QS Rankings 2026

Best Universities in United States

Discover and compare the top 192 universities in United States by QS World Rankings 2026

192

Ranked Universities

Highest Rank

27.0

Avg. Score

29.7

Academic Rep.

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World	Local	University	City	Score	Academic	Employer
#=358	#61	George Washington University	Washington D.C.	41.1	31.7	45.8
#=358	#62	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Blacksburg	41.1	34.5	39.4
#384	#63	Northeastern University	Boston	39.3	28.0	31.3
#=410	#64	University at Buffalo SUNY	Buffalo	36.7	26.3	19.1
#=423	#65	Washington State University	Pullman	36.1	28.7	39.9
#=440	#66	University of California, Riverside	Riverside	34.9	21.4	21.1
#449	#67	Iowa State University	Ames	34.4	26.4	21.6
#=452	#68	Stony Brook University, State University of New York	Stony Brook	34.2	24.2	17.8
#=458	#69	Colorado State University	Fort Collins	34.0	25.2	30.1
#=458	#70	University of California, Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz	34.0	24.7	13.6
#=465	#71	University of Kansas	Lawrence	33.8	17.6	22.8
#525	#72	The University of Georgia	Athens	31.1	27.9	36.7
#=526	#73	Boston College	Chestnut Hill	30.9	29.9	30.2
#=530	#74	University of Iowa	Iowa City	30.8	25.5	16.2
#534	#75	University of Connecticut	Storrs	30.7	20.8	14.6
#=540	#76	University of Utah	Salt Lake City	30.5	21.8	13.1
#=546	#77	University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa	Honolulu	30.2	21.3	10.5
#549	#78	Florida State University	Tallahassee	30.1	32.7	24.0
#=553	#79	University of Delaware	Newark	29.8	12.5	9.4
#=556	#80	University of Houston	Houston	29.6	18.7	24.9
#=571	#81	Colorado School of Mines	Golden	29.2	11.3	22.5
#=582	#82	Florida International University	Miami	28.8	22.7	38.3
#=587	#83	American University	Washington D.C.	28.6	19.8	50.2
#=591	#84	Illinois Institute of Technology	Chicago	28.5	16.9	23.3
#=597	#85	Tulane University	New Orleans	28.3	14.5	13.8
#=597	#86	University of Texas at Dallas	Richardson	28.3	19.3	33.7
#=607	#87	The University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Knoxville	28.0	14.3	11.7
#=613	#88	City University of New York	New York City	27.8	25.3	59.4
#=624	#89	Oregon State University	Corvallis	27.5	19.7	11.9
#=624	#90	Yeshiva University	New York City	27.5	3.8	4.6