Top research institutions in United States
Harvard University ranks first in United States on research quality in 2022–2025 (#4 worldwide), followed by Stanford University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Ranked by research quality, 2022–2025
| # | Institution | World rank | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harvard UniversityUniversity · Cambridge | #4 | 28.6% | 25,491 | #1 |
| 2 | Stanford UniversityUniversity · Stanford | #8 | 25.5% | 24,456 | #2 |
| 3 | Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUniversity · Cambridge | #12 | 27.8% | 12,614 | #3 |
| 4 | Yale UniversityUniversity · New Haven | #30 | 21.8% | 20,208 | #8 |
| 5 | Cornell UniversityUniversity · Ithaca | #31 | 23.6% | 20,428 | #7 |
| 6 | University of California, BerkeleyUniversity · Berkeley | #32 | 21.8% | 17,404 | #4 |
| 7 | University of California San DiegoUniversity · San Diego | #33 | 22.3% | 17,440 | #14 |
| 8 | University of MichiganUniversity · Ann Arbor | #35 | 21.5% | 27,538 | #6 |
| 9 | University of PennsylvaniaUniversity · Philadelphia | #36 | 23.5% | 18,531 | #13 |
| 10 | University of California, Los AngelesUniversity · Los Angeles | #38 | 21.7% | 19,128 | #12 |
| 11 | Princeton UniversityUniversity · Princeton | #40 | 28.4% | 8,823 | #10 |
| 12 | University of WashingtonUniversity · Seattle | #48 | 22.8% | 20,556 | #9 |
| 13 | Columbia UniversityUniversity · New York | #49 | 23.1% | 16,617 | #16 |
| 14 | Johns Hopkins UniversityUniversity · Baltimore | #51 | 22.5% | 21,687 | #19 |
| 15 | California Institute of TechnologyUniversity · Pasadena | #56 | 27.5% | 4,861 | #5 |
| 16 | Howard Hughes Medical InstituteResearch facility · Chevy Chase | #68 | 49.8% | 1,663 | #11 |
| 17 | Washington University in St. LouisUniversity · St Louis | #69 | 20.9% | 14,322 | #30 |
| 18 | Northwestern UniversityUniversity · Evanston | #70 | 23.6% | 13,672 | #22 |
| 19 | University of ChicagoUniversity · Chicago | #79 | 19.2% | 16,482 | #18 |
| 20 | University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUniversity · Urbana | #80 | 21.9% | 17,658 | #15 |
| 21 | New York UniversityUniversity · New York | #81 | 22.3% | 16,167 | #35 |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin–MadisonUniversity · Madison | #83 | 21.5% | 18,943 | #17 |
| 23 | University of California, San FranciscoUniversity · San Francisco | #85 | 22.4% | 12,812 | #27 |
| 24 | The University of Texas at AustinUniversity · Austin | #92 | 21.9% | 17,051 | #24 |
| 25 | Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity · State College | #93 | 21.6% | 19,506 | #26 |
| 26 | Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryResearch facility · Berkeley | #97 | 22.2% | 5,264 | #21 |
| 27 | Duke UniversityUniversity · Durham | #98 | 21.4% | 14,160 | #42 |
| 28 | University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUniversity · Chapel Hill | #100 | 9.6% | 34,517 | #34 |
| 29 | Brigham and Women's HospitalHospital / health system · Boston | #104 | 24.0% | 8,998 | #53 |
| 30 | University of California, IrvineUniversity · Irvine | #110 | 21.1% | 11,742 | #44 |
| 31 | The Ohio State UniversityUniversity · Columbus | #112 | 19.3% | 18,827 | #31 |
| 32 | Purdue University West LafayetteUniversity · West Lafayette | #113 | 17.7% | 19,763 | #38 |
| 33 | University of FloridaUniversity · Gainesville | #114 | 18.1% | 21,103 | #49 |
| 34 | University of PittsburghUniversity · Pittsburgh | #117 | 19.5% | 15,314 | #39 |
| 35 | Massachusetts General HospitalHospital / health system · Boston | #122 | 20.9% | 11,544 | #58 |
| 36 | University of MinnesotaUniversity · Minneapolis | #124 | 20.9% | 14,686 | #25 |
