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The U.S. News World's Best Universities rankings, based on the QS World University Rankings, evaluated schools in countries such as the United Kingdom, Australia, China, and more, and identified these to be the world's top universities. See the methodology.

Rank School Overall Score Academic Reputation Score Employer Reputation Score Faculty-Student Ratio Score International Faculty Score International Students Score Citations per Faculty Score
#20
Duke University

United States

89.5 95.1 81.9 99.7 16.4 44.5 96.9
#2
University of Cambridge

United Kingdom

99.8 100 100 98.3 98.2 96 97
#13 92.8 99.3 94 67 100 98.7 97.2
#113
Dartmouth College

United States

63.5 41.3 67.3 85.6 10.6 49.8 97.3
#74
University of Geneva

Switzerland

70.6 65.7 23.7 58.9 100 99.2 97.5
#104
University of Minnesota

United States

64.9 82.9 41.8 29.9 7.2 20.5 97.5
#155 55.7 61.8 25.8 25.9 33.9 27.8 97.6
#42
Brown University

United States

79.5 81.5 68.8 76.7 32 54.7 97.8
#27
Northwestern University

United States

85.4 90.7 88.6 82.3 11.9 55.9 97.9
#22 88.1 100 100 47 86.1 78.8 97.9
#75
Leiden University

Netherlands

70.5 83.8 47.2 33.3 80.4 24.1 98.3
#14
Cornell University

United States

92.1 99.7 96.4 73.9 74.3 67.4 98.8
#122
Emory University

United States

60.4 38.7 40.4 86.8 18.1 45.7 98.8
#16
Johns Hopkins University

United States

91.2 94.6 60.2 100 56.8 74.7 99.1
#209 48.2 51.4 24.9 14.5 30.8 8.2 99.1
#1 100 100 100 99.9 86.4 96.5 99.3
#88 68.4 70.7 76.9 19.3 73.7 85.9 99.4
#31 84.6 100 96 62.3 1.6 34.4 99.5
#59
University of Washington

United States

73.7 93.6 47.4 46.9 8.8 21 99.5
#9
Princeton University

United States

95.4 100 88.5 90.7 85.5 63.5 99.8
#118 61.3 76.6 27.2 14.5 60.9 29.1 99.8
#10 95.1 99 51.3 100 96 91.1 100
#3
Harvard University

United States

99.2 100 100 98.6 90 78.4 100
#15
Stanford University

United States

91.7 100 100 72.4 41.9 83.5 100
#70 70.9 97.5 35.7 31.7 3 23.1 100