Top Universities in the US by Subject

There are 22 US development studies schools in the ranking, with 10 featuring in the worldwide top 50. Harvard University comes out on top, in third place worldwide after dropping one spot this year.

MIT offers the best earth and marine sciences program of the 52 offered in the US. MIT ranks second in the world rankings for earth and marine sciences this year, earning near perfect scores in the academic reputation and employer reputation indicators.

The top economics school in the US is Harvard University, ranking first in the world for economics and econometrics and scoring full marks in the academic reputation, employer reputation and H-index. There are currently 103 US schools featuring in this year’s rankings for economics and econometrics, with 21 of these in the world top 50.

The US is home to 79 top schools offering education courses. 18 of these are in the world top 50, with Harvard University once again coming out on top, in joint second place worldwide.

81 of the world’s best electrical and electronic engineering universities are located in the US. Of these, 15 are in the world top 50, with MIT the best electric and electronic engineering school in the world this year, scoring full marks in the academic reputation and the employer reputation indicators.

MIT (shown above) is the best engineering and technology school of the 91 in the US featured this year, with a perfect score in the academic reputation indicator. There are 25 others in the world top 100.

If English is your passion, you’ll be pleased to know that 81 of the world’s top English language and literature universities are located in the US, with Harvard University at the top, in third place worldwide.

Out of 92 US universities in the rankings this year, 17 are in the worldwide top 50, including top ranking environmental sciences school this year, Stanford University.

The top university for geography in the US is the University of California, Berkeley (UCB), in fourth place worldwide. 32 other top geography universities are located in the US.

Harvard University ranks the highest of the 47 history schools in the US in the rankings, placing top in the world for its history course, with perfect scores in the employer reputation and the H-index indicators.

There are 12 top hospitality and leisure management schools in the US, with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in the top spot in the US again this year, retaining its spot in second place worldwide. All of the hospitality and leisure management schools in the US place in the top 50 worldwide.

Whether it’s Legally Blonde which made you want to study law at Harvard, or its its first-place position in the world rankings for law, Harvard University has a lot to offer law students. Harvard earns perfect scores in academic reputation, employer reputation and the H-index. Outside of Harvard University, there are 47 further top law schools to choose from in the US, including 14 in the world top 50.

19 US universities offering library and information management courses feature in the global rankings, all of which are featured in the world top 50. Of these, the top performing university is the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, in fourth worldwide, after climbing one place this year.

Of the 128 ranked US universities offering life sciences and medicine courses, 22 are found in the world top 50. Harvard University ranks in first place this year for life sciences and medicine, remaining in first place worldwide.

There are 63 universities in the US offering some of the world’s top linguistics courses, with 18 of these in the world top 50. In the US, and in the world, MITonce again holds the title of the world’s best linguistic course.

MIT is the best university to study materials science according to the recently released QS World University Rankings by Subject 2020. There are 85 other notable universities in the US, including 17 in the world top 50.

91 of the world’s best mathematics schools are located in the US, includingMITin first place worldwide. There are 20 further US universities featuring in the world top 50.

Out of 87 mechanical, aeronautical and manufacturing engineering universities in the ranking, 15 are found in the United States. Pennsylvania State University (shown above) enters the world top 50 this year, in 45^th place, after climbing six places. MIT is the top university for mechanical engineering this year, earning perfect scores in the academic reputation and employer reputation indicators.

Harvard University is the best of the 111 ranked universities in the US to study medicine, with perfect scores in academic reputation and employer reputation pushing it to first place in the world.

There are currently seven mineral and mining engineering universities in the US, all ranking in the world top 50. The Colorado School of Mines is on top, in first place in the world, scoring full marks in the academic reputation indicator.

There are 101 universities in the US offering natural science courses in the rankings this year. 19 of these are in the world top 50, with MIT in first place worldwide for its natural science course.  

Out of 30 nursing schools in the US, 17 can be found in the worldwide top 50, including new entry to the top 50 this year, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, in joint 49^thplace. The top ranking university for nursing is the University of Pennsylvania in first place worldwide.

25 of the world’s top performing arts schools are located in the US, with 15 of these in the world top 50. The Julliard School (shown above) is the top school to study performing arts, with near perfect scores in the academic reputation and the employer reputation indicators. New York University (NYU) also performs well, with a perfect score in the employer reputation indicator.

Harvard University is once again the top university in the US, this time for pharmacy and pharmacology. Overall there are 64 ranked pharmacy and pharmacology schools in the US, including 13 in the world top 50.

There are 48 philosophy universities in the United States, including 15 in the worldwide top 50. This year, New York University (NYU) overtakes Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick and University of Pittsburgh to bag the top spot. 

118 of the top physics and astronomy universities in the world are located in the US, with 18 of these in the worldwide top 50. MIT is the top ranked university to study physics and astrology globally, with a perfect score in the academic reputation and employer reputation indicators. 

Harvard University is the best of the 44 universities for politics and international studies in the US, placing first in the world. Princeton Universityalso performs well this year, stealing joint second place after rising five places in the rankings this year.

23 of the US’ 91 top psychology universities can be found in the world top 50, including the top-ranking psychology university in the world this year, Harvard University.

29 of the world’s top social policy and administration schools are found in the US. The best of these is, once again, Harvard University, rising one place this year to first worldwide. 14 of these schools are in the world top 50, including Princeton University, which climbs an incredible 18 places this year to 25^th.

15 of the 91 social sciences and management universities in the US are ranked in the world top 100. Harvard University comes out on top as the best social sciences and management school in the world in 2020.

Harvard University is the best of the 60 universities ranked for sociology in the world, with perfect scores in the academic reputation and employer reputation indicators. A further 17 US universities can be found in the world top 50. One notable entry is MIT, which drops 11 places this year, yet still clings onto the top 50, in 50^thplace.

20 excellent universities offer sports-related courses this year in the US, including the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor (shown above), which is top in the US for its sports programs, coming 12^th worldwide. 

There are 50 top statistics and operational research universities in the US this year, with 22 of these in the world top 50. MIT is the best university to study statistics in the US, with a perfect score in the academic reputation indicator. 

28 of the top universities in the world to study theology, divinity and religious studies are located in the US, with 17 of these in the worldwide top 50. The University of Notre Dameovertakes Harvard University this year, rising one place to take the top spot in the world.