- US News University Rankings
Undergraduate (4-year) schools rankings
National Universities –The following rankings are of 4-year Bachelor's degree programs at various private and public universities in the USA.To know more about the 4-year university system in the USA, click here.A complete listing of top national universities in the USA is available at the US News College Rankings website.
University |
National Ranking |
Harvard University |
1 |
Princeton University |
2 |
Yale University |
3 |
University of Pennsylvania |
4 |
Duke University |
5 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
6 |
Stanford University |
7 |
California Institute of Technology |
8 |
Columbia University |
9 |
Dartmouth College |
10 |
Northwestern University |
11 |
Washington University in St. Louis |
12 |
Brown University |
13 |
Cornell University |
14 |
Johns Hopkins University |
15 |
University of Chicago |
16 |
Rice University |
17 |
University of Notre Dame |
18 |
Vanderbilt University |
19 |
Emory University |
20 |
University of California Berkeley |
21 |
Carnegie Mellon University |
22 |
University of Michigan – Ann Arbor |
23 |
University of Virginia |
24 |
Georgetown University |
25 |
University of California Los Angeles |
26 |
Wake Forest University |
27 |
Tufts University |
28 |
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
29 |
University of Southern California |
30 |
College of William & Mary |
31 |
Brandies University |
32 |
New York University |
33 |
University of Wisconsin, Madison |
34 |
Case Western Reserve University |
35 |
University of California, San Diego |
36 |
Boston College |
37 |
Lehigh University |
38 |
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
39 |
University of Rochester |
40 |
Georgia Institute of Technology |
41 |
University of California, Davis |
42 |
Tulane University |
43 |
University of California, Irvine |
44 |
University of California, Santa Barbara |
45 |
Rensselaer Polytechnic University |
46 |
University of Texas, Austin |
47 |
University of Washington |
48 |
Yeshiva University |
49 |
Pennsylvania State University, University Park |
50 |
- Top Public Schools – This is a ranking of the top 10 best public universities in the USA.A complete listing of top public schools in the USA is available at the US News College Rankings website.
University |
National Ranking |
University of California, Berkeley |
1 |
University of Michigan – Ann Arbor |
2 |
University of Virginia |
3 |
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) |
4 |
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill |
5 |
College of William & Mary |
6 |
University of Wisconsin – Madison |
7 |
University of California – San Diego |
8 |
University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign |
9 |
Georgia Institute of Technology |
10 |
To see complete lists of all US university rankings, please visit the US News College Rankings website.
- US News Graduate School Rankings
The following rankings are of Master's degree programs at various private and public universities in the USA.To know more about the graduate school system in the USA, click here
- Business – the following table list the top 10 business schools (MBA programs) in the USA, according to US News.Please note that this is NOT a ranking of specific specializations, such as international business or finance.More details specialization rankings can be found at the US News Business School Website.
Business School |
National Ranking |
Harvard University |
1 |
Stanford University |
2 |
University of Pennsylvania – Wharton |
3 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Sloan |
4 |
Northwestern University – Kellogg |
5 |
Columbia University |
6 |
University of Chicago |
7 |
University of California, Berkeley – Haas |
8 |
Dartmouth College – Tuck |
9 |
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
10 |
- Education - the following table list the top 10 schools of education in the USA, according to US News.Please note that this is NOT a ranking of specific specializations, such as early childhood education or school administration.More details specialization rankings can be found at the US News Education website..
School of Education |
National Ranking |
Harvard University |
1 |
Stanford University |
2 |
University of California, Los Angeles |
3 |
Teacher's College, Columbia University |
4 |
Vanderbilt University – Peabody |
5 |
University of California, Berkeley |
6 |
University of Wisconsin, Madison |
7 |
University of Oregon |
8 |
University of Pennsylvania |
9 |
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
10 |
- Engineering - the following table list the top 10 schools of engineering in the USA, according to US News.Please note that this is NOT a ranking of specific specializations, such as aerospace or chemical engineering.More details specialization rankings can be found at the US News Engineering website.
