academic year, 2 freshman students were National Merit Scholars.
=== Rankings ===
The Wall Street Journal and College Pulse ranked Marquette at 56th in its "2024 Best Colleges in the U.S." ranking.
For 2025, Marquette was ranked 86th overall among 443 undergraduate programs for national universities by U.S. News & World Report, tied for 17th out of 80 in "Best Undergraduate Teaching", tied for 38th for "Most Innovative Schools", and 51st for "Best Value Schools". The magazine also named Marquette tied for the 54th best university for military veterans.
Forbes ranked Marquette 84th among research universities and 114th overall in their 2024-25 list. In 2015, the QS World University Rankings placed Marquette at 701+ overall for universities worldwide.
In its 2020 edition, Princeton Review named Marquette as one of the "Best 386 Colleges in the U.S." and one of the best Midwestern schools. In 2018, Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine ranked Marquette 75th in the country among the 100 best value private universities.
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