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Best Universities in the Americas 2027

As of the QS World University Rankings 2027, the top university in the Americas is Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (QS world rank #1); the region has 332 QS-ranked universities across 19 countries and territories. This page lists every QS-ranked university in the region, side by side, drawn directly from the official QS World University Rankings 2027.

Source: QS World University Rankings 2027 · 332 universities · 19 countries & territories · Sources & citation ↓
What this ranking shows: universities are ordered by their official QS World University Rankings 2027 position, then re-numbered within the Americas (the "#" column). The "QS 2027" column shows each university's global QS rank. For a cross-system view that also blends Times Higher Education, ARWU and U.S. News, see the global consensus ranking.
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#
University
Country / territory
QS 2027
2026
Overall
1
🇺🇸 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States
#1
#1
100
2
🇺🇸 Stanford University
United States
#2
#3
99.2
3
🇺🇸 Harvard University
United States
#5
#5
97.4
4
🇺🇸 California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
United States
#7
#10
96.6
5
🇺🇸 University of Pennsylvania
United States
#15
#15
91.7
6
🇺🇸 Cornell University
United States
#16
#16
91.5
7
🇺🇸 Yale University
United States
#16
#21
91.5
8
🇺🇸 Johns Hopkins University
United States
#20
#24
89.7
9
🇺🇸 University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States
#20
#17
89.7
10
🇺🇸 University of Chicago
United States
#24
#13
89.2
11
🇺🇸 Princeton University
United States
#27
#25
88.9
12
🇨🇦 McGill University
Canada
#30
#27
87.5
13
🇨🇦 University of Toronto
Canada
#32
#29
86.8
14
🇺🇸 Columbia University
United States
#43
#38
84
15
🇺🇸 Northwestern University
United States
#45
#42
83.8
16
🇨🇦 University of British Columbia
Canada
#45
#40
83.9
17
🇺🇸 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States
#49
#46
82.7
18
🇺🇸 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
United States
#51
#45
82.2
19
🇺🇸 Carnegie Mellon University
United States
#55
#52
81.4
20
🇺🇸 New York University (NYU)
United States
#58
#55
80.8
21
🇺🇸 Brown University
United States
#66
#69
77.4
22
🇺🇸 Duke University
United States
#70
#62
75.8
23
🇺🇸 University of Texas at Austin
United States
#72
#68
75.3
24
🇺🇸 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
United States
#74
#70
74.7
25
🇺🇸 University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
United States
#81
#66
73.3
26
🇦🇷 Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA)
Argentina
#84
#84
72.3
27
🇺🇸 Pennsylvania State University
United States
#92
#82
70.2
28
🇺🇸 University of Washington
United States
#92
#81
70.2
29
🇺🇸 Boston University
United States
#94
#88
70
30
🇨🇦 University of Alberta
Canada
#96
#94
69.3
31
🇺🇸 Purdue University
United States
#100
#88
68.7
32
🇨🇦 University of Waterloo
Canada
#113
#119
66.6
33
🇨🇱 Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC)
Chile
#119
#116
65.6
34
🇺🇸 Rice University
United States
#122
#119
65.5
35
🇺🇸 University of Wisconsin-Madison
United States
#131
#110
64.3
36
🇧🇷 Universidade de São Paulo
Brazil
#133
#108
64.1
37
🇺🇸 University of California, Davis
United States
#137
#114
63
38
🇺🇸 Georgia Institute of Technology
United States
#142
#123
62.5
39
🇨🇦 Western University
Canada
#142
#151
62.5
40
🇲🇽 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
Mexico
#145
#136
62.3
41
🇺🇸 University of Southern California
United States
#153
#146
61.3
42
🇺🇸 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
United States
#158
#140
60.6
43
🇨🇦 Université de Montréal
Canada
#162
#168
60.4
44
🇺🇸 Washington University in St. Louis
United States
#162
#167
60.4
45
🇺🇸 Texas A&M University
United States
#169
#144
59.5
46
🇺🇸 Arizona State University
United States
#172
#173
58.4
47
🇺🇸 University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)
United States
#173
#179
58.3
48
🇨🇦 McMaster University
Canada
#174
#173
58.2
49
🇨🇦 Queen's University at Kingston
Canada
#179
#191
57.6
50
🇺🇸 Michigan State University
United States
#182
#161
57.4
51
🇺🇸 Emory University
United States
#183
#182
57.3
52
🇨🇱 Universidad de Chile
Chile
#185
#173
57.1
53
🇲🇽 Tecnológico de Monterrey
Mexico
#188
#187
57
54
🇺🇸 The Ohio State University
United States
#201
#190
55.7
55
