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University of Massachusetts at Amherst leads the 41 Foundation universities in the United States at #247 in the QS World University Rankings 2026. Next come University of Tennessee, Knoxville (#184 in United States) and Florida Institute of Technology (#339 in United States). The universities on this list offer 256 matching courses between them.
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Universities at other levels
By university type
Only one university here holds a QS World position — University of Massachusetts at Amherst at #247 — so it heads the list. Below them, universities follow their research output: University of Massachusetts at Amherst is cited most (11,445,846 citations). 5 universities have neither a QS position nor a research record yet and appear at the end, marked "Not yet ranked".
40 are public and 1 private (98% public). By location, Arizona (1), Puerto Rico (1) and California (1) account for the most of those we can place. The University of Arizona Global Campus is the largest, with 20,152 students.
The most common subjects are Social Sciences & Psychology (33), Medicine & Health Sciences (33), Business & Management (33) and Education (26). The usual length is 1 year and 2 years. 97% are full-time and 6 can be studied online. Start dates lean to Fall (100% of courses with a stated intake) and Spring (100% of courses with a stated intake). Danville Community College offers the widest choice, with 26 of these courses.
We hold indicative fees for 3 of these universities. Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Cupey Campus is the least expensive at USD 7,750 a year and University of Massachusetts Global the most at USD 12,540; the middle of the range is about USD 11,960. Check each university's own fee page before you budget — figures change every year.
University of Massachusetts at Amherst (QS World #247), University of Tennessee, Knoxville (#184 in United States) and Florida Institute of Technology (#339 in United States) 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.
40 public and 1 private universities are on this list.
Most listed courses run 1 year, with 2 years the next most common.
Fall is the main intake — 100% of courses with a stated start date begin then, and Spring is the second.
6 of these courses are listed as online.
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