Rankings of universities in the United States
By EasyUni Staff | Last modified 11 Nov 2017The 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.
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World Rank by THE World University Rankings |
Universities |
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1 |
California Institute of Technology |
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2 |
Stanford University |
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4 |
Harvard University |
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5 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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6 |
Princeton University |
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9 |
University of California, Berkeley |
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10 |
University of Chicago |
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11 |
Yale University |
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13 |
University of California, Los Angeles |
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14 |
Columbia University |
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15 |
University of Pennsylvania |
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16 |
Johns Hopkins University |
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18 |
Cornell University |
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19 |
Northwestern University |
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20 |
University of Michigan |
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… |
… |
QS World University Rankings
In 2013 QS released a university ranking with 30 American universities among the World’s best 100.
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World Rank by QS World University Rankings |
Universities |
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1 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
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2 |
Harvard University |
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7 |
Stanford University |
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8 |
Yale University |
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9 |
University of Chicago |
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10 |
California Institute of Technology (Caltech) |
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10 |
Princeton University |
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13 |
University of Pennsylvania |
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14 |
Columbia University |
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15 |
Cornell University |
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16 |
Johns Hopkins University |
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22 |
University of Michigan |
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23 |
Duke University |
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25 |
University of California, Berkeley (UCB) |
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29 |
Northwestern University |
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37 |
University of Wisconsin-Madison |
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40 |
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) |
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44 |
New York University (NYU) |
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… |
… |
The United States’ universities are especially well-versed in courses like:
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Philosophy
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Education
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Earth & marine sciences
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Sociology
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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.
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World Rank by ShanghaiRanking |
Universities |
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1 |
Harvard University |
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2 |
Stanford University |
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3 |
University of California, Berkeley |
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4 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
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6 |
California Institute of Technology |
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7 |
Princeton University |
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8 |
Columbia University |
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9 |
University of Chicago |
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11 |
Yale University |
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12 |
University of California, Los Angeles |