| 37 | University of Southern CaliforniaUniversity · Los Angeles | #129 | 21.4% | 14,809 | #41 |
| 38 | University of California, DavisUniversity · Davis | #131 | 20.3% | 15,267 | #45 |
| 39 | Texas A&M UniversityUniversity · College Station | #133 | 21.5% | 15,315 | #54 |
| 40 | Carnegie Mellon UniversityUniversity · Pittsburgh | #135 | 25.5% | 8,353 | #36 |
| 41 | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterHospital / health system · Houston | #137 | 17.8% | 11,022 | #89 |
| 42 | Georgia Institute of TechnologyUniversity · Atlanta | #138 | 20.7% | 12,663 | #40 |
| 43 | University of Maryland, College ParkUniversity · College Park | #143 | 23.2% | 11,079 | #29 |
| 44 | University of Colorado BoulderUniversity · Boulder | #148 | 23.9% | 7,887 | #43 |
| 45 | Emory UniversityUniversity · Atlanta | #152 | 17.7% | 14,026 | #61 |
| 46 | University of California, Santa BarbaraUniversity · Santa Barbara | #154 | 23.4% | 6,553 | #23 |
| 47 | National Institutes of HealthGovernment institution · Bethesda | #161 | 23.9% | 5,456 | #20 |
| 48 | Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyUniversity · New Brunswick | #163 | 20.3% | 13,131 | #46 |
| 49 | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiUniversity · New York | #169 | 18.1% | 9,818 | #92 |
| 50 | Michigan State UniversityUniversity · East Lansing | #174 | 21.0% | 14,675 | #56 |
| 51 | Broad InstituteNonprofit · Cambridge | #188 | 36.9% | 1,576 | #160 |
| 52 | University of VirginiaUniversity · Charlottesville | #191 | 18.7% | 11,492 | #59 |
| 53 | Arizona State UniversityUniversity · Tempe | #196 | 22.5% | 13,576 | #63 |
| 54 | University of ArizonaUniversity · Tucson | #200 | 17.5% | 13,025 | #51 |
| 55 | Boston UniversityUniversity · Boston | #201 | 22.9% | 9,881 | #64 |
| 56 | North Carolina State UniversityUniversity · Raleigh | #213 | 20.3% | 11,450 | #80 |
| 57 | Johns Hopkins MedicineHospital / health system · Baltimore | #219 | 23.6% | 7,682 | #74 |
| 58 | University of UtahUniversity · Salt Lake City | #250 | 17.8% | 12,856 | #60 |
| 59 | Argonne National LaboratoryResearch facility · Lemont | #268 | 19.5% | 4,016 | #33 |
| 60 | Rice UniversityUniversity · Houston | #275 | 23.9% | 4,528 | #70 |
| 61 | Vanderbilt UniversityUniversity · Nashville | #282 | 21.0% | 8,230 | #67 |
| 62 | Virginia TechUniversity · Blacksburg | #283 | 20.6% | 11,483 | #85 |
| 63 | University of Illinois ChicagoUniversity · Chicago | #284 | 19.2% | 10,374 | #87 |
| 64 | The University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterHospital / health system · Dallas | #287 | 18.7% | 7,540 | #72 |
| 65 | Google (United States)Company · Mountain View | #296 | 27.4% | 3,783 | #155 |
| 66 | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterHospital / health system · New York | #299 | 19.7% | 6,624 | #86 |
| 67 | Oak Ridge National LaboratoryResearch facility · Oak Ridge | #324 | 15.7% | 6,650 | #32 |
| 68 | Stony Brook UniversityUniversity · Stony Brook | #336 | 20.9% | 6,013 | #81 |
| 69 | Baylor College of MedicineUniversity · Houston | #337 | 17.0% | 8,036 | #96 |
| 70 | Los Alamos National LaboratoryResearch facility · Los Alamos | #341 | 14.7% | 4,817 | #37 |
| 71 | Columbia University Irving Medical CenterHospital / health system · New York | #344 | 19.4% | 5,299 | #164 |
| 72 | Brown UniversityUniversity · Providence | #345 | 20.5% | 8,012 | #69 |
| 73 | Stanford MedicineHospital / health system · Stanford | #352 | 25.5% | 3,224 | #156 |
| 74 | University of Massachusetts AmherstUniversity · Amherst Center | #361 | 20.1% | 7,271 | #77 |
| 75 | University of RochesterUniversity · Rochester | #379 | 17.5% | 5,898 | #55 |
| 76 | Vanderbilt University Medical CenterHospital / health system · Nashville | #388 | 17.8% | 6,590 | #195 |
