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University of Chicago leads the 903 Public Education universities in the United States at #13 in the QS World University Rankings 2026. It is followed by Johns Hopkins University (QS World #24) and Brown University (QS World #69). Across the whole list there are 3,568 courses to choose from.
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44 of these universities hold a QS World position, from #13 (University of Chicago) to #575 (University of South Carolina); they are listed first, in that order. Below them, universities follow their research output: Johns Hopkins University is cited most (78,461,703 citations). 30 universities have neither a QS position nor a research record yet and appear at the end, marked "Not yet ranked".
903 are public and 0 private (100% public). By location, New York (4), Texas (3) and Massachusetts (3) account for the most of those we can place. Ohio State University-Main Campus is the largest, with 45,638 students.
By level: 1,868 bachelor's, 615 master's, 158 diploma and 134 professional. Within the subject, the largest areas are Education (3,474), Primary Education (36), Early Childhood Education (14) and Curriculum & Instruction (13). The usual length is 4 years and 1–2 years. 93% are full-time and 215 can be studied online. Start dates lean to Fall (100% of courses with a stated intake) and Spring (95% of courses with a stated intake). State University of New York at Cortland offers the widest choice, with 38 of these courses.
We hold indicative fees for 26 of these universities. University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez is the least expensive at USD 5,274 a year and University of Washington-Tacoma Campus the most at USD 43,404; the middle of the range is about USD 18,784. Check each university's own fee page before you budget — figures change every year.
University of Chicago (QS World #13), 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, 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.
903 public and 0 private universities are on this list.
Most listed courses run 4 years, with 1–2 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.
215 of these courses are listed as online.
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