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University of Cincinnati

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World University Rankings 2026 · 90% range 261–1018 of 2,287 · score 44.8
Research Index =467

How it scores

Research
80
Alumni outcomes
87
Admissions & earnings
140/243

Research and Alumni outcomes are percentiles among 2,287 universities; alumni outcomes are counted per student. Admissions & earnings is the position among universities in the same country (United States).

Admissions, outcomes and alumni

Admit rate
85.3% src
Average SAT
1,282 src
Yield (admits who enrol)
24% src
Median earnings 10 years after entry
$54,810 src
40-year return on investment (Georgetown CEW)
$1.75M src
Graduation rate (6 years)
75% src
Rhodes Scholars, 2021–26
0 src
Internationally notable alumni (Wikidata)
31 src
Heads of state or government (Wikidata)
1 src
Founders, billionaires and $30M+ alumni
not on the published top lists; estimated
Students (undergraduate headcount / total FTE, IPEDS)
29,882 / 36,261 src

Each figure links to its source. Admissions and earnings figures are comparable only within a country.

Research Index

A · Quality
53.2
B · Strength
81.6

Percentiles among 1,305 ranked universities. Rank on quality alone: 606. On strength alone: 241. The Research Index scores research only; admissions, earnings and alumni outcomes are scored in the overall ranking where data exists.

The numbers behind it (2020–2023)

Papers in the top 10% of their field
10.0% (9.5%–10.5%)
Papers in the top 1% of their field
1.0% (0.9%–1.2%)
Top-10% papers (fractional count)
846
All papers (fractional count)
8,433
International co-authored
38.2%
Open access
63.6%
Papers from 2020–23 since retracted
11 (0.50 per 1,000)

Core publications, fractional counting, field-normalised citation shares. Brackets show Leiden’s stability interval. Collaboration and open-access shares use full counting and aren’t field-normalised. Retraction counts come from the Retraction Watch database and include publishers’ mass retractions as well as honest-error retractions; a retraction is not by itself evidence of misconduct, and the count is never scored.

By field

Biomedical & health sciences=322range 216–455 of 1,671
Life & earth sciences=364range 223–560 of 1,092
Mathematics & computer science=920range 751–1053 of 1,391
Physical sciences & engineering=748range 615–922 of 1,742
Social sciences & humanities537range 379–708 of 1,262

Position over time

top 30%2006–2009: 88 of 5712020–2023: 467 of 1,305

The same method applied to each 4-year publication window. The number of ranked universities grows from period to period, so position is shown as a share of the field.

How other rankings place it

=467Research Index 2026
–QS 2027 (not in top 100)
–THE 2027 (not in top 100)
–ARWU 2026 (not in top 100)

Other rankings are cited for comparison. The Research Index measures research only; QS and THE also use reputation surveys and figures universities submit, and ARWU counts prize winners and total output.

Prize winners

Alumni laureates
1
Staff laureates
1

Alumni: 1 Nobel. Most recent: Charles G. Dawes (Nobel Peace, 1925). Counted from Wikidata (CC0). Alumni laureates count toward the overall ranking per student (10 of 65 global weight points); staff laureates are shown for context only.