| 77 | Colorado State UniversityUniversity · Fort Collins | #394 | 19.6% | 7,322 | #93 |
| 78 | University of MiamiUniversity · Coral Gables | #395 | 17.8% | 9,801 | #97 |
| 79 | University of GeorgiaUniversity · Athens | #399 | 23.6% | 9,009 | #100 |
| 80 | Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteResearch facility · Boston | #400 | 23.3% | 3,274 | #83 |
| 81 | University of Alabama at BirminghamUniversity · Birmingham | #401 | 16.4% | 9,648 | #112 |
| 82 | Mayo ClinicHospital / health system · Rochester | #403 | 20.0% | 7,943 | #108 |
| 83 | University of Tennessee at KnoxvilleUniversity · Knoxville | #409 | 19.4% | 8,027 | #95 |
| 84 | University of ConnecticutUniversity · Storrs | #410 | 20.4% | 7,490 | #99 |
| 85 | University of Central FloridaUniversity · Orlando | #419 | 19.1% | 7,678 | #137 |
| 86 | University of HoustonUniversity · Houston | #424 | 20.6% | 6,877 | #110 |
| 87 | Mayo Clinic in ArizonaHospital / health system · Scottsdale | #430 | 15.9% | 9,378 | #175 |
| 88 | Brookhaven National LaboratoryResearch facility · Upton | #434 | 23.3% | 1,990 | #47 |
| 89 | University of California, RiversideUniversity · Riverside | #437 | 21.7% | 5,948 | #84 |
| 90 | Iowa State UniversityUniversity · Ames | #445 | 19.1% | 7,525 | #78 |
| 91 | SLAC National Accelerator LaboratoryResearch facility · Menlo Park | #453 | 24.8% | 1,109 | #126 |
| 92 | University of Maryland, BaltimoreUniversity · Baltimore | #460 | 17.2% | 6,395 | #118 |
| 93 | Case Western Reserve UniversityUniversity · Cleveland | #461 | 17.0% | 7,153 | #79 |
| 94 | University at Buffalo, State University of New YorkUniversity · Buffalo | #464 | 18.0% | 7,974 | #98 |
| 95 | Mayo Clinic in FloridaHospital / health system · Jacksonville | #468 | 19.8% | 6,464 | #223 |
| 96 | University of DelawareUniversity · Newark | #469 | 20.3% | 5,921 | #102 |
| 97 | Boston Children's HospitalHospital / health system · Boston | #475 | 22.1% | 4,260 | #135 |
| 98 | Northeastern UniversityUniversity · Boston | #491 | 24.1% | 6,332 | #141 |
| 99 | St. Jude Children's Research HospitalHospital / health system · Memphis | #497 | 23.8% | 2,184 | #168 |
| 100 | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterHospital / health system · Boston | #501 | 21.8% | 4,070 | #144 |
| 101 | Oregon Health & Science UniversityUniversity · Portland | #511 | 17.5% | 6,167 | #127 |
| 102 | National Institute of Standards and TechnologyFunder · Gaithersburg | #512 | 15.8% | 2,320 | #28 |
| 103 | Tufts UniversityUniversity · Medford | #514 | 20.8% | 5,477 | #103 |
| 104 | National Cancer InstituteGovernment institution · Bethesda | #515 | 24.7% | 2,645 | #62 |
| 105 | Scripps Research InstituteNonprofit · San Diego | #516 | 33.0% | 1,054 | #57 |
| 106 | Florida State UniversityUniversity · Tallahassee | #518 | 21.0% | 6,467 | #94 |
| 107 | The University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonUniversity · Houston | #521 | 16.6% | 5,954 | #204 |
| 108 | University of Colorado DenverUniversity · Denver | #524 | 17.5% | 6,494 | #124 |
| 109 | Dartmouth CollegeUniversity · Hanover | #533 | 21.3% | 3,867 | #115 |
| 110 | Indiana University BloomingtonUniversity · Bloomington | #539 | 24.2% | 6,033 | #82 |
| 111 | University of IowaUniversity · Iowa City | #540 | 17.6% | 8,592 | #73 |
| 112 | University of MissouriUniversity · Columbia | #541 | 18.6% | 7,787 | #119 |
| 113 | Temple UniversityUniversity · Philadelphia | #549 | 20.1% | 5,272 | #145 |
| 114 | University of Notre DameUniversity · Notre Dame | #553 | 20.2% | 6,204 | #91 |
| 115 | University of California, Santa CruzUniversity · Santa Cruz | #555 | 23.9% | 3,775 | #104 |
