US - University Ranking 2025
(Source: US News & Reports)
Note: Ranking will vary from different sources and hence they should be considered relatively
equal to 5 ranking above and below, except for the top few universities.
| Rank | University / College | Location | Undergraduate Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Princeton University | Princeton, NJ | 5,671 |
| 2 | Massachusetes Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | 4,576 |
| 3 | Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | 7,110 |
| 4 | Stanford University | Stanford, CA | 8,054 |
| 5 | Yale University | New Haven, CT | 6,818 |
| 6 | California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA | 1,023 |
| 7 | Duke University | Durham, NC | 6,488 |
| 8 | John Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | 6,090 |
| 9 | Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | 8,846 |
| 10 | University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | 9,995 |
| 11 | Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | 16,071 |
| 12 | University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | 7,489 |
| 13 | Brown University | Providence, RI | 7,714 |
| 14 | Columbia University | New York, NY | 8,902 |
| 15 | Dartmouth College | Hanover, NH | 4,447 |
| 16 | University of California at Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | 33,040 |
| 17 | University of California at Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | 33,405 |
| 18 | Rice University | Houston, TX | 4,574 |
| 19 | University of Norte Dame | Notre Dame, IN | 8,968 |
| 20 | Vanderbilt University | Nashville, TN | 7,152 |
| 21 | Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, PA | 7,707 |
| 22 | University of Michigan at Ann Arbor | Ann Arbor, MI | 33,730 |
| 23 | Washington University at St Louis | St. Louis, MO | 8,267 |
| 24 | Emory University | Atlanta, GA | 7,359 |
| 25 | Georgetown University | Washington, DC | 7,968 |
| 26 | University of Virginia | Charlottesville, VA | 17,618 |
| 27 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC | 20,880 |
| 28 | University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | 21,023 |
| 29 | University of California at San Diego | La Jolla, CA | 33,792 |
| 30 | New York University | New York, NY | 29,760 |
| 31 | University of Florida | Gainesville, FL | 34,924 |
| 32 | The University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX | 42,444 |
| 33 | Georgia Institute of Technology | Atlanta, GA | 19,505 |
| 34 | University of California at Davis | Davis, CA | 31,797 |
| 35 | University of California at Irvine | Irvine, CA | 29,503 |
| 36 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Champaign, IL | 35,564 |
| 37 | Boston College | Chestnut Hill, MA | 9,575 |
| 38 | Tufts University | Medford, MA | 6,877 |
| 39 | University of California at Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA | 23,232 |
| 40 | University of Wisconsin at Madison | Madison, WI | 37,817 |
| 41 | Boston University | Boston, MA | 18,656 |
| 42 | Ohio State University | Columbus, OH | 45,728 |
| 43 | Rutgers University at Piscataway | Piscataway, NJ | 36,608 |
| 44 | University of Maryland | College Park, MD | 30,608 |
| 45 | University of Rochester | Rochester, NY | 46,764 |
| 46 | Lehigh University | Bethlehem, PA | 5,811 |
| 47 | Purdue University | West Lafayette, IN | 39,170 |
| 48 | University of Georgia | Athens, GA | 31,514 |
| 49 | University of Washington | Seattle, WA | 39,125 |
| 50 | Wake Forest University | Winston-Salem, NC | 25,451 |
| Rank | University / College | Location | Undergraduate Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Case Western Reserve University | Cleveland, OH | 56,186 |
| 52 | Texas A&M University | College Station, TX | 59,933 |
| 53 | Virginia Institute of Technology | Blacksburg, VA | 30,504 |
| 54 | Florida State University | Tallahassee, FL | 32,217 |
| 55 | Northeastern University | Boston, MA | 15,891 |
| 56 | University of Minnesota at Twin Cities | Minneapolis, MN | 39,556 |
| 57 | College of William & Mary | Williamsburg, VA | 6,963 |
| 58 | North Carolina State University | Raleigh, NC | 27,323 |
| 59 | State University of New York at Stony Brook | Stony Brook, NY | 17,549 |
| 60 | University of California at Merced | Merced, CA | 8,373 |
| 61 | University of Massachusetes at Amherst | Amherst, MA | 23,936 |
| 62 | Villanova University | Villanova, PA | 7,065 |
| 63 | Brandeis University | Waltham, MA | 3,675 |
| 64 | George Washington University | Washington, DC | 11,387 |
| 65 | Michigan State University | East Lansing, MI | 40,483 |
| 66 | Penn State University | University Park, PA | 42,223 |
| 67 | Santa Clara University | Santa Clara, CA | 36,249 |
| 68 | Tulane University | New Orleans, LA | 7,295 |
| 69 | University of Miami | Coral Gables, FL | 12,883 |
| 70 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Troy, NY | 15,945 |
| 71 | University of Connecticut | Storrs, CT | 19,388 |
| 72 | University of Pittsburg | Pittsburgh, PA | 20,220 |
| 73 | State University of New York at Binghamton | Binghamton, NY | 14,408 |
| 74 | Indiana University | Bloomington, IN | 36,833 |
| 75 | Syracuse University | Syracuse, NY | 15,739 |
| 76 | Colarado School of Mines | Golden, CO | 5,852 |
| 77 | Stevens Institute of Technology | Hoboken, NJ | 4,026 |
| 78 | University of Buffalo | Buffalo, NY | 20,463 |
| 79 | University of California at Riverside | Riverside, CA | 22,646 |
| 80 | Clemson University | Clemson, SC | 22,875 |
| 81 | Pepperdine University | Malibu, CA | 3,629 |
| 82 | Rutgers University at Newark | Newark, NJ | 7,417 |
| 83 | University of Illinois at Chicago | Chicago, IL | 22,107 |
| 84 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | Newark, NJ | 9,523 |
| 85 | University of California at Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz, CA | 17,812 |
| 86 | Drexel University | Philadelphia, PA | 12,099 |
| 87 | Howard University | Washington, DC | 10,190 |
| 88 | Marquette University | Milwaukee, WI | 7,652 |
| 89 | University of Delaware | Newark, DE | 19,119 |
| 90 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Worcester, MA | 5,453 |
| 91 | American University | Washington, DC | 7,817 |
| 92 | Baylor University | Waco, TX | 15,155 |
| 93 | Fordham University | New York, NY | 10,307 |
| 94 | Loyala Marymount University | Los Angeles, CA | 7,336 |
| 95 | Rochester Insitute of Technology | Rochester, NY | 14,076 |
| 96 | Southern Methodist University | Dallas, TX | 7,115 |
| 97 | University of South Florida | Tampa, FL | 37,263 |
| 98 | Florida International University | Miami, FL | 44,045 |
| 99 | Gonzaga University | Spokane, WA | 5,163 |
| 100 | Rutgers University at Camden | Camden, NJ | 3,922 |
| 101 | Temple University | Philadelphia, PA | 21,720 |
| 102 | University of Colorado at Boulder | Boulder, CO | 32,100 |
| 103 | University of Iowa | Iowa City, IA | 22,130 |
| 104 | Yeshiva University | New York, NY | 2,319 |
| 105 | Auburn University | Auburn, AL | 26,874 |