Schools of Engineering |
National Ranking |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
1 |
Stanford University |
2 |
University of California, Berkeley |
3 |
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
4 |
Georgia Institute of Technology |
5 |
California Institute of Technology |
6 |
University of Southern California (USC) |
7 |
Purdue University – West Lafayette |
8 |
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
9 |
Cornell University |
10 |
- Law - the following table list the top 10 schools of law in the USA, according to US News.Please note that this is NOT a ranking of specific specializations nor of LLM (Master's of Law) programs.More details specialization rankings can be found at the US News Law school website.
Schools of Law |
National Ranking |
Yale University |
1 |
Harvard University |
2 |
Stanford University |
3 |
Columbia University |
4 |
New York University |
5 |
University of Chicago |
6 |
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
7 |
University of Pennsylvania |
8 |
University of Virginia |
9 |
Duke University |
10 |
To view rankings of schools in other academic disciplines, please visit the US News Graduate School rankings site.
- Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) MBA Rankings
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), owned by the UK-based Economist Magazine, publishes an annual ranking of the world's best MBA programs.According to this table the top 10 MBA programs worldwide are:
To see a comprehensive list of all schools ranked please visit The Economist Intelligence Unit MBA Rankings.
- The Wall Street Journal Top 50 MBA Programs
The list here is of the top-ranked international M.B.A. programs in The Wall Street Journal/Harris Interactive survey of corporate recruiters. Scores are based on how recruiters rated each business school on 26 attributes, as well as the number of respondents who said they recruited at the school.Bolded schools are those based in the USA:
2003 Rank |
2002 Rank |
College (Business School) |
1 |
5 |
University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) |
2 |
1 |
Dartmouth College (Tuck) |
3 |
2 |
University of Michigan |
4 |
4 |
Northwestern University (Kellogg) |
5 |
6 |
University of Chicago |
6 |
3 |
Carnegie Mellon University |
7 |
10 |
Columbia University |
8 |
9 |
Harvard University |
9 |
8 |
Yale University |
10 |
12 |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler) |
11 |
11 |
Purdue University (Krannert) |
12 |
14 |
Indiana University (Kelley) |
13 |
7 |
University of Texas at Austin (McCombs) |
14 |
15 |
University of California at Berkeley (Haas) |
15 |
26 |
Vanderbilt University (Owen) |
16 |
27 |
Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) |
17 |
25 |
Duke University (Fuqua) |
18 |
22 |
University of Rochester (Simon) |
19 |
16 |
University of Maryland (Smith) |
20 |
19 |
Cornell University (Johnson) |
21 |
13 |
Michigan State University (Broad) |
22 |
30 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan) |
23 |
17 |
Emory University (Goizueta) |
24 |
28 |
Instituto Panamericano de Alta Direccion de Empresa (IPADE) |
25 |
18 |
Ohio State University (Fisher) |
26 |
38 |
Brigham Young University (Marriott) |
27 |
23 |
Wake Forest University (Babcock) |
28 |
32 |
Washington University (Olin) |
29 |
20 |
University of Virginia (Darden) |
30 |
39 |
Stanford University |
31 |
31 |
University of Notre Dame (Mendoza) |
32 |
29 |
Southern Methodist University (Cox) |
33 |
N/A |
University of Pittsburgh (Katz) |
34 |
34 |
Thunderbird, the American Graduate School of International Management |
35 |
N/A |
University of Florida (Warrington) |
36 |
43 |
Instituto de Empresa (IE) |
37 |
24 |
New York University (Stern) |
38 |
36 |
University of California at Los Angeles (Anderson) |
39 |
45 |
University of London (London Business School) |
40 |
35 |
University of Southern California (Marshall) |
41 |
44 |
College Of William And Mary |
42 |
N/A |
American University (Kogod) |
43 |
41 |
University at Buffalo, State University of New York |
44 |
N/A |
University of Denver (Daniels) |
45 |
N/A |
Boston University |
46 |
33 |
Escuela Superior de Administracion y Direccion de Empresas (ESADE) |
47 |
N/A |
Texas A & M University (Mays) |
48 |
N/A |
HEC School of Management, Paris |
49 |
N/A |
University of Minnesota (Carlson) |
50 |
40 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
More information can be found at The Wall Street Journal Education website.
