2023 World Rankings: List of Top 10 Universities in United States

2023 World Rankings: List of Top 10 Universities in United States

  • The latest ranking for the best universities in the world for the year 2023 has been released by Times Higher Education (THE)
  • This year's list was dominated by schools in the United States of America with Oxford University in England holding on top spot
  • However, Harvard University in Massachusetts is the best tertiary institution in the United States and also the second best in the world

The 2023 rankings for the best universities in the world have been released according to their rankings by the Times Higher Education (THE), the world's most recognised authoritative magazine for academic rankings.

The new rankings were released on Wednesday, October 12. According to Times Higher Education (THE), the new ranking is a great resource to help students choose a university, regardless of which subject they want to study or which country they want to study in.

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Harvard University
Harvard University students attend commencement ceremonies on June 4, 2009, in Harvard Yard in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Photo: Darren McCollester
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However, the latest ranking saw seven Universities from the United States dominate the top ten world ranking.

Sadly, the top spot was held by the University of Oxford in England while Harvard University held firmly to the second spot in the world and number one in the United States.

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Meanwhile, Stanford University in California holds the third spot in the world and the second spot in the United States, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology settled for the fifth spot in the world and finished third in the United States.

This short piece will look at the top ten best universities in the United States of America.

Below are the top 10 universities in the United States

US Rank 2023World University Rank 2023UniversityCityState
12Harvard UniversityCambridgeMassachusetts
23Stanford UniversityStanford eCalifornia
35Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridgeMassachusetts
46California Institute of TechnologyPasadenaeCalifornia
57Princeton UniversityPrincetonNew Jersey
68University of California, BerkeleyBerkeleyCalifornia
79Yale UniversityNew HavenConnecticut
811Columbia UniversityNew York CityNew York
913The University of ChicagoChicagoIllinois
1014University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPennsylvania

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Meanwhile, the University of Ibadan has maintained its number-one spot as the best university in Nigeria for the year 2023

According to Times Higher Education, the University of Lagos occupies the second spot but ties the UI in the world ranking

Covenant University held on to the third spot as it did in the previous and was ranked between 601-800 in the world

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Segun Adeyemi (Current Affairs and Politics Editor) Segun Adeyemi is a journalist with over 9 years of experience as an active field reporter, editor, and editorial manager. He has had stints with Daily Trust newspaper, Daily Nigerian, and News Digest. He currently works as an editor for Legit.ng's current affairs and politics desk. He holds a degree in Mass Communication (Adekunle Ajasin University). He is a certified digital reporter by Reuters, AFP and the co-convener of the annual campus journalism awards. Email: segun.adeyemi@corp.legit.ng.

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