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Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads the 524 Master's universities in United States at #1 in the QS World University Rankings 2026. Next come Stanford University (QS World #3) and University of Chicago (QS World #13). Between them there are 4,407 courses for this search.
524 universities · ranked best first
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33 of these universities hold a QS World position, from #1 (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) to #575 (University of South Carolina); they are listed first, in that order. The rest are ordered by research impact. Stanford University has the largest research record in this group, with 89,857,545 citations and an h-index of 2,527. 24 universities have neither a QS position nor a research record yet and appear at the end, marked "Not yet ranked".
The split is 516 public to 8 private institutions. By location, New York (5), Massachusetts (4) and Texas (3) account for the most of those we can place. The oldest is Columbia University, founded in 1754. University of California, Berkeley is the largest, with 45,000 students.
The most common subjects are Business & Management (820), Education (611), Medicine & Health Sciences (599) and Social Sciences & Psychology (460). The usual length is 1–2 years and null. 82% are full-time and 679 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). Pratt Institute offers the widest choice, with 73 of these courses.
We hold indicative fees for 24 of these universities. University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez is the least expensive at USD 5,274 a year and Columbia University the most at USD 66,000; the middle of the range is about USD 23,082. Check each university's own fee page before you budget — figures change every year.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (QS World #1), Stanford University (QS World #3) and University of Chicago (QS World #13) lead this list. QS World positions come first; the rest are ranked by research impact.
Of those with published fees, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez is the least expensive at about USD 5,274 a year. Fees are indicative — confirm on the university's site.
516 public and 8 private universities are on this list.
Most listed courses run 1–2 years, with null the next most common.
Fall is the main intake — 100% of courses with a stated start date begin then, and Spring is the second.
679 of these courses are listed as online.
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