- “World's Best Universities” Rankings
Produced by the Shanghai Jiao Tong University, this is a ranking of the world's best universities as determined by criteria including “indicators of academic or research performance, including alumni and staff winning Nobel Medals and Fields Medals, highly cited researchers, articles published in Nature and Science, articles in Science Citation Index-expanded and Social Science Citation Index, and academic performance with respect to the size of an institution.”A whopping 35 out of the top 50 are US schools!
World Rank |
Institution* |
Country |
1 |
Harvard Univ |
USA |
2 |
Stanford Univ |
USA |
3 |
Cambridge Univ |
UK |
4 |
Univ of California - Berkeley |
USA |
5 |
Massachusetts Inst Tech (MIT) |
USA |
6 |
California Inst Tech |
USA |
7 |
Princeton Univ |
USA |
8 |
Oxford Univ |
UK |
9 |
Columbia Univ |
USA |
10 |
Univ of Chicago |
USA |
11 |
Yale Univ |
USA |
12 |
Cornell Univ |
USA |
13 |
Univ of California - San Diego |
USA |
14 |
Tokyo Univ |
Japan |
15 |
Univ of Pennsylvania |
USA |
16 |
Univ of California - Los Angeles |
USA |
17 |
Univ of California - San Francisco |
USA |
18 |
Univ of Wisconsin - Madison |
USA |
19 |
Univ of Michigan - Ann Arbor |
USA |
20 |
Univ of Washington - Seattle |
USA |
21 |
Kyoto Univ |
Japan |
22 |
Johns Hopkins Univ |
USA |
23 |
Imperial College London |
UK |
24 |
Univ Toronto |
Canada |
25 |
Univ College London |
UK |
25 |
Univ of Illinois - Urbana Champaign |
USA |
27 |
Swiss Fed Inst Tech - Zurich |
Switzerland |
28 |
Washington Univ - St. Louis |
USA |
29 |
Rockefeller Univ |
USA |
30 |
Northwestern Univ |
USA |
31 |
Duke Univ |
USA |
32 |
New York Univ |
USA |
33 |
Univ Minnesota - Twin Cities |
USA |
34 |
Univ Colorado - Boulder |
USA |
35 |
Univ California - Santa Barbara |
USA |
36 |
Univ British Columbia |
Canada |
36 |
Univ Texas Southwestern Med Center |
USA |
38 |
Vanderbilt Univ |
USA |
39 |
Univ Utrecht |
Netherlands |
40 |
Univ Texas - Austin |
USA |
41 |
Univ Paris 06 |
France |
42 |
Univ California - Davis |
USA |
43 |
Pennsylvania State Univ - Univ Park |
USA |
44 |
Rutgers State Univ - New Brunswick |
USA |
45 |
Tech Univ Munich |
Germany |
46 |
Karolinska Inst Stockholm |
Sweden |
47 |
Edinburgh Univ |
UK |
48 |
Univ Paris 11 |
France |
49 |
Univ of Southern California |
USA |
50 |
Univ of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh |
USA |
The full ranking methodology is explained here.
The complete ranking of all of the world's top 500 is available here.
- The Times Higher Education Supplement World University Rankings
The UK-based Times Newspaper has, through their Higher Education supplement, developed a ranking of the world's 200 best universities.Below are the world's top 25 universities, with US universities owning 14 (56%) of the top 25 positions!As you will see there are considerable differences between this ranking and the ranking above, produced by the Shanghai Jiao Tong University.Click here to see the full ranking of all 200 universities and a description of the criteria used to rank schools.
- Harvard University US
- University of California, Berkeley US
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology US
- California Institute of Technology US
- Oxford University UK
- Cambridge University UK
- Stanford University US
- Yale University US
- Princeton University US
- ETH Zurich Switzerland
- London School of Economics UK
- Tokyo University Japan
- University of Chicago US
- Imperial College London UK
- University of Texas at Austin US
- Australian National University Australia
- Beijing University China
- National University of Singapore, Singapore
- Columbia University US
- University of California, San Francisco US
- McGill University Canada
- Melbourne University Australia
- Cornell University US
- University of California, San Diego US
- Johns Hopkins University US
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