Earlier this week, U.S. News released its 2017 best global universities ranking, comparing colleges throughout the world and within specific countries using 12 indicators that measure academic research performance and global and regional reputations.
The top 50 universities in the ranking, 35 of which are located in the United States, span four continents (Asia, Australia, Europe and North America). Check out the map above to browse through them based on their locations. Below, find the top 50 list:
1. Harvard University (United States)
2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (United States)
3. Stanford University (United States)
4. University of California-Berkeley (United States)
5. California Institute of Technology (United States)
6. University of Oxford (United Kingdom)
7. University of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
8. Princeton University (United States)
9. Columbia University (United States)
10. University of California-Los Angeles (United States)
11. John Hopkins University (United States)
12. University of Washington (United States)
13. University of Chicago (United States)
14. Yale University (United States)
15. University of California-San Diego (United States)
16. University of California-San Francisco (United States)
17. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (United States) (TIE)
17. University of Pennsylvania (United States) (TIE)
19. Duke University (United States) (TIE)
19. Imperial College London (United Kingdom) (TIE)
21. University of Toronto (Canada)
22. Cornell University (United States)
23. University College London (United Kingdom)
24. University of California-Santa Barbara (United States)
25. Northwestern University (United States)
26. Washington University in St. Louis (United States)
27. New York University (United States) (TIE)
27. University of California-Santa Cruz (United States) (TIE)
29. University of Wisconsin-Madison (United States)
30. University of Texas-Austin (United States)
31. University of British Columbia (Canada)
32. Boston University (United States) (TIE)
32. University of Colorado-Boulder (United States) (TIE)
32. University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (United States) (TIE)
35. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (Switzerland)
36. University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom) (TIE)
36. University of Melbourne (Australia) (TIE)
38. University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (United States)
39. Rockefeller University (United States)
40. École Polytechnique Federale of Lausanne (Switzerland) (TIE)
40. University of Maryland-College Park (United States) (TIE)
42. University of California-Davis (United States)
43. Ohio State University-Columbus (United States)
44. University of Tokyo (Japan)
45. King's College London (United Kingdom) (TIE)
45. University of Sydney (Australia) (TIE)
47. University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign (United States) (TIE)
47. University of Pittsburg (United States) (TIE)
49. University of Copenhagen (Denmark)
50. McGill University (Canada) (TIE)
50. National University of Singapore (Singapore) (TIE)