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Any rankTop 50 14Top 100 21Top 200 33Top 500 67501+ 15Not in world rankings 36

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All countries🇺🇸 United States 118🇬🇧 United Kingdom 59🇦🇺 Australia 30🇩🇪 Germany 26🇨🇦 Canada 20🇪🇸 Spain 19🇫🇷 France 16🇮🇹 Italy 14🇲🇾 Malaysia 11🇷🇺 Russia 10🇰🇷 South Korea 10🇳🇱 The Netherlands 10🇸🇪 Sweden 9🇨🇳 China 8
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🇫🇮 Finland 8🇯🇵 Japan 8🇳🇿 New Zealand 8🇵🇱 Poland 8🇵🇹 Portugal 8🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates 8🇧🇪 Belgium 7🇭🇰 Hong Kong 7🇮🇳 India 7🇨🇭 Switzerland 7🇧🇷 Brazil 6🇮🇩 Indonesia 6🇮🇪 Ireland 6🇿🇦 South Africa 6🇹🇼 Taiwan 6🇦🇹 Austria 5🇹🇷 Türkiye 5🇦🇷 Argentina 4🇨🇱 Chile 4🇩🇰 Denmark 4🇵🇰 Pakistan 4🇸🇬 Singapore 4🇹🇭 Thailand 4🇨🇴 Colombia 3🇨🇿 Czech Republic 3🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 3🇱🇧 Lebanon 3🇳🇴 Norway 3🇬🇷 Greece 2🇮🇷 Iran 2🇲🇴 Macao 2🇲🇽 Mexico 2🇵🇭 Philippines 2🇶🇦 Qatar 2🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 2🇧🇩 Bangladesh 1🇧🇾 Belarus 1🇧🇳 Brunei 1🇨🇷 Costa Rica 1🇭🇷 Croatia 1🇨🇺 Cuba 1🇪🇬 Egypt 1🇪🇪 Estonia 1🇭🇺 Hungary 1🇮🇸 Iceland 1🇯🇴 Jordan 1🇱🇻 Latvia 1🇱🇹 Lithuania 1🇱🇺 Luxembourg 1🇴🇲 Oman 1🇵🇪 Peru 1🇸🇮 Slovenia 1🇺🇾 Uruguay 1🇻🇪 Venezuela 1🇻🇳 Vietnam 1

Subject

All subjectsMedicine 133Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 132Environmental Science 124Physics and Astronomy 124Psychology 123Engineering 120Neuroscience 120Social Sciences 118Materials Science 117Computer Science 113Earth and Planetary Sciences 104Agricultural and Biological Sciences 102Chemistry 93Business, Management and Accounting 88Immunology and Microbiology 84Economics, Econometrics and Finance 79Health Professions 75Mathematics 72Decision Sciences 55Nursing 42Arts and Humanities 29Energy 29Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 26Chemical Engineering 19Dentistry 19Veterinary 6
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118 universities · Social Sciences · in United States

QS #358 (2026)

George Washington University (GW)

Washington, United States

Private · Founded 1821 · 24,500 students

  • Medicine
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance
  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • +8 more

60 professors 0 open positions

QS #389 (2025)

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, United States

Public · Founded 1872 · 28,470 students

  • Engineering
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • +8 more

60 professors 1 open position

QS #396 (2025)

Northeastern University (NEU)

Boston, United States

Private · Founded 1898 · 33,197 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Engineering
  • Neuroscience
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • +8 more

60 professors 19 open positions

QS #413 (2025)

Yeshiva University (YU)

New York, United States

Private · Founded 1886 · 5,524 students

  • Medicine
  • Social Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Arts and Humanities
  • +8 more

32 professors 0 open positions

QS #428 (2023)

University of Colorado Denver (UCD)

Denver, United States

Public · Founded 1912 · 24,723 students

  • Medicine
  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Engineering
  • +5 more

25 professors 0 open positions

QS #438 (2023)

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, United States

Private · Founded 1834 · 8,789 students

  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • +8 more

44 professors 1 open position

QS #440 (2026)

University of California, Riverside (UCR)

Riverside, United States

Public · Founded 1954 · 26,434 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Environmental Science
  • +8 more

60 professors 0 open positions

QS #442 (2025)

Colorado State University (CSU)

Fort Collins, United States

Public · Founded 1870 · 32,428 students

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Medicine
  • +8 more

60 professors 0 open positions

QS #452 (2026)

Stony Brook University (SBU)

Stony Brook, United States

Public · Founded 1957 · 26,928 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Psychology
  • Environmental Science
  • +8 more

57 professors 0 open positions

QS #458 (2026)

University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC)

Santa Cruz, United States

Public · Founded 1965 · 19,494 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Environmental Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • +8 more

46 professors 0 open positions

QS #465 (2026)

University of Kansas (KU)

Lawrence, United States

Public · Founded 1864 · 26,744 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Psychology
  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • +8 more

60 professors 2 open positions

QS #466 (2025)

Washington State University (WSU)

Pullman, United States

Public · Founded 1959 · 31,159 students

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Environmental Science
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • +8 more

60 professors 0 open positions

QS #467 (2023)

University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF)

Fairbanks, United States

Public · Founded 1917 · 6,813 students

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Environmental Science
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Health Professions
  • +7 more

38 professors 0 open positions

QS #469 (2024)

Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)

Chicago, United States

Private · Founded 1940 · 8,565 students

  • Engineering
  • Computer Science
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Medicine
  • +8 more

60 professors 0 open positions

QS #470 (2025)

Iowa State University (ISU)

Ames, United States

Public · Founded 1858 · 36,660 students

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Engineering
  • +8 more

60 professors 0 open positions

QS #488 (2025)

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UH)

Honolulu, United States

Public · Founded 1907 · 18,025 students

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Environmental Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • +8 more

46 professors 0 open positions

QS #491 (2024)

University at Buffalo, State University of New York (UB)

Buffalo, United States

Public · Founded 1846 · 32,347 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • +8 more

60 professors 5 open positions

QS #494 (2024)

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

Troy, United States

Private · Founded 1824 · 7,501 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Engineering
  • Materials Science
  • +8 more

57 professors 0 open positions

QS #497 (2023)

Brandeis University

Waltham, United States

Private · Founded 1948 · 5,800 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Neuroscience
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Computer Science
  • +8 more

58 professors 1 open position

QS #501 (2025)

Colorado School of Mines (CSM)

Golden, United States

Public · Founded 1873 · 7,172 students

  • Engineering
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Environmental Science
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • +8 more

54 professors 0 open positions

QS #505 (2024)

Oregon State University (OSU)

Corvallis, United States

Public · Founded 1856 · 32,312 students

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • +8 more

60 professors 0 open positions

QS #506 (2025)

University of Delaware (UD)

Newark, United States

Public · Founded 1743 · 24,221 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Engineering
  • Environmental Science
  • +8 more

60 professors 0 open positions

QS #527 (2025)

Missouri University of Science and Technology

Rolla, United States

Public · Founded 1870 · 7,642 students

  • Engineering
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Materials Science
  • Chemistry
  • +8 more

52 professors 0 open positions

QS #531 (2025)

University of Utah (UU)

Salt Lake City, United States

Public · Founded 1850 · 33,081 students

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • +8 more

60 professors 1 open position

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