The latest ratings for U. S. universities have been released, highlighting the top ten U. S. establishments in terms of educational excellence.
The most recent data, published this week, are those registered, with more than 1,500 universities.
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With 197 establishments on its list, the United States is the most represented country, followed by the United Kingdom with 90 and China with 71.
The list’s publishers, QS Top Universities, said the findings are based on research of 17. 5 million educational articles and specialist reviews from more than 240,000 university professors and employers.
At the top of the list is MIT with a score of 100, maintaining its reign at the top spot for the thirteenth year in a row.
Among MIT’s illustrious alumni is Buzz Aldrin, the world-famous astronaut who made history as the man who walked on the moon.
Another Massachusetts institution, Harvard, ranks fourth globally with a score of 96. 8.
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With a long history predating the founding of the United States as an independent country, Harvard’s long list of outstanding graduates includes many presidents, including John Adams, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Barack Obama.
Stanford University in California follows closely behind with a score of 96. 1. The establishment ranks third in the United States and sixth in the world.
Among Stanford’s notable graduates are former U. S. President John F. Kennedy and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
Caltech ranks fourth nationally and tenth globally with a score of 90. 9.
Among the students of the institution is the aviator and the wealthy Howard Hughes.
Only Caltech was the University of Pennsylvania with 90. 3.
Former President Donald Trump, billionaire Elon Musk, entrepreneur Warren Buffett, and intellectual Noam Chomsky all attended college.
UC Berkeley was ranked sixth and 12th globally with 90. 1.
Alumni of the University of California, Berkeley, come with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and actor Chris Pine.
Cornell University in New York ranked seventh with a score of 87. 9, making it the sixteenth-highest-ranked institution of higher education in the world.
Overdue Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Superman actor Christopher Reeve were present at Cornell.
With 86. 2, the University of Chicago ranked eighth nationally and twenty-first in the world.
Notable alumni of the establishment include astronomer Carl Sagan and Bernie Sanders.
Princeton, New Jersey, beat Yale for ninth place. With a score of 85. 5, it ranks twenty-third in the world.
Former first lady Michelle Obama and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos are the long list of celebrities attending Yale.
Yale is in tenth place with a respectable score of 85. 2. Founded in 1701, it is the third oldest higher education institution in the country.
Many politicians can boast of having attended this famous university, several presidents and presidential candidates, Bill and Hillary Clinton, George H. W. and George W. Bush and Gerald Ford.
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Joe Edwards is a reporter for Newsweek’s London bureau.
Joe Edwards is a reporter for Newsweek’s London bureau.
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