The top universities in the United States

By Anonymous (not verified), 24 November, 2015

So you’ve set your hopes on attending one of the most elite universities in the world?

You’ve heard of Harvard, Stanford and MIT of course.

But with a grand total of 147 US universities in the World University Rankings, there are plenty of options for a world-class education you may never have thought of.

For the fourth year running California Institute of Technology has reigned as the best university in the world.

The prestigious Ivy League universities, which include Columbia University, Harvard and Princeton, among others, fare particularly well in the rankings, but many younger or public universities also perform extremely well when judged on teaching, research, international outcome and influence.

University of California, Berkeley, is the highest ranked public institution, at position 13.

Other state schools (outside California, which has a high concentration) include Pennsylvania State University and Ohio State University, both ranked within the best 100 universities in the world.

These state universities generally charge lower fees than private colleges, even for international students.

See the full ranking for 2015-16 here.

Rank 2015-16University
1California Institute of Technology
3Stanford University
5Massachusetts Institute of Technology
6Harvard University
7Princeton University
10University of Chicago
11Johns Hopkins University
12Yale University
13University of California, Berkeley
15Columbia University
16University of California, Los Angeles
17University of Pennsylvania
18Cornell University
20Duke University
21University of Michigan
22Carnegie Mellon University
25Northwestern University
30York University
32University of Washington
36University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
=39University of California, San Diego
=39University of California, Santa Barbara
41Georgia Institute of Technology
=44University of California, Davis

See the current ranking of the best universities in the United States

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With a grand total of 147 US universities in the World University Rankings, there are plenty of options for a world-class education you may never have thought of.

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