| 116 | University of KentuckyUniversity · Lexington | #570 | 16.2% | 9,166 | #101 |
| 117 | University of Massachusetts Chan Medical SchoolUniversity · Worcester | #573 | 20.4% | 3,110 | #129 |
| 118 | University of California SystemUniversity · Oakland | #574 | 23.5% | 3,200 | #186 |
| 119 | Texas Tech UniversityUniversity · Lubbock | #580 | 17.4% | 8,315 | #196 |
| 120 | University of Colorado Anschutz Medical CampusUniversity · Aurora | #582 | 18.6% | 5,502 | #328 |
| 121 | University of Nebraska–LincolnUniversity · Lincoln | #586 | 18.9% | 5,819 | #133 |
| 122 | Cleveland ClinicHospital / health system · Cleveland | #599 | 13.5% | 9,587 | #154 |
| 123 | Rockefeller UniversityUniversity · New York | #602 | 20.6% | 1,259 | #52 |
| 124 | Albert Einstein College of MedicineUniversity · Bronx | #613 | 18.2% | 3,771 | #107 |
| 125 | Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryResearch facility · Livermore | #619 | 16.2% | 3,242 | #65 |
| 126 | George Washington UniversityUniversity · Washington | #626 | 18.7% | 6,901 | #167 |
| 127 | University of New MexicoUniversity · Albuquerque | #628 | 18.1% | 5,112 | #114 |
| 128 | University of South FloridaUniversity · Tampa | #642 | 16.9% | 8,833 | #149 |
| 129 | University of CincinnatiUniversity · Cincinnati | #649 | 18.4% | 6,016 | #131 |
| 130 | University of OklahomaUniversity · Norman | #655 | 19.8% | 5,104 | #163 |
| 131 | University of North TexasUniversity · Denton | #657 | 20.0% | 5,233 | #238 |
| 132 | Weill Cornell MedicineUniversity · New York | #669 | 21.9% | 2,670 | #511 |
| 133 | Drexel UniversityUniversity · Philadelphia | #682 | 19.7% | 4,510 | #157 |
| 134 | Tulane UniversityUniversity · New Orleans | #684 | 17.0% | 5,110 | #166 |
| 135 | Louisiana State UniversityUniversity · Baton Rouge | #685 | 18.0% | 5,358 | #140 |
| 136 | University of AlabamaUniversity · Tuscaloosa | #690 | 19.9% | 5,367 | #188 |
| 137 | Virginia Commonwealth UniversityUniversity · Richmond | #695 | 17.8% | 6,607 | #174 |
| 138 | Georgetown UniversityUniversity · Washington | #697 | 17.3% | 6,641 | #147 |
| 139 | Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (United States)Company · Redwood City | #700 | 45.3% | 416 | #490 |
| 140 | George Mason UniversityUniversity · Fairfax | #709 | 20.2% | 6,613 | #199 |
| 141 | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious DiseasesResearch facility · Bethesda | #710 | 29.0% | 1,176 | #76 |
| 142 | Oregon State UniversityUniversity · Corvallis | #716 | 17.8% | 6,048 | #123 |
| 143 | Clemson UniversityUniversity · Clemson | #724 | 19.8% | 6,118 | #209 |
| 144 | Center for Cancer ResearchResearch facility · Bethesda | #728 | 30.8% | 1,121 | #181 |
| 145 | Wayne State UniversityUniversity · Detroit | #731 | 16.6% | 6,045 | #139 |
| 146 | Indiana University – Purdue University IndianapolisUniversity · Indianapolis | #733 | 18.1% | 6,153 | #161 |
| 147 | Jet Propulsion LaboratoryResearch facility · Pasadena | #739 | 19.8% | 2,506 | #71 |
| 148 | Flatiron Health (United States)Company · New York | #745 | 34.7% | 610 | #516 |
| 149 | University of South CarolinaUniversity · Columbia | #753 | 19.1% | 7,095 | #132 |
| 150 | Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterHospital / health system · Los Angeles | #784 | 17.0% | 3,756 | #249 |
| 151 | Auburn UniversityUniversity · Auburn | #804 | 18.0% | 6,668 | #214 |
| 152 | Florida International UniversityUniversity · Miami | #812 | 19.6% | 5,898 | #272 |
| 153 | Washington State UniversityUniversity · Pullman | #837 | 18.5% | 5,459 | #130 |
| 154 | The University of Texas at DallasUniversity · Richardson | #846 | 20.8% | 4,124 | #230 |
