Universities in the Sunshine State fared much better in U.S. News & World Report's 2025 Best Colleges rankings as compared to the Wall Street Journal's (WSJ) annual list. Earlier this month, WSJ released its 2025 Best U.

Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania and Swarthmore College took some of the top spots in the 2025 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings.

The state of Florida has been ranked No. 1 for higher education by U.S. News & World Report for eight consecutive years. But this year’s Best Colleges rankings, released early Tuesday, saw dips for some of the state’s top schools.

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Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday said Florida is preparing for a direct hit from a major hurricane that could intensify quickly before it makes landfall in the Panhandle later this week. The National Hurricane Center predicted a tropical storm currently in the Gulf of Mexico will become Hurricane Helene as it moves north toward Florida by Thursday.

The tropical system in the western Caribbean may not look like much yet, but don’t be fooled. History has shown the Gulf of Mexico can be a pressure cooker, turning systems like this one from wimpy windstorms to devastating monster storms almost overnight under the right conditions.