{"id":31759,"date":"2023-10-19T09:00:20","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T09:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innodebt.com\/news\/this-is-the-best-university-in-the-u-s-according-to-global-rankings-it-isnt-an-ivy-league\/"},"modified":"2023-10-19T09:00:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T09:00:23","slug":"this-is-the-best-university-in-the-u-s-according-to-global-rankings-it-isnt-an-ivy-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/innodebt.com\/?p=31759","title":{"rendered":"This is the best university in the U.S, according to global rankings\u2014it isn’t an Ivy League"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ivy League institutions consistently rank at the top of U.S.-based college rankings.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Princeton University earned the top spot on both The Wall Street Journal’s and U.S. News and World Report’s rankings for 2024.<\/p>\n

But global rankings are a different story.<\/p>\n

The University of Oxford in the United Kingdom was named the best university in the world for the eighth year in a row, according to Times Higher Education’s ranking of over 1,900 universities worldwide. Oxford, the world’s second-oldest university, continues to be a global leader in academic research and instruction nine centuries after its conception.<\/p>\n

Times Higher Education uses metrics across five areas \u2014 teaching, research environment, research quality, industry innovations and international outlook \u2014 to rank universities around the world. Where many of the popular U.S.-based college rankings look at factors like financial aid and social atmosphere, these global rankings are focused on the school’s academic rigor.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Though the U.S. doesn’t hold the top spot, the next three best-ranked universities are American \u2014 but the two highest-ranked ones aren’t Ivy League schools.<\/p>\n

The top-ranked universities all earn high scores across metrics, but Stanford University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have a slight edge over the Ivy League institutions, thanks to both of their high industry contribution scores. Both universities received the highest score possible (100) for their contributions to commercial research and innovation, which highlights how often companies want to partner with these institutions to perform or fund research.<\/p>\n

Harvard and Princeton fell short in that area, earning an 84 and 95, respectively, for their industry reputation. Neither university earned a perfect score in any of the categories.<\/p>\n

Oxford University comes out on top overall, however, for its high scores across metrics and in particular, a perfect score for its research environment. The historic institution facilitates frequent, respected and lucrative research, according to Times Higher Education’s analysis.<\/p>\n

Here are the top 20 universities in the world, according to Times Higher Education:<\/p>\n

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  1. The University of Oxford<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Oxford, United Kingdom<\/li>\n
  2. Stanford University<\/strong> \u2014 Stanford, California, United States<\/li>\n
  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/strong> \u2014 Boston, United States<\/li>\n
  4. Harvard University<\/strong> \u2014 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States<\/li>\n
  5. University of Cambridge<\/strong> \u2014 Cambridge, United Kingdom<\/li>\n
  6. Princeton University<\/strong> \u2014 Princeton, New Jersey, United States<\/li>\n
  7. California Institute of Technology<\/strong> \u2014 Pasadena, California, United States<\/li>\n
  8. Imperial College London<\/strong> \u2014 London, United Kingdom<\/li>\n
  9. University of California, Berkeley<\/strong> \u2014 Berkeley, California, United States<\/li>\n
  10. Yale University<\/strong> \u2014 New Haven, Connecticut, United States<\/li>\n
  11. ETH Zurich<\/strong> \u2014 Zurich, Switzerland<\/li>\n
  12. Tsinghua University<\/strong> \u2014 Beijing, China<\/li>\n
  13. The University of Chicago<\/strong> \u2014 Chicago, United States<\/li>\n
  14. Peking University<\/strong> \u2014 Beijing, China<\/li>\n
  15. Johns Hopkins University<\/strong> \u2014 Baltimore, United States<\/li>\n
  16. University of Pennsylvania<\/strong> \u2014 Philadelphia, United States<\/li>\n
  17. Columbia University<\/strong> \u2014 New York, United States<\/li>\n
  18. University of California, Los Angeles<\/strong> \u2014 Los Angeles, United States<\/li>\n
  19. National University of Singapore<\/strong> \u2014 Singapore<\/li>\n
  20. Cornell University<\/strong> \u2014 Ithaca, New York, United States<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Times Higher Education used 18 indicators within the five metric areas to rank universities. The teaching environment and research metrics are weighted the heaviest and consider the following factors:<\/p>\n

    Research quality (30%)<\/strong><\/p>\n