| 155 | University of Nevada, RenoUniversity · Reno | #852 | 20.1% | 3,885 | #235 |
| 156 | Fred Hutch Cancer CenterNonprofit · Seattle | #853 | 22.1% | 1,986 | #151 |
| 157 | National Laboratory of the RockiesResearch facility · Golden | #858 | 19.3% | 2,659 | #128 |
| 158 | NYU Langone HealthHospital / health system · New York | #862 | 17.9% | 3,487 | #379 |
| 159 | Allen Institute for Brain ScienceResearch facility · Seattle | #864 | 30.8% | 905 | #372 |
| 160 | University of OregonUniversity · Eugene | #880 | 25.2% | 2,822 | #117 |
| 161 | Pfizer (United States)Company · New York | #882 | 23.8% | 2,048 | #226 |
| 162 | Boston CollegeUniversity · Boston | #885 | 22.2% | 3,166 | #171 |
| 163 | Goddard Space Flight CenterResearch facility · Greenbelt | #886 | 20.5% | 1,753 | #75 |
| 164 | Mississippi State UniversityUniversity · Starkville | #912 | 19.1% | 4,061 | #333 |
| 165 | California NanoSystems InstituteResearch facility · Los Angeles | #928 | 34.7% | 394 | #219 |
| 166 | Microsoft (United States)Company · Redmond | #941 | 31.7% | 1,489 | #138 |
| 167 | Parker Institute for Cancer ImmunotherapyResearch facility · San Francisco | #945 | 50.1% | 174 | #521 |
| 168 | Medical University of South CarolinaUniversity · Charleston | #955 | 14.1% | 4,642 | #215 |
| 169 | Wake Forest UniversityUniversity · Winston-Salem | #968 | 15.8% | 5,045 | #201 |
| 170 | Duke Medical CenterHospital / health system · Durham | #971 | 19.7% | 2,737 | #120 |
| 171 | University of Hawaiʻi at MānoaUniversity · Honolulu | #983 | 20.2% | 4,185 | #198 |
| 172 | Michigan MedicineHospital / health system · Ann Arbor | #985 | 22.0% | 2,748 | #319 |
| 173 | Medical College of WisconsinUniversity · Milwaukee | #991 | 13.8% | 5,179 | #227 |
| 174 | The Graduate Center, CUNYUniversity · New York | #994 | 21.9% | 1,903 | #322 |
| 175 | The University of Texas at San AntonioUniversity · San Antonio | #996 | 22.1% | 3,581 | #302 |
| 176 | University of KansasUniversity · Lawrence | #1,004 | 19.2% | 6,237 | #150 |
| 177 | Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaFunder · Philadelphia | #1,008 | 16.8% | 4,400 | #258 |
| 178 | Georgia State UniversityUniversity · Atlanta | #1,012 | 16.7% | 6,015 | #225 |
| 179 | Centers for Disease Control and PreventionFunder · Atlanta | #1,024 | 26.3% | 2,265 | #146 |
| 180 | The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science CenterUniversity · San Antonio | #1,028 | 15.2% | 3,012 | #187 |
| 181 | Scripps Institution of OceanographyResearch facility · La Jolla | #1,034 | 26.6% | 1,169 | #162 |
| 182 | University of Nebraska Medical CenterHospital / health system · Omaha | #1,045 | 14.6% | 3,724 | #345 |
| 183 | Planetary Science InstituteNonprofit · Tucson | #1,056 | 25.1% | 1,544 | #184 |
| 184 | IIT@MITResearch facility · Cambridge | #1,060 | 31.7% | 700 | #202 |
| 185 | City University of New YorkUniversity · New York | #1,062 | 19.5% | 3,198 | #192 |
| 186 | Kansas State UniversityUniversity · Manhattan | #1,068 | 17.7% | 4,533 | #169 |
| 187 | Moffitt Cancer CenterHospital / health system · Tampa | #1,074 | 13.9% | 2,825 | #382 |
| 188 | NSF National Center for Atmospheric ResearchResearch facility · Boulder | #1,079 | 23.6% | 821 | #90 |
| 189 | Thomas Jefferson UniversityUniversity · Philadelphia | #1,084 | 15.0% | 3,969 | #255 |
| 190 | Nvidia (United States)Company · Santa Clara | #1,103 | 30.6% | 740 | #583 |
| 191 | WinnMedNonprofit · Decorah | #1,122 | 14.6% | 4,159 | #408 |
| 192 | Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States)Company · Rahway | #1,130 | 19.3% | 1,756 | #191 |
| 193 | Syracuse UniversityUniversity · Syracuse | #1,145 | 21.6% | 3,862 | #153 |
