| # | University | City | World rank | In-country | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501 | Kanto Gakuen University | not ranked | #494 | 700 | |
| 502 | Toyo Eiwa Women's University | not ranked | #495 | 678 | |
| 503 | Fuji University | not ranked | #481 | 536 | |
| 504 | Baiko Women's College | not ranked | #502 | 428 | |
| 505 | Eichi University | not ranked | #497 | 414 | |
| 506 | Okinawa Prefectural University of Fine Arts | not ranked | #506 | 329 | |
| 507 | Tohoku Women's College | not ranked | #507 | 303 | |
| 508 | Takarazuka University of Art and Design | not ranked | #510 | 232 | |
| 509 | Shuchiin College | not ranked | #511 | 153 | |
| 510 | Seian University of Art & Design | not ranked | #501 | 150 | |
| 511 | Ohka Gakuen University | not ranked | #505 | 149 | |
| 512 | Sankei University | not ranked | #513 | 84 | |
| 513 | Poole Gakuin University | not ranked | #514 | 77 | |
| 514 | Senzoku Gakuen College | not ranked | #515 | 45 | |
| 515 | Toho College of Music | not ranked | #516 | 25 | |
| 516 | Toho Gakuen School of Music | not ranked | #517 | 8 |
What the two columns mean
In-country is the position the ranking record gives the university among those in its own country, and it is often the more useful number: a university ranked 480th in the world may still be third at home. It is carried over as published, so it does not always follow the order of the other two columns. World rank is the university's QS World University Rankings position. Citations are the number of times work published by the university has been cited, as recorded in OpenAlex; it is the measure used to order universities that QS does not rank at all.
The two do not always agree. A large research university can out-cite a smaller one that sits above it in QS, because QS weighs reputation surveys and staff ratios as well as research.