We all have a dream college that we think is the best for us and will work really hard to get into.
There are a lot of universities in the world, and by a lot, I mean more than 25,000, With so many choices, it is extremely difficult to make a list of the top ten universities around the globe.
GPA’s are unweighted. (On a 4.0 scale)
Now let’s take a look at the top Universities in the world :
1) Harvard
Harvard University is one of the best, if not the best university in the world.
Harvard University is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States, It is part of the Ivy League.
Harvard University was founded in 1636.
The University campus lies around Charles River, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America.
The total number of students at Harvard University is just shy of 23,000 (Twenty-three thousand)
The student-to-faculty ratio at Harvard is 6:1.
SAT:
25 percentile score: 1470
75 percentile score: 1570
GPA: 4
Acceptance Rate: 5.0 %
2) Stanford
Stanford is not part of the Ivy League, but it is considered to be one of the best Universities around the globe.
Stanford University is located in the San Francisco bay area.
Stanford University was founded in 1885.
Stanford has seven schools that include: business, law, medicine, Engineering, Education, Humanities and Sciences, Earth, Energy, and Environmental sciences.
Stanford consists of :
- 6,366 undergrad students
- 8,791 graduate students
- 2,279 faculty members
- 19 noble laureates
- 5:1 student to faculty ratio
SAT:
25 percentile score: 1390
75 percentile score: 1540
GPA:3.9
Acceptance Rate: 4.0 %
3) Cambridge
Cambridge University is one of the oldest and best universities not only in the United Kingdom but also in the world.
Cambridge University was founded in 1209.
Cambridge is the second oldest university in the English-speaking world.
Cambridge is located in Cambridge, England.
Cambridge has more than 23,000 students.
The student-to-faculty ratio is 11:1.
The dropout rate of Cambridge university is 1.4 %.
The University of Cambridge consists of 31 colleges.
SAT: No SAT in the UK
GPA: 3.8
Acceptance Rate: 10 %
4) MIT
Massachusetts Institue of Technology, also known as MIT is the best college for engineering in the world, but it does not stop at engineering, it also has:
- School of Architecture and planning.
- School of Humanities, Art and Social Sciences.
- MIT Sloan School of Management.
- School of Science.
- MIT Stephan A. Schwarzman College of Computing.
MIT was founded in 1861.
MIT has a total enrollment of 11,520 students.
MIT is located on 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
The student-to-faculty ratio at MIT is 3:1, which is pretty good.
SAT:
25 percentile score: 1500
75 percentile score: 1570
GPA: 3.9
Acceptance Rate: 7.0 %
5) Oxford
Oxford is the oldest university in the world, it was founded in 1096.
Oxford is located in Oxfordshire, England.
Oxford has a total enrollment of 25,515 students.
Oxford university is said to consist of 39 colleges.
The student to faculty ratio is 5:1.
SAT: No SAT in the UK
GPA: 4.0
Acceptance Rate: 16 % (9% for international students)
6) University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is part of the ivy league and is one of the best universities in the world.
The Wharton School of business is said to be the best business school in the world.
Upenn was founded in 1740.
It has a total enrollment of 22,500 students.
The University of Pennsylvania is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The University of Pennsylvania consists of:
- The Wharton School
- School of Arts and Sciences
- Annenberg School of Communication
- School of Dental Medicine
- Stuart Weitzman School of Design
- Graduate School of Education
- School of Engineering and Applied Science
- Carey Law School
- Perelman School of Medicine
- School of Nursing
- School of Veterinary Medicine.
The student-to-faculty ratio at the University of Pennsylvania is 6:1.
SAT:
25 percentile score: 1370
75 percentile score: 1520
GPA: 3.7 (min)
Acceptance Rate: 8.0 %
7) Yale
Yale university is part of the prestigious Ivy League.
Yale University was founded in 1701.
It has a total enrollment of 12,000 students.
Yale University is located in New Haven, Connecticut.
Yale University consists of:
- Graduate School of Art and Science
- School of Architecture
- School of Art
- Divinity School
- School of Drama
- School of Engineering and Applied Science
- School of the Environment
- Law School
- School of Management
- School of Medicine
- School of Music
- School of Nursing
- School of Public Health
The student-to-faculty ratio at Yale is 6:1.
SAT:
25 percentile score: 1460
75 percentile score: 1580
GPA: 3.8
Acceptance Rate: 6.0 %
8) Columbia
Columbia University is part of the ivy league.
Columbia was founded in 1754.
Columbia University is located in New York City.
Columbia has a total enrollment of 33,000 students.
Columbia University consists of 21 schools.
The student-to-faculty ratio at Columbia is 6:1.
SAT:
25 percentile score: 1490
75 percentile score: 1580
GPA: 3.78
Acceptance Rate: 5.0 %
9) Princeton
Princeton University is part of the ivy league.
Princeton University was founded in 1746.
Princeton University is located in Princeton, New Jersey.
It has a total enrollment of 8,000 students.
The student-to-faculty ratio at Princeton is 5:1.
SAT:
25 percentile score: 1380
75 percentile score: 1540
GPA: 3.8
Acceptance Rate: 6.0 %
10) University of Chicago
The University of Chicago was founded in 1890.
As the name suggests, it is located in Chicago.
It has a total enrollment of more than 16,000 students.
The University of Chicago has a student-to-faculty ratio of 6:1.
The University of Chicago consists of 14 schools/colleges.
SAT:
25 percentile score: 1460
75 percentile score: 1560
GPA: 3.9
Acceptance Rate: 6.0 %
These were the top ten colleges in the world, but here are a lot of universities that are amazing, like for example:
- UC Berkeley
- Cornell University
- Brown University
- Dartmouth college
- University of Michigan: Ann Arbor
- USC
- UCLA
- Georgetown University
- WashU in St. Louis
- RICE University
- University of Florida
- University of Miami
- University College London
- UC Santa Barbara
- University of North Carolina: Chapel Hill
- University of Texas: Austin
The list can keep going on and on.
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