Notre Dame University is one of the 25 "new Ivy League" universities in the United States, and has been ranked among the top 20 universities in the United States for many years. Up to now, Notre Dame University has produced two Nobel Prize winners, 20 Rhodes scholars known as "global undergraduate Nobel Prize" and 25 academicians of the American Academy of Humanities.

Since 1999, Notre Dame University has been awarded the National Humanities Foundation.

American universities with the most scholarships. As a representative of elite universities with small classes, the teacher-student ratio reaches 1: 10, and 90% of the classes have fewer than 50 students. The New York Times once gave the highest academic score of five stars, and accounting and architecture here are popular majors in the school. The admission rate will only reach 15% in 2025, and the early application rate will also reach 17% in 2026. The specific rankings are as follows:

Notre Dame University ranked among the top universities in the United States in 2022 with 19.

University of Notre Dame's Best Undergraduate Teaching Ranking in 2022 1 1.

Notre Dame University ranked 25th among the best value schools in 2022.