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11 universities · Top 100 · Decision Sciences · in United States

QS #1 (2026)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, United States

Private · Founded 1861 · 11,836 students

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

60 professors 10 open positions

QS #13 (2026)

Cornell University (CU)

Ithaca, United States

Private · Founded 1865 · 24,900 students

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

49 professors 15 open positions

QS #14 (2026)

Columbia University (CU)

New York, United States

Private · Founded 1754 · 33,413 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • +8 more

60 professors 2 open positions

QS #15 (2026)

Princeton University

Princeton, United States

Private · Founded 1746 · 8,799 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Engineering
  • Environmental Science
  • Neuroscience
  • +8 more

60 professors 3 open positions

QS #26 (2026)

Duke University

Durham, United States

Private · Founded 1838 · 18,003 students

  • Medicine
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Neuroscience
  • Psychology
  • +8 more

60 professors 13 open positions

QS #40 (2026)

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, United States

Public · Founded 1919 · 46,000 students

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

60 professors 1 open position

QS #42 (2026)

Northwestern University (NU)

Evanston, United States

Private · Founded 1851 · 20,360 students

  • Medicine
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Neuroscience
  • Engineering
  • +8 more

50 professors 4 open positions

QS #65 (2026)

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)

Pittsburgh, United States

Private · Founded 1900 · 15,136 students

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

60 professors 0 open positions

QS #69 (2026)

Brown University

Providence, United States

Private · Founded 1765 · 10,338 students

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

60 professors 0 open positions

QS #70 (2026)

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)

Urbana, United States

Public · Founded 1867 · 83,119 students

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

60 professors 1 open position

QS #82 (2026)

Pennsylvania State University (PSU)

State College, United States

Public · Founded 1855 · 78,323 students

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

60 professors 0 open positions

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