Best Global Universities Rankings

U.S. News & World Report

Best Global Universities Rankings

Best Global Universities Rankings by U.S. News & World Report presents all the top universities from the U.S. and 60 other countries around the world. U.S. News Rankings are released every year and list universities which provide outstanding undergraduate majors, graduate degrees and PhDs. Data for this list of universities is collected from annual surveys and diverse data resources. All this great information will help you decide which international university is the perfect one for you.

Ranked Universities on BachelorsPortal

Universities Location 2027 2026 2025
Harvard University Cambridge, MA, United States 1 1 1
Harvard Business School Online Boston, MA, United States 1 1 1
Harvard Medical School Online Boston, MA, United States 1 1 1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Cambridge, MA, United States 2 2 2
Stanford University Stanford, CA, United States 3 3 3
Stanford University - Summer Sessions Stanford, CA, United States 3 3 3
University of Oxford Oxford, ENG, United Kingdom 4 4 4
University of Cambridge Cambridge, ENG, United Kingdom 5 5 6
Tsinghua University Beijing, China 6 11 16
University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA, United States 7 6 5
Yale University New Haven, CT, United States 8 9 10
Brunel University London Pathway College Uxbridge, ENG, United Kingdom 9 - -
Columbia University New York City, NY, United States 10 10 9
Teachers College at Columbia University Manhattan, NY, United States 10 10 9
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Los Angeles, CA, United States 11 13 11
University of Washington Seattle, WA, United States 12 8 7
Cornell University Ithaca, NY, United States 13 16 19
Imperial London, ENG, United Kingdom 14 11 12
Princeton University Princeton, NJ, United States 14 16 18
National University of Singapore Singapore, Singapore 16 20 22
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD, United States 17 14 13
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA, United States 17 15 14
Peking University Beijing, China 19 25 31
University of Toronto Pickering, Canada 20 16 17

How Best Global Universities Rankings are Made?

The full ranking is available on Best Colleges Rankings .

Best Global Universities Rankings created by U.S. News ranks universities based on different criteria. They measure the rate of students going to their second year of studies, as well as the rate of students who graduate. It also asks university representatives on the performance of universities, and evaluates university resources, teacher salaries, graduation rates, student academic achievements and satisfaction. After calculating and comparing these criteria, U.S. News ranks the top international universities accordingly.

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