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INTRODUCTION

This page looks at the top 50 universities in America according to the 2018 Times Higher Education Rank.

Charts

1. Regional Distribution of Top 25 American Universities

2. States with Most Universities among Top 50 American Universities

Data Table

3. Top 50 American Universities by 2018 Times Higher Education Rank, Global Rank, City, State and Region

The USA has 7 of the top 10 Universities in the world. The Northeast is by far the best performing region with 38% of the top 25 American Universities, well ahead of the other regions. America's most famous University, Harvard, is located in Massachusetts in the Northeast. All 8 of America's Ivy league Universities are in this region. In 2nd place is the western region. 2 of the top 3 are in this region – Stanford in 1st place and the California institute of Technology in 3rd.

The largest state, California, is by far the leading individual state with 9 of the top 50. Massachusetts is most notable, being a relatively small state but being in joint second with 4 Universities and having the 2nd and 4th ranked American Universities – MIT and Harvard.

Stanford University, in California, was the highest ranked American University for 2019

3. Top 50 American Universities by Rank, Global Rank, City, State and Region

Rank	Global Rank	University	City	State
1	3	Stanford University	Stanford	California
2	4	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Cambridge	Massachusetts
3	5	California Institute of Technology	Pasadena	California
4	6	Harvard University	Cambridge	Massachusetts
5	7	Princeton University	Princeton	New Jersey
6	8	Yale University	New Haven	Connecticut
7	10	University of Chicago	Chicago	Illinois
8	=12	Johns Hopkins University	Baltimore	Maryland
8	=12	University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania
10	15	University of California, Berkeley	Berkeley	California
11	16	Columbia University	New York City	New York
12	17	University of California, Los Angeles	Los Angeles	California
13	18	Duke University	Durham	North Carolina
14	19	Cornell University	Ithaca	New York
15	20	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor	Michigan
16	24	Carnegie Mellon University	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania
17	25	Northwestern University	Evanston	Illinois
18	27	New York University	New York City	New York
19	28	University of Washington	Seattle	Washington
20	30	University of California, San Diego	San Diego	California
21	34	Georgia Institute of Technology	Atlanta	Georgia
22	39	University of Texas at Austin	Austin	Texas
23	43	University of Wisconsin-Madison	Madison	Wisconsin
24	50	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Champaign	Illinois
25	52	University of California, Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara	California
26	53	Brown University	Providence	Rhode Island
27	54	Washington University in St Louis	St. Louis	Missouri
28	56	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill	North Carolina
29	=59	University of California, Davis	Davis	California
30	64	Purdue University	West Lafayette	Indiana
31	66	University of Southern California	Los Angeles	California
32	=71	University of Minnesota Twin Cities	Minneapolis	Minnesota
32	=71	Ohio State University	Columbus	Ohio
34	=74	Boston University	Boston	Massachusetts
35	81	Pennsylvania State University	State College	Pennsylvania
36	=82	University of Maryland, College Park	College Park	Maryland
37	=84	Emory University	Atlanta	Georgia
38	86	Rice University	Houston	Texas
39	=93	Michigan State University	East Lansing	Michigan
40	=96	University of California, Irvine	Irvine	California
41	=99	Dartmouth College	Hanover	New Hampshire
42	107	University of Virginia	Charlottesville	Virginia
43	109	Georgetown University	N/A	Washington D.C
44	=110	University of Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania
45	=114	University of Colorado Boulder	Boulder	Colorado
46	=121	Vanderbilt University	Nashville	Tennessee
47	=123	Arizona State University	Tempe	Arizona
48	=132	Case Western Reserve University	Cleveland	Ohio
49	=146	Indiana University	Bloomington	Indiana
50	152	Tufts University	Medford	Massachusetts

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Source:

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/best-universities/best-universities-united-states

Charts created using OpenOffice Calc.