World University Rankings 2025

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Duke is correctly ranked here.

It’s half a spot too low

[Anonymous]

Who gets to do the world ranking? I want that job. Everyone could then benefit from my insight on the best universities in the world sorted to the upmost precision by only the best rubrics. Really, really good rubrics. People say me I have the best rubrics for rankings

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What the hell happened to UVA?

These rankings are rigged.

US only School/Country
1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2 Harvard University
3 Princeton University
4 Stanford University
5 California Institute of Technology
6 University of California, Berkeley
7 Yale University
8 The University of Chicago
8 University of Pennsylvania
10 Johns Hopkins University
11 Columbia University
11 University of California, Los Angeles
13 Cornell University
14 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
15 Carnegie Mellon University
16 University of Washington
17 Duke University
18 Northwestern University
19 New York University
20 University of California, San Diego
21 Georgia Institute of Technology
22 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
23 University of Texas at Austin
24 University of Wisconsin-Madison
25 Brown University
26 University of California, Davis
27 University of California, Santa Barbara
28 Washington University in St Louis
29 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
30 University of Southern California
31 Boston University
32 Purdue University West Lafayette
33 University of Massachusetts
34 University of Minnesota
35 University of California, Irvine
35 Vanderbilt University
37 Emory University
38 Penn State (Main campus)
39 Rice University
39 University of Maryland, College Park
41 Ohio State University (Main campus)
42 Michigan State University
43 University of Rochester
44 University of Florida
45 University of Arizona
46 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh campus
47 Texas A&M University
47 University of Colorado Boulder
49 Case Western Reserve University
50 University of Virginia (Main campus)

Oof Brown low and Dartmouth not even on here, just like other lists. It is similar US-School wise to the QS world ranking pecking order(my international spouse prefers QS when targeting US schools):

MIT
harvard
Stanford
Caltech
UPenn
UCB
Cornell
Chicago
Princeton
Yale
Columbia
UCLA
NYU
UMich
Northwestern
CMU
Duke
UTAustin
UIUC

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Duke is #27 (#17 among just US schools).

Northwestern at #31 (the #18 US school).

NYU is #33/#19.

Georgia Tech #40/#20.

U Illinois is #46 overall and #21 among just US schools.

LSE (London School of Economics) is #50 overall.

Duke and Northwestern are overrated in the less reliable USNews who has them top10

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What the hell happened to UVA?

These rankings are rigged.

US only School/Country
1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2 Harvard University
3 Princeton University
4 Stanford University
5 California Institute of Technology
6 University of California, Berkeley
7 Yale University
8 The University of Chicago
8 University of Pennsylvania
10 Johns Hopkins University
11 Columbia University
11 University of California, Los Angeles
13 Cornell University
14 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
15 Carnegie Mellon University
16 University of Washington
17 Duke University
18 Northwestern University
19 New York University
20 University of California, San Diego
21 Georgia Institute of Technology
22 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
23 University of Texas at Austin
24 University of Wisconsin-Madison
25 Brown University
26 University of California, Davis
27 University of California, Santa Barbara
28 Washington University in St Louis
29 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
30 University of Southern California
31 Boston University
32 Purdue University West Lafayette
33 University of Massachusetts
34 University of Minnesota
35 University of California, Irvine
35 Vanderbilt University
37 Emory University
38 Penn State (Main campus)
39 Rice University
39 University of Maryland, College Park
41 Ohio State University (Main campus)
42 Michigan State University
43 University of Rochester
44 University of Florida
45 University of Arizona
46 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh campus
47 Texas A&M University
47 University of Colorado Boulder
49 Case Western Reserve University
50 University of Virginia (Main campus)

Oof Brown low and Dartmouth not even on here, just like other lists. It is similar US-School wise to the QS world ranking pecking order(my international spouse prefers QS when targeting US schools):

MIT
harvard
Stanford
Caltech
UPenn
UCB
Cornell
Chicago
Princeton
Yale
Columbia
UCLA
NYU
UMich
Northwestern
CMU
Duke
UTAustin
UIUC

How often does your spouse target schools? Sounds like it is a regular event Is this to plan vacations or something?

