When considering opportunities to study abroad, students are faced with a multitude of university options. The United States emerges as a favored destination for higher education due to the esteemed reputation of its universities. A significant proportion of the world’s top-ranked universities are based in the US. According to the QS World University Rankings 2024, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology secured the top position globally, followed by Harvard University and Stanford University. A total of 198 outstanding universities from the US have earned spots in the QS WUR 2024.
In THE World University Rankings 2024, a total of 175 universities in the USA were ranked alongside other leading institutions worldwide. Among the top 100 universities in the US, Stanford University secured the first position nationally and second globally, according to THE rankings. Below is a comprehensive list of the top 100 universities in the United States as ranked by QS, THE, and the US Best National University Rankings 2024.
USA Ranking | Name of Universities | QS Ranking 2024 | THE rankings 2024 | USN Rankings 2024 |
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1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 | 3 | 2 |
2 | Harvard University | 4 | 4 | 3 |
3 | Stanford University | 5 | 2 | 3 |
4 | University of California Berkeley | 10 | 9 | 15 |
5 | University of Chicago | 11 | 13 | 12 |
6 | University of Pennsylvania | 12 | 16 | 6 |
7 | Cornell University | 13 | 20 | 12 |
8 | California Institute of Technology | 15 | 7 | 7 |
9 | Yale University | 16 | 10 | 5 |
10 | Princeton university | 17 | 6 | 1 |
11 | Columbia University | 23 | 17 | 12 |
12 | Johns Hopkins University | 28 | 15 | 9 |
13 | University of California, Los Angeles(UCLA) | 29 | 18 | 15 |
14 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 33 | 23 | 21 |
15 | New York University | 38 | 27 | 35 |
16 | Northwestern University | 47 | 28 | 9 |
17 | Carnegie Mellon University | 52 | 24 | 24 |
18 | Duke University | 57 | 26 | 7 |
19 | University of Texas at Austin | 58 | 52 | 32 |
20 | University of California, San Diego | 62 | 34 | 28 |
21 | University of Washington | 63 | 25 | 40 |
22 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 64 | 42 | 35 |
23 | Brown University | 73 | 64 | 9 |
24 | Pennsylvania State University | 83 | 16 | 60 |
25 | Boston university | 93 | 78 | 43 |
26 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 97 | 36 | 33 |
27 | Purdue university | 99 | 86 | 43 |
28 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 102 | 63 | 35 |
29 | University of Southern California | 116 | 74 | 28 |
30 | University of California,Davis | 118 | 59 | 28 |
31 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 132 | 72 | 22 |
32 | Texas A&M University | 134 | 118 | 47 |
33 | Michigan State University | 136 | 116 | 60 |
34 | Rice University | 145 | 119 | 17 |
35 | The Ohio State University | 151 | 99 | 43 |
36 | Washington University in St.Louis | 154 | 68 | 24 |
37 | University of California, Santa Barbara(UCSB) | 163 | 69 | 35 |
38 | University of Florida | 168 | 132 | 28 |
39 | University of Maryland, College Park | 169 | 114 | 46 |
40 | Arizona State University | 179 | 182 | 105 |
41 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 195 | 85 | 53 |
42 | Emory university | 166 | 106 | 24 |
43 | University of Pittsburgh | 222 | 45 | 67 |
44 | University of Rochester | 224 | 133 | 47 |
45 | Dartmouth College | 237 | 161 | 18 |
46 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | 245 | 123 | 67 |
47 | Case Western Reserve University | 255 | 164 | 53 |
48 | University of Virginia | 260 | 166 | 24 |
49 | Vanderbilt University | 261 | 92 | 18 |
50 | University of Colorado Boulder | 264 | 138 | 105 |
51 | University of California, Irvine | 268 | 92 | 33 |
52 | North Carolina State University | 274 | 251 - 300 | 60 |
53 | University of Miami | 278 | 201 -250 | 67 |
54 | The University of Arizona | 285 | 155 | - |
55 | Georgetown University | 297 | 187 | 22 |
56 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 299 | 201-250 | 40 |
57 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 302 | 215-200 | - |
58 | University of Notre Dame | 304 | 199 | 20 |
59 | Indiana University Bloomington | 313 | 198 | 73 |
60 | University of Illinois at Chicago | 323 | 201-250 | 82 |
61 | University of California, Santa Cruz | 332 | 201-250 | 82 |
62 | George Washington University | 340 | 201-250 | 67 |
63 | Yeshiva University | 369 | - | 105 |
64 | Northeastern University | 375 | 201-250 | 53 |
65 | Tufts University | 379 | 191 | 40 |
66 | University Of Hawaii at Manoa | 386 | 201-250 | - |
67 | Stony Brook University, State University of New York | 396 | 251-300 | 58 |
68 | Iowa State University | 400 | 351-400 | 115 |
69 | University of California, Riverside | 404 | 251-300 | 76 |
70 | Colorado State University | 409 | 401-500 | 151 |
71 | University of Kansas | 410 | 351-400 | 151 |
72 | Washington State University | 419 | 301-350 | 178 |
73 | University of Utah | 441 | 201-250 | 115 |
74 | University of Connecticut | 444 | 351-400 | 58 |
75 | The University of Tennessee, Knoxville | 446 | 301-350 | - |
76 | Florida State University | 461 | 251-300 | 53 |
77 | Colorado School of Mines | 465 | 401-500 | 76 |
78 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 469 | 351-400 | 98 |
79 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 480 | 401-500 | 185 |
80 | University at Buffalo SUNY | 491 | 301-350 | 76 |
81 | University of Iowa | 491 | 201-250 | 93 |
82 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 494 | 401-500 | 60 |
83 | University of Delaware | 498 | 401-500 | 76 |
84 | Oregon State University | 505 | 301-350 | 142 |
85 | The University of Georgia | 514 | 351-400 | 47 |
86 | University of Texas Dallas | 520 | 351-400 | 115 |
87 | City University of New York | 545 | - | - |
88 | Lehigh University | 548 | 601-800 | 47 |
89 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 551 | 401-500 | - |
90 | Florida International University | 556 | 401-500 | 124 |
91 | University of South Florida | 563 | 251-300 | 89 |
92 | University of South Carolina | 575 | 401-500 | 124 |
93 | University of Missouri | 586 | 401-500 | 124 |
94 | University of Central Florida | 593 | 401-500 | 124 |
95 | Tulane University | 600 | 401-500 | 73 |
96 | Drexel University | 601-610 | 301-350 | 98 |
97 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 621-630 | 401-500 | 76 |
98 | Boston College | 631-640 | 251-300 | 39 |
99 | University of New Mexico | 631-640 | 801-1000 | 236 |
100 | The New School | 641-650 | 801-1000 | 201 |