| 194 | United States Geological SurveyGovernment institution · Reston | #1,147 | 17.6% | 3,229 | #109 |
| 195 | University of Cincinnati Medical CenterHospital / health system · Cincinnati | #1,171 | 18.9% | 2,831 | #281 |
| 196 | Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical CenterHospital / health system · Cincinnati | #1,176 | 16.8% | 3,387 | #266 |
| 197 | West Virginia UniversityUniversity · Morgantown | #1,181 | 16.2% | 5,962 | #233 |
| 198 | University of VermontUniversity · Burlington | #1,186 | 18.1% | 3,462 | #228 |
| 199 | University of ToledoUniversity · Toledo | #1,208 | 11.1% | 3,926 | #291 |
| 200 | Neurological SurgeryHospital / health system · Rockville Centre | #1,219 | 18.0% | 2,821 | #349 |
| 201 | Brigham Young UniversityUniversity · Provo | #1,225 | 15.6% | 5,019 | #180 |
| 202 | Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and HarvardHospital / health system · Cambridge | #1,238 | 40.4% | 225 | #361 |
| 203 | Salk Institute for Biological StudiesNonprofit · La Jolla | #1,242 | 32.8% | 438 | #88 |
| 204 | National Clinical ResearchResearch facility · Richmond | #1,247 | 24.4% | 1,215 | #1002 |
| 205 | University of LouisvilleUniversity · Louisville | #1,248 | 14.3% | 5,048 | #242 |
| 206 | Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental SciencesResearch facility · Boulder | #1,249 | 29.3% | 487 | #193 |
| 207 | Institute for Advanced StudyResearch facility · Princeton | #1,257 | 33.0% | 652 | #116 |
| 208 | University of Rochester Medical CenterHospital / health system · Rochester | #1,260 | 16.4% | 3,192 | #268 |
| 209 | Baylor UniversityUniversity · Waco | #1,275 | 17.3% | 3,636 | #318 |
| 210 | City of HopeHospital / health system · Lancaster | #1,276 | 18.2% | 1,515 | #496 |
| 211 | University of Pittsburgh Medical CenterHospital / health system · Pittsburgh | #1,283 | 14.6% | 3,469 | #271 |
| 212 | Oklahoma State UniversityUniversity · Stillwater | #1,287 | 21.0% | 3,438 | #243 |
| 213 | University of California, MercedUniversity · Merced | #1,288 | 20.6% | 2,077 | #387 |
| 214 | Kent State UniversityUniversity · Kent | #1,289 | 20.1% | 2,599 | #260 |
| 215 | University of Arkansas at FayettevilleUniversity · Fayetteville | #1,311 | 16.4% | 4,751 | #251 |
| 216 | Center for Astrophysics Harvard & SmithsonianUniversity · Cambridge | #1,314 | 13.0% | 1,537 | #159 |
| 217 | University at Albany, State University of New YorkUniversity · Albany | #1,315 | 23.8% | 2,379 | #203 |
| 218 | University of North Carolina at CharlotteUniversity · Charlotte | #1,322 | 19.1% | 3,774 | #366 |
| 219 | Center for Systems BiologyResearch facility · Boston | #1,333 | 39.6% | 396 | #300 |
| 220 | Lehigh UniversityUniversity · Bethlehem | #1,334 | 19.1% | 2,418 | #177 |
| 221 | UPMC Hillman Cancer CenterResearch facility · Pittsburgh | #1,339 | 25.2% | 643 | #352 |
| 222 | Northern Arizona UniversityUniversity · Flagstaff | #1,342 | 22.1% | 2,071 | #407 |
| 223 | IBM (United States)Company · Armonk | #1,366 | 22.3% | 862 | #68 |
| 224 | The University of Texas Medical Branch at GalvestonUniversity · Galveston | #1,368 | 14.7% | 3,547 | #221 |
| 225 | Intel (United States)Company · Santa Clara | #1,374 | 15.5% | 1,840 | #183 |
| 226 | Janelia Research CampusResearch facility · Ashburn | #1,384 | 43.1% | 176 | #270 |
| 227 | Irvine UniversityUniversity · Cerritos | #1,402 | 25.4% | 992 | #358 |
| 228 | Saint Louis UniversityUniversity · St Louis | #1,415 | 15.8% | 3,075 | #261 |
| 229 | University of Nevada, Las VegasUniversity · Las Vegas | #1,417 | 19.0% | 3,834 | #360 |
| 230 | The Ohio State University Wexner Medical CenterHospital / health system · Columbus | #1,418 | 16.6% | 3,179 | #572 |
