The US News & World Report have been compiling the best and most renowned American college and university rankings since 1983 and is based upon the information and data collected by the U.S.News from educational institutions through surveys or from the website of the school. Opinion surveys are also conducted among the university faculty.
The individual school order changes quite significantly every year based on peer assessment, reputation of the institution gained from guidance counselor, the rate of retention of students, the faculty resources, student selectivity, financial resources calculated by per student spending, and alumni giving rate. These are given statistical weight.
The US News top ten national universities are National universities offer the full and wide range of undergraduate majors, master’s and doctoral PhD degrees. They are widely known for their path breaking research.
1. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Harvard is comprised of the top ranked Business School and its Medical School, Graduate Education School, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Law School, John F. Kennedy School of government.
Eight US presidents gave graduated from here including Franklin D.Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy and the incumbent Barrack Obama.
2. Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
It has highly ranked programs through the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and also through the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
3. Yale University, New Haven, CT
The top ranked Law School and the top ranked School of Medicine, School of Management, School of Art, and School of Nursing are also included. Some of the famous alumni include actress Meryl Streep and Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward.
4. Columbia University, New York, NY
It offers a wide range of student activities. Its graduate schools comprise of the highly ranked Business School, Teachers College, SEAS, Law School, School of International and Public Affairs, College of Physicians and Surgeons.
5. Stanford University, Stanford, CA
It includes the top ranked School of Education, School of Engineering, School of Medicine and Graduate School of Business.
6. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Its highly ranked graduate programs are the Wharton School, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Law School, School of Education, School of Medicine.
7. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Caltech, in addition to undergraduate programs, offers graduate programs in various spheres such as engineering, computer science, earth sciences, physics, and biology and so on. Its alumni founded companies such as Intel, Compaq and Hotmail.
8. Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, MA
Its main focus is on technological and scientific research. It has a highly ranked School of Engineering and the Sloan School of Management.
9. Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
It includes the highly ranked Tuck School of Business and has a very high research activity.
10. Duke University, Durham, NC
Duke University offers graduate and professional study in arts, science, business, engineering, environment, law, public policy, nursing and medicine.
National Liberal Arts Rankings by U.S.News – top ten
Here the schools emphasize education in under graduation and award most of their degrees for the liberal arts study fields.
Harvard Business School (HBS) is a graduate business school belonging to the Harvard University and located in Boston, Massachusetts. It offers an MBA program as well as a doctoral program and a host of executive business programs.
It has been ranked the 1st out of all the American business schools by the U.S.News & World Report and ranks 3rd according to the Financial Times Global MBA Rankings. It is an Ivy League business school and is one of the top schools in the world. It has also been ranked 1st by QS Global 200 Business School Report in the year 2009.
Stanford Graduate School of Business
It is also known as the Stanford GSB and belongs to the Stanford University, California, US. It is a most selective business school and has been widely recognized as a leading one. It offers the Sloan Master’s program which gives an MS in management. It has been ranked 1st by USNWR and 3rd by 2010 Financial Times. The Economic magazine ranked it 4th in 2008 ranking in the world.
Trinity College
Trinity College belonging to the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, is a world leading academic institution imparting outstanding education and research.
Its alumni have won 32 Nobel Prizes. It has also got the distinction of the highest proportion of its students who have obtained Firsts in exams out of all colleges in the year 2008.
Yale Law School, Yale University
Yale Law School known as YLS belonging to the the Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, US is a selective law school and is the number one in the US according to USNWR throughout the years. Its admission process is most competitive with its small class size and its prestigious ranking.
Imperial college London
It belongs to the British University in London and specializes in engineering, science, medicine and business. According to the 2009 Times Higher Education QS World University Rankings, it was placed 5th and in 2010 it was placed 7th overall among the world colleges. Its campus is situated in South Kensington, Central London. It is consistently ranked third in the UK and tops the engineering colleges.
Princeton University
It is an Ivy League University in New Jersey, United States. It has consistently been ranked first or 2nd by USNWR and has been ranked 8th in world universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University. It has been ranked 5th in the world by the QS World University rankings for the year 2010.
California Institute of Technology
The Caltech is a private college in Pasadena, California, United States and has six divisions emphasizing on science and engineering. It enrolls only 900 undergraduates and 1200 graduates and has 300 faculties. 31 of its alumni have won Nobel Prizes.
It was ranked 2nd in the world in 2010 by Times Higher Education World University Rankings and was also ranked the best college for Engineering and Technology category. It has the highest faculty citation all over the world.
College of the University of Chicago
It ranks 9th in undergraduate education according to USNWR and had a tie with Dartmouth University and Duke University.
