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The university was ranked tied for 23rd among public universities in the U.S. and tied for 63rd among national universities in 2021 by U.S. News & World Report.
Kiplinger's Personal Finance named UConn the 33rd best value in public higher education for 2019 (26th on the basis of out-of-state tuition).
The University of Connecticut was among the top 10 producers of Fulbright Scholars from research institutions in 2017.
The 2015 Sierra Club "Cool Schools" list of environmentally responsible universities ranked UConn eighth in the U.S.
== Student life ==
=== Student organizations ===
There is a wide variety of student organizations on campus, including fraternities and sororities, musical groups, and religious, athletic, political, cultural, business, military, artistic, and community service clubs.
The university's daily student-run newspaper, The Daily Campus, is one of the longest continually-published college newspapers in the nation and serves as the primary news source for students and the greater …