| 231 | Sandia National LaboratoriesResearch facility · Albuquerque | #1,433 | 7.3% | 4,556 | #113 |
| 232 | Rush University Medical CenterHospital / health system · Chicago | #1,437 | 16.3% | 3,638 | #323 |
| 233 | The University of Texas at ArlingtonUniversity · Arlington | #1,451 | 18.7% | 4,056 | #283 |
| 234 | Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer CenterHospital / health system · Boston | #1,453 | 35.4% | 521 | #440 |
| 235 | Utah State UniversityUniversity · Logan | #1,459 | 20.4% | 3,759 | #246 |
| 236 | University of Tennessee Health Science CenterUniversity · Memphis | #1,490 | 14.5% | 2,723 | #278 |
| 237 | Colorado School of MinesUniversity · Golden | #1,491 | 15.4% | 2,583 | #292 |
| 238 | Augusta UniversityUniversity · Augusta | #1,498 | 15.6% | 2,682 | #329 |
| 239 | Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of MedicineHospital / health system · Cleveland | #1,509 | 21.3% | 1,550 | #456 |
| 240 | Joint Quantum InstituteResearch facility · College Park | #1,514 | 30.8% | 224 | #282 |
| 241 | North Dakota State UniversityUniversity · Fargo | #1,517 | 21.3% | 2,401 | #404 |
| 242 | University of North DakotaUniversity · Grand Forks | #1,534 | 17.2% | 2,143 | #419 |
| 243 | University of Kansas Medical CenterFunder · Kansas City | #1,537 | 14.3% | 2,989 | #375 |
| 244 | Film IndependentNonprofit · Los Angeles | #1,538 | 10.2% | 7,366 | #851 |
| 245 | Allen InstituteNonprofit · Seattle | #1,544 | 37.3% | 300 | #566 |
| 246 | California University of PennsylvaniaUniversity · California | #1,551 | 14.8% | 2,711 | #245 |
| 247 | University of Minnesota Medical CenterHospital / health system · Minneapolis | #1,559 | 17.5% | 1,691 | #231 |
| 248 | Old Dominion UniversityUniversity · Norfolk | #1,560 | 20.7% | 2,742 | #347 |
| 249 | Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer CenterResearch facility · Baltimore | #1,566 | 29.1% | 659 | #405 |
| 250 | UC San Diego Health SystemHospital / health system · San Diego | #1,572 | 20.6% | 1,197 | #816 |
| 251 | Binghamton UniversityUniversity · Binghamton | #1,576 | 18.0% | 2,856 | #285 |
| 252 | University of Massachusetts BostonUniversity · Boston | #1,623 | 18.8% | 2,189 | #315 |
| 253 | San Diego State UniversityUniversity · San Diego | #1,630 | 19.7% | 3,430 | #264 |
| 254 | New Jersey Institute of TechnologyUniversity · Newark | #1,632 | 20.4% | 2,313 | #377 |
| 255 | Translational Therapeutics (United States)Company · Arlington | #1,637 | 37.7% | 269 | #632 |
| 256 | University of Maryland, Baltimore CountyUniversity · Baltimore | #1,639 | 18.7% | 2,265 | #267 |
| 257 | Florida CollegeUniversity · Temple Terrace | #1,646 | 15.3% | 2,678 | #363 |
| 258 | Eli Lilly (United States)Company · Indianapolis | #1,662 | 22.1% | 1,156 | #274 |
| 259 | Fermi National Accelerator LaboratoryResearch facility · Batavia | #1,666 | 10.6% | 1,844 | #190 |
| 260 | Missouri University of Science and TechnologyUniversity · Rolla | #1,671 | 20.4% | 2,327 | #250 |
| 261 | Adobe Systems (United States)Company · San Jose | #1,695 | 27.6% | 649 | #498 |
| 262 | Seattle UniversityUniversity · Seattle | #1,698 | 17.3% | 2,180 | #212 |
| 263 | Neurosciences InstituteNonprofit · La Jolla | #1,699 | 29.5% | 461 | #570 |
| 264 | Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical CenterHospital / health system · Hershey | #1,700 | 12.5% | 3,205 | #439 |
| 265 | Lamont-Doherty Earth ObservatoryResearch facility · Sparkill | #1,706 | 26.2% | 429 | #185 |
| 266 | North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State UniversityUniversity · Greensboro | #1,710 | 21.0% | 1,733 | #756 |
| 267 | Broad CenterNonprofit · Los Angeles | #1,711 | 42.4% | 211 | #510 |
