.A. 1983), sculptor
Pooch Hall, actor
Brian Helgeland, Academy Award-winning screenwriter
Marques Houtman, Cape Verdean American basketball point guard
Elizabeth James-Perry, American …
