Top 200 universities in USA
QS World University Rankings 2027 include 184 U.S. universities , making the United States the most represented country in the rankings.
Complete list of all 184 U.S. universities in QS World University Rankings 2027
QS 2027 Word Rank University Official Website
1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) web.mit.edu
7 California Institute of Technology (Caltech) caltech.edu
49 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) ucla.edu
55 Carnegie Mellon University cmu.edu
81 University of California, San Diego ucsd.edu
=92 Pennsylvania State University psu.edu
=131 University of Wisconsin–Madison wisc.edu
153 University of Southern California usc.edu
=158 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill unc.edu
=162 Washington University in St. Louis wustl.edu
173 University of California, Santa Barbara ucsb.edu
182 Michigan State University msu.edu
=201 The Ohio State University osu.edu
=252 University of California, Irvine uci.edu
=252 University of Maryland, College Park umd.edu
260 University of Massachusetts Amherst umass.edu
=300 University of Notre Dame nd.edu
The Ohio State University This list is based on the QS World University Rankings 2027 released on 18 June 2026. Overall, the U.S. has 184 ranked institutions, although only those appearing in your uploaded ranking extract are listed above.