🇺🇸 University of Florida
United States
#228
#212
53.1
56
🇨🇦 University of Ottawa
Canada
#228
#219
53.1
57
🇨🇴 Universidad de los Andes
Colombia
#233
#212
52.8
58
🇨🇦 University of Calgary
Canada
#249
#211
51.5
59
🇺🇸 University of Rochester
United States
#251
#236
51.2
60
🇺🇸 University of California, Irvine
United States
#252
#293
51
61
🇺🇸 University of Maryland, College Park
United States
#252
#207
51
62
🇺🇸 University of Minnesota (System)
United States
#255
#210
50.7
63
🇺🇸 University of Massachusetts Amherst
United States
#260
#247
50.1
64
🇺🇸 Vanderbilt University
United States
#265
#250
49.3
65
🇺🇸 University of Virginia
United States
#268
#275
49
66
🇺🇸 Dartmouth College
United States
#270
#247
48.5
67
🇧🇷 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp)
Brazil
#277
#233
47.9
68
🇺🇸 University of Pittsburgh
United States
#279
#281
47.6
69
🇺🇸 Georgetown University
United States
#289
#285
47
70
🇨🇴 Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Colombia
#293
#259
46.4
71
🇨🇦 Dalhousie University
Canada
#298
#283
46.1
72
🇺🇸 University of Notre Dame
United States
#300
#294
45.9
73
🇨🇦 Simon Fraser University
Canada
#312
#308
44.4
74
🇺🇸 The University of Arizona
United States
#313
#287
44.3
75
🇺🇸 Rutgers University–New Brunswick
United States
#314
#328
44.2
76
🇺🇸 North Carolina State University
United States
#320
#272
43.9
77
🇺🇸 University of Colorado Boulder
United States
#320
#299
43.9
78
🇨🇦 York University
Canada
#322
#333
43.8
79
🇺🇸 Case Western Reserve University
United States
#326
#294
43.5
80
🇺🇸 Tufts University
United States
#338
#334
42.6
81
🇺🇸 University of Miami
United States
#338
#314
42.6
82
🇵🇪 Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru (PUCP)
Peru
#357
#345
41.4
83
🇺🇸 Indiana University Bloomington
United States
#360
#306
41.2
84
🇺🇸 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
United States
#366
#358
40.9
85
🇧🇷 Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
#367
#317
40.8
86
🇺🇸 University of Illinois Chicago (UIC)
United States
#370
#334
40.3
87
🇨🇦 University of Victoria (UVic)
Canada
#370
#358
40.3
88
🇺🇸 George Washington University
United States
#381
#358
39.6
89
🇺🇸 Northeastern University
United States
#385
#384
39.3
90
🇨🇴 Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Colombia
#395
#371
38.5
91
🇺🇸 University of California, Riverside
United States
#398
#440
38.2
92
🇨🇦 University of Saskatchewan
Canada
#411
#378
37.1
93
🇺🇸 University at Buffalo SUNY
United States
#416
#410
36.9
94
🇺🇸 University of California, Santa Cruz
United States
#458
#458
34.2
95
🇺🇸 University of Connecticut
United States
#458
#534
34.2
96
🇨🇷 Universidad de Costa Rica
Costa Rica
#463
#499
34.1
97
🇺🇸 Stony Brook University, State University of New York
United States
#468
#452
33.9
98
🇦🇷 Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP)
Argentina
#474
#458
33.5
99
🇨🇦 Concordia University
Canada
#497
#465
32.5
100
🇺🇸 Washington State University
United States
#510
#423
32.1

Showing the top 100 of 332 QS-ranked universities in the Americas. Full machine-readable list: /rankings/region/americas.json

About higher education in the Americas

The Americas are anchored by the United States, home to MIT, Harvard and Stanford at the very top of the QS table, with Canada (Toronto, McGill, UBC) and a growing set of leading universities across Latin America including UNAM, Universidade de São Paulo and Tecnológico de Monterrey.

Frequently asked questions

Which is the best university in the Americas in 2027?

According to the QS World University Rankings 2027, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is the top-ranked university in the Americas, placing #1 in the world.

How many universities in the Americas are ranked by QS?

The QS World University Rankings 2027 includes 332 universities in the Americas, spread across 19 countries and territories.

How is this the Americas ranking ordered?

Universities are ordered by their official QS World University Rankings 2027 global position, then re-numbered within the region. The order is reproduced unmodified from QS; EduRank does not re-weight or re-score it.

Data source

QS World University Rankings 2027QS Quacquarelli Symonds · official rankings
Cite this page:
EduRank (2027). Best Universities in the Americas 2027 — QS World University Rankings. Retrieved from https://edurank.co/rankings/region/americas/
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