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Top Universities in USA
USA is the most favorite destination of higher education in the world if we look at the number of foreign students and compare it with other countries of the world. This is primarily because some of the best universities in the world are located in the US.

Thus, the top universities of USA are playing a very active role not only in bringing together people and their culture from different parts of the globe, but also in establishing the country as the biggest knowledge generator in the world. But it is not always easy to locate the best universities in USA, as survey agencies may not use a uniform method of conducting research. As we can not take the ranking of the best universities of US of one survey as definitive, on this page, we have tried to compile the results of some of the best surveys in the world to give a rough idea about the top 25 universities of USA.

This list should not be taken as our ranking and against every university the ranking and the survey name will be mentioned so that students get some idea which universities in USA are making news. Another reason for not taking these surveys as definitive is that all the departments of a university may not be equally good.


Therefore, it is very important for students to undertake their own research before taking a decision. However, a list of top universities of USA that list the survey results of some of the best research firms may help the students a lot in locating the best universities of America.

Top Universities in USA
Name/Address/Ph. No. Survey/ Rank/Year URL
Stanford University Office
of the General Counsel
Building 170, Third Floor,
Main Quad, Stanford,
CA 94305-2038, (650) 723-9611 (650) 723-4323 Fax
E-Mail- admission@stanford.edu,
Web Site:- http://www.stanford.edu/ 		Webometrics Ranking of
World Universities/ 1 / 2007 		http://www.webometrics.
info/
Massachusetts institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue,
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307,
tel 617.253.1000 tty 617.258.9344,
Web Sites:- http://www.mit.edu/,
E-Mail:- mitgrad@mit.edu 		Webometrics Ranking
of World Universities/ 2 / 2007 		http://www.webometrics.
info/

http://www.researchinfo
source.com/media/
2007Top50List.pdf
University of California
Berkeley, 2000 Carleton
St. # 2284 Berkeley, CA 94720-2284, (510) 642-9900,
E-Mail:- mail@berkeley.edu,
Web Sites:-www.berkeley.edu 		Webometrics Ranking of World
Universities / 3 / 2007 		http://www.webometrics.
info/

http://www.arwu.org/
rank/2004/Top 100
European
Universities.htm
Pennsylvania State University
201 Shields Building
University Park, PA 16802-1294
Telephone: (814) 865-5471
Fax: (814) 863-7590
TTY/TDD: 814-863-9419,
Web Site:-www.psu.edu,
E-Mail:- admissions@psu.edu 		Webometrics Ranking of World
Universities/ 5 / 2007 		http://www.webometrics.
info/

http://www.ulinks.com/
topuniversities.htm
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
USA 734-764-1817
University of Michigan-Dearborn, MI
48128 USA 313-593-5000 University of
Michigan-Flint, MI 48502
USA 810-762-3000
Web Site:- web.mail.umich.edu 		Webometrics Ranking of World Universities / 6 / 2007 http://www.webometrics.
info/

http://www.ulinks.com/
topuniversities.htm
Cornell University Day
Hall Lobby Cornell
University Ithaca, NY 14853 ,
(607)254-4636 (4-INFO), (607)255-5396,
E-Mail:-info@cornell.edu,
Web Sites:- www.cornell.edu 		Webometrics Ranking of World
Universities / 7/ 2007 		http://www.webometrics.
info/

http://www.ulinks.com/
topuniversities.htm
University of Wisconsin
Madison 21 N.
Park Street,
Ph. No. 608-263-2400,
E-Mail:-askbucky@uwmad.wisc.edu,
Web Site:- www.wisc.edu 		Webometrics Ranking of World
Universities / 8 / 2007 		http://www.webometrics.
info/

http://www.ulinks.com/
topuniversities.htm
University of Texas
Austin The University of
Texas at Austin,
1 University Station C1200
Austin, Texas 78712 ,
Ph. No.-(512) 475-7348,
(512) 471-3434.
Web Sites:- www.utexas.edu,
E-Mail:- 		Webometrics Ranking of World Universities
/ 9 / 2007 		http://www.webometrics.
info/

http://www.ulinks.com/
topuniversities.htm
University of Washington Box 351207, Seattle WA, USA 98195,
Phone: 206-543-2580,
fax: 206-685-0658,
E-Mail:-uwnews@u.washington.edu,
Web Site:- www.utexas.edu 		Webometrics Ranking of World Universities / 10 / 2007 http://www.webometrics.
info/

http://www.ulinks.com/
topuniversities.htm
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Office of Admissions and Records 901 West Illinois Street Urbana, IL 61801
Phone: 217-333-0302
Fax: 217-244-4614
E-mail: ugradadmissions@uiuc.edu
E-mail (for international students): intlugradadmissions@uiuc.edu ,
For Chicago Satelite Office:-
Office of Admissions and Records – Chicago Satellite Office University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 200 South Wacker Drive Illini Center - 2nd Mezzanine Chicago, IL 60606
Phone: 312-575-7810
Fax: 312-575-7818
E-mail: comeseeus@uiuc.edu,
Web Site:- www.uiuc.edu 		Webometrics Ranking of World Universities / 11 / 2007 http://www.webometrics.
info/

