Subfield · Computational Theory and Mathematics · United States
Computational Theory and Mathematics research in United States
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ranks first in United States for Computational Theory and Mathematics research in 2022–2025 (#8 worldwide), followed by Carnegie Mellon University and Stanford University.
- United States's world rank
- #2 of 59 countries, 2022–2025
- Works, 2022–2025
- 12k
- Top-10% rate
- 14.8%
- Ranked institutions
- 42
Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.
What is the best university for Computational Theory and Mathematics in United States?
| # | Institution | World rank | Score | Top-10% rate | Works |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge | #8 | 63.0 | 20.1% | 202 |
| 2 | Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh | #13 | 54.4 | 15.1% | 187 |
| 3 | Stanford UniversityStanford | #17 | 49.6 | 21.9% | 145 |
| 4 | University of California, BerkeleyBerkeley | #28 | 40.8 | 23.4% | 124 |
| 5 | University of California San DiegoSan Diego | #30 | 39.5 | 16.7% | 140 |
| 6 | Georgia Institute of TechnologyAtlanta | #38 | 35.3 | 16.7% | 166 |
| 7 | University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUrbana | #48 | 31.2 | 15.6% | 162 |
| 8 | University of MichiganAnn Arbor | #59 | 27.5 | 15.8% | 149 |
| 9 | Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing | #61 | 26.9 | 23.9% | 103 |
| 10 | Harvard UniversityCambridge | #62 | 26.6 | 26.4% | 61 |
| 11 | Yale UniversityNew Haven | #63 | 26.3 | 23.2% | 77 |
| 12 | University of FloridaGainesville | #66 | 25.5 | 17.1% | 90 |
| 13 | New York UniversityNew York | #68 | 25.0 | 26.3% | 83 |
| 14 | The University of Texas at AustinAustin | #75 | 23.2 | 16.6% | 107 |
| 15 | Princeton UniversityPrinceton | #81 | 21.9 | 17.3% | 115 |
| 16 | Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyNew Brunswick | #83 | 21.4 | 15.9% | 98 |
| 17 | University of Illinois ChicagoChicago | #88 | 20.4 | 20.6% | 65 |
| 18 | Cornell UniversityIthaca | #91 | 19.8 | 17.3% | 105 |
| 19 | University of WashingtonSeattle | #94 | 19.2 | 17.7% | 86 |
| 20 | Purdue University West LafayetteWest Lafayette | #100 | 18.1 | 14.0% | 138 |
| 21 | Texas A&M UniversityCollege Station | #104 | 17.4 | 14.0% | 117 |
| 22 | California Institute of TechnologyPasadena | #114 | 15.8 | 21.1% | 62 |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin–MadisonMadison | #115 | 15.6 | 16.7% | 100 |
| 24 | University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill | #143 | 11.8 | 11.5% | 119 |
| 25 | Columbia UniversityNew York | #154 | 10.4 | 16.7% | 81 |
| 26 | University of Maryland, College ParkCollege Park | #156 | 10.2 | 15.1% | 97 |
| 27 | University of California, Los AngelesLos Angeles | #160 | 9.8 | 13.6% | 86 |
| 28 | North Carolina State UniversityRaleigh | #161 | 9.6 | 15.9% | 74 |
| 29 | University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles | #171 | 8.6 | 14.7% | 74 |
| 30 | Duke UniversityDurham | #173 | 8.4 | 18.2% | 62 |
| 31 | The Ohio State UniversityColumbus | #175 | 8.2 | 11.6% | 92 |
| 32 | Pennsylvania State UniversityState College | #176 | 8.1 | 11.7% | 91 |
| 33 | University of California, IrvineIrvine | #177 | 8.0 | 15.9% | 74 |
| 34 | University of MinnesotaMinneapolis | #180 | 7.7 | 13.7% | 72 |
| 35 | Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore | #191 | 6.6 | 14.8% | 62 |
| 36 | Arizona State UniversityTempe | #195 | 6.2 | 12.7% | 71 |
| 37 | University of UtahSalt Lake City | #201 | 5.7 | 13.8% | 65 |
| 38 | Virginia TechBlacksburg | #202 | 5.6 | 14.6% | 62 |
| 39 | University of PittsburghPittsburgh | #206 | 5.3 | 16.6% | 60 |
| 40 | University of Notre DameNotre Dame | #224 | 3.8 | 14.3% | 64 |
| 41 | University of ChicagoChicago | #227 | 3.5 | 13.4% | 62 |
| 42 | University of California, DavisDavis | #229 | 3.4 | 13.7% | 66 |
Institutions in United States above the floor of 40 fractional works in Computational Theory and Mathematics, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.
Who are the top Computational Theory and Mathematics researchers in United States?
Stanley Osher, Dan Boneh and Stephan Ramon Garcia rank highest among researchers based in United States.
- 1Stanley Osher#48 worldwide overall8k citations · 13 works
- 2Dan Boneh#95 worldwide overall7.5k citations · 12 works
- 3Stephan Ramon Garcia#107 worldwide overall4k citations · 13 works
- 4Robert E. Tarjan#193 worldwide overall3.9k citations · 37 works
- 5Steven J. Miller#283 worldwide overall3.8k citations · 19 works
- 6Kalyanmoy Deb#287 worldwide overall6.7k citations · 73 works
- 7Ted Belytschko#315 worldwide overall4.1k citations · 11 works
- 8Donald E. Knuth#357 worldwide overall4k citations · 23 works
- 9Ronald L. Rivest#425 worldwide overall7.3k citations · 14 works
- 10Thomas J.R. Hughes#636 worldwide overall3.7k citations · 13 works
- 11N. J. A. Sloane#887 worldwide overall2.8k citations · 26 works
- 12Ivo Babuška#975 worldwide overall2.7k citations · 20 works
- 13Douglas C. Montgomery#1,223 worldwide overall2.7k citations · 11 works
- 14Lotfi A. Zadeh#1,413 worldwide overall3.3k citations · 23 works
- 15Shankar Sastry#1,525 worldwide overall2.5k citations · 13 works
How United States compares with other countries in Computational Theory and Mathematics