Top Ranked Universities in the United States

Harvard University

• Based just outside Boston, Harvard ranks top in the United States, according to the 2010 "U.S. News & World Report" survey and, according to the Times Higher Education Supplement, also ranks as the top university in the world. Harvard's 2,100-strong faculty is internationally recognized for excellence, and includes Nobel laureates in fields as diverse as physics, medicine, economics and literature. Harvard draws its 20,000 students--including about 13,600 graduate and professional students--from all 50 states and from more than 80 countries worldwide.

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

Princeton University

• "U.S. News & World Report" ranks Princeton second in the United States for 2010, while the Times Higher Education Supplement ranks it eighth in the world. Based in the town of Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton University employs just over 1,100 members of faculty, with an impressive staff to student ratio of 5:1. Of the 7,500 enrolled students, around 2,500 study on graduate programs. Princeton's Faculty includes a number of Nobel Prize winners, including Toni Morrison, Nobel Prize winner for Literature in 1993 and Osamu Shimomura, Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry in 2008. (See references 1, 2, 6 and 7)

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

Yale University

• Yale ranks third in the United States, according to the "U.S. News & World Report" survey, while the Times Higher Education Supplement ranks it third in the world. Around 5,200 undergraduate and 6,100 graduate and professional students are enrolled at Yale in each academic year, taught by more than 3,600 faculty members. Yale offers more than 2,000 undergraduate courses each year in the liberal arts and sciences, many taught by the most distinguished professors. These courses are spread across 13 schools as diverse as the School of Drama, the School of Engineering and the School of Public Health.

  Yale University
  New Haven, CT 06520
  203-432-9300
  yale.edu

California Institute of Technology

• The California Institute of Technology, also known as Caltech, ranks fourth in the United States and 10th in the world, according to the "U.S. News & World Report" and Times Higher Education Supplement surveys. Based in Pasadena, Caltech focuses on science and technology, and aims to expand knowledge and benefit society through its research in these areas. Its faculty include 32 Nobel Prize winners and 54 recipients of the National Medal of Science. More than 2,000 students are enrolled at Caltech each year.

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