6 NJ Universities Among Best On Earth, 2020 US News Ranking Says

NEW JERSEY — U.S. News & World Report is out with its assessment of best global universities, and six institutions in New Jersey are included. The sixth annual rankings released Tuesday compared 1,550 schools. The United States dominated, with 249 schools making the list.

According to the rankings, eight of the world’s 10 best universities are in the United States.

New Jersey's top-ranked university on the global list was Princeton University, which came in eighth. Second was Rutgers University in New Brunswick, which came in 105th.

Harvard University ranked No. 1 on the list, followed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, University of California at Berkeley and Oxford University in the United Kingdom.

U.S. News stresses the rankings specifically focus on academic research and overall reputation of the schools and not on the undergraduate and graduate programs. In the global rankings, schools are also assessed in subjects like business, economics, engineering and computer science. The individual subject rankings are intended to measure a school’s global position in a field.

The global rankings focus on academic research and reputation rather than separate undergraduate or graduate programs. Thirteen separate ranking factors were used to determine the rankings, specifically indicators that measure a school’s reputation and so-called bibliometric indicators that measure academic research performance, including citations and publications.

Click here to read more on the methodology.

Here is a look at all six New Jersey institutions named as Best Global Universities, as well as their overall ranking:

• Princeton University (8)
• Rutgers University in New Brunswick (105)
• Rutgers State University in Newark (706)
• New Jersey Institute of Technology (803)
• Stevens Institute of Technology (1121)
• Rowan University (1,420)

The global rankings differ from U.S. News’ rankings of the best colleges and best graduate schools. The publication explains that no data from either of those two lists factors in compiling the global university rankings.

“As the Best Global Universities rankings continue to expand in number of schools and subjects to fulfill the needs of prospective students, we remain consistent in our mission to evaluate schools around the world on their research,” Robert Morse, chief data strategist at U.S. News, said in a press release. “A major emphasis on academic research is what sets this methodology apart from our other university rankings.”

Here's the list of 2020’s best global universities