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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #25 |
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore |
87.2 | 100 | 99.4 | 81.4 | 100 | 98.2 | 51.1 |
| #24 |
Australian National University (ANU)
Australia |
87.6 | 99.7 | 82.5 | 79.6 | 100 | 96.3 | 64.3 |
| #23 |
University of Hong Kong (HKU)
Hong Kong |
87.9 | 99.3 | 83.8 | 94.2 | 100 | 99.1 | 50.5 |
| #22 |
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States |
88.1 | 100 | 100 | 47 | 86.1 | 78.8 | 97.9 |
| #21 |
University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom |
89.2 | 99.1 | 96.8 | 72.1 | 89.6 | 93.8 | 77.1 |
| #20 |
Duke University
United States |
89.5 | 95.1 | 81.9 | 99.7 | 16.4 | 44.5 | 96.9 |
| #19 |
University of Toronto
Canada |
89.6 | 99.9 | 94.3 | 73.8 | 96.1 | 74.8 | 80.2 |
| #18 |
McGill University
Canada |
90.4 | 98.5 | 95.1 | 89.6 | 86 | 91.3 | 69.1 |
| #17 |
University of Michigan
United States |
91.2 | 99.8 | 96.1 | 92 | 50.6 | 46.5 | 87.3 |
| #16 |
Johns Hopkins University
United States |
91.2 | 94.6 | 60.2 | 100 | 56.8 | 74.7 | 99.1 |
| #15 |
Stanford University
United States |
91.7 | 100 | 100 | 72.4 | 41.9 | 83.5 | 100 |
| #14 |
Cornell University
United States |
92.1 | 99.7 | 96.4 | 73.9 | 74.3 | 67.4 | 98.8 |
| #13 | 92.8 | 99.3 | 94 | 67 | 100 | 98.7 | 97.2 | |
| #12 |
University of Pennsylvania (UPenn)
United States |
94.5 | 98.5 | 96.2 | 99.6 | 55.7 | 66.8 | 92.4 |
| #11 |
Columbia University
United States |
94.7 | 99.9 | 100 | 97.2 | 16.2 | 84.9 | 96.3 |
| #10 |
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
United States |
95.1 | 99 | 51.3 | 100 | 96 | 91.1 | 100 |
| #9 |
Princeton University
United States |
95.4 | 100 | 88.5 | 90.7 | 85.5 | 63.5 | 99.8 |
| #8 |
University of Chicago
United States |
96.3 | 99.9 | 96 | 95.6 | 68.9 | 77.8 | 96.4 |
| #7 |
Yale University
United States |
97.5 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 92.7 | 63.9 | 93.3 |
| #6 |
Imperial College London
United Kingdom |
98.3 | 99.8 | 100 | 99.8 | 99.8 | 99.6 | 87.3 |
| #5 |
University of Oxford
United Kingdom |
98.6 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 98 | 95.8 | 89.4 |
| #4 |
UCL (University College London)
United Kingdom |
98.7 | 99.6 | 95.6 | 98.4 | 96.3 | 99.9 | 94 |
| #3 |
Harvard University
United States |
99.2 | 100 | 100 | 98.6 | 90 | 78.4 | 100 |
| #2 |
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom |
99.8 | 100 | 100 | 98.3 | 98.2 | 96 | 97 |
| #1 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States |
100 | 100 | 100 | 99.9 | 86.4 | 96.5 | 99.3 |
