QS Rankings 2025Data: QS June 2024

QS World University Rankings 2025

Explore the definitive global ranking of 1,300 universities across 89 countries — scored on academic reputation, employer opinion, research impact, and more.

1,300

Universities ranked

Countries

Regions

205 universities in North America

Rank1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, United StatesNorth America

Overall

100

Academic Rep.

100

Employer Rep.

100

Faculty/Student

100

Citations/Faculty

100

Intl. Students

91.4

Rank=3

Stanford University

Stanford, United StatesNorth America

Overall

98.7

Academic Rep.

100

Employer Rep.

100

Faculty/Student

100

Citations/Faculty

99.9

Intl. Students

Rank5

Harvard University

Cambridge, United StatesNorth America

Overall

Academic Rep.

100

Employer Rep.

100

Faculty/Student

99.1

Citations/Faculty

100

Intl. Students

70.1

Rank6

California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

Pasadena, United StatesNorth America

Overall

97.4

Academic Rep.

96.7

Employer Rep.

89.9

Faculty/Student

100

Citations/Faculty

100

Intl. Students

87.7

Rank10

University of Chicago

Chicago, United StatesNorth America

Overall

94.5

Academic Rep.

99.2

Employer Rep.

93.5

Faculty/Student

95.5

Citations/Faculty

90.6

Intl. Students

84.9

Rank13

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, United StatesNorth America

Overall

90.7

Academic Rep.

96.2

Employer Rep.

93.8

Faculty/Student

100

Citations/Faculty

Intl. Students

58.1

Rank=14

Yale University

New Haven, United StatesNorth America

Overall

90.2

Academic Rep.

99.9

Employer Rep.

100

Faculty/Student

100

Citations/Faculty

59.9

Intl. Students

69.8

Rank19

Columbia University

New York City, United StatesNorth America

Overall

88.7

Academic Rep.

99.6

Employer Rep.

98.4

Faculty/Student

100

Citations/Faculty

55.6

Intl. Students

98.4

Rank20

Princeton University

Princeton, United StatesNorth America

Overall

88.6

Academic Rep.

99.9

Employer Rep.

99.2

Faculty/Student

68.7

Citations/Faculty

100

Intl. Students

63.2

Rank21

Cornell University

Ithaca, United StatesNorth America

Overall

88.3

Academic Rep.

98.4

Employer Rep.

93.9

Faculty/Student

61.3

Citations/Faculty

98.9

Intl. Students

66.1

Rank=23

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, United StatesNorth America

Overall

86.2

Academic Rep.

98.6

Employer Rep.

Faculty/Student

90.2

Citations/Faculty

70.5

Intl. Students

34.9

Rank25

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, United StatesNorth America

Overall

85.9

Academic Rep.

87.6

Employer Rep.

51.6

Faculty/Student

100

Citations/Faculty

89.9

Intl. Students

91.7

Rank26

University of Toronto

Toronto, CanadaNorth America

Overall

85.3

Academic Rep.

99.5

Employer Rep.

98.2

Faculty/Student

69.4

Citations/Faculty

58.8

Intl. Students

94.9

Rank=27

McGill University

Montreal, CanadaNorth America

Overall

Academic Rep.

92.5

Employer Rep.

94.4

Faculty/Student

73.3

Citations/Faculty

65.5

Intl. Students

96.6

Rank30

Northwestern University

Evanston, United StatesNorth America

Overall

82.8

Academic Rep.

84.4

Employer Rep.

74.7

Faculty/Student

99.3

Citations/Faculty

87.1

Intl. Students

49.6

Rank32

University of California, Berkeley (UCB)

Berkeley, United StatesNorth America

Overall

82.5

Academic Rep.

100

Employer Rep.

100

Faculty/Student

23.3

Citations/Faculty

99.9

Intl. Students

55.3

Rank40

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, United StatesNorth America

Overall

79.7

Academic Rep.

100

Employer Rep.

99.9

Faculty/Student

42.5

Citations/Faculty

90.5

Intl. Students

26.7

Rank42

New York University (NYU)

New York City, United StatesNorth America

Overall

78.9

Academic Rep.

95.9

Employer Rep.

98.6

Faculty/Student

96.6

Citations/Faculty

27.7

Intl. Students

95.6

Rank46

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, CanadaNorth America

Overall

77.1

Academic Rep.

97.6

Employer Rep.

94.2

Faculty/Student

52.7

Citations/Faculty

46.8

Intl. Students

Rank48

University of California, San Diego (UCSD)

San Diego, United StatesNorth America

Overall

76.1

Academic Rep.

Employer Rep.

61.1

Faculty/Student

62.6

Citations/Faculty

78.4

Intl. Students

61.8

Rank52

Duke University

Durham, United StatesNorth America

Overall

75.2

Academic Rep.

86.9

Employer Rep.

81.8

Faculty/Student

100

Citations/Faculty

45.4

Intl. Students

57.4

Rank=53

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, United StatesNorth America

Overall

74.6

Academic Rep.

72.7

Employer Rep.

Faculty/Student

Citations/Faculty

99.9

Intl. Students

99.1

Rank60

Brown University

Providence, United StatesNorth America

Overall

71.3

Academic Rep.

58.1

Employer Rep.

56.3

Faculty/Student

83.2

Citations/Faculty

94.5

Intl. Students

Rank67

University of Texas at Austin

Austin, United StatesNorth America

Overall

68.4

Academic Rep.

93.6

Employer Rep.

86.1

Faculty/Student

9.5

Citations/Faculty

96.6

Intl. Students

15.4

Rank=75

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, United StatesNorth America

Overall

66.2

Academic Rep.

83.4

Employer Rep.

52.8

Faculty/Student

69.2

Citations/Faculty

58.4

Intl. Students

27.5

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