The 10 countries with the most top-ranked universities

Oct 7, 2015

Peter Jacobs

Education Reporter, Business Insider

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The US has the most top-ranked universities in the world — far more than any other country.

A new ranking from US News & World Report lists the 750 best global universities, with 181 American schools making the list.

By comparison, China, which came in second on the overall list, has 57 schools represented.

The majority of the universities in US News’ top 20 were American, including Harvard University in the top spot. The ranking also featured three British universities and a Canadian university.

Here are the 10 countries that had the most universities on US News & World Report’s global ranking:

1. United States (181 universities)

Harvard University (1)

2. China (57 universities)

Peking University (41)

3. United Kingdom (55 universities)

University of Oxford (4)

4. Germany (50 universities)

University of Gottingen (134)

5. Italy (38 universities)

University of Bologna (142)

6. France (30 universities)

University of Paris Diderot (109)

7. (tie) Canada (26 universities)

McGill University (53)

7. (tie) Australia (26 universities)

University of Melbourne (40)

9. Spain (25 universities)

University of Barcelona (90)

10. Japan (24 universities)

University of Tokyo (31)

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Author: Peter Jacobs is an education reporter at Business Insider.

Image: People walk into the quadrant of Clare College at Cambridge University. REUTERS/Paul Hackett.

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