Download the 2017 Best Colleges Rankings Report for MIT.
U.S. News & World Report has published annual rankings of American undergraduate and graduate institutions for decades. America's Best Colleges is released in August; and America's Best Graduate Schools is released in April. MIT's placement from these ranking systems is displayed in the Tableau table below. In 2016, US. News & World Report began ranking universities from around the world. Best Global Universities is released in October; jump to view MIT's global rankings. Visit their Colleges and Global websites, and methodology page for more information.
MIT's relative position in Best Colleges and Best Graduate Schools Rankings:
Download a Mobile-Friendly PDF. Use the menus on the right to choose years and select between the 3 rankings.
MIT's overall relative position in Best Global Universities Rankings:
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Relative position | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Indicator Rankings | 2020 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| Global score | 98.4 | 97.5 |
| Global research reputation | 2 | 1 |
| Regional research reputation | 3 | 4 |
| Publications | 32 | 38 |
| Books | 34 | 22 |
| Conferences | 13 | 8 |
| Normalized citation impact | 4 | 8 |
| Total citations | 10 | 12 |
| Number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited | 8 | 11 |
| Percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited | 2 | 3 |
| International collaboration - relative to country | 47 | 61 |
| International collaboration | 354 | 405 |
| Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited | 3 | 4 |
| Percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited | 1 | 1 |
Rankings by Subject:
| Subject Rankings | 2020 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| Arts and Humanities | 12 | 16 |
| Biology and Biochemistry | 2 | 2 |
| Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology | - | 2 |
| Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems | 89 | 102 |
| Cell Biology | - | 2 |
| Chemical Engineering | - | 18 |
| Chemistry | 3 | 5 |
| Civil Engineering | 23 | 44 |
| Clinical Medicine | 15 | 20 |
| Computer Science | 10 | 3 |
| Condensed Matter Physics | - | 10 |
| Economics and Business | 2 | 2 |
| Electrical and Electronic Engineering | 19 | 34 |
| Endocrinology and Metabolism | - | 84 |
| Energy and Fuels | - | 6 |
| Engineering | 2 | 3 |
| Environment/Ecology | 119 | 44 |
| Geosciences | 8 | 12 |
| Immunology | 3 | 2 |
| Infectious Diseases | - | 82 |
| Materials Science | 3 | 4 |
| Mathematics | 3 | 1 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 13 | 38 |
| Microbiology | 2 | 2 |
| Molecular Biology and Genetics | 2 | 2 |
| Nanoscience and Nanotechnology | - | 12 |
| Neuroscience and Behavior | 3 | 3 |
| Oncology | 8 | 16 |
| Optics | - | 5 |
| Pharmacology and Toxicology | 9 | 12 |
| Physical Chemistry | - | 11 |
| Physics | 1 | 1 |
| Polymer Science | - | 19 |
| Psychiatry/Psychology | 25 | 21 |
| Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imagine | - | 30 |
| Social Sciences and Public Health | 28 | 21 |
| Space Science | 18 | 9 |