The commission in its 2021 universities ranking said that less than 70 per cent of courses offered by top institutions across the country are accredited. According to the Nation, the NUC's “2021 Nigeria University system rankings” released on December 11, 2021, rated the University of Ibadan as Nigeria's best university.
 

The commission added that less than 70 per cent of courses offered by the other ivory towers are accredited.

Eight out of the 113 universities that the NUC focused on, including the Nigeria Army University, Biu, in Borno State and Air Force Institute of Technology, have none of their courses accredited by the NUC the document showed. Nigeria has 170 public and private universities.

On the ranking, none of the best-ranked universities was listed as among the 25 with 100 per cent courses accredited. The 25 universities fully accredited by the NUC are;

25 Acccredited Universities in Nigeria by NUC 2021

The 25 Accredited Universities by NUC are:

• Adeleke University, Osun State;  
• Al-Qalam University, Katsina State;  
• Caleb University, Lagos State;  
• Chrisland University, Lagos State;  
• Crescent University, Ogun State;
• Federal University, Lokoja,
• Federal University, Wukari,
• Federal University, Kashere.
• Hallmark University, Ogun State;
• Hezekiah University, Imo State;  
• Ibrahim Babangida University, Niger State;    
• Igbenedion University, Edo State;  
• Kano University of Science and Technology, Kano;  
• Kebbi State University of Science and Technology,  
• Kogi State University and  
• Maitama Sule University, Kano State.
• McPherson University, Ogun State;
• Mountain Top University, Ogun State;  
• Niger Delta University, Delta State;
• Nigeria Defence Academy; 
• PAMO University of Medical Science,
• River State;  Rivers State University;
• Samuel Adegboyega University, Edo State;  
• Summit University, Kwara State;
• Umaru Musa Yar’Ardua University, Katsina State.

NUC explained in the 146-page report by its Executive Secretary, Abubakar Rasheed, that the ranking was coordinated by a team of experts drawn from the academic planning units of 91 universities.

It was also gathered that a  former NUC Executive Secretary, Prof. Peter Okebukola headed the team.

According to the document, 31 universities have over 90 per cent of their courses accredited. Twenty have over 80 percent accredited; 11 have above 70 per cent and 11 with between zero and 50 per cent accredited courses.

Apart from the Nigeria Army University and Air Force Institute of Technology, the other six universities without a single accreditation are;

• Admiralty University,
• Bayelsa Medical University,
• Dominion University,
• Skyline University,
• Spiritas University, and
• The Technical University.
• Ambrose Ali University, Ekpoma,
• Taraba State University,
• Bukar Abba University (Yobe State university),  
• Ogun State University, Ago-Iwoye,
• Novena University,
• Federal University of Petroleum Studies,
• Maritime University
• Moddibo Adama University of Technology, Yola;
• Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndife-Alike;  
• Veritas University, Abuja,
• Federal University,
• Dutsin-Ma, Katsina State,
• Federal University, Gashua,
• Federal University, Gusau,
• Federal University Kebbi