CWUR - USA 2014 Rankings
Most students looking for a university to commence higher education will tell you that beyond seeking the advice of friends and family, the most essential port of call is a ranking system. These systems also create a sense of competitiveness between universities across the globe, as they each strive to deliver a better higher education. The Centre for World University rankings filters particulars to provide a comprehensively detailed list, making the process of landing a new university far easier for prospective students.
| Ranking | Institution | Country |
Previous ranking |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4
|
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Columbia University
|
United States
|
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12
|
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University of California, Los Angeles
|
United States
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18.2%
|
|
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20
|
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University of California, San Francisco
|
United States
|
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|
28
|
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
|
United States
|
29.0%
|
|
|
36
|
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University of California, Davis
|
United States
|
41.3%
|
|
|
44
|
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Boston University
|
United States
|
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|
52
|
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Georgia Institute of Technology
|
United States
|
33%
|
|
|
60
|
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Indiana University - Bloomington
|
United States
|
74.4%
|
|
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68
|
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Wake Forest University
|
United States
|
34%
|
|
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76
|
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University of South Florida - Tampa
|
United States
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45.2%
|
|
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84
|
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University of Massachusetts Medical School
|
United States
|
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|
92
|
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University of Tennessee, Knoxville
|
United States
|
75%
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|
100
|
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
|
United States
|
43.6%
|
|
|
108
|
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Colorado State University
|
United States
|
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|
116
|
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University of South Carolina - Columbia
|
United States
|
||
|
124
|
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Boston College
|
United States
|
||
|
132
|
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Oklahoma State University–Stillwater
|
United States
|
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|
140
|
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Georgia Regents University
|
United States
|
||
|
148
|
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University of Nevada, Reno
|
United States
|
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|
156
|
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University of Akron
|
United States
|
||
|
164
|
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Georgia State University
|
United States
|
||
|
172
|
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University of Missouri–Kansas City
|
United States
|
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|
180
|
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University of Alaska Fairbanks
|
United States
|
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|
188
|
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State University of New York Upstate Medical University
|
United States
|
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|
196
|
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University of Texas at Arlington
|
United States
|
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|
204
|
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University of Missouri–St. Louis
|
United States
|
||
|
212
|
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Clarkson University
|
United States
|
||
|
220
|
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University of Texas at El Paso
|
United States
|
||
|
228
|
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University of California, Merced
|
United States
|
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|
5
|
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University of California, Berkeley
|
United States
|
17.0%
|
|
|
13
|
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New York University
|
United States
|
34.0%
|
|
|
21
|
 |
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
|
United States
|
62.00%
|
|
|
29
|
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Pennsylvania State University
|
United States
|
54.8%
|
|
|
37
|
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Washington University in St. Louis
|
United States
|
17.9%
|
|
|
45
|
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University of Arizona
|
United States
|
77%
|
|
|
53
|
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Tufts University
|
United States
|
17.4%
|
|
|
61
|
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Georgetown University
|
United States
|
17.1%
|
|
|
69
|
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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
|
United States
|
69%
|
|
|
77
|
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Oregon Health & Science University
|
United States
|
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|
85
|
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University of Missouri–Columbia
|
United States
|
78.6%
|
|
|
93
|
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North Carolina State University
|
United States
|
46.9%
|
|
|
101
|
 |
University of Delaware
|
United States
|
||
|
109
|
 |
Oregon State University
|
United States
|
||
|
117
|
 |
Wesleyan University
|
United States
|
||
|
125
|
 |
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
|
United States
|
||
|
133
|
 |
University at Albany, SUNY
|
United States
|
||
|
141
|
 |
George Mason University
|
United States
|
||
|
149
|
 |
Ohio University
|
United States
|
||
|
157
|
 |
University of Wyoming
|
United States
|
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|
165
|
 |
New York Medical College
|
United States
|
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|
173
|
 |
Kent State University
|
United States
|
||
|
181
|
 |
Albany Medical College
|
United States
|
||
|
189
|
 |
University of Rhode Island
|
United States
|
||
|
197
|
 |
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Newark
|
United States
|
||
|
205
|
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University of North Carolina at Charlotte
|
United States
|
||
|
213
|
 |
University of South Alabama
|
United States
|
||
|
221
|
 |
University of Massachusetts Boston
|
United States
|
||
|
229
|
 |
Western Michigan University
|
United States
|
||
|
6
|
 |
University of Chicago
|
United States
|
8.4%
|
|
|
14
|
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Johns Hopkins University
|
United States
|
15.0%
|
|
|
22
|
 |
University of Texas at Austin
|
United States
|
40.2%
|
|
|
30
|
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Ohio State University
|
United States
|
55.5%
|
|
|
38
|
 |
University of Florida
|
United States
|
39%
|
|
|
46
|
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Vanderbilt University
|
United States
|
13.1%
|
|
|
54
|
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Case Western Reserve University
|
United States
|
54.3%
|
|
|
62
|
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Baylor College of Medicine
|
United States
|
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|
70
|
 |
University of Houston
|
United States
|
58%
|
|
|
78
|
 |
University of Cincinnati
|
United States
|
67.1%
|
|
|
86
|
 |
University of Kansas
|
United States
|
88.4%
|
|
|
94
|
 |
University of Connecticut
|
United States
|
44.7%
|
|
|
102
|
 |
Florida State University
|
United States
|
||
|
110
|
 |
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
|
United States
|
||
|
118
|
 |
Medical University of South Carolina
|
United States
|
||
|
126
|
 |
University of Oregon
|
United States
|
||
|
134
|
 |
University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa
|
United States
|
||
|
142
|
 |
West Virginia University
|
United States
|
||
|
150
|
 |
New Mexico State University
|
United States
|
||
|
158
|
 |
University of Denver
|
United States
|
||
|
166
|
 |
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
|
United States
|
||
|
174
|
 |
LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans
|
United States
|
||
|
182
|
 |
Texas A&M Health Science Center
|
United States
|
||
|
190
|
 |
New Jersey Institute of Technology
|
United States
|
||
|
198
|
 |
University of Toledo
|
United States
|
||
|
206
|
 |
University of Alabama in Huntsville
|
United States
|
||
|
214
|
 |
Northern Arizona University
|
United States
|
||
|
222
|
 |
Florida Institute of Technology
|
United States
|
||
|
7
|
 |
Princeton University
|
United States
|
7.4%
|
|
|
15
|
 |
University of California, San Diego
|
United States
|
36.8%
|
|
|
23
|
 |
University of Washington - Seattle
|
United States
|
55.0%
|
|
|
31
|
 |
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
|
United States
|
44.4%
|
|
|
39
|
 |
University of California, Santa Barbara
|
United States
|
36.1%
|
|
|
47
|
 |
University of Maryland, College Park
|
United States
|
47.0%
|
|
|
55
|
 |
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
|
United States
|
||
|
63
|
 |
University of Iowa
|
United States
|
78.4%
|
|
|
71
|
 |
University of California, Santa Cruz
|
United States
|
48.6%
|
|
|
79
|
 |
George Washington University
|
United States
|
34.4%
|
|
|
87
|
 |
University of Georgia
|
United States
|
54.7%
|
|
|
95
|
 |
Tulane University
|
United States
|
26%
|
|
|
103
|
 |
University of Texas at San Antonio
|
United States
|
||
|
111
|
 |
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
|
United States
|