U.S. News & World Report Best Global University Ranking
Peringkat

| Institution | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
 Universitas Harvard: 1
 Institut Teknologi Massachusetts: 2
|  Universitas Stanford | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
|  University of California, Berkeley | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
|  Universitas Oxford | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
|  Universitas Columbia | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 |
|  Institut Teknologi California | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
|  Universitas Washington | - | - | - | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 |
|  University of Cambridge | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 |
|  Universitas Johns Hopkins | - | - | - | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 |

Catatan: Universitas Princeton menduduki peringkat ke-8 pada tahun 2017 dan 2020, peringkat ke-9 pada tahun 2018 dan 2019. Universitas Yale sejajar dengan Universitas Johns Hopkins dan Universitas Washington, ketiganya bersama-sama menempati peringkat ke-10 pada tahun 2018.
Universitas-universitas Amerika Serikat dan Britania selalu menduduki sepuluh tempat teratas sejak publikasi perdananya. Universitas Harvard dan Institut Teknologi Massachusetts secara konsisten menduduki puncak daftar, sementara dua institusi pendidikan tinggi Britania yaitu Universitas Oxford dan Universitas Cambridge serta empat universitas Amerika Serikat lainnya: Universitas Stanford, Universitas California, Berkeley, Universitas Columbia, dan Institut Teknologi California, berada pada peringkat 10 besar sejak tahun 2015.
| Institusi | Rata-rata 4 tahun | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
 Universitas Harvard: 1
 Institut Teknologi Massachusetts: 2
 Universitas Stanford: 3
 University of California, Berkeley: 4
 Universitas Oxford: 5
|  Universitas Columbia | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 |
|  Institut Teknologi California | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
|  Universitas Washington | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 |
|  Universitas Cambridge | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 |
|  Universitas Johns Hopkins | 11 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 |
|  Universitas Princeton | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 11 |
|  Universitas Yale | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 |
|  Universitas California, Los Angeles | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 |
|  Universitas Pennsylvania | 17 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 14 |
 Universitas California, San Francisco: 15
|  Universitas Chicago | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 15 |
|  Universitas Michigan | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 |
|  Universitas Toronto | 19 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 17 |
|  University College London | 21 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 19 |
|  Imperial College London | 18 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 20 |
|  Universitas California, San Diego | 17 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 21 |
|  Universitas Cornell | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 |
|  Universitas Duke | 22 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 23 |
 Universitas Northwestern: 24
|  Universitas Melbourne | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 |
|  ETH Zurich (Institut Teknologi Federal Swiss) | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 |
|  Universitas Sydney | 31 | 34 | 31 | 27 | 27 |
|  Universitas Tsinghua | 50 | 64 | 50 | 36 | 28 |
|  Universitas New York | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29 |
|  Universitas Edinburgh | 28 | 30 | 27 | 28 | 30 |
|  University of British Columbia | 29 | 27 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
|  Universitas Nasional Singapura | 38 | 43 | 38 | 34 | 32 |
|  Universitas Washington di St. Louis | 32 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 33 |
|  King's College London | 39 | 41 | 39 | 37 | 34 |
|  Universitas Kopenhagen | 34 | 37 | 34 | 32 | 34 |
|  Universitas Carolina Utara, Chapel Hill | 33 | 34 | 32 | 33 | 36 |
|  Universitas Queensland | 43 | 45 | 42 | 42 | 36 |
|  Universitas Teknologi Nanyang | 49 | 55 | 49 | 43 | 38 |
|  Universitas Texas di Austin | 34 | 32 | 36 | 34 | 38 |
|  Universitas Amsterdam | 49 | 55 | 51 | 40 | 40 |
|  Universitas Wisconsin–Madison | 34 | 31 | 35 | 37 | 41 |
|  Universitas Raja Abdul Aziz |  | - | - | - | 42 |
|  Universitas Sorbonne | 38 | 38 | - | 37 | 43 |
|  Universitas Pittsburgh | 46 | 48 | 43 | 47 | 43 |
|  Universitas Negeri Ohio | 46 | 46 | 46 | 45 | 45 |
|  Universitas Ludwig Maximilian Munich | 43 | 40 | 46 | 43 | 46 |
|  Universitas Minnesota | 43 | 42 | 41 | 47 | 47 |
|  Universitas Katolik Leuven |  | - | - | - | 48 |
|  Institut Karolinska |  | - | - | - | 48 |
|  Universitas Monash |  | - | - | - | 48 |