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Best Universities for STEM

Top-ranked universities for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

50 institutions listed Source family: U.S. Department of Education stored fields
#1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA · Private
B+
#2
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA · Private
B+
#3
Stanford University
Stanford, CA · Private
B+
#4
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA · Private
B
#5
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA · Private
B
#6
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, CA · Private
C+
#7
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA · Private
B-
#8
Georgetown University
Washington, DC · Private
B-
#9
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, MA · Private
C+
#10
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
Atlanta, GA · Public
B+
#11
Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY · Private
B+
#12
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA · Private
B+
#13
Yale University
New Haven, CT · Private
B
#14
Neumont College of Computer Science
Salt Lake City, UT · Private
C
#15
Duke University
Durham, NC · Private
B
#16
Kettering University
Flint, MI · Private
C
#17
California State University Maritime Academy
Vallejo, CA · Public
C
#18
Brown University
Providence, RI · Private
B
#19
Northeastern University Professional Programs
Boston, MA · Private
C
#20
Northeastern University
Boston, MA · Private
B
#21
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA · Private
B
#22
University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, CA · Public
B+
#23
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL · Private
B+
#24
Vanderbilt University
Nashville-Davidson, TN · Private
B+
#25
George Washington University
Washington, DC · Private
C+
#26
Trinity College
Hartford, CT · Private
C+
#27
College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, MA · Private
C+
#28
University of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA · Private
C+
#29
Rice University
Houston, TX · Private
B+
#30
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL · Private
B
#31
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Milwaukee, WI · Private
C
#32
Union College
Schenectady, NY · Private
C+
#33
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH · Private
B-
#34
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD · Private
B+
#35
Providence College
Providence, RI · Private
C
#36
Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA · Private Non-profit
C
#37
University of San Diego
San Diego, CA · Private
C+
#38
Washington University in St Louis
St. Louis, MO · Private
B
#39
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA · Private
C
#40
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark, NJ · Public
B-
#41
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach
Daytona Beach, FL · Private
C
#42
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide
Daytona Beach, FL · Private
C
#43
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
New York, NY · Private
B
#44
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI · Public
B+
#45
Boston University
Boston, MA · Private
B
#46
University of Portland
Portland, OR · Private
C
#47
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Boston, MA · Private
C
#48
Loyola University Maryland
Baltimore, MD · Private
C
#49
Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL · Private
C+
#50
University of California-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA · Public
B+

Methodology and source limits

Institutions are ordered by the stored field or rule described for Best Universities for STEM. Source periods can vary by field and institution. Missing values are not proof of zero, and these lists are not universal judgments of educational quality.