U.S. News & World Report: Top U.S. Schools

1. Princeton University
2. Harvard University
3. Yale University
4. Columbia University
5. Stanford University
6. University of Chicago
7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
8. Duke University
9. University of Pennsylvania
10. California Institute of Technology

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U.S. Colleges by State

• Alabama
• Alaska
• Arizona
• Arkansas
• California
• Colorado
• Connecticut
• Delaware
• District of Columbia

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U.S. Service Academies

• U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (King's Point)
• U.S. Military Academy (West Point)
• U.S. Naval Academy
• U.S. Coast Guard
• U.S. Air Force Academy

Top 10 Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs)

1. Spelman College
2. Howard University
3. Hampton University
4. Morehouse College
5. Tuskegee University
6. Xavier University of Louisiana
7. Fisk University
8. Claflin University
9. North Carolina A&T State University
10. Florida A&M University

Top Specialty Schools - Fine Arts and Performing Arts

• Art Academy of Cincinnati
• California College of the Arts
• College for Creative Studies
• Cornish College of the Arts
• Juilliard School
• Maryland Institute College of Art
• Minneapolis College of Art and Design
• Otis College of Art and Design
• Ringling College of Art and Design
• School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Top 10 European Universities

1. University of Cambridge
2. UCL (University College London)
3. Imperial College London
4. University of Oxford
5. University of Edinburgh
6. ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)
7. King's College London
8. University of Manchester
9. École Normale Supérieure
10. University of Bristol

Top 10 Canadian Universities

1. McGill University
2. University of Toronto
3. University of British Columbia
4. University of Alberta
5. Université de Montréal
6. University of Waterloo
7. Queen's University
8. McMaster University
9. University of Calgary
10. The University of Western Ontario

Top 10 Australian and New Zealand Universities

1. The Australian National University
2. University of Melbourne
3. University of Sydney
4. University of Queensland
5. Monash University
6. University of New South Wales
7. The University of Auckland
8. University of Adelaide
9. University of Western Australia
10. University of Otago

Top 10 Asian and Middle Eastern Universities

1. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
2. National University of Singapore (NUS)
3. University of Hong Kong
4. Seoul National University
5. Chinese University of Hong Kong
6. Peking University
7. KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology
8. University of Tokyo
9. Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)
10. Kyoto University