Field · Computer Science · United States
Computer Science research in United States
Google (United States) ranks first in United States for Computer Science research in 2022–2025 (#3 worldwide), followed by Carnegie Mellon University and Stanford University.
- United States's world rank
- #2 of 131 countries, 2022–2025
- Works, 2022–2025
- 181k
- Top-10% rate
- 19.0%
- 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?
| # | Institution | World rank | Score | Top-10% rate | Works |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Google (United States)Mountain View | #3 | 87.0 | 30.6% | 1,717 |
| 2 | Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh | #7 | 77.0 | 26.0% | 2,684 |
| 3 | Stanford UniversityStanford | #8 | 75.4 | 29.1% | 1,808 |
| 4 | University of California, BerkeleyBerkeley | #19 | 65.2 | 27.8% | 1,460 |
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge | #23 | 62.9 | 25.4% | 1,570 |
| 6 | Georgia Institute of TechnologyAtlanta | #24 | 62.4 | 21.2% | 2,168 |
| 7 | University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUrbana | #25 | 61.9 | 22.7% | 2,253 |
| 8 | University of California San DiegoSan Diego | #36 | 57.6 | 21.3% | 1,422 |
| 9 | Adobe Systems (United States)San Jose | #41 | 56.0 | 27.6% | 460 |
| 10 | Nvidia (United States)Santa Clara | #47 | 54.4 | 32.6% | 366 |
| 11 | The University of Texas at AustinAustin | #50 | 53.7 | 23.8% | 1,481 |
| 12 | University of WashingtonSeattle | #53 | 53.0 | 28.1% | 1,386 |
| 13 | Cornell UniversityIthaca | #55 | 52.6 | 25.1% | 1,229 |
| 14 | New York UniversityNew York | #59 | 51.7 | 24.3% | 1,368 |
| 15 | Microsoft (United States)Redmond | #60 | 51.5 | 32.5% | 839 |
| 16 | University of MichiganAnn Arbor | #63 | 51.0 | 23.0% | 1,618 |
| 17 | Columbia UniversityNew York | #67 | 50.2 | 21.4% | 1,292 |
| 18 | Purdue University West LafayetteWest Lafayette | #74 | 49.0 | 21.1% | 1,976 |
| 19 | University of FloridaGainesville | #78 | 48.4 | 19.7% | 1,364 |
| 20 | Princeton UniversityPrinceton | #86 | 47.3 | 26.3% | 842 |
| 21 | University of Maryland, College ParkCollege Park | #104 | 45.0 | 22.2% | 1,370 |
| 22 | Yale UniversityNew Haven | #105 | 44.9 | 26.1% | 782 |
| 23 | Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore | #108 | 44.6 | 22.8% | 1,047 |
| 24 | University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles | #111 | 44.2 | 22.6% | 1,473 |
| 25 | Texas A&M UniversityCollege Station | #114 | 43.9 | 20.1% | 1,072 |
| 26 | Virginia TechBlacksburg | #117 | 43.6 | 21.6% | 1,324 |
| 27 | Berkeley CollegeNew York | #119 | 43.4 | 36.3% | 220 |
| 28 | University of California, IrvineIrvine | #123 | 43.0 | 20.7% | 975 |
| 29 | University of California, DavisDavis | #125 | 42.8 | 19.9% | 758 |
| 30 | University of California, Los AngelesLos Angeles | #127 | 42.7 | 21.8% | 1,053 |
| 31 | University of Wisconsin–MadisonMadison | #130 | 42.4 | 23.6% | 991 |
| 32 | Arizona State UniversityTempe | #133 | 42.1 | 20.6% | 1,386 |
| 33 | Alibaba Group (United States)San Mateo | #137 | 41.8 | 35.7% | 351 |
| 34 | University of Notre DameNotre Dame | #138 | 41.7 | 23.5% | 618 |
| 35 | University of California, Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara | #141 | 41.4 | 22.4% | 672 |