| 268 | University of Oklahoma Health Sciences CenterHospital / health system · Oklahoma City | #1,713 | 15.6% | 2,265 | #397 |
| 269 | Berkeley CollegeUniversity · New York | #1,718 | 21.1% | 1,071 | #432 |
| 270 | Kavli Energy NanoScience InstituteResearch facility · Berkeley | #1,725 | 41.0% | 116 | #473 |
| 271 | La Jolla Institute for ImmunologyNonprofit · San Diego | #1,732 | 30.4% | 246 | #220 |
| 272 | Florida Atlantic UniversityUniversity · Boca Raton | #1,736 | 17.2% | 3,587 | #390 |
| 273 | National Heart Lung and Blood InstituteResearch facility · Bethesda | #1,738 | 23.1% | 861 | #158 |
| 274 | Michigan Technological UniversityUniversity · Houghton | #1,754 | 18.4% | 1,924 | #295 |
| 275 | Southern Methodist UniversityUniversity · Dallas | #1,794 | 18.8% | 1,894 | #330 |
| 276 | Agricultural Research ServiceGovernment institution · Washington | #1,795 | 19.7% | 3,037 | #247 |
| 277 | Space Telescope Science InstituteResearch facility · Baltimore | #1,808 | 32.6% | 330 | #359 |
| 278 | University of Alaska FairbanksUniversity · Fairbanks | #1,835 | 18.8% | 1,129 | #252 |
| 279 | UConn HealthHospital / health system · Farmington | #1,840 | 17.5% | 1,394 | #257 |
| 280 | Zero to ThreeNonprofit · Washington | #1,841 | 23.7% | 1,002 | #513 |
| 281 | Discovery InstituteNonprofit · Seattle | #1,855 | 27.7% | 547 | #646 |
| 282 | Rochester Institute of TechnologyUniversity · Rochester | #1,858 | 16.5% | 2,498 | #455 |
| 283 | University of MississippiUniversity · Oxford | #1,862 | 17.4% | 2,611 | #316 |
| 284 | City Of Hope National Medical CenterHospital / health system · Duarte | #1,868 | 18.1% | 1,146 | #399 |
| 285 | Loyola University ChicagoUniversity · Chicago | #1,884 | 16.2% | 2,956 | #351 |
| 286 | University of MontanaUniversity · Missoula | #1,888 | 19.3% | 1,916 | #346 |
| 287 | Harvard Stem Cell InstituteResearch facility · Cambridge | #1,893 | 45.8% | 200 | #410 |
| 288 | Duke University HospitalHospital / health system · Durham | #1,919 | 20.1% | 1,548 | #170 |
| 289 | Stevens Institute of TechnologyUniversity · Hoboken | #1,923 | 17.2% | 2,540 | #396 |
| 290 | National Cancer CenterNonprofit · Plainview | #1,925 | 18.5% | 1,443 | #962 |
| 291 | Institute for Health Metrics and EvaluationResearch facility · Seattle | #1,927 | 49.7% | 217 | #779 |
| 292 | University of Colorado SystemUniversity · Boulder | #1,930 | 12.9% | 1,976 | #314 |
| 293 | Ohio UniversityUniversity · Athens | #1,932 | 16.6% | 2,297 | #307 |
| 294 | Regeneron (United States)Company · Tarrytown | #1,933 | 21.0% | 661 | #422 |
| 295 | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney DiseasesResearch facility · Bethesda | #1,935 | 27.6% | 635 | #213 |
| 296 | Houston MethodistHospital / health system · Houston | #1,936 | 17.7% | 1,642 | #464 |
| 297 | Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer ResearchResearch facility · Frederick | #1,943 | 27.4% | 549 | #335 |
| 298 | University of AkronUniversity · Akron | #1,946 | 15.1% | 1,314 | #305 |
| 299 | East Carolina UniversityUniversity · Greenville | #1,953 | 15.6% | 2,881 | #424 |
| 300 | Yale Cancer CenterResearch facility · New Haven | #1,958 | 25.7% | 688 | #640 |
Institutions above the volume floor, ranked within United States on the quality composite for 2022–2025; research measures only, not teaching. The tick on each rate track is the world’s rate in this record, 16.5% — teal above it, red below; bars are scaled to the largest institution on this page.
Size against quality inside United States
The upper left is the interesting corner: institutions that publish less than the national giants and land more of it in the world top 10%.
above the meannear itbelow it
One dot per institution in the table above.