In this blog post today, we are going to know complete information related to the Top 20 Best Universities in the United States 2025, so any student who wants to know complete details about the top 20 universities of the United States should read this blog post further.
In this blog post, we will know which are the top 20 universities in the United States according to 3 rankings. Recently, Times Higher Education has released the World Reputation Rankings, according to which we will know which are the Top 20 Best Universities in the United States 2025.
After seeing the list of top 20 best universities in the United States according to World Reputation Rankings 2025, we will also know which are the top universities in the US according to QS World Reputation Rankings 2025 and Forbes Rankings 2025.
Top 20 Best Universities in the United States 2025 As Per THE World Reputation Rankings 2025
According to the World Reputation Rankings 2025, Harvard University of the United States has achieved the number one position by scoring 99.9% and according to this ranking, Harvard University of the United States has got the rank one position.
Students who want to check the list of the top 20 best universities in the United States according to this ranking must check the table given below once because the list of top 20 universities in the United States is given in the table below.
Rank | Name Country/Region | Overall Score | Votes |
1 | Harvard University United States | 99.9 | 99.8 |
2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States | 99.7 | 99.6 |
4 | Stanford University United States | 99.6 | 99.4 |
6 | University of California, Berkeley United States | 98.7 | 97.8 |
7 | Princeton University United States | 95.1 | 92.0 |
9 | Yale University United States | 91.8 | 86.5 |
13 | California Institute of Technology United States | 87.5 | 79.8 |
15 | University of California, Los Angeles United States | 85.6 | 76.3 |
16 | The University of Chicago United States | 85.0 | 75.4 |
17 | Columbia University United States | 84.7 | 74.6 |
18 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States | 81.9 | 70.7 |
20 | Cornell University United States | 81.0 | 68.6 |
22 | University of Pennsylvania United States | 78.7 | 65.2 |
23 | Johns Hopkins University United States | 77.8 | 64.0 |
Top 20 Best Universities in the United States 2025 As Per Forbes Rankings 2025
In the Forbes Ranking 2025, all the universities of the United States have been ranked in which Princeton University has been placed at the number one position, whereas Stanford University has got the rank 2 position.
Students who want to know which are the top 20 best universities in the United States according to Forbes ranking, then they must check the list given below once, which contains information about the 20 best universities of the United States.
- Princeton University
- Stanford University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Yale University
- University of California, Berkeley
- Columbia University
- University of Pennsylvania
- Harvard University
- Rice University
- Cornell University
- Northwestern University
- Johns Hopkins University
- University of California, Los Angeles
- University of Chicago
- Vanderbilt University
- Dartmouth College
- Williams College
- Brown University
- Claremont McKenna College
- Duke University
Top 20 Best Universities in the United States 2025 As Per QS Rankings 2025
Now we will know which are the top 20 best universities in the United States according to QS Ranking 2025, and any student who wants to know which are the best 20 universities in the United States according to this ranking, then they should check the list given below.
In this ranking, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) University of the United States has got rank 1 position. Now we will know which are the 20 best universities in the United States according to this ranking.
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States = Rank 1
- Harvard University, United States = Rank 4
- Stanford University, United States = Rank 6
- California Institute of Technology (Caltech), United States = Rank 10
- University of Pennsylvania, United States = Rank 11
- University of California, Berkeley (UCB), United States = Rank 12
- Cornell University, United States = Rank 16
- University of Chicago, United States = Rank 21
- Princeton University, United States = Rank 22
- Yale University, United States = Rank 23
- Johns Hopkins University, United States = Rank 32
- Columbia University, United States = Rank 34
- University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), United States = Rank 42
- New York University (NYU), United States = Rank 43
- University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, United States = Rank 44
- Northwestern University, United States = Rank 50
- Carnegie Mellon University, United States = Rank 58
- Duke University, United States = Rank 61
- University of Texas at Austin, United States = Rank 66
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States = Rank 69
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