http://www.ulinks.com/
topuniversities.htm
University of Minnesota 240 Williamson Hall 231 Pillsbury Drive S.E. Minneapolis, MN 55455-0213
Phone Number: Admissions: 612-625-2008 or 1-800-752-1000
Campus visits: 612-625-0000 or 1-800-752-1000 TTY (for the hearing impaired): 612-625-9051
Fax: 612-626-1693 http://admissions.tc.umn.edu/ 		Webometrics Ranking of World Universities / 12 /2007 http://www.webometrics.
info/
Carnegie Melon University 5000 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213,
Phone:- 412-268–2000, 412-268–2082
Web Sites:- www.cmu.edu,
E Mail:- advisor@andrew.cmu.edu. 		Webometrics Ranking of World
Universities / 13 / 2007 		http://www.webometrics.
info/
University of Chicago
1126 East 59th Street,
Chicago, IL 60637,
Telephone: 773-834-9071,
Fax: 773-702-8490
E-Mail: myerson@uchicago.edu,
Web Sites:- www.uchicago.edu 		Webometrics Ranking of World
Universities / 14 / 2007 		http://www.webometrics.
info/
Columbia University New York
2960 Broadway New York,
NY 10027-6902
General Information:- (212) 854-1754,
E-mail:-webmaster@columbia.edu,
Web Site:- www.uchicago.edu 		Webometrics Ranking of World
Universities / 15 / 2007 		http://www.webometrics.
info/
Texas A & M University
109 John J. Koldus
Building 1265
TAMU College Station,
TX 77843-1265 (979) 458-0427,
Phone: +1 979 842 2222
Fax: +1 979 845 2074,
Web Sites:-www.admin [at] net.tamu.edu
E-Mail:- agoss@tamu.edu 		Webometrics Ranking of World Universities / 16 / 2007 http://www.webometrics.
info/
Princeton University (NI)
Princeton, NJ 08544,
Website:- http://www.princeton.edu,
E-Mail:- uaoffice@princeton.edu 		U. S. News of World University
Ranking / 1 / 2007 		http://colleges.usnews.
rankingsandreviews.com/
usnews/edu/college/
rankings/brief/
t1natudoc_brief.php
Yale University (CT)
PO Box 208234, New Haven,
CT 06520,
http://www.yale.edu/,
E-Mail:- student.questions@yale.edu 		U. S. News of World University
Ranking / 3/ 2007 		http://colleges.usnews.
rankingsandreviews.com/
usnews/edu/college
/rankings
/rankindex_brief.php
Harvard University (MA)Undergraduate Admissions Office, Byerly Hall, 8 Garden Street Cambridge, MA 02138, Website:- http://www.college.harvard.edu, college@fas.harvard.edu U. S. News of World University Ranking / 2 / 2007 http://colleges.usnews.
rankingsandreviews.
com/usnews/edu/
college/rankings/
rankindex_brief.php
University of Pennsylvania
3451 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Web Site:- http://www.upenn.edu,
E-Mail:- info@admissions.ugao.upenn.edu 		U. S. News of World University
Ranking / 5 /2008 		http://colleges.usnews.
rankingsandreviews.com
/usnews/edu/
college/rankings
/rankindex_brief.php
Duke University (NC)
2138 Campus Drive,
Box 90586 Durham,
NC 27708,
Web Site:- http://www.duke.edu/ 		U. S. News of World University
Ranking / 8 / 2008 		http://colleges.usnews
.rankingsandreviews.
com/usnews/edu/
college/
rankings/
rankindex_brief.php
Dartmouth College (NH)
6016 McNutt Hall
Hanover, NH 03755,
Web Site:- http://www.dartmouth.edu,
E-Mail:- admissions.office@dartmouth.edu 		U. S. News of World University
Ranking / 11 / 2008 		http://colleges.usnews.
rankingsandreviews.
com/usnews/edu/
college/rankings/
rankindex_brief.php
Washington University
in St. LouisCampus
Box 1089,
1 Brookings Drive
St. Louis,
MO 63130-4899,
Web Site:- http://www.wustl.edu,
E-Mail:-admissions@wustl.edu 		U. S. News of World University
Ranking / 12 / 2008 		http://colleges.usnews.
rankingsandreviews.com
/usnews/edu/
college/rankings/
rankindex_brief.php
Brown University
(RI) Box 1920
Providence,
RI 02912,
Web Site:- http://www.brown.edu,
E-Mail:- admission_undergraduate
@brown.edu 		U. S. News of World University
Ranking / 14 / 2008 		http://colleges.usnews.
rankingsandreviews.
com/usnews/edu
/ college/rankings
/rankindex_brief.php
Northwestern University
(IL) 633 Clark Street Evanston,
IL 60208,
Web Site:- http://www.northwestern.edu,
E-Mail:- ug-admission@northwestern.edu 		U. S. News of World University
Ranking / 14 / 2008 		http://colleges.
usnews.rankings
andreviews.com/ usnews
/edu/college/
rankings/
rankindex
_brief.php
Johns Hopkins University (MD)
3400 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21218,
Web Site:- http://www.jhu.edu,
E-Mail:- gotojhu@jhu.edu 		U. S. News of World University
Ranking / 14 / 2008 		http://colleges.usnews.
rankingsandreviews.
com/usnews/edu/
college/
rankings/rankindex
_brief.php
Emory University (GA)
201 Dowman Drive Atlanta,
GA 30322,
Web Site:- http://www.emory.edu,
E-Mail:- admiss@emory.edu 		U. S. News of World University
Ranking / 17 / 2008 		http://colleges.usnews.
rankingsandreviews.
com/usnews/edu/
college/
rankings/rankindex
_brief.php
Vanderbilt University (TN)
Nashville, TN 37240,
Web Site:- http://www.vanderbilt.edu,
E-Mail:- admissions@vanderbilt.edu 		U. S. News of World University
Ranking / 19 / 2008 		http://colleges.usnews.
rankingsandreviews.
com/usnews/edu/
college/rankings/
rankindex
_brief.php