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2020 Ranking of Top U.S. Universities

Top 10 universities in the U.S.—did your school make the list?

Every year, QS ranks U.S. universities according to six metrics, including academic reputation, employer reputation, faculty/student ratio, citations per faculty, international faculty ratio, and international student ratio.  Recently, QS released its ranking of the top 10 universities in the U.S. for 2020.  Here is where the nation’s top universities landed.

1) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

  • International Rank: 1

2) Stanford University

  • International Rank: 2

3) Harvard University

  • International Rank: 3

4) California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

  • International Rank: 5

5) University of Chicago

  • International Rank: 10

6) Princeton University

  • International Rank: 13

7) Cornell University

  • International Rank: 14

8) University of Pennsylvania

  • International Rank: 15

9) Yale University

  • International Rank: 17

10) Columbia University

  • International Rank: 18 (tied)

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