[Anonymous]

Where is Dartmouth???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Keep in mind these are not necessarily undergraduate rankings. They weigh graduate programs and research very highly. Hence schools like Berkeley and U Washington compete very well compared to their comparative undergraduate prestige in the US.

Berkeley is top 10 in Forbes, WSJ, QS and Top 20 in USNews. It consistently has programs in top 5 in almost every subject. It is a large state school and still manages to do remarkably well in almost all rankings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where is Dartmouth???

It’s in New Hamphire. Small state in the Northeastern US. Sits along the Connecticut river which makes it easy to get up there by canoe from the ocean

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What the hell happened to UVA?

These rankings are rigged.

US only School/Country
1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2 Harvard University
3 Princeton University
4 Stanford University
5 California Institute of Technology
6 University of California, Berkeley
7 Yale University
8 The University of Chicago
8 University of Pennsylvania
10 Johns Hopkins University
11 Columbia University
11 University of California, Los Angeles
13 Cornell University
14 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
15 Carnegie Mellon University
16 University of Washington
17 Duke University
18 Northwestern University
19 New York University
20 University of California, San Diego
21 Georgia Institute of Technology
22 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
23 University of Texas at Austin
24 University of Wisconsin-Madison
25 Brown University
26 University of California, Davis
27 University of California, Santa Barbara
28 Washington University in St Louis
29 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
30 University of Southern California
31 Boston University
32 Purdue University West Lafayette
33 University of Massachusetts
34 University of Minnesota
35 University of California, Irvine
35 Vanderbilt University
37 Emory University
38 Penn State (Main campus)
39 Rice University
39 University of Maryland, College Park
41 Ohio State University (Main campus)
42 Michigan State University
43 University of Rochester
44 University of Florida
45 University of Arizona
46 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh campus
47 Texas A&M University
47 University of Colorado Boulder
49 Case Western Reserve University
50 University of Virginia (Main campus)

Oof Brown low and Dartmouth not even on here, just like other lists. It is similar US-School wise to the QS world ranking pecking order(my international spouse prefers QS when targeting US schools):

MIT
harvard
Stanford
Caltech
UPenn
UCB
Cornell
Chicago
Princeton
Yale
Columbia
UCLA
NYU
UMich
Northwestern
CMU
Duke
UTAustin
UIUC

How often does your spouse target schools? Sounds like it is a regular event Is this to plan vacations or something?

We have 5 children, 2 in college at top 10s QS, one senior and two youngers. The backup is McGill if they do not get into one of the QS top 20 US ones or Oxford/Cambridge

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Keep in mind these are not necessarily undergraduate rankings. They weigh graduate programs and research very highly. Hence schools like Berkeley and U Washington compete very well compared to their comparative undergraduate prestige in the US.

Berkeley is top 10 in Forbes, WSJ, QS and Top 20 in USNews. It consistently has programs in top 5 in almost every subject. It is a large state school and still manages to do remarkably well in almost all rankings.

UCB is undeniably elite; UWASH no. Different tiers .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where is Dartmouth???

It is 168th in the world, or 51st in USA right behind UVA at 50th(163). That makes me happy

[Anonymous]

How is Michigan ranked so high

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How is Michigan ranked so high

It’s Berkeley light. It has academic excellence across all disciplines. The question should be; why isn’t it ranked higher at USNWR?

[Anonymous]

I graduated from Cambridge University. Although Cambridge is ranked very high, anyone who believes this methodology is a fool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where is Dartmouth???

It’s in New Hamphire. Small state in the Northeastern US. Sits along the Connecticut river which makes it easy to get up there by canoe from the ocean

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