Top Ranked Universities In USA

The USA is the world’s leading international study destination, consistently dominating the global rankings. Top US universities make up almost 29% of the top 100 positions in the ranking, with again 29 US universities in the top global 300. Read on to focus on this year’s top 10, plus how the other 147 top US universities are highlighted in the ranking. Below are the top 10 Universities in the USA as per the QS Ranking table for the Year 2024 –25. 202 universities in USA are included among the world’s best in the edition of QS World University Ranking 2023

1.Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) tops the QS World University Rankings 2024-2025, standing 1^st for the 13^th year running. Situated in Cambridge, Massachusetts, MIT is surely known for its physical sciences and engineering, but it’s also progressively well-respected in other subject fields in the social sciences, arts and humanities.

2.Harvard University

Harvard University halts the unceasing trio of US universities at the top of the QS World University Rankings this year. Harvard is the very earliest university in the US, registering back to 1636, and attained the top position for accounting and finance in the QS World University Rankings by Faculty 2025.

3.Stanford University

Stanford University ranks 6rd in the world in the 2024-2025 tables. Situated in the centre of the famous Silicon Valley, Stanford University is especially well-known for its business courses – with an alumni community full of outstanding entrepreneurs and attained the top position for environmental in the QS World University Rankings.

4.California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

Retaining 10^thplace in the overall world ranking this year is the California Institute of Technology, commonly known as Caltech, situated in the city of Pasadena, California. The smallest US university in the top 10, Caltech knocks above its weight – particularly in scientific and technical subjects.

5.University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania, known as Penn, is ranked 11^th in the world this year. Situated in Philadelphia, it’s one of the other institutions which is highly renowned for life sciences and medicine, ranking 2^st place in this year’s inaugural ranking of the world’s top nursing schools.

6.University of California, Berkeley (UCB)

The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California, United States. Founded in 1868 and named after the Anglo-Irish philosopher George Berkeley, it is the state’s first land-grant university and is the founding campus of the University of California system. This university ranked 12th this year

7.Cornell University

Situated in Ithaca, New York, Cornell University ranks 16^th in the world this year. Having been awarded the nation’s first veterinary medicine degree, it currently ranks 3^th in the world for veterinary science in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023.

8.University of Chicago

Ranked US and 21^th in the world this year, the University of Chicago is related with 89 Nobel Prize winners, and its physics department is admitted for developing the world’s first man-made, self-sustaining nuclear reaction.

9.Princeton University

Princeton University has again retained its position at 22^th place this year. It’s one of the oldest US universities, it’s specifically known for academic excellence in mathematics, achieving 4^th place for this in the faculty rankings.

10.Yale University

Yale University is ranked 23^th in the world this year. Yale University was founded by English Puritans in 1701, making it the third-oldest higher education institution in the United States. It’s especially well-known for its academic excellence in translational medicine and research.

11.Johns Hopkins University

The Johns Hopkins University is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Founded in 1876 based on the European research institution model, Johns Hopkins is considered to be the first research university in the U.S. Ranked 32 in this year

12.Columbia University

Columbia University is ranked 34nd in the world this year. Established in 1754, Columbia University is a private Ivy League research university in Upper Manhattan, New York City. It was established as King’s College by the royal charter of George II of Great Britain and renamed Columbia College in 1784 following the American Revolutionary War.

