Field · Mathematics · United States
Mathematics research in United States
Stanford University ranks first in United States for Mathematics research in 2022–2025 (#6 worldwide), followed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University.
- United States's world rank
- #2 of 82 countries, 2022–2025
- Works, 2022–2025
- 36k
- Top-10% rate
- 15.9%
- Ranked institutions
- 60
Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.
What is the best university for Mathematics in United States?
| # | Institution | World rank | Score | Top-10% rate | Works |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stanford UniversityStanford | #6 | 74.2 | 25.3% | 448 |
| 2 | Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge | #7 | 72.0 | 22.3% | 407 |
| 3 | Harvard UniversityCambridge | #10 | 66.9 | 27.8% | 365 |
| 4 | University of California, BerkeleyBerkeley | #14 | 62.1 | 24.4% | 429 |
| 5 | University of VirginiaCharlottesville | #18 | 58.5 | 22.5% | 212 |
| 6 | Princeton UniversityPrinceton | #20 | 57.0 | 25.0% | 326 |
| 7 | University of California, Los AngelesLos Angeles | #23 | 55.0 | 19.8% | 358 |
| 8 | Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh | #30 | 51.1 | 19.7% | 238 |
| 9 | Columbia UniversityNew York | #36 | 48.5 | 23.5% | 391 |
| 10 | University of MichiganAnn Arbor | #39 | 47.4 | 19.2% | 508 |
| 11 | University of California San DiegoSan Diego | #41 | 46.6 | 13.1% | 383 |
| 12 | University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUrbana | #43 | 46.0 | 15.4% | 374 |
| 13 | University of WashingtonSeattle | #49 | 44.1 | 19.5% | 338 |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin–MadisonMadison | #54 | 42.7 | 17.3% | 337 |
| 15 | Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing | #60 | 41.2 | 16.5% | 271 |
| 16 | Georgia Institute of TechnologyAtlanta | #61 | 40.9 | 18.8% | 266 |
| 17 | Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyNew Brunswick | #63 | 40.5 | 15.7% | 339 |
| 18 | Pennsylvania State UniversityState College | #64 | 40.2 | 13.8% | 314 |
| 19 | Purdue University West LafayetteWest Lafayette | #70 | 39.0 | 15.1% | 369 |
| 20 | New York UniversityNew York | #84 | 36.3 | 22.7% | 243 |
| 21 | University of FloridaGainesville | #93 | 34.9 | 13.5% | 249 |
| 22 | Yale UniversityNew Haven | #107 | 32.9 | 25.2% | 280 |
| 23 | University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles | #109 | 32.6 | 17.9% | 235 |
| 24 | Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore | #116 | 31.7 | 23.2% | 272 |
| 25 | California Institute of TechnologyPasadena | #117 | 31.6 | 19.8% | 194 |
| 26 | University of MinnesotaMinneapolis | #124 | 30.7 | 17.2% | 273 |
| 27 | University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill | #145 | 28.5 | 9.1% | 514 |
| 28 | University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia | #147 | 28.3 | 21.4% | 262 |
| 29 | Northwestern UniversityEvanston | #170 | 26.2 | 22.0% | 165 |
| 30 | The University of Texas at AustinAustin | #182 | 25.2 | 20.9% | 283 |
| 31 | University of California, IrvineIrvine | #184 | 25.1 | 15.7% | 221 |
| 32 | Cornell UniversityIthaca | #189 | 24.7 | 16.6% | 273 |
| 33 | University of ChicagoChicago | #198 | 24.0 | 17.5% | 335 |
| 34 | Institute for Advanced StudyPrinceton | #202 | 23.7 | 28.4% | 121 |
| 35 | University of California, DavisDavis | #206 | 23.4 | 16.8% | 218 |
| 36 | Texas A&M UniversityCollege Station | #214 | 22.9 | 15.3% | 313 |
| 37 | University of South CarolinaColumbia | #217 | 22.7 | 17.1% | 138 |
| 38 | Arizona State UniversityTempe | #221 | 22.4 | 16.4% | 189 |
| 39 | Virginia TechBlacksburg | #233 | 21.7 | 19.8% | 157 |
| 40 | University of Notre DameNotre Dame | #237 | 21.4 | 12.5% | 220 |
| 41 | Vanderbilt UniversityNashville | #243 | 21.1 | 17.1% | 143 |
| 42 | The Ohio State UniversityColumbus | #252 | 20.5 | 12.1% | 334 |
| 43 | University of DelawareNewark | #267 | 19.7 | 20.6% | 75 |
| 44 | Northeastern UniversityBoston | #268 | 19.7 | 19.9% | 97 |
| 45 | North Carolina State UniversityRaleigh | #271 | 19.5 | 18.0% | 225 |
| 46 | Wayne State UniversityDetroit | #297 | 18.2 | 14.6% | 63 |
| 47 | Case Western Reserve UniversityCleveland | #302 | 18.0 | 16.4% | 67 |
| 48 | University of Colorado BoulderBoulder | #303 | 17.9 | 17.9% | 126 |
| 49 | Duke UniversityDurham | #307 | 17.7 | 18.2% | 266 |
| 50 | University of Illinois ChicagoChicago | #314 | 17.4 | 13.6% | 207 |
| 51 | Emory UniversityAtlanta | #315 | 17.3 | 21.3% | 132 |
| 52 | Los Alamos National LaboratoryLos Alamos | #322 | 17.0 | 13.8% | 74 |
| 53 | Iowa State UniversityAmes | #340 | 16.2 | 15.2% | 147 |
| 54 | Brown UniversityProvidence | #343 | 16.1 | 20.7% | 191 |
| 55 | University of KentuckyLexington | #350 | 15.8 | 12.4% | 118 |
| 56 | IIT@MITCambridge | #352 | 15.8 | 25.9% | 69 |
| 57 | University of PittsburghPittsburgh | #356 | 15.6 | 17.8% | 166 |
| 58 | Indiana University BloomingtonBloomington | #358 | 15.5 | 14.5% | 165 |
| 59 | University of GeorgiaAthens | #378 | 14.7 | 15.9% | 139 |
| 60 | Clemson UniversityClemson | #381 | 14.6 | 15.9% | 83 |
Institutions in United States above the floor of 40 fractional works in Mathematics, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.
Who are the top Mathematics researchers in United States?
Robert Tibshirani, Stanley Osher and Edward Witten rank highest among researchers based in United States.
- 1Robert Tibshirani#38 worldwide overall13k citations · 48 works
- 2Stanley Osher#48 worldwide overall8k citations · 61 works
- 3Edward Witten#88 worldwide overall7.2k citations · 32 works
- 4Stephan Ramon Garcia#107 worldwide overall4k citations · 111 works
- 5George Em Karniadakis#151 worldwide overall6.3k citations · 28 works
- 6Frederick Mosteller#203 worldwide overall2.3k citations · 31 works
- 7Peter M. Bentler#237 worldwide overall16k citations · 29 works
- 8Trevor Hastie#274 worldwide overall4.9k citations · 28 works
- 9Steven J. Miller#283 worldwide overall3.8k citations · 58 works
- 10Jerry M. Mendel#306 worldwide overall4k citations · 27 works
- 11Donald E. Knuth#357 worldwide overall4k citations · 30 works
- 12John W. Tukey#410 worldwide overall4.4k citations · 33 works
- 13Eric R. Ziegel#512 worldwide overall3.7k citations · 83 works
- 14Donald B. Rubin#693 worldwide overall4.7k citations · 107 works
- 15N. J. A. Sloane#887 worldwide overall2.8k citations · 32 works
How United States compares with other countries in Mathematics