15. University of Southern California

Southern California University is a private research university in Los Angeles, California. It is California's oldest private research university.

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14. Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins, founded in 1876, is America's first research university and home to nine world-class academic divisions working together as one university.

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13. Duke University

Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Major publications rank Duke among the top universities in the United States and the world.

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12. Cornell University

Cornell University, located in Ithaca, New York, is a private Ivy League and statutory land-grant research university.

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11. University of Chicago

The University of Chicago is an Illinois-based private research university. The University of Chicago is consistently ranked among the world's best universities.

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10. University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is a private Ivy League research university.

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9. New York University

NYU is a private research university located in New York City. The New York State Legislature established it in 1831.

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8. Princeton University

Princeton University, located in Princeton, New Jersey, is a private Ivy League research university. Established in 1746

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7. Columbia University

Columbia University is a New York City-based private Ivy League research university. Columbia is ranked among the top universities in the world.

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6. Yale University

Yale University, located in New Haven, Connecticut, is a private Ivy League research university.

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5. Northwestern University

Northwestern University is an Evanston, Illinois-based private research university.  It was Established in 1851.

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4. Boston University

Boston University is a private research university located in the city of Boston, Massachusetts.

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3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was Established in 1861.

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2. Stanford University

Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California, close to the city of Palo Alto.

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1. Harvard University

It is the oldest higher education institution in the United States and one of the most prestigious universities in the world.

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