Sr No	Ranking	University Name	Country	Score
1	1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	United States	100
2	4	Harvard University	United States	96.8
3	6	Stanford University	United States	96.1
4	10	California Institute of Technology (Caltech)	United States	90.9
5	11	University of Pennsylvania	United States	90.3
6	12	University of California, Berkeley (UCB)	United States	90.1
7	16	Cornell University	United States	87.9
8	21	University of Chicago	United States	86.2
9	22	Princeton University	United States	85.5
10	23	Yale University	United States	85.2
11	32	Johns Hopkins University	United States	82.1
12	34	Columbia University	United States	82
13	42	University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)	United States	79.8
14	43	New York University (NYU)	United States	79.6
15	44	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	United States	79
16	50	Northwestern University	United States	76
17	58	Carnegie Mellon University	United States	72
18	61	Duke University	United States	70.8
19	66	University of Texas at Austin	United States	69.5
20	69	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	United States	68.2
21	72	University of California, San Diego (UCSD)	United States	67.1
22	76	University of Washington	United States	65.3
23	79	Brown University	United States	64.7
24	89	Pennsylvania State University	United States	61.7
25	89	Purdue University	United States	61.7
26	108	Boston University	United States	58.6
27	114	Georgia Institute of Technology	United States	57.3
28	116	University of Wisconsin-Madison	United States	57.1
29	125	University of Southern California	United States	55.2
30	130	University of California, Davis	United States	54.4
31	141	Rice University	United States	53.6
32	152	Michigan State University	United States	51.9
33	154	Texas A&M University	United States	51.8
34	155	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	United States	51.6
35	171	Washington University in St. Louis	United States	49.9
36	178	University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)	United States	48.9
37	196	Emory University	United States	46.6
38	200	Arizona State University	United States	46.2
39	203	University of Minnesota Twin Cities	United States	46
40	208	The Ohio State University	United States	45.6
41	215	University of Florida	United States	44.2
42	218	University of Maryland, College Park	United States	44
43	236	University of Rochester	United States	42.3
44	243	Dartmouth College	United States	41.3
45	248	Vanderbilt University	United States	40.8
46	259	Case Western Reserve University	United States	39.7
47	275	University of Massachusetts Amherst	United States	38.2
48	275	University of Pittsburgh	United States	38.2
49	293	The University of Arizona	United States	37
50	297	University of Virginia	United States	36.6
51	301	Georgetown University	United States	36.3
52	307	University of California, Irvine	United States	35.5
53	311	North Carolina State University	United States	35.1
54	316	University of Notre Dame	United States	34.7
55	320	University of Colorado Boulder	United States	34.4
56	324	University of Miami	United States	34.1
57	328	Rutgers University–New Brunswick	United States	33.8
58	344	Tufts University	United States	32.9
59	355	Indiana University Bloomington	United States	32.1
60	365	University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)	United States	31.6
61	371	George Washington University	United States	31.3
62	389	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	United States	30.1
63	393	University of California, Santa Cruz	United States	29.9
64	396	Northeastern University	United States	29.7
65	413	Yeshiva University	United States	28.8
66	442	Colorado State University	United States	26.8
67	452	University of Kansas	United States	26.4
68	460	Stony Brook University, State University of New York	United States	26.2
69	466	University at Buffalo SUNY	United States	25.7
70	466	Washington State University	United States	25.7
71	470	Iowa State University	United States	25.6
72	481	The University of Tennessee, Knoxville	United States	25
73	488	University of Hawai?i at Manoa	United States	24.6
74	497	University of California, Riverside	United States	24.2
75	501	Colorado School of Mines	United States	24.1
76	506	University of Delaware	United States	24
77	527	Missouri University of Science and Technology	United States	23.2
78	531	University of Utah	United States	23.1
79	565	University of Connecticut	United States	22
80	573	Florida State University	United States	21.6
81	574	Florida International University	United States	21.5
82	587	The University of Georgia	United States	21.1
83	596	University of Iowa	United States	20.8
84	596	University of Texas Dallas	United States	20.8
85	601-610	Illinois Institute of Technology	United States	–
86	601-610	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	United States	–
87	601-610	University of South Carolina	United States	–
88	621-630	University of South Florida	United States	–
89	631-640	Boston College	United States	–
90	631-640	Tulane University	United States	–
91	641-650	Lehigh University	United States	–
92	641-650	Oregon State University	United States	–
93	641-650	University of Missouri, Columbia	United States	–
94	651-660	University of Houston	United States	–
95	661-670	City University of New York	United States	–
96	681-690	Temple University	United States	–
97	701-710	Stevens Institute of Technology	United States	–
98	701-710	University of Nebraska – Lincoln	United States	–
99	701-710	University of Oklahoma	United States	–
100	711-720	American University	United States	–
