These institutions from the U.S. and more than 90 other countries have been ranked based on 13 indicators that measure their academic research performance and their global and regional reputations.
| # | Universities | Location | Global Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harvard University | Cambridge (U.S.) | 100.0 |
| 2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge (U.S.) | 97.5 |
| 3 | Stanford University | Stanford | 95.6 |
| 4 | University of California–Berkeley | Berkeley | 89.4 |
| 5 | University of Oxford | Oxford | 87.1 |
| 6 | Columbia University | New York City | 86.7 |
| 7 | University of Washington | Seattle | 86.5 |
| 8 | University of Cambridge | Cambridge (U.K.) | 86.1 |
| 9 | California Institute of Technology | Pasadena | 85.5 |
| 10 | Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore | 85.5 |