Subfield · Artificial Intelligence · United States
Artificial Intelligence research in United States
Stanford University ranks first in United States for Artificial Intelligence research in 2022–2025 (#3 worldwide), followed by Carnegie Mellon University and Google (United States).
- United States's world rank
- #2 of 90 countries, 2022–2025
- Works, 2022–2025
- 67k
- Top-10% rate
- 21.1%
- Ranked institutions
- 60
Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.
What is the best university for Artificial Intelligence in United States?
| # | Institution | World rank | Score | Top-10% rate | Works |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stanford UniversityStanford | #3 | 85.4 | 30.4% | 834 |
| 2 | Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh | #9 | 70.9 | 26.2% | 1,030 |
| 3 | Google (United States)Mountain View | #11 | 68.2 | 30.4% | 698 |
| 4 | University of California, BerkeleyBerkeley | #25 | 57.3 | 29.3% | 622 |
| 5 | University of WashingtonSeattle | #28 | 55.8 | 29.2% | 567 |
| 6 | Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge | #29 | 55.3 | 28.3% | 662 |
| 7 | New York UniversityNew York | #38 | 51.8 | 26.6% | 577 |
| 8 | Columbia UniversityNew York | #40 | 51.1 | 24.7% | 558 |
| 9 | University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUrbana | #41 | 50.8 | 24.8% | 868 |
| 10 | Georgia Institute of TechnologyAtlanta | #43 | 50.1 | 23.7% | 785 |
| 11 | Harvard UniversityCambridge | #45 | 49.5 | 32.5% | 368 |
| 12 | Microsoft (United States)Redmond | #53 | 47.3 | 34.2% | 342 |
| 13 | Cornell UniversityIthaca | #54 | 47.1 | 26.5% | 506 |
| 14 | University of MichiganAnn Arbor | #57 | 46.4 | 24.0% | 656 |
| 15 | Princeton UniversityPrinceton | #58 | 46.2 | 32.1% | 361 |
| 16 | Yale UniversityNew Haven | #60 | 45.7 | 30.4% | 400 |
| 17 | The University of Texas at AustinAustin | #61 | 45.5 | 24.9% | 594 |
| 18 | University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles | #69 | 43.8 | 24.9% | 704 |
| 19 | Purdue University West LafayetteWest Lafayette | #80 | 41.9 | 21.2% | 686 |
| 20 | University of California San DiegoSan Diego | #82 | 41.6 | 21.0% | 513 |
| 21 | Pennsylvania State UniversityState College | #90 | 40.3 | 24.4% | 579 |
| 22 | California Institute of TechnologyPasadena | #98 | 39.2 | 35.2% | 209 |
| 23 | Virginia TechBlacksburg | #100 | 38.9 | 22.7% | 490 |
| 24 | Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore | #102 | 38.7 | 24.0% | 460 |
| 25 | Arizona State UniversityTempe | #104 | 38.4 | 21.5% | 576 |
| 26 | University of FloridaGainesville | #105 | 38.3 | 20.6% | 506 |
| 27 | University of California, Los AngelesLos Angeles | #115 | 37.1 | 23.6% | 512 |
| 28 | Northeastern UniversityBoston | #116 | 37.0 | 27.2% | 401 |
| 29 | University of ChicagoChicago | #122 | 36.3 | 27.5% | 374 |
| 30 | University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia | #128 | 35.7 | 25.8% | 363 |
| 31 | University of Illinois ChicagoChicago | #132 | 35.2 | 26.0% | 306 |
| 32 | Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyNew Brunswick | #134 | 35.0 | 27.2% | 282 |
| 33 | University of Maryland, College ParkCollege Park | #140 | 34.5 | 23.2% | 549 |
| 34 | Texas A&M UniversityCollege Station | #147 | 33.8 | 21.5% | 368 |
