List of Top 10 Ranked Colleges

Harvard University

• Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the top-ranked institution, opened in 1636, making it the oldest educational institution in the U.S. Forty-three current and former Harvard faculty members have become Nobel laureates, most of them in the subject of physics.

  Harvard University
  Massachusetts Hall
  Cambridge, MA 02138
  617-495-1000
  harvard.edu

University of Cambridge

• The University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, established in 1209, is the second oldest university in England and No. 2 on the "U.S. News" list. The university has won more Nobel Prizes than any other educational institution, in the areas of medicine, physics and other subjects.

  University of Cambridge
  The Old Schools
  Trinity Lane
  Cambridge CB2 1TN UK
  01223 333 999
  cam.ac.uk

Yale University

• No. 3 Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, which opened in the 1650s, is another of the oldest universities in the U.S. Several Yale faculty members have become Nobel laureates in scientific areas such as chemistry and biology.

  Yale University
  246 Church St.
  New Haven, CT 06520
  203-432-2331
  yale.edu

University College London

• Faculty members of University College London, established in 1826 in London, England, and ranked No. 4 by "U.S. News," have received 21 Nobel Prizes in a variety of subject areas. The school has the largest number of professors of any college in the United Kingdom.

  University College London
  Gower Street, Bloomsbury
  London WC1E 6BT UK
  020 7679 2000
  ucl.ac.uk

Imperial College London

• Imperial College London, No. 5 according to "U.S. News," opened in London in 1907 and is a science-based institution. Imperial College has had nearly 15 Nobel laureates in the subjects of chemistry, physics and medicine.

  Imperial College London
  Exhibition Road
  London SW7 2AZ UK
  020 7589 5111
  imperial.ac.uk

University of Oxford

• No. 6 University of Oxford in England, established in 1096, is one of the three oldest surviving universities in the world. Oxford University faculty members have received at least one Nobel Prize every year since its first one in 1901 in areas such as chemistry and economics.

  University of Oxford
  Oxford OX1 3 UK
  01865 270 927
  ox.ac.uk

University of Chicago

• Faculty members of the No. 7-ranked University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, established in 1892, have received a significant number of Nobel Prizes in subjects such as chemistry, economic sciences, peace and physics.

  University of Chicago
  5801 S. Ellis Ave.
  Chicago, IL 60637
  773-702-1234
  uchicago.edu

Princeton University

• Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey, the eighth-ranked school established in 1746, is the fourth oldest university in the United States. Princeton faculty members have received more than 30 Nobel Prizes in chemistry, physics and other areas.

  Princeton University
  Princeton, NJ 08544
  609-258-3000
  princeton.edu

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Faculty members of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, established in 1865 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, have received over 60 Nobel Prizes in chemistry, physics, medicine and other subjects. "U.S. News" ranks it No. 9.

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  77 Massachusetts Ave.
  Cambridge, MA 02142
  617-253-1000
  mit.edu

California Institute of Technology

• Faculty members of No. 10 California Institute of Technology, established in 1891 as a private research institution in Pasadena, California, have received 32 Nobel Prizes as well as many other honors in science, technology and engineering.

  California Institute of Technology
  1200 E. California Blvd.
  Pasadena, CA 91125
  626-395-6811
  caltech.edu