| 36 | META HealthMarina del Rey | #146 | 41.0 | 33.2% | 185 |
| 37 | University of UtahSalt Lake City | #147 | 40.9 | 18.4% | 671 |
| 38 | Intel (United States)Santa Clara | #150 | 40.7 | 17.8% | 625 |
| 39 | University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia | #152 | 40.5 | 24.6% | 753 |
| 40 | Rice UniversityHouston | #155 | 40.3 | 22.2% | 440 |
| 41 | Harvard UniversityCambridge | #167 | 39.4 | 30.5% | 694 |
| 42 | Pennsylvania State UniversityState College | #170 | 39.2 | 20.5% | 1,465 |
| 43 | The Ohio State UniversityColumbus | #171 | 39.1 | 18.2% | 1,032 |
| 44 | North Carolina State UniversityRaleigh | #180 | 38.5 | 20.9% | 1,028 |
| 45 | Northeastern UniversityBoston | #184 | 38.3 | 24.1% | 1,073 |
| 46 | University of Illinois ChicagoChicago | #195 | 37.6 | 24.6% | 709 |
| 47 | University of Central FloridaOrlando | #199 | 37.3 | 24.0% | 794 |
| 48 | Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyNew Brunswick | #211 | 36.7 | 21.6% | 752 |
| 49 | Seattle UniversitySeattle | #221 | 36.1 | 23.5% | 354 |
| 50 | Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook | #228 | 35.7 | 22.2% | 779 |
| 51 | California Institute of TechnologyPasadena | #248 | 34.7 | 28.2% | 410 |
| 52 | Iowa State UniversityAmes | #257 | 34.3 | 18.1% | 653 |
| 53 | University of California SystemOakland | #261 | 34.1 | 22.8% | 174 |
| 54 | University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill | #270 | 33.7 | 12.4% | 1,052 |
| 55 | Duke UniversityDurham | #271 | 33.7 | 24.0% | 749 |
| 56 | California University of PennsylvaniaCalifornia | #273 | 33.6 | 19.7% | 283 |
| 57 | George Mason UniversityFairfax | #280 | 33.3 | 18.0% | 1,055 |
| 58 | University of HoustonHouston | #287 | 33.0 | 22.7% | 574 |
| 59 | University of ChicagoChicago | #291 | 32.8 | 23.4% | 790 |
| 60 | Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing | #300 | 32.5 | 23.7% | 921 |
Institutions in United States above the floor of 40 fractional works in Computer Science, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.
Who are the top Computer Science researchers in United States?
Li Fei-Fei, Ion Stoica and Jitendra Malik rank highest among researchers based in United States.
- 1Li Fei-Fei#9 worldwide overall17k citations · 186 works
- 2Ion Stoica#22 worldwide overall9.6k citations · 168 works
- 3Jitendra Malik#39 worldwide overall12k citations · 193 works
- 4Ian F. Akyildiz#45 worldwide overall8.2k citations · 81 works
- 5Stanley Osher#48 worldwide overall8k citations · 79 works
- 6Deborah Estrin#60 worldwide overall5.9k citations · 143 works
- 7Dan Boneh#95 worldwide overall7.5k citations · 167 works
- 8Randy H. Katz#99 worldwide overall5.7k citations · 134 works
- 9Alex Pentland#100 worldwide overall6k citations · 103 works
- 10Sebastian Thrun#118 worldwide overall10k citations · 79 works
- 11Takeo Kanade#140 worldwide overall4.8k citations · 137 works
- 12Serge Belongie#143 worldwide overall14k citations · 137 works
- 13Leonidas Guibas#165 worldwide overall6.3k citations · 201 works
- 14Anil K. Jain#178 worldwide overall6.3k citations · 233 works
- 15David Culler#182 worldwide overall4.4k citations · 138 works
How United States compares with other countries in Computer Science