Best National Universities 2025

1. Princeton University

2. Massachsetts Institute of Technology

3. Harvard University

4. Stanford University

5. Yale University

6. California Institute of Technology

6. Duke University

6. Johns Hopkins University

6. Northwestern University

10. University of Pennsyvania

11. Cornell University

11. University of Chicago

13. Brown University

13. Columbia University

15. Dartmouth College

15. University of California-Los Angeles

17. University of California-Berkeley

18. Rice University

18. University of Notre Dame

18. Vanderbilt University

21. Carnegie Mellon University

21. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

21. Washington University in St. Louis

24. Emory University

24. Georgetown University

24. University of Virginia

27. University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

27. University of Southern California

29. University of California-San Diego

30. New York University

30. University of Florida

30. University of Texas-Austin