World University Rankings 2025

[Anonymous]

This is a list that focuses on graduate school. It's not very useful for high school students. It's why Dartmouth, Brown, Rice, West Point, Annapolis, Williams, and all the other schools that tend to focus on undergrads aren't scoring that high.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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? [/quote

Carried by grad programs. Lower quality students, less resources (hence lower graduation rates, larger class sizes), and research focused faculty. Test blind at Berkeley as well - a joke.

[Anonymous]

people who get regents at berkeley are choosing top privates instead let alone regular admits

[Anonymous]

Wait - how many UCs are ranked above UVA? UMD? Huh, who knew?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wait - how many UCs are ranked above UVA? UMD? Huh, who knew?

California is the size of the whole east coast south of Massachusetts .. like 13 states.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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)

I see UVA did make the list.

But who cares after the top 25?

I think it’s the top 27, but it’s divisible by 3 and 3 is the magic number. Yes, it is.

Any School House Rock fans in the house?!?

Original or Blind Melon cover?

Somewhere in that ancient mystic trinity...

[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)

This feels like it includes grad schools heavily.

[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)

This feels like it includes grad schools heavily.

Berkeley and Umich sure do stick out like a store thumb

[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)

This feels like it includes grad schools heavily.

Berkeley and Umich sure do stick out like a store thumb

as do UCLA and UDub

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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)

This feels like it includes grad schools heavily.

Berkeley and Umich sure do stick out like a store thumb

as do UCLA and UDub

Show us on the doll where the admissions departments of these schools hurt you.

[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.

+1. Will never understand the Berkeley hate on this forum. It is a strong school across the board.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

+1. Will never understand the Berkeley hate on this forum. It is a strong school across the board.

DP

Dollars to donuts, most of the critics had their feelings hurt by rejections from UCLA and/or Berkeley. The rest are “private school or bust!” oddballs who are repulsed at the very idea of a public school, or parents of children who cannot thrive in anything others than a small, staid (boring?) SLAC setting.

[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)

I see UVA did make the list.

But who cares after he top 25?


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

Many of those even are completely laughable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:people who get regents at berkeley are choosing top privates instead let alone regular admits

My DC chose Berkeley with Regents OOS instead of Caltech and JHU.

[Anonymous]

Most of these are giant schools and the focus is on the graduate program. Pick one for your PHD, but for undergrad go with the smaller undergrad teaching schools.