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North America Private Universities Rankings 2024

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			AD Scientific Index - World University/Institution Rankings 2024								Total Number of Scientists in University/Institution
Country Ranking	Region Ranking	World Ranking	University / Institution	Country	Founded	Source	Best Scientist in University/Institution World Rank / Name		Total Institutions in Country	Total Scientists in Index	In top %3	In top %10	In top %20	In top %30	In top %40	In top %50	In top %60	In top %70	In top %80	In top %90	Total Scientists in Index
1	1	1	Harvard University	United States	1636	Private	2	Ronald C Kessler ⁱ	3098	7701	810	1,690	2,659	3,688	4,789	5,832	6,807	7,363	7,625	7,694	7,701
2	2	2	Stanford University	United States	1885	Private	40	Yi Cui	3098	5102	554	1,113	1,642	2,244	2,942	3,640	4,313	4,770	5,031	5,094	5,102
3	3	3	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	United States	1861	Private	3	Robert Langer	3098	4278	348	726	1,158	1,682	2,318	2,966	3,567	3,987	4,210	4,272	4,278
4	4	4	Columbia University New York	United States	1754	Private	92	Joseph E Stiglitz	3098	2654	339	782	1,187	1,540	1,847	2,089	2,327	2,512	2,612	2,648	2,654
5	5	5	University of Pennsylvania	United States	1740	Private	957	Ruben Gur	3098	2597	298	687	1,029	1,350	1,693	2,027	2,300	2,480	2,566	2,593	2,597
6	6	6	Duke University	United States	1838	Private	43	Lei Layla Li ⁱ	3098	2061	280	650	939	1,188	1,433	1,602	1,792	1,949	2,034	2,057	2,061
7	7	7	Yale University	United States	1701	Private	27	Richard A Flavell	3098	2490	265	612	931	1,241	1,570	1,911	2,219	2,393	2,465	2,487	2,490
8	8	8	Johns Hopkins University	United States	1876	Private	15	Bert Vogelstein	3098	1873	215	506	783	1,037	1,266	1,502	1,701	1,806	1,860	1,870	1,873
9	9	9	University of Southern California	United States	1880	Private	430	Paul Thompson	3098	2046	200	501	848	1,100	1,345	1,581	1,805	1,960	2,022	2,042	2,046
10	10	10	New York University	United States	1831	Private	881	Dan Littman	3098	2020	184	485	749	986	1,209	1,465	1,713	1,892	1,992	2,015	2,020
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11	11	11	University of Chicago	United States	1891	Private	51	Mark Oreglia ⁱ	3098	1434	172	369	543	709	861	1,031	1,188	1,302	1,404	1,432	1,434
12	12	12	Washington University Saint Louis	United States	1853	Private	7	Graham Colditz	3098	1538	168	396	613	798	950	1,099	1,266	1,427	1,515	1,537	1,538
13	13	13	Princeton University	United States	1746	Private	183	Daniel Marlow ⁱ	3098	1147	162	300	427	545	676	821	960	1,072	1,131	1,145	1,147
14	14	14	Vanderbilt University	United States	1873	Private	320	Julia Velkovska ⁱ	3098	1497	153	417	658	845	1,024	1,186	1,362	1,453	1,483	1,495	1,497
15	15	15	Carnegie Mellon University	United States	1900	Private	358	Krzysztof Matyjaszewski	3098	1446	143	356	550	725	886	1,051	1,249	1,363	1,424	1,445	1,446
16	16	16	Northwestern University	United States	1851	Private	235	John A Rogers	3098	1645	129	290	479	674	919	1,169	1,393	1,543	1,618	1,643	1,645
17	17	17	Emory University	United States	1836	Private	525	Peter W Wilson	3098	1561	124	343	555	742	912	1,061	1,263	1,440	1,533	1,557	1,561
18	18	19	Boston University	United States	1869	Private	56	Ralph B D'Agostino	3098	940	100	271	420	558	662	761	851	902	931	939	940
19	19	21	California Institute of Technology Caltech	United States	1891	Private	204	Si Xie	3098	632	89	155	222	282	346	420	523	588	623	630	632
20	20	22	University of Miami	United States	1925	Private	1452	Charles S Carver	3098	952	83	229	411	559	691	800	890	926	945	950	952
21	21	23	Case Western Reserve University	United States	1826	Private	2014	Jonathan Stamler	3098	870	77	205	345	458	564	658	742	813	859	868	870
22	22	24	University of Rochester	United States	1850	Private	70	A Bodek	3098	814	74	199	347	456	569	661	745	784	804	811	814
