Top Ranked USA Universities

Harvard University

• Harvard was ranked first among world universities, as well as in U.S. universities, by the 2009 Academic Ranking of World Universities. Harvard was established in 1636 and is the oldest university in the United States. Harvard has produced over 40 Nobel laureates, including Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Kissinger. There are approximately 20,000 students enrolled at any one time at Harvard, including undergraduate and postgraduate students.

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

Stanford University

• Stanford is ranked second in the world, as well as in the United States, and was established in 1891. Stanford has a history of boldness from the outset, as it was created as a coeducational and nondenominational university at a time when most were male-only and associated with a religion. Stanford has 26 Nobel laureates from faculty members and more from graduates, including Joseph Stiglitz, Roger Kornberg and Martin Perl.

  Stanford University
  450 Serra Mall
  Stanford, CA 94305
  650-723-2300
  stanford.edu

University of California, Berkeley

• The University of California was founded in 1868, with the Berkeley campus as its flagship. Berkeley is one of the largest public universities, with an average of 35,000 students, both undergraduate and postgraduate. Berkeley faculty and alumni have won 46 Nobel prizes combined, including Luis Alvarez, Robert Laughlin and John Northrop. Berkeley is ranked third in the world and in the United States, as well.

  University of California, Berkeley
  Visitor's Center, Crn Telegraph Avenue, Bancroft Way
  Berkeley, CA 94720
  510-642-6000
  berkeley.edu

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

• MIT is ranked fifth in the world and fourth in the United States. MIT focuses on physical sciences like engineering, chemistry and biology, with other departments including economics and the social sciences. There are 73 Nobel Laureates hailing from MIT, including current U.S. President Barack Obama, former UN Secretary Kofi Annan and Amatya Sen.

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  77 Massachusetts Avenue
  Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
  617-253-1000
  web.mit.edu

Princeton University

• Started in 1746, Princeton is the fourth oldest university in the United States. Princeton University is ranked eighth in the world and seventh in the United States. Nobel laureates from Princeton include former U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, Toni Morrison and Gary S. Becker.

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