QS World University Rankings 2026

World University Rankings

Discover and compare the world's top 192 universities by academic reputation, research, and employability

192 universities(filtered)Page 1 / 7

Rank	University	Country	Score	Academic	Employer
#1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Cambridge	United States	100.0	100.0	100.0
#3	Stanford UniversityStanford	United States	98.9	100.0	100.0
#5	Harvard UniversityCambridge	United States	97.7	100.0	100.0
#10	California Institute of Technology (Caltech)Pasadena	United States	94.3	98.3	99.2
#13	University of ChicagoChicago	United States	93.0	99.8	99.3
#15	University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia	United States	92.5	98.9	98.7
#16	Cornell UniversityIthaca	United States	91.6	99.5	98.8
#=17	University of California, Berkeley (UCB)Berkeley	United States	91.2	100.0	100.0
#21	Yale UniversityNew Haven	United States	90.4	100.0	100.0
#24	Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore	United States	89.7	93.2	79.2
#=25	Princeton UniversityPrinceton	United States	89.4	100.0	99.8
#=38	Columbia UniversityNew York City	United States	85.6	99.9	99.9
#=42	Northwestern UniversityEvanston	United States	85.1	92.2	89.4
#45	University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor	United States	84.7	99.3	98.5
#46	University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)Los Angeles	United States	84.4	100.0	100.0
#52	Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh	United States	82.3	80.1	94.4
#55	New York University (NYU)New York City	United States	81.1	98.6	99.9
#62	Duke UniversityDurham	United States	79.0	92.9	91.0
#66	University of California, San Diego (UCSD)San Diego	United States	76.9	94.0	80.2
#68	University of Texas at AustinAustin	United States	76.4	97.6	96.8
#69	Brown UniversityProvidence	United States	76.2	72.4	64.3
#=70	University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign	United States	75.9	91.7	91.5
#81	University of WashingtonSeattle	United States	72.7	90.1	74.8
#=82	Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity Park	United States	72.6	86.1	85.8
#=88	Boston UniversityBoston	United States	71.1	75.3	86.7
#=88	Purdue UniversityWest Lafayette	United States	71.1	74.3	92.7
#=110	University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison	United States	66.6	85.7	63.1
#=114	University of California, DavisDavis	United States	66.3	72.7	70.1
#=119	Rice UniversityHouston	United States	65.7	50.6	51.0
#=123	Georgia Institute of TechnologyAtlanta	United States	65.5	76.0	92.8