| 35 | University of California, IrvineIrvine | #148 | 33.7 | 20.9% | 357 |
| 36 | Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing | #158 | 32.9 | 21.7% | 365 |
| 37 | Duke UniversityDurham | #166 | 32.2 | 26.0% | 346 |
| 38 | IBM (United States)Armonk | #167 | 32.1 | 33.6% | 185 |
| 39 | University of Wisconsin–MadisonMadison | #168 | 32.0 | 26.4% | 380 |
| 40 | University of California, Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara | #198 | 29.9 | 24.5% | 291 |
| 41 | University of California, DavisDavis | #199 | 29.8 | 21.0% | 315 |
| 42 | Amazon (United States)Seattle | #200 | 29.7 | 17.9% | 468 |
| 43 | University of VirginiaCharlottesville | #204 | 29.5 | 24.0% | 340 |
| 44 | Northwestern UniversityEvanston | #208 | 29.2 | 26.7% | 246 |
| 45 | The Ohio State UniversityColumbus | #215 | 28.8 | 20.2% | 367 |
| 46 | Emory UniversityAtlanta | #216 | 28.7 | 22.2% | 251 |
| 47 | University of Notre DameNotre Dame | #220 | 28.5 | 25.2% | 237 |
| 48 | University of Central FloridaOrlando | #222 | 28.4 | 26.5% | 266 |
| 49 | University of PittsburghPittsburgh | #224 | 28.2 | 21.8% | 311 |
| 50 | University of Massachusetts AmherstAmherst Center | #225 | 28.2 | 24.0% | 285 |
| 51 | North Carolina State UniversityRaleigh | #249 | 26.8 | 23.2% | 344 |
| 52 | University of MinnesotaMinneapolis | #253 | 26.6 | 22.8% | 260 |
| 53 | Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook | #257 | 26.4 | 23.3% | 331 |
| 54 | Alibaba Group (United States)San Mateo | #287 | 25.0 | 35.2% | 140 |
| 55 | Florida International UniversityMiami | #295 | 24.6 | 26.2% | 163 |
| 56 | Boston UniversityBoston | #299 | 24.4 | 23.4% | 209 |
| 57 | Los Alamos National LaboratoryLos Alamos | #300 | 24.4 | 24.3% | 169 |
| 58 | George Mason UniversityFairfax | #303 | 24.2 | 16.7% | 385 |
| 59 | Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca Raton | #310 | 23.9 | 34.2% | 142 |
| 60 | University of Colorado BoulderBoulder | #312 | 23.8 | 24.7% | 238 |
Institutions in United States above the floor of 40 fractional works in Artificial Intelligence, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.
Who are the top Artificial Intelligence researchers in United States?
Li Fei-Fei, Ion Stoica and Robert Tibshirani rank highest among researchers based in United States.
- 1Li Fei-Fei#9 worldwide overall17k citations · 66 works
- 2Ion Stoica#22 worldwide overall9.6k citations · 40 works
- 3Robert Tibshirani#38 worldwide overall13k citations · 28 works
- 4Jitendra Malik#39 worldwide overall12k citations · 30 works
- 5Dan Boneh#95 worldwide overall7.5k citations · 97 works
- 6Sebastian Thrun#118 worldwide overall10k citations · 28 works
- 7Serge Belongie#143 worldwide overall14k citations · 31 works
- 8Anil K. Jain#178 worldwide overall6.3k citations · 36 works
- 9Robert E. Tarjan#193 worldwide overall3.9k citations · 30 works
- 10Li Deng#211 worldwide overall4.3k citations · 92 works
- 11Yann LeCun#219 worldwide overall5.4k citations · 57 works
- 12Alan Yuille#243 worldwide overall8.4k citations · 74 works
- 13Jure Leskovec#252 worldwide overall4.3k citations · 59 works
- 14Kalyanmoy Deb#287 worldwide overall6.7k citations · 104 works
- 15Dawn Song#303 worldwide overall3.8k citations · 71 works
How United States compares with other countries in Artificial Intelligence