The 5 best universities in the world, according to US News & World Report

June 09, 2020    universities    Comment   

Students from Harvard Kennedy School cheer as they receive their degrees during the 360th Commencement Exercises at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Today, U.S. News & World Report released its sixth annual Best Global Universities ranking. Universities in the United States earned eight of the top 5 spots, further solidifying America’s reputation as home to some of the strongest schools in the world.

For their 2020 list, U.S. News evaluated 1,500 schools — an increase from the 1,250 schools evaluated last year — across 81 countries.

The ranking takes 13 different variables that measure academic research into consideration, including academic reputation, international collaboration, publications and citations. In order to gather information in these categories, U.S. News partnered with Clarivate Analytics to survey 26,810 professors, researchers, senior administrators, students and university employees from across the globe.

5.University of Oxford

Location: Oxford, England, U.K.
Total enrollment: 24,299
International students: 6,772

4. University of California, Berkeley

Location: Berkeley, California, U.S.
Total enrollment: 36,468
International students: 6,375

3. Stanford University

Students passing by Stanford Memorial Church on the Stanford campus.

Location: Stanford, California, U.S.
Total enrollment: 15,878
International students: 3,608

2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

A man walks through Killian Court at MIT in Cambridge.

Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Total enrollment: 11,231
International students: 3,848

1. Harvard University

Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Total enrollment: 20,595
International students: 5,353