It has also been acclaimed as having the Best Undergraduate Academic Experience according to the Princeton Review. Its students also have the highest SAT score band. Forbes ranked it the 4th best in the year 2008 and called it a billionaire university.
University College London
UCL is a public university and a constituent college of the University of London. IT is a highly ranked college and currently there are 21 Nobel Prize winners in the UCL alumni.
Massachusetts School of Engineering
It belongs to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US. It has been accredited by New England Association of Schools and Colleges.
Its school of engineering has been consistently ranked first for both graduate and undergraduate programs by USNWR. The National Research Council ranked it first in reputation as it is the fourth more preferred college in the country.
While there are year to year fluctuations among the top ranked engineering colleges in the US, a weighted average of several numerical criteria are used such as peer assessment, student selectivity, faculty resources, graduation and retention rate, graduate rate performance and so on. Class sizes are also taken into consideration. Each ranking system has its own unique methodologies and hence may vary in slight degrees.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
MIT is consistently ranked among the top notch schools. MIT has been placed as a top ranker in many college publications such as TheCenter’s Top American Research Universities and Washington Monthly’s ‘College Guide’. The Times Higher placed MIT second only to Harvard. Regardless of ranking systems, MIT is a prominent top figure.
Stanford University
The Stanford School of Engineering has nine departments and 241 faculties with about 4000 students.
It has consistently ranked in the top ten engineering colleges with its highly rated 65 departmental laboratories, affiliate programs, multi disciplinary centers which bring in medicine, business, linguistics and physics.
University of California Berkeley
UC Berkeley Engineering offers top ranked programs in all engineering fields. It has a distinguished research and teaching reputation and also draws in the best talent in the country. US News and World Report have been placing it on the top based on expert opinion and statistical date measuring the quality of the students, faculty and research facilities.
Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta GA
This College of Engineering, Georgia Tech. is accredited to various specialized programs such as the AACSB international, ABET, ACS (American Chemical Society), CAAHEP, and so on which prove its outstanding rating among engineering colleges.
It has many nationally recognized programs which are all voted the best by peers as well as publications and is ranked highly by U.S.News and World Report.
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
The college of Engineering is ranked 6th in undergraduate and 5th in graduate programs nationally. Open Doors rank this university 5th in the nation’s top research institutions. It is the only US institution that ranks in the top ten in the three basic meters – student enrollment, number of study abroad students and the number of federally funded Title VI National Resource centers for international studies.
Carnegie Mellon University Pitts burgh, PA
Carnegie Mellon’s college of engineering is a regular top ranker in the world. In the latest U.S.News and World Report it has been ranked 7th for undergraduate and 6th for graduate engineering and also 6th in the world for engineering and technology by London Times Higher Education.
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena CA
The California Institute of Technology also known as Caltech was ranked 2nd internationally in the year 2010 by Times Higher Education World University Ranking and this was just next to Harvard University.
In addition, it was noted to have the highest faculty number in the world. Academic Ranking of World University after great research ranked Caltech as 6th in the world and 5th in the US for the year 2010.
University of Michigan Ann Arbor
The University Of Michigan College Of Engineering offers about 15 undergraduate degree programs, almost all of which are ranked in the top ten according to US News and World Report.
University of Texas Austin (Cockrell) Austin
The Cockrell School of Engineering at the University of Texas is ranked 6th according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities and 9th according to the US News and World Report. All its graduate programs are ranked in the top twenty nationally.
Cornell University Ithaca, NY
The engineering college has a research unit that is ranked 4th in the world as it produces the largest number of graduates who pursue PhDs in engineering and natural sciences at Universities in America and also ranked 5th in the world for producing graduates who study PhD at US universities in any field.
The United States of America offers the students a unique earn while you work opportunity and also lucrative placements after completion of the course from any of its internationally reputed universities. The top ten colleges offer excellent and wide range of courses with easy financial assistance and varied job opportunities for promoting career growth.
Harvard University Cambridge, MA
Its undergraduate program is ranked first in the National Universities by the US News& World Report and is ranked 8th by Forbes. The Washington Monthly ranks it 9th. It is internationally ranked as the 1st by Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
Princeton University NJ
It is one of the 8 universities of the Ivy League and has bee consistently ranked either 1st or 2nd among national universities by US News & World Report (USNWR} for the past ten years and was at the number one spot for 9 years.
Yale University New Haven, CT
It is a private Ivy League University in New Haven and has been regularly ranked as one of the leading universities. In 2010 it was ranked third in the QS World University Rankings and 10th in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
It has always featured in the top 5 in each of the years from 2006 to 2010. It is also the 5th best university in the world for Arts and Humanities.
