U-M named top-ranked public university in U.S.

• The ranking gives U-M bragging rights over Ohio State at 109%2C Michigan State University at 195 and Notre Dame at 237.

The University of Michigan is the top public university in the U.S., according to an annual list of universities worldwide.

The No. 23 ranking is one spot down from Michigan's position last year in the QS World University Rankings, but places it as one of 14 U.S. universities in the top 30, in a group that includes Harvard, Yale and Johns Hopkins.

The University of California, Berkeley, at No. 27 is the only other U.S. public university in the top 30.

"The QS World University Rankings, launched in 2004, are based on six factors: academic reputation, employer reputation, student/faculty ratio, citations per faculty, proportion of international faculty and proportion of international students," according to a news release about the rankings.

The ranking gives U-M bragging rights over Ohio State at 109, Michigan State University at 195 and Notre Dame at 237.

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