TOP 10 BEST UNIVERSITIES IN USA IN 2022
A university is an institution of higher education which provides facilities and Material for teaching and are legally permitted to issue academic degrees.
A University is made up of an undergraduate division which awards bachelor’s degrees and a graduate section which awards Masters and doctorates degrees.
If you have been wondering which of the Universities is the best and why they are the best , you are in the right place. in this post we will vividly look at some of the best universities in the United states.
To answer the question of the best universities in the US, we will be using the data made available by UniRank. Unirank is the world acclaimed university ranking platform.
We shall compile Our list of top 10 universities based on the following criteria
ACCREDITATION OF THE UNIVERSITY :The universities being chartered or accredited by the authorized US Agencies.
ORGANISATION OF THE UNIVERSITY AND YEARS TO STUDY THEIR COURSES: How is the university organized, are they offering a four year undergraduate studies or postgraduate degrees ( master or doctoral degrees).
ORGANISATION OF COURSES: How are the courses organized, are they delivered predominantly offline or they offer long distance education lectures, online courses.
Top 10 universities in US
Below are the top 10 universities in the US according to unirank ranking.
The top on the list is
MIT as it is normally called is a private research base University located in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
The school was established in 1861, since its inception MIT has played a vital role in the development of modern science and technology. This university is ranked number 1 in America based on some factors.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a large, highly residential, research institute having a major enrollment in graduate and professional programs.
MIT has been fully accredited by New England Association of Schools and colleges since 1928.
The institution operates on 4-1-4 academic calendar with the fall semester beginning after Labor Day and ending in mid-December.
The second in our list is this prestigious University, Harvard is a private ivy league research institute, also located in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
It was founded in 1636, formally called Harvard college which was the name of its first benefactor, the “Puritan Clergyman John Harvard,.
Harvard University is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and one of the prestigious, best and highly ranked among universities.
Harvard University is made up of 10 academic faculties, including Harvard Radcliffe institute.
The institution Faculty of Arts and science offers several undergraduate and graduate courses while other faculties only offer post graduate degrees, including professional degrees.
Harvard operates three campuses which includes the Cambridge campus located on Harvard yards, Charles River campus located in Boston and the Medical campus in Boston’s Longwood Medical Area.
Harvard is worth about $50.9 billion in value, making them the richest academic institution in the world.
Harvard also has the largest academic library system having 79 individual libraries that hold about 20.4 million items.
Stanford University which is formally known as “Leland Stanford Junior University is a privately owned research institute in Stanford California.
It was established in 1885 by Leland and Jane Stanford in remembrance of their only child, Leland Stanford Jr. who passed away after suffering from typhoid fever.
Leland Stanford was a former Governor of California who made his wealth from railroad business.
Stanford University operates seven schools on the same campus, three schools which consist of 40 academic departments at the undergraduate division, with another four professional schools that channel it focus on graduate programs in law, business, education and medicine.
Stanford University also has an affiliation with the public policy think tank and the Hoover institution.
The institution has over 17,000 students and 4000 staff.
More than half of the student population is studying under the graduate division.
The following are the undergraduate and graduate degrees offered by the institution, Humanities and science, law, medical school, education and engineering.
Cornell University is a special type of high learning institution, different from the rest mentioned above, it is a statutory land grant research institute that is located at Ithaca, New York. It was established in 1865 by two friends namely Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson white.
This institution was founded with the sole purpose of teaching and making contributions in a field of learning. Ranging from Arts to sciences and from theoretical to the application.
Cornell University is also ranked high among universities.
The university is arranged into seven undergraduate colleges and seven post graduate divisions at its headquarters, Ithaca Campus.
The undergraduate college and post graduate division also has specific admission requirements and academic programs in near autonomy.
The institution also runs three mini campuses, two in New York City and one in Education city , Qatar.
Cornell University is among the few private land grant institutions in the United states, within their seven undergraduate colleges three are contract colleges through the United States University of New York (SUNY) system. Those contract colleges include its Agricultural and human ecology colleges and Industrial labor schools.
From the post graduate division only, the veterinary college is state-supported.
University of California, Berkeley
University of California is a government owned land grant research institute in Berkeley, California.
It was founded in 1868 with the name , University of California, this is California’s first land grant institution and the first campus of the University of California system.
University of California houses about 14 colleges and schools which offer over 350 degree courses.
The university has enrolled over 31,800 undergraduate students and 13,200 post graduate students.
The university is a member of Association of America universities, Berkeley also houses many other research centers dedicated to sciences, engineering and mathematics.
The university established three other national laboratories at Berkeley, Livermore and Los Alamos.
The institution played a very important role in many scientific Discoveries, financing the Manhattan project and the discovery of 16 chemical elements to the breakthrough achieved in computer science and genomics.
Another public research institution located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, it was established in 1817 by an act of the old Michigan Territory as the institution of universal knowledge. It was established 20 years before the territory became a State.
The institution was moved to the central campus Ann Arbor in 1837.
The university has been led by an elected management board since 1850.
The university is made up of nineteen colleges which offer degree programs at undergraduate, post graduate and postdoctoral in over 250 courses.
Michigan also houses nine professional schools which includes Ross school of business, Medical school, Law school, college of pharmacy, Taubman college of Architecture and urban planning, Ford school of public policy, school of Dentistry, school.of social work, school of public health.
The university was established in the year 1861, it is a non-profit public state University located in the city of Washington DC.
This university also has campuses scattered all over Washington, the campuses are located at Bothell and Tacoma.
The institution was officially accredited by the Northwest commission on colleges and universities.
The University of Washington is a very large academic community, having admitted about 45,000 students.
The university also offers programs leading to the award of Bachelor degrees, master degrees and doctorates degrees.
The institution admission is based on students’ performance in the entrance examination and also students’ past academic records and grades.
The admission rate of University of Washington is between 40 -50% , this makes the institution an average selective higher learning institution in the US.
Columbia University in the City of New York
This higher education institution was established in 1754, located in the metropolis of New York City.
It was accredited by the middle states commission on Higher Education.
Columbia University has an enrolled student population of about 30,000 to 35,000.
The institution offers courses that lead to the awarding of bachelor degrees , Masters degrees and doctorates degrees in several areas of study.
The admission policy of Columbia University is based on the students performance in the entrance examination as well as the students past academic records.
Their admission rate ranges from 0-10% making them the most selective university in the US.
This university was established in 1701, Yale University is a non profit privately owned institution located at New Haven, Connecticut.
Yale University was officially accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education.
This university has admitted about 10,000 to 15000 students.
Yale University also offers courses that lead to the awards of Bachelor degrees, master degree and doctorate degrees.
University of California, Los Angeles
This is a non profit public state University, located in the metropolis of Los Angeles California, it was founded in 1919.
This university operates branch campuses which are located at Berkeley, Davis, Merced, Irine, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Cruz.
The institution was officially accredited by the WASC senior college and university commission.
University of California, Los Angeles has a student community of over 45,000 students.
The institution also offers courses leading to a recognized bachelor degree, Master degrees and doctorates degrees in several e of study.
The institution also bases their selection process on the performance of the student in the entrance examination as well as the past academic records.
OTHER UNIVERSITIES IN THE TOP LIST IN USA :
11. University of Pennsylvania
12. University of Minnesota twin Cities
13.University of Wisconsin Madison
14.The University of Texas at Austin
15.John Hopkis University at Baltimore.
16. Princeton University
17.University of chicago
18.Purdue University
19.University of california ,san diego
20. New york University.
This list is culled from unirank.com