Rankings of universities in the United States

April 17, 2024

EasyUni Staff

The history of higher education in the United States started with the foundation of the Harvard University 300 years ago. Since then more than 4400 universities or institutions have been formed in the US in order to provide knowledge and necessary skills to students. To achieve this, the country’s universities try to maintain a high and sustainable teaching and learning quality. The effort pays off because American universities are among the World’s best universities. If those rankings convince you and if you would like to take a course at one of the universities in the United States don’t hesitate to take a closer look here.

The World University Rankings

In 2013 the The World University Rankings ranked 76 universities of the US among the World’s top 200. Figured up, They ranked 111 universities from the US in the top 400. This clearly illustrates that the US has the best ranked universities across the globe.

World Rank by THE World University Rankings	Universities
1	California Institute of Technology
2	Stanford University
4	Harvard University
5	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
6	Princeton University
9	University of California, Berkeley
10	University of Chicago
11	Yale University
13	University of California, Los Angeles
14	Columbia University
15	University of Pennsylvania
16	Johns Hopkins University
18	Cornell University
19	Northwestern University
20	University of Michigan
…	…

QS World University Rankings

In 2013 QS released a university ranking with 30 American universities among the World’s best 100.

World Rank by QS World University Rankings	Universities
1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
2	Harvard University
7	Stanford University
8	Yale University
9	University of Chicago
10	California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
10	Princeton University
13	University of Pennsylvania
14	Columbia University
15	Cornell University
16	Johns Hopkins University
22	University of Michigan
23	Duke University
25	University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
29	Northwestern University
37	University of Wisconsin-Madison
40	University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
44	New York University (NYU)
…	…

The United States’ universities are especially well-versed in courses like:

Philosophy
Education
Earth & marine sciences
Sociology
Communication & media studies

The ShanghaiRanking / Academic Ranking of World Universities

Once again the ranking shows the US has the best ranked universities across the globe. The top ten, the top 100 and the top 500 are filled with universities, which have an American background.

World Rank by ShanghaiRanking	Universities
1	Harvard University
2	Stanford University
3	University of California, Berkeley
4	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
6	California Institute of Technology
7	Princeton University
8	Columbia University
9	University of Chicago
11	Yale University
12	University of California, Los Angeles

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