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Best Universities in the United States (Times)
This list features the best universities in the United States according to The Times.
RANK | UNIVERSITY | LOCATION | SCORE |
1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts | 97.7 |
2 | Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey | 97.2 |
3 | Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts | 97.1 |
4 | Stanford University | Stanford, California | 97.1 |
5 | California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California | 96.3 |
6 | University of California, Berkeley | Berkeley, California | 94.4 |
7 | Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut | 94.1 |
8 | University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 90.8 |
9 | The University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois | 90.6 |
10 | Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland | 90.1 |
References
Times Higher Education. (n.d.). Best universities in the United States. Available at: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/best-universities/best-universities-united-states [Accessed 1 December 2025].

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