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Computer Science research in United States

Alphabet (United States) ranks first in United States for Computer Science research in 2022-now (#3 worldwide), followed by Stanford University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

United States's world rank
#1
of 128 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
181k
Top-10% rate
11.1%
Ranked institutions
60

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Computer Science in United States?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Alphabet (United States)Mountain View #386.922.5%2,030
2Stanford UniversityStanford #580.818.6%1,953
3Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge #678.715.3%1,910
4Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh #776.816.0%2,815
5University of California, BerkeleyBerkeley #1171.417.6%1,774
6Harvard UniversityCambridge #1667.017.3%1,204
7Microsoft (United States)Redmond #1865.623.6%2,154
8University of California San DiegoSan Diego #2561.713.0%1,485
9New York UniversityNew York #2661.214.5%1,871
10University of WashingtonSeattle #2959.916.5%1,590
11University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUrbana #3059.513.1%2,289
12University of MichiganAnn Arbor #3358.313.1%1,865
13Princeton UniversityPrinceton #3458.017.2%852
14Cornell UniversityIthaca #3657.315.6%1,312
15Georgia Institute of TechnologyAtlanta #4454.913.0%2,199
16Columbia UniversityNew York #4554.713.7%1,358
17The University of Texas at AustinAustin #4754.114.2%1,498
18University of California, Los AngelesLos Angeles #4853.914.6%1,218
19Yale UniversityNew Haven #5552.315.7%809
20University of Maryland, College ParkCollege Park #5652.012.9%1,445
21University of ChicagoChicago #5951.412.6%815
22Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore #6051.212.4%1,317
23California Institute of TechnologyPasadena #6250.816.3%589
24University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia #6350.615.3%784
25University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles #6450.512.5%1,500
26Purdue University West LafayetteWest Lafayette #6650.112.3%1,978
27University of California, Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara #6849.714.2%673
28IBM (United States)Armonk #7249.014.7%1,214
29University of Wisconsin–MadisonMadison #7848.114.8%998
30Pennsylvania State UniversityState College #7947.911.3%1,481
31Duke UniversityDurham #8846.713.1%925
32Northwestern UniversityEvanston #9346.013.5%649
33University of California, IrvineIrvine #9745.511.5%988
34University of Colorado BoulderBoulder #10145.012.8%639
35Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyNew Brunswick #10744.311.5%826
36University of California SystemOakland #11143.911.9%174
37Northeastern UniversityBoston #11443.613.6%1,078
38Arizona State UniversityTempe #12242.811.6%1,386
39Rice UniversityHouston #12342.712.4%440
40National Institutes of HealthBethesda #12742.316.1%359
41Indiana UniversityBloomington #12842.210.4%1,069
42Boston UniversityBoston #13441.711.4%526
43University of FloridaGainesville #14340.910.6%1,378
44Texas A&M UniversityCollege Station #14540.712.3%1,151
45University of Notre DameNotre Dame #14740.513.4%618
46University of Massachusetts AmherstAmherst Center #15240.112.9%686
47Allen InstituteSeattle #15939.628.2%122
48University of California, RiversideRiverside #16039.511.9%577
49University of PittsburghPittsburgh #16239.410.2%736
50University of UtahSalt Lake City #16339.310.0%681
51Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryBerkeley #17038.815.0%370
52North Carolina State UniversityRaleigh #17438.511.5%1,028
53Argonne National LaboratoryLemont #17538.514.1%348
54University of Illinois ChicagoChicago #17838.313.2%712
55University of MinnesotaMinneapolis #18138.111.4%683
56The Ohio State UniversityColumbus #18238.012.4%1,076
57University of VirginiaCharlottesville #19037.510.1%822
58Brown UniversityProvidence #19237.413.4%298
59George Mason UniversityFairfax #21036.310.7%1,055
60Nvidia (United States)Santa Clara #21136.222.0%472

Institutions in United States above the floor of 40 fractional works in Computer Science, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Computer Science researchers in United States?

Kim‐Kwang Raymond Choo, Anil Kumar Jain and MengChu Zhou rank highest among researchers based in United States, on their papers in Computer Science that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Kim‐Kwang Raymond Choo#22,954 worldwide overall448.6 of 952 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Anil Kumar Jain#5,446 worldwide overall300.8 of 596 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3MengChu Zhou#13,517 worldwide overall315.9 of 710 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Scott J. Shenker#597 worldwide overall217.3 of 378 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Ion Gabriel Stoica#1,312 worldwide overall213.0 of 379 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Ming–Hsuan Yang#5,070 worldwide overall238.2 of 499 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Jiawei Han#24,186 worldwide overall310.2 of 680 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Philip S. Yu#336,691 worldwide overall497.8 of 1,417 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Li Fei-Fei#1,714 worldwide overall186.8 of 340 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10H. Vincent Poor#31,413 worldwide overall270.7 of 1,050 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Onur Mutlu#5,670 worldwide overall224.8 of 428 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Dan Boneh#1,508 worldwide overall171.8 of 303 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Christopher D. Manning#6,887 worldwide overall169.9 of 334 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Dawn Xiaodong Song#388 worldwide overall164.9 of 284 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Trevor J. Darrell#3,984 worldwide overall167.3 of 379 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in United States on their work in Computer Science alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

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What are the best universities for computer science in the United States?

Alphabet (United States) ranks first in United States for Computer Science research in 2022-now (#3 worldwide), followed by Stanford University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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