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Ohio State University - Columbus tops our list of 222 Diploma universities in the United States at #190 in the QS World University Rankings 2026. It is followed by Ohio State University-Main Campus (QS World #190) and University of Pittsburgh-Titusville (QS World #281). The universities on this list offer 2,659 matching courses between them.
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8 of these universities hold a QS World position, from #190 (Ohio State University - Columbus) to #545 (CUNY Queensborough Community College); they are listed first, in that order. The rest are ordered by research impact. University of Pittsburgh-Titusville has the largest research record in this group, with 34,814,749 citations and an h-index of 1,343. 18 universities have neither a QS position nor a research record yet and appear at the end, marked "Not yet ranked".
The split is 219 public to 3 private institutions. By location, Ohio (1), Montana (1) and Oklahoma (1) account for the most of those we can place. Ohio State University-Main Campus is the largest, with 45,638 students.
The most common subjects are Medicine & Health Sciences (521), Engineering (399), Business & Management (366) and Computer Science & IT (213). The usual length is 2 years and 2 semesters. 97% are full-time and 64 can be studied online. Start dates lean to Fall (100% of courses with a stated intake) and Spring (99% of courses with a stated intake). Gateway Technical College offers the widest choice, with 67 of these courses.
We hold indicative fees for 5 of these universities. Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Cupey Campus is the least expensive at USD 7,750 a year and Ohio State University-Main Campus the most at USD 40,022; the middle of the range is about USD 13,575. Check each university's own fee page before you budget — figures change every year.
Ohio State University - Columbus (QS World #190), Ohio State University-Main Campus (QS World #190) and University of Pittsburgh-Titusville (QS World #281) lead this list. QS World positions come first; the rest are ranked by research impact.
Of those with published fees, Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Cupey Campus is the least expensive at about USD 7,750 a year. Fees are indicative — confirm on the university's site.
219 public and 3 private universities are on this list.
Most listed courses run 2 years, with 2 semesters the next most common.
Fall is the main intake — 100% of courses with a stated start date begin then, and Spring is the second.
64 of these courses are listed as online.
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