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Columbia University leads the 288 Professional universities in the United States at #14 in the QS World University Rankings 2026. Next come Johns Hopkins University (QS World #24) and Brown University (QS World #69). Across the whole list there are 1,135 courses to choose from.
288 universities · ranked best first
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Universities at other levels
By university type
30 of these universities hold a QS World position, from #14 (Columbia University) to #575 (University of South Carolina); they are listed first, in that order. The rest are ordered by research impact. Johns Hopkins University has the largest research record in this group, with 78,461,703 citations and an h-index of 2,284. 14 universities have neither a QS position nor a research record yet and appear at the end, marked "Not yet ranked".
The split is 284 public to 4 private institutions. By location, New York (3), Texas (1) and Missouri (1) account for the most of those we can place. The oldest is Columbia University, founded in 1754. Columbia University is the largest, with 33,000 students.
The most common subjects are Medicine & Health Sciences (333), Business & Management (187), Education (133) and Computer Science & IT (79). The usual length is 3–4 years and 2 years. 84% are full-time and 140 can be studied online. Start dates lean to Fall (100% of courses with a stated intake) and Spring (1% of courses with a stated intake). University of Alaska - Fairbanks offers the widest choice, with 39 of these courses.
We hold indicative fees for 6 of these universities. Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Cupey Campus is the least expensive at USD 7,750 a year and Columbia University the most at USD 66,000; the middle of the range is about USD 17,080. Check each university's own fee page before you budget — figures change every year.
Columbia University (QS World #14), Johns Hopkins University (QS World #24) and Brown University (QS World #69) 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.
284 public and 4 private universities are on this list.
Most listed courses run 3–4 years, 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.
140 of these courses are listed as online.
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