With the increase in studying abroad demand, the US is always the best choice because of the modern education system with many opportunities for learning and rich experiences. However, with hundreds of universities located in the US, many people wonder what is the best schools to study abroad. Let's find out with Balboa the 10 best US universities in 2023 in the article below!
Princeton and MIT remain the top two universities in the US in 2022-2023, while Columbia University is dropped from the top 10 due to providing incorrect data.
According to US News and World Report announcement on September 12, the 10 best universities in the US in 2023 are all schools with long-standing achievements, specifically as follows:
Ranking |
Schools |
Number of students entering the fall semester 2021 |
Tuition fees for the academic year 2022 - 2023 (Unit USD) |
1 |
Princeton University |
5.321 |
57.410 |
2 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
4.638 |
57.986 |
3 |
Harvard University |
7.153 |
57.261 |
=3 |
Stanford University |
7.645 |
56.169 |
=3 |
Yale University |
6.536 |
62.250 |
6 |
Chicago University |
7.526 |
62.940 |
7 |
John Hopkins University |
6.132 |
60.480 |
=7 |
Pennsylvania University |
9.962 |
63.452 |
9 |
California Institute of Technology (Caltech) |
987 |
60.864 |
10 |
Duke University |
6.883 |
63.054 |
=10 |
Northwestern University |
8.494 |
63.468 |
This is the 12th continuous year that Princeton University (New Jersey) topped this list. The school's tuition fee is 57,410 USD (about 1.35 billion VND).
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) ranked second, unchanged from last year.
Together in third place are Harvard, Stanford and Yale. Harvard fell from tied for second last year, while Stanford rose from sixth and Yale rose from fifth.
Yale University, ranked third (together with Harvard and Stanford) in the ranking of the best universities in the US in 2023.
The University of Chicago remains in sixth place, with John Hopkins and Pennsylvania tied for seventh.
Ranked 9th is the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Duke and Northwestern tied for 10th.
The highest tuition in these top 10 schools is Northwestern University at $63,468 a year. The lowest tuition rate belongs to Stanford University with $ 56,169 a year.
The University of Pennsylvania is the largest admittance school, with nearly 10,000 students for the fall semester of 2021. California Institute of Technology admitted only 987 students in the fall of 2021, at least and only one-tenth of Pennsylvania.
Of the eight Ivy League schools, four made the top 10, including Princeton, Harvard, Yale and Pennsylvania. Columbia University, which was ranked second last year, fell to 18th this year. The remaining three Ivy League schools are Dartmouth College (12th), Brown University (13th), and Cornell University (17th).
US News and World Report ranks universities based on factors: Graduation and employment rate (22% of the total score), social mobility (5%), graduation rate performance (8%) , undergraduate academic reputation (20%), annual resources (20%), student quality (7%), student finance (10%), alumni contribution rate (3%), graduate debt (5%). In addition, this year's rankings began to use more criteria of the number of part-time faculty compared to the number of students.
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