Columbia University
Columbia University in New York is a private Ivy League college and is ranked by ARWU national 7th, by Forbes it is 13th, by QS World it is 11th and by USNWR National Universities it is ranked 4th.Its undergraduate schools are ranked 4th overall by USNWR and 3rd in selectivity among national universities.
Stanford University
The university’s undergraduate program is ranked 5th in national universities by USNWR in the year 2010 and 4th in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
Its subject rankings are 3rd in social sciences and technology and 6th in life sciences and biomedicine. It is also one of the world’s top 5 universities according to MINE Paris Tech rankings.
University of Pennsylvania
This Philadelphia based private university often called as Penn and ranked #5 by USNWR for its undergraduate education. In the Ivy League it is ranked 5th which is behind Harvard, Princeton, Yale and Columbia. It was ranked #4 by USNWR in 2005 and #6 in 2009.
California Institute of Technology
Caltech as it is commonly called emphasizes on science and engineering. It has been accredited by Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
It was ranked 2nd internationally by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings just after Harvard and the best in Engineering and Technology category.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
This is a private research university in Cambridge Massachusetts. It has 5 schools and one college with 32 departments and emphasizes on scientific and technological research. It has been accredited by New England Association of Schools and Colleges.
The School of Engineering was ranked 1st in graduate and undergraduate programs by USNWR in 1994. National Research council ranked it the 1st in reputation and 4th in faculty awards. It is the 4th most preferred college in the US.
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College is a private university in Hanover and comprises of the renowned Tuck School of Business and 19 other graduate programs in both arts and science.
Duke University
This is a private university in Durham, North Carolina which has ranked 9th in the past decade of the USNWR for undergraduate programs. It has been ranked 7th by the Chronicle of Higher Education.
The universities and the schools mentioned below are all AACSB international accredited and some of the top schools offering Executive MBA programs in the US.
Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Management – Kellogg School Executive MBA Program
400 executive MBA students are enrolled. A number of top organizations send their participants to the eMBA program such as Motorola, Guidant, Baxter Healthcare, General Electric and IBM. Areas include marketing, accounting, finance, human resources, manufacturing, operations, strategy and others.
The University of Chicago
This Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois, which provides the Executive MBA program, is in North America.
The abilities of the candidates are checked by their academic record and history of work experience.
All functional categories of business are addressed such as finance, consulting, accounting, marketing, sales and so on.
University of Pennsylvania
The Wharton School is a renowned and highly rated school offering MBA program for executives. The course is for 24 months and the classes meet on alternate weekends. Most of them have advanced degrees and a majority is from the financial services.
Columbia University
The Columbia Business School in New York offers Executive MBA in a course lasting 20 months where classes meet over alternate weekends. The total strength is 796. The average base salary for a new EMBA entrant is around 120000$.
The majority of the students are from the financial services, Students from top organizations such as JP Morgan Chase & Co., Pfizer Inc. Ernst &Young, Goldman Sachs Co. and IBM are enrolled here.
University of Southern California
The Marshall School of Business offers the USC Marshall Executive MBA (EMBA) program as a program of 21 months. It is a highly rated business school and accredited by AACSB International and WASC. Other graduate degree programs offered are Master of Business Taxation, Master of Science in Business Administration and Master of Medical Management.
Transcripts and employment background are taken as criteria for admissions. Students here belong to various prestigious positions such as CEOs or Chairman. All functional categories of business management are offered.
University of Michigan
The Ross School of Business offers Executive MBA program and is known as Stephen M.Ross School of Business. It is a well rated public institution and the classes meet one weekend per month. The average basic salary of a new EMBA entrant is $162,000.
University of California – Los Angeles
The UCLA Anderson School of Management is a public institution which offers a highly acclaimed EMBA program. This high ranked college offers its new EMBA entrants a high base salary of $132,000.
Students work in all the functional categories such as consulting, finance/accounting, general management, Marketing and Sales, Management Information systems and so on.
Southern Methodist University
The Cox School of Business in Dallas, Texas, is accredited by the AACSB International and offers a resident EMBA program and other management programs such as Master of Science in Management and Master of Science in Entrepreneurship.
Duke University
The Fuqua School of Business offers the Duke MBA which is a Global Executive program with a mandatory international trip or a project. Case studies, Lectures, simulations team projects are organized. It has brought significant technological advancements to the teaching system.
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
The Kenan-Flagler Business School, in North Carolina is a public institution of high repute and is also AACSB International accredited. They offer electives such as Global Immersion, Modern Financial strategies, Services marketing and Services Operations Management. They have n efficient alumni networking web site and offer career placement services.
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