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U.S. News 2025–2026
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| Ranking order | Universities | Country / region | Policy review | Record type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Harvard University | Cambridge (U.S.), United States | 35/35 Evidence | View policy guide → |
| #2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Cambridge (U.S.), United States | 26/26 Evidence | View policy guide → |
| #3 | Stanford University | Stanford, United States | 15/15 Evidence | View policy guide → |
| #4 | University of Oxford | Oxford, United Kingdom | 16/16 Evidence | View policy guide → |
| #5 | University of Cambridge | Cambridge (U.K.), United Kingdom | 19/19 Evidence | View policy guide → |
| #6 | University of California Berkeley | Berkeley, United States | 44/44 Evidence | View policy guide → |
| #7 | University College London | London (U.K.), United Kingdom | 14/14 Evidence | View policy guide → |
| #8 | University of Washington Seattle | Seattle, United States | — | No linked policy recordIdentity review pendingOfficial ranking source ↗ |
| #9 | Yale University | New Haven, United States | 31/31 Evidence | View policy guide → |
| #10 | Columbia University | New York City, United States | 33/33 Evidence | View policy guide → |
| #11 tie | Imperial College London | London (U.K.), United Kingdom | 17/17 Evidence | View policy guide → |
| #11 tie | Tsinghua University | Beijing, China | 48/48 Evidence | View policy guide → |
| #13 | University of California Los Angeles | Los Angeles, United States | 16/16 Evidence | View policy guide → |
| #14 | Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, United States | 16/16 Evidence | View policy guide → |
| #15 | University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, United States | 35/35 Evidence | View policy guide → |
| #16 tie | Cornell University | Ithaca, United States | 47/47 Evidence | View policy guide → |
| #16 tie | Princeton University | Princeton, United States | 19/19 Evidence | View policy guide → |
| #16 tie | University of California San Francisco | San Francisco, United States | — | No linked policy recordIdentity review pendingOfficial ranking source ↗ |
| #16 tie | University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 25/25 Evidence | View policy guide → |
| #20 | National University of Singapore | Singapore, Singapore | 21/21 Evidence | View policy guide → |
| #21 tie | University of California San Diego | La Jolla, United States | 15/15 Evidence | View policy guide → |
| #21 tie | University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, United States | — | No linked policy recordIdentity review pendingOfficial ranking source ↗ |
| #23 | California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, United States | 31/31 Evidence | View policy guide → |
| #24 | Northwestern University | Evanston, United States | 26/26 Evidence | View policy guide → |
| #25 | Peking University | Beijing, China | 63/63 Evidence | View policy guide → |
Coverage and sources
Bands retain their official bounds; ties keep the publisher’s rank.
Directory includes every policy catalog identity plus unlinked source records from the selected edition. Source records are not a global distinct-university count.