Subfield · Finance · United States
Finance research in United States
Columbia University ranks first in United States for Finance research in 2022–2025 (#6 worldwide), followed by Federal Reserve Board of Governors and International Monetary Fund.
- United States's world rank
- #2 of 54 countries, 2022–2025
- Works, 2022–2025
- 10k
- Top-10% rate
- 17.5%
- Ranked institutions
- 30
Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.
What is the best university for Finance in United States?
| # | Institution | World rank | Score | Top-10% rate | Works |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Columbia UniversityNew York | #6 | 63.5 | 17.5% | 184 |
| 2 | Federal Reserve Board of GovernorsWashington D.C. | #7 | 60.3 | 21.2% | 169 |
| 3 | International Monetary FundWashington D.C. | #15 | 44.8 | 25.4% | 139 |
| 4 | Stanford UniversityStanford | #20 | 38.9 | 24.6% | 86 |
| 5 | University of ChicagoChicago | #24 | 35.2 | 17.6% | 135 |
| 6 | New York UniversityNew York | #26 | 33.6 | 20.1% | 124 |
| 7 | Yale UniversityNew Haven | #28 | 32.1 | 12.6% | 136 |
| 8 | University of California, BerkeleyBerkeley | #36 | 27.0 | 24.1% | 87 |
| 9 | Federal ReserveWashington D.C. | #40 | 24.8 | 18.8% | 142 |
| 10 | National Bureau of Economic ResearchCambridge | #41 | 24.3 | 12.2% | 146 |
| 11 | Cornell UniversityIthaca | #47 | 21.5 | 20.7% | 102 |
| 12 | University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia | #57 | 17.6 | 21.5% | 79 |
| 13 | University of California, Los AngelesLos Angeles | #70 | 13.4 | 23.6% | 77 |
| 14 | Princeton UniversityPrinceton | #75 | 12.0 | 27.9% | 70 |
| 15 | Harvard UniversityCambridge | #78 | 11.2 | 27.5% | 61 |
| 16 | Boston UniversityBoston | #81 | 10.4 | 24.6% | 68 |
| 17 | Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore | #82 | 10.2 | 21.9% | 84 |
| 18 | University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles | #94 | 7.4 | 22.9% | 65 |
| 19 | Duke UniversityDurham | #95 | 7.2 | 23.7% | 64 |
| 20 | The University of Texas at AustinAustin | #98 | 6.5 | 19.7% | 72 |
| 21 | University of WashingtonSeattle | #100 | 6.1 | 21.1% | 62 |
| 22 | Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyNew Brunswick | #102 | 5.7 | 14.8% | 105 |
| 23 | University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUrbana | #103 | 5.5 | 17.9% | 78 |
| 24 | Pennsylvania State UniversityState College | #113 | 3.6 | 18.3% | 71 |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin–MadisonMadison | #114 | 3.5 | 19.3% | 69 |
| 26 | University of MichiganAnn Arbor | #125 | 1.6 | 14.7% | 76 |
| 27 | University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill | #127 | 125.0 | 11.6% | 86 |
| 28 | George Mason UniversityFairfax | #131 | 61.0 | 15.9% | 61 |
| 29 | Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca Raton | #133 | 30.0 | 10.2% | 68 |
| 30 | Stevens Institute of TechnologyHoboken | #134 | 15.0 | 5.4% | 86 |
Institutions in United States above the floor of 40 fractional works in Finance, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.
Who are the top Finance researchers in United States?
William Diebold, Paúl Krugman and Robert J. Barro rank highest among researchers based in United States.
- 1William Diebold#33 worldwide overall3.8k citations · 22 works
- 2Paúl Krugman#35 worldwide overall4.4k citations · 15 works
- 3Robert J. Barro#36 worldwide overall7.9k citations · 21 works
- 4Joseph E. Stiglitz#43 worldwide overall7.4k citations · 52 works
- 5M. Hashem Pesaran#64 worldwide overall9.1k citations · 13 works
- 6Paul A. Samuelson#91 worldwide overall3.6k citations · 10 works
- 7William J. Baumöl#108 worldwide overall3.6k citations · 8 works
- 8Richard N. Cooper#109 worldwide overall2.7k citations · 29 works
- 9Lawrence H. Summers#195 worldwide overall3.9k citations · 21 works
- 10Clive W. J. Granger#256 worldwide overall4.5k citations · 11 works
- 11James Tobin#336 worldwide overall3.1k citations · 13 works
- 12Jeffrey A. Frankel#341 worldwide overall3.3k citations · 53 works
- 13Benoît B. Mandelbrot#426 worldwide overall4.2k citations · 10 works
- 14Ben Bernanke#440 worldwide overall2.7k citations · 40 works
- 15Allen N. Berger#466 worldwide overall3.4k citations · 73 works