North America

ranking	World Rank	University	Det.	Country	Presence Rank*	Impact Rank*	Openness Rank*	Excellence Rank*
1	1	Harvard University			51	1	1	1
2	2	Stanford University			1	1	25	3
3	3	Massachusetts Institute of Technology			5	3	30	10
4	4	University of Michigan			25	8	91	5
5	5	University of Pennsylvania			2	11	122	7
6	6	University of California Los Angeles UCLA			49	6	192	2
7	7	University of California Berkeley			541	5	61	11
8	8	Columbia University New York			14	14	132	9
9	9	Cornell University			226	7	66	23
10	10	University of Minnesota			744	9	7	21
11	11	(2) Pennsylvania State University			56	10	135	30
12	12	University of Texas Austin			47	12	93	45
13	13	Yale University			10	13	383	22
14	15	(2) California Institute of Technology Caltech			7	30	162	39
15	17	Duke University			23	33	165	18
16	18	University of Wisconsin Madison			296	15	130	19
17	20	(1) University of Illinois Urbana Champaign			8	47	77	29
18	21	University of North Carolina Chapel Hill			84	23	213	24
19	22	University of British Columbia			78	54	37	26
20	23	University of Washington			630	4	115	231
21	24	Princeton University			44	17	255	61
22	25	University of Utah			30	21	223	75
23	26	Michigan State University			37	19	201	83
24	27	(1) University of Maryland			42	38	108	60
25	27	Purdue University			93	37	58	63
26	29	Texas A&M University			51	22	178	73
27	30	(2) Johns Hopkins University			9	62	485	4
28	31	Carnegie Mellon University			69	34	69	121
29	32	University of California San Diego			131	41	240	14
30	33	University of Colorado Boulder			112	16	297	78
31	34	University of Toronto			928	43	52	6
32	35	New York University			217	28	221	44
33	37	University of California Santa Barbara			138	18	365	57
34	39	University of Chicago			82	31	366	43
35	40	University of Florida			858	20	142	32
36	42	University of Virginia			27	27	674	79
37	43	Rutgers University			122	48	152	86
38	43	Arizona State University			208	25	283	111
39	47	University of Pittsburgh			1679	42	76	16
40	49	University of Southern California			1384	35	121	35
41	51	Washington University Saint Louis			301	50	315	31
42	52	(1) Indiana University			102	26	435	166
43	53	Oregon State University			65	46	185	223
44	54	University of Georgia			140	45	194	165
45	55	Northwestern University			198	79	309	25
46	56	Colorado State University			105	36	361	196
47	57	Ohio State University			233	78	260	34
48	58	McGill University			98	77	347	46
49	59	University of Iowa			55	69	324	87
50	62	Vanderbilt University			141	85	238	51
51	63	University of Arizona			1289	29	327	50
52	64	University of California Davis			1437	40	286	27
53	66	University of Alberta			61	117	190	62
54	67	Simon Fraser University			113	56	133	276
55	68	Boston University			146	75	472	48
56	70	Iowa State University			83	88	199	139
57	71	University of California Irvine			303	71	401	58
58	72	Georgia Institute of Technology			1444	65	92	59
59	74	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University			1422	39	143	152
60	81	Florida State University			94	80	272	185
61	85	University of California Santa Cruz			110	63	629	136
62	87	North Carolina State University			1124	55	186	135
63	88	University of Massachusetts Amherst			553	74	184	170
64	89	Brown University			24	100	741	118
65	90	University of New Mexico			108	128	131	197
66	95	University at Buffalo			184	52	700	175
67	99	University of Miami			226	82	634	124
68	101	Louisiana State University			537	58	334	246
69	103	University of California San Francisco			18	149	1519	15
70	103	University of Kentucky			100	116	409	153
71	106	Georgetown University			330	57	492	268
72	109	University of Waterloo			443	112	230	176
73	111	University of Calgary			185	125	452	124
74	117	Rice University			348	70	637	206
75	118	University of Rochester			15	226	622	96
76	121	University of Missouri Columbia			86	97	832	203
77	124	Tufts University			115	93	1196	112
78	125	University of Notre Dame			200	105	371	291
79	126	University of Nebraska Lincoln			1595	76	144	285
80	127	Université de Montréal			158	245	188	148
81	130	George Mason University			206	84	350	418
82	134	Washington State University Pullman			166	107	426	324
83	136	Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa			231	273	126	173
84	137	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute			186	114	393	302
85	139	Emory University			543	129	667	68
86	142	University of Oregon			197	95	450	381
87	155	Brigham Young University			416	60	624	442
88	159	McMaster University			639	214	346	84
89	160	University of Tennessee Knoxville			363	104	868	202
90	161	University of Victoria British Columbia			300	130	362	329
91	161	Université Laval			369	232	171	230
92	166	University of Houston			188	110	714	327
93	166	University of Western Ontario			534	199	342	141
94	169	York University			525	94	429	389
95	171	University of Kansas			385	181	345	213
96	176	University of Illinois Chicago			559	193	581	91
97	178	University of Oklahoma			288	172	521	235
98	187	Dartmouth College			590	61	937	386
99	191	Clemson University			904	91	398	395
100	197	University of South Carolina			133	184	708	253

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