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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8
|
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Yale University
|
United States
|
6.3%
|
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16
|
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University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
|
United States
|
32%
|
|
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24
|
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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
|
United States
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60.9%
|
|
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32
|
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University of Southern California
|
United States
|
17.8%
|
|
|
40
|
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University of Utah
|
United States
|
82.6%
|
|
|
48
|
 |
University of Rochester
|
United States
|
35.3%
|
|
|
56
|
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Texas A&M University
|
United States
|
69.2%
|
|
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64
|
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Stony Brook University
|
United States
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41.3%
|
|
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72
|
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University of Alabama at Birmingham
|
United States
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73.4%
|
|
|
80
|
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Iowa State University
|
United States
|
85.5%
|
|
|
88
|
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University of Massachusetts Amherst
|
United States
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62.6%
|
|
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96
|
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University of Oklahoma
|
United States
|
80.4%
|
|
|
104
|
 |
Lehigh University
|
United States
|
||
|
112
|
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University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
|
United States
|
||
|
120
|
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Kansas State University
|
United States
|
||
|
128
|
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University of Nebraska Medical Center
|
United States
|
||
|
136
|
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Temple University
|
United States
|
||
|
144
|
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University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
|
United States
|
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|
152
|
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University of Nebraska Omaha
|
United States
|
||
|
160
|
 |
Creighton University
|
United States
|
||
|
168
|
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University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
|
United States
|
||
|
176
|
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Northern Illinois University
|
United States
|
||
|
184
|
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University of Idaho
|
United States
|
||
|
192
|
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Portland State University
|
United States
|
||
|
200
|
 |
Marquette University
|
United States
|
||
|
208
|
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North Dakota State University
|
United States
|
||
|
216
|
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Michigan Technological University
|
United States
|
||
|
224
|
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University of North Carolina at Greensboro
|
United States
|
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|
1
|
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Harvard University
|
United States
|
5.9%
|
|
|
9
|
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Cornell University
|
United States
|
14.0%
|
|
|
17
|
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Northwestern University
|
United States
|
13%
|
|
|
25
|
 |
Rockefeller University
|
United States
|
||
|
33
|
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Purdue University
|
United States
|
60%
|
|
|
41
|
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University of Colorado Boulder
|
United States
|
88%
|
|
|
49
|
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Emory University
|
United States
|
26.8%
|
|
|
57
|
 |
Arizona State University
|
United States
|
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|
65
|
 |
University of Colorado Denver
|
United States
|
60%
|
|
|
73
|
 |
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
|
United States
|
||
|
81
|
 |
University of Maryland, Baltimore
|
United States
|
61%
|
|
|
89
|
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Louisiana State University
|
United States
|
75%
|
|
|
97
|
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Brandeis University
|
United States
|
35%
|
|
|
105
|
 |
University of Kentucky
|
United States
|
||
|
113
|
 |
Medical College of Wisconsin
|
United States
|
||
|
121
|
 |
University of Vermont
|
United States
|
||
|
129
|
 |
College of William and Mary
|
United States
|
||
|
137
|
 |
University of Central Florida
|
United States
|
||
|
145
|
 |
Miami University
|
United States
|
||
|
153
|
 |
Baylor University
|
United States
|
||
|
161
|
 |
Mississippi State University
|
United States
|
||
|
169
|
 |
University of Dayton
|
United States
|
||
|
177
|
 |
University of Montana - Missoula
|
United States
|
||
|
185
|
 |
Louisiana Tech University
|
United States
|
||
|
193
|
 |
Loma Linda University
|
United States
|
||
|
201
|
 |
University of Memphis
|
United States
|
||
|
209
|
 |
University of North Texas
|
United States
|
||
|
217
|
 |
University of Massachusetts Lowell
|
United States
|
||
|
225
|
 |
University of North Dakota
|
United States
|
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|
2
|
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Stanford University
|
United States
|
5.1%
|
|
|
10
|
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California Institute of Technology
|
United States
|
8.0%
|
|
|
18
|
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University of Wisconsin–Madison
|
United States
|
51.1%
|
|
|
26
|
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University of Virginia
|
United States
|
30.0%
|
|
|
34
|
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University of Pittsburgh
|
United States
|
54.5%
|
|
|
42
|
 |
University of Notre Dame
|
United States
|
21.2%
|
|
|
50
|
 |
University of California, Irvine
|
United States
|
35.4%
|
|
|
58
|
 |
Rice University
|
United States
|
14%
|
|
|
66
|
 |
University of Miami
|
United States
|
40.5%
|
|
|
74
|
 |
Southern Methodist University
|
United States
|
53.8%
|
|
|
82
|
 |
University of New Mexico
|
United States
|
64.6%
|
|
|
90
|
 |
University of Illinois at Chicago
|
United States
|
71%
|
|
|
98
|
 |
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
|
United States
|
25%
|
|
|
106
|
 |
Thomas Jefferson University
|
United States
|
||
|
114
|
 |
City College of New York
|
United States
|
||
|
122
|
 |
Rush University
|
United States
|
||
|
130
|
 |
Saint Louis University
|
United States
|
||
|
138
|
 |
University of New Hampshire
|
United States
|
||
|
146
|
 |
Loyola University Chicago
|
United States
|
||
|
154
|
 |
University of Arkansas - Fayetteville
|
United States
|
||
|
162
|
 |
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
|
United States
|
||
|
170
|
 |
Montana State University - Bozeman
|
United States
|
||
|
178
|
 |
Binghamton University
|
United States
|
||
|
186
|
 |
Florida International University
|
United States
|
||
|
194
|
 |
Old Dominion University
|
United States
|
||
|
202
|
 |
San Francisco State University
|
United States
|
||
|
210
|
 |
University of Mississippi Medical Center
|
United States
|
||
|
218
|
 |
Wright State University - Dayton
|
United States
|
||
|
226
|
 |
Florida Atlantic University
|
United States
|
||
|
3
|
 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
|
United States
|
7.7%
|
|
|
11
|
 |
University of Pennsylvania
|
United States
|
||
|
19
|
 |
Duke University
|
United States
|
10.8%
|
|
|
27
|
 |
Dartmouth College
|
United States
|
11.5%
|
|
|
35
|
 |
Carnegie Mellon University
|
United States
|
16.7%
|
|
|
43
|
 |
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
|
United States
|
||
|
51
|
 |
Brown University
|
United States
|
8.6%
|
|
|
59
|
 |
Michigan State University
|
United States
|
68.7%
|
|
|
67
|
 |
University of Texas at Dallas
|
United States
|
52%
|
|
|
75
|
 |
Yeshiva University
|
United States
|
84%
|
|
|
83
|
 |
Wayne State University
|
United States
|
81%
|
|
|
91
|
 |
University of California, Riverside
|
United States
|
54.7%
|
|
|
99
|
 |
Virginia Commonwealth University
|
United States
|
60.2%
|
|
|
107
|
 |
Drexel University
|
United States
|