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World's Best Universities: Top 400

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 in 2011. See the methodology.

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Top 400
Rank School Overall Score Academic Reputation Score Employer Reputation Score Faculty-Student Ratio Score International Faculty Score International Students Score Citations per Faculty Score
#321 35.4 38.5 80.0
#46 77.4 99.8 82.6 90.4 35.5 39.4
#144 54.9 52.5 59.4 77.7 39.3 64.2
#294 38.2 46.0 39.2 79.9
#266 40.1 57.0 63.4 39.6 35.1
#230
University of Miami

United States

43.0 80.2 56.9 40.0 56.9
#149 53.8 63.8 73.0 40.5 41.4 42.8
#295 38.1 56.2 40.5 57.4
#232 42.6 19.7 89.7 40.9 42.2
#329
Massey University

New Zealand

34.6 40.1 13.5 96.9 41.8
#306 36.8 50.5 57.6 41.6 47.5
#358 32.2 36.8 62.5 42.3
#370 31.3 53.1 68.9 42.5
#193 48.3 40.4 55.9 57.9 98.6 43.3
#259 40.6 37.5 86.5 43.1
#57 72.7 78.3 59.4 88.3 43.2 65.5
#297 37.6 36.7 14.6 48.0 59.1 43.4
#114
Emory University

United States

60.4 37.3 37.9 88.6 43.5 96.5
#308 36.8 36.5 45.6 73.5 44.2
#289
Iowa State University

United States

38.5 63.4 44.7 67.2
#203 46.7 63.6 57.8 44.5
#329 34.6 58.1 45.3 44.9
#101 64.4 77.3 17.1 40.1 45.2 94.4
#367 31.6 45.5
#176 50.3 77.9 46.0 44.3