101	721-730	Brandeis University	United States	–
102	721-730	Drexel University	United States	–
103	741-750	University of Central Florida	United States	–
104	741-750	Wake Forest University	United States	–
105	761-770	University of Cincinnati	United States	–
106	761-770	University of Colorado, Denver	United States	–
107	771-780	University of Maryland, Baltimore County	United States	–
108	781-790	Texas Tech University	United States	–
109	781-790	The New School	United States	–
110	791-800	New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)	United States	–
111	791-800	University of Kentucky	United States	–
112	791-800	University of New Mexico	United States	–
113	791-800	Wayne State University	United States	–
114	801-850	Rutgers University–Newark	United States	–
115	801-850	Syracuse University	United States	–
116	801-850	University of Alaska Fairbanks	United States	–
117	801-850	University of Oregon	United States	–
118	851-900	Clarkson University	United States	–
119	851-900	Georgia State University	United States	–
120	851-900	Kansas State University	United States	–
121	851-900	Oklahoma State University	United States	–
122	851-900	Swarthmore College	United States	–
123	851-900	University at Albany SUNY	United States	–
124	851-900	University of Mississippi	United States	–
125	851-900	Virginia Commonwealth University	United States	–
126	901-950	Louisiana State University	United States	–
127	901-950	Michigan Technological University	United States	–
128	901-950	University of Alabama, Birmingham	United States	–
129	901-950	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	United States	–
130	951-1000	Auburn University	United States	–
131	951-1000	Clark University	United States	–
132	951-1000	Clemson University	United States	–
133	951-1000	St. Louis University	United States	–
134	951-1000	The University of Alabama	United States	–
135	951-1000	University of Denver	United States	–
136	1001-1200	Baylor University	United States	–
137	1001-1200	Binghamton University SUNY	United States	–
138	1001-1200	Brigham Young University	United States	–
139	1001-1200	College of William and Mary	United States	–
140	1001-1200	Fordham University	United States	–
141	1001-1200	George Mason University	United States	–
142	1001-1200	Howard University	United States	–
143	1001-1200	Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis	United States	–
144	1001-1200	Kent State University	United States	–
145	1001-1200	Loyola University Chicago	United States	–
146	1001-1200	Mississippi State University	United States	–
147	1001-1200	Northern Arizona University	United States	–
148	1001-1200	Ohio University	United States	–
149	1001-1200	Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)	United States	–
150	1001-1200	San Diego State University	United States	–
151	1001-1200	Southern Methodist University	United States	–
152	1001-1200	The University of Texas at Arlington	United States	–
153	1001-1200	University of Arkansas Fayetteville	United States	–
154	1001-1200	University of Idaho	United States	–
155	1001-1200	University of Louisville	United States	–
156	1001-1200	University of Massachusetts Boston	United States	–
157	1001-1200	University of Missouri, Kansas City	United States	–
158	1001-1200	University of New Hampshire	United States	–
159	1001-1200	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	United States	–
160	1001-1200	University of North Texas	United States	–
161	1001-1200	University of Rhode Island	United States	–
162	1001-1200	University of Texas at San Antonio	United States	–
163	1001-1200	University of Texas El Paso	United States	–
164	1001-1200	University of Toledo	United States	–
165	1001-1200	University of Tulsa	United States	–
166	1001-1200	University of Vermont	United States	–
167	1001-1200	University of Wyoming	United States	–
168	1001-1200	Utah State University	United States	–
169	1001-1200	West Virginia University	United States	–
170	1201-1400	Central Michigan University	United States	–
171	1201-1400	Cleveland State University	United States	–
172	1201-1400	CUNY The City College of New York	United States	–
173	1201-1400	Florida Atlantic University – Boca Raton	United States	–
174	1201-1400	Marquette University	United States	–
175	1201-1400	Miami University	United States	–
176	1201-1400	Portland State University	United States	–
177	1201-1400	San Francisco State University	United States	–
178	1201-1400	Seattle University	United States	–
179	1201-1400	University of Memphis	United States	–
180	1201-1400	University of Missouri Saint Louis	United States	–
181	1201-1400	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	United States	–
182	1201-1400	University of San Diego	United States	–
183	1201-1400	University of San Francisco	United States	–
184	1201-1400	University of South Alabama (USA)	United States	–
185	1201-1400	University of the Pacific	United States	–
186	1201-1400	University of Wisconsin Milwaukee	United States	–
187	1201-1400	Western Michigan University	United States	–
188	1401+	California Polytechnic State University	United States	–
189	1401+	California State University – Los Angeles	United States	–
190	1401+	California State University, Long Beach	United States	–
191	1401+	Humboldt State University	United States	–
192	1401+	Illinois State University	United States	–
193	1401+	Indiana State University	United States	–
194	1401+	Nova Southeastern University	United States	–
195	1401+	University of Central Oklahoma	United States	–
196	1401+	University of Montana Missoula	United States	–
197	1401+	Western Washington University	United States	–