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Rankings

Rankings and accolades can’t tell our whole story, but they do point to important aspects of who we are and what makes us unique.

Named one of theÌýBest MidwesternÌýColleges in the U.S.

The Princeton ReviewÌý(2025)

Ranked one of the

Best College Locations
in America

Niche (2025)

Among the nation’s

Top Performers on
Social Mobility

U.S. News & World Report (2025)

Ranked one of the

Best Colleges in the U.S.

Wall Street JournalÌý(2025)

Named one of the nation’s

Best Value Colleges

U.S. News & World Report (2025)

Diversity

Higher Education Excellence in Diversity award

INSIGHT into Diversity Magazine (2024)

Technology

Named a top graphic design school

Graphic Design USA (2024)

Among the best colleges for Information Technology in America

Niche (2025)

#5 Game Design MFA program in the nation

Animation Career Review (2021)

#34 undergraduate school for Game Design

The Princeton Review (2024)

#23 graduate school for Game Design

The Princeton Review (2024)

Business

#10 Best Master’s in Entrepreneurship

College Rank (2024)

#15ÌýMBA Entrepreneurship program in the nation

The Princeton Review (2025)

#12Ìýundergraduate Entrepreneurship program in the nation

The Princeton Review (2025)

#44 part-time MBA program

The Princeton Review (2019)

#41 graduate school for Accounting

The Princeton Review (2019)

Arts

#11Ìýfilm school in the nation

The Hollywood Reporter (2024)

Among the country’s best colleges for film and photography

Niche (2025)

#21 graduate acting MFA program in the nation

The Hollywood Reporter (2019)

Communication

33 Illinois College Press Association Awards

The ¹ú²úÂ鶹AVia student newspaper (2023)

4 Intercollegiate Broadcasting System Awards

Radio ¹ú²úÂ鶹AV (2022)

Outstanding Chapter Award

Public Relations StudentÌýSociety of America (2023)

Outstanding PR Education Program

PRWeek Awards (2022)

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