Emory Named Top College in Georgia

The Center for World University Rankings (CWUR), publisher of the largest academic ranking of global universities, named Emory University the No. 1 college in Georgia.

Harvard was named the world's top university in the rankings, which were released Monday morning, July 11.

In Georgia, the results were:

1 - Emory University
2 - Georgia Institute of Technology
3 - University of Georgia
4 - Augusta University
5 - Georgia State University

In 2016, 60 countries, more than ever before, feature in the top 1000.

The center used indicators such as quality of education and faculty; citations; patents; and alumni employment, among other factors, to determine its rankings.

The top 10 global universities were:

1. Harvard
2. Stanford
3. MIT
4. Cambridge
5. Oxford
6. Columbia
7. Berkeley
8. Chicago
9. Princeton
10. Yale

The Center for World University Rankings said it publishes the only global university ranking that measures the quality of education and training of students as well as the prestige of the faculty members and the quality of their research without relying on surveys and university data submissions.