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QS Rankings 2025

Top Universities in United States 2025

Home to the world's top-ranked universities, the US leads in research output, Nobel laureates, and global academic influence.

Universities Listed

Best Global Rank

2025

Rankings Year

Top 3

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Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Global #4

96.5

Website

#1 in United States

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, MA

Global #1

100

Website

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Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Global #6

95.3

Website

Ranks 4–15

2025

California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

Pasadena, CA

Global #10

Private

89.6

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Global #11

Private

89.1

Duke University

Durham, NC

Global #13

Private

86.7

Yale University

New Haven, CT

Global #15

Private

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

Global #17

Private

85.4

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

Global #19

Private

84.6

#10

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

Global #20

Private

84.1

#11

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

Global #21

Private

83.8

#12

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI

Global #25

Public

81.8

#13

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, CA

Global #29

Public

80.5

#14

Columbia University

New York, NY

Global #33

Private

79.8

#15

New York University (NYU)

New York, NY

Global #39

Private

77.2

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