67 of the top 100 universities are located in the United States

[The Straight Story]

World's top 100 universities named

SHANGHAI, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. universities were tops among the world's top 100 institutions of higher education, a report found.

Once again American universities dominated the world rankings as they have for the past six years, taking all but three of the top 20 spots, The University World News Web site said.

Three U.S. universities took the top three positions. Harvard ranked first, Stanford second and the University of California Berkeley came in at third place.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) ranked 5th, the California Institute of Technology ranked sixth, Columbia University ranked seventh, Princeton University rated eighth on the list and the University of Chicago came in at number nine.

The universities of Cambridge, Oxford and Tokyo ranked fourth, 10th and 20th respectively. Emory University in the United States was allocated the last slot in the top 100 institutions.

The Web site said 67 of the top 100 universities are located in the United States, 13 in Britain and five in Japan.

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/International/2009/11/02/Worlds-top-100-universities-named/UPI-76071257176083/

[TNDemo]

1. Go Berkeley!

My son is a grad.

[The Straight Story]

2. Does Ahhnold get credit for Berkeley being on the list?

:rofl:

[BolivarianHero]

3. I bet it would be closer to 76 if there had been 8 years of Gore instead of 8 years of *...

America also has many of the world's worst schools...

BJU
Pensacola Concentration Camp
Regent
Liberty
Oral Roberts

etc...

Any hole-in-the-wall party school is better than those shitstains.

[JonQ]

4. Nice

keep it up. We really benefit by being able to attract the best talent from around the world.