23	23	26	Rice University	United States	1891	Private	100	Frank Geurts ⁱ	3098	770	61	171	296	380	481	566	659	719	755	767	770
24	24	28	University of Notre Dame	United States	1844	Private	149	MD Hildreth ⁱ	3098	777	51	149	280	388	484	584	671	744	768	774	777
25	25	29	Brown University	United States	1764	Private	342	Gabriele Benelli ⁱ	3098	565	49	131	220	281	332	390	450	507	548	564	565
26	26	31	Dartmouth College	United States	1769	Private	4091	Kevin Lane Keller	3098	648	47	144	252	328	392	463	537	592	635	645	648
27	27	32	Rutgers The State University of New Jersey	United States	1766	Private	5295	Gary Aston Jones	3098	1026	46	158	289	417	525	633	770	913	992	1,023	1,026
28	28	34	Baylor College of Medicine	United States	1900	Private	941	Donna Muzny ⁱ	3098	417	42	81	123	167	203	244	296	362	408	417	417
29	29	35	Tufts University	United States	1852	Private	80	Krzysztof Sliwa	3098	600	39	126	225	295	353	427	494	555	588	598	600
30	30	38	Tulane University	United States	1834	Private	1497	Jiang He	3098	544	33	94	171	261	330	391	450	505	532	543	544
31	31	39	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	United States	1963	Private	497	Rene Kahn	3098	420	33	50	87	128	163	222	299	364	406	420	420
32	32	40	Georgetown University	United States	1789	Private	2755	Michael Atkins	3098	715	32	132	259	357	443	525	604	668	703	710	715
33	33	41	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	United States	1824	Private	2296	Robert Linhardt	3098	360	31	90	152	211	251	283	321	346	356	360	360
34	34	42	Thomas Jefferson University	United States	1824	Private	1144	Charles J Yeo	3098	302	30	59	103	146	179	215	255	282	297	300	302
35	35	43	George Washington University	United States	1821	Private	2543	James Tielsch	3098	771	29	129	256	386	479	576	672	731	762	770	771
36	36	44	Wake Forest University	United States	1834	Private	4584	Dalane W. Kitzman	3098	526	28	101	195	274	334	385	450	488	520	525	526
37	37	46	Cornell University	United States	1865	Private	38	Peter Wittich ⁱ	3098	2071	27	32	132	394	748	1,104	1,472	1,800	2,006	2,068	2,071
38	38	47	Rockefeller University	United States	1901	Private	535	Robert Ciesielski ⁱ	3098	317	25	42	56	89	126	175	226	279	309	317	317
39	39	49	Drexel University	United States	1891	Private	220	Yury Gogotsi	3098	581	22	84	198	286	360	427	487	539	572	578	581
40	40	51	Northeastern University	United States	1898	Private	369	Toyoko J Orimoto	3098	302	21	57	86	124	150	180	229	265	297	302	302
41	41	55	Yeshiva University	United States	1886	Private	2520	Ana Maria Cuervo	3098	261	19	56	82	121	159	194	223	246	260	261	261
42	42	56	Medical College of Wisconsin	United States	1893	Private	3614	Douglas Evans	3098	324	18	63	116	157	196	244	285	311	323	324	324
43	43	57	Boston College	United States	1863	Private	4724	Philip G Altbach	3098	218	18	48	80	122	143	175	203	208	213	214	218
44	44	58	Albert Einstein College of Medicine	United States	1955	Private	376	Richard B Lipton	3098	283	18	46	82	121	161	196	236	264	278	283	283
45	45	60	Lehigh University	United States	1865	Private	3112	Israel E Wachs	3098	327	17	63	130	174	221	256	296	316	326	327	327
46	46	62	Rush University Medical Center	United States	1837	Private	1745	Julie A Schneider	3098	286	16	49	100	134	166	211	241	265	282	286	286
47	47	68	Brandeis University	United States	1948	Private	146	Gabriella Sciolla	3098	157	13	28	43	61	73	89	102	127	148	155	157
48	48	71	Southern Methodist University	United States	1911	Private	434	Tulin Varol ⁱ	3098	243	11	40	83	128	167	200	229	239	242	243	243
49	49	72	Baylor University	United States	1845	Private	210	Kenichi Hatakeyama ⁱ	3098	185	11	25	60	94	116	132	150	174	181	184	185
50	50	73	University of Chicago Booth School of Business	United States	1898	Private	5399	Richard Thaler	3098	117	11	25	42	57	77	86	96	112	115	117	117