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The University of Southern Mindanao (USM) ranked first in Region XII out of only 4 Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) that qualified in the EduRank released in March 2025.
Meanwhile, USM stood out as the sole HEI from Region XII in the Top 100 Best Universities in the Philippines, ranking #42 out of 229 HEIs; 2686th out of 5830 in Asia, and 6950th out of 14,131 in the world.
Following USM in the Regions XII’s EduRank Rankings were Notre Dame of Dadiangas University (NDDU) being #160 in the Philippines, Notre Dame of Marbel University (NDMU) #167, and Notre Dame of Kidapawan College (NDKC) #222.
The University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) remains the Top 1 university in the Philippines being #366 in Asia, and #1348 in the world.
According to the Edurank’s website (https://edurank.org), the final score of the overall rankings consists of three parts to wit, 45% for research performance, 45% non-academic prominence, and 10% for alumni score.
EduRank.org is an independent metric-based ranking of 14,131 universities from 183 countries. The non-academic prominence and alumni popularity indicators were added in the overall rankings.
