The National Universities Commission (NUC) has published the 2017 national universities ranking and Covenant University is the only private university in the top ten.
See the top 10 below!- University of Ibadan Ibadan
- University of Lagos Lagos
- Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife
- Ahmadu Bello University Zaria
- University of Ilorin Ilorin
- Covenant University Ota
- University of Nigeria Nsukka
- University of Benin Ugbowo
- University of Abuja Abuja
- University of Port Harcourt Port Harcourt