| # | University | City | World rank | In-country | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | King Fahad University of Petroleum and Minerals | #67 (2026) | #1 | 2,210,903 | |
| 2 | King Saud University | #143 (2026) | #2 | 6,594,005 | |
| 3 | King Abdulaziz University | #163 (2026) | #3 | 5,244,981 | |
| 4 | Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University | #436 (2026) | #4 | 137,270 | |
| 5 | Umm Al-Qura University | #559 (2025) | #5 | 700,003 | |
| 6 | Islamic University of Medinah | not ranked | #29 | 102,299 | |
| 7 | Ibn Sina National College for Medical Studies | not ranked | #33 | 27,583 | |
| 8 | Dar Al-Uloom Colleges | not ranked | #34 | 21,517 | |
| 9 | King Abdullah University of Science and Technology | not ranked | #6 | 5,141,174 | |
| 10 | King Khaled University | not ranked | #7 | 1,251,672 | |
| 11 | Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University | not ranked | #8 | 846,082 | |
| 12 | University of Dammam | not ranked | #9 | 846,082 | |
| 13 | Taif University | not ranked | #10 | 804,959 | |
| 14 | King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences | not ranked | #11 | 770,111 | |
| 15 | King Faisal University | not ranked | #12 | 714,543 | |
| 16 | Qassim University | not ranked | #13 | 631,258 | |
| 17 | Jazan University | not ranked | #15 | 598,422 | |
| 18 | Taibah University | not ranked | #16 | 556,193 | |
| 19 | Aljouf University | not ranked | #17 | 446,013 | |
| 20 | University of Hail | not ranked | #18 | 437,123 | |
| 21 | Alfaisal University | not ranked | #19 | 426,734 | |
| 22 | University of Tabuk | not ranked | #20 | 400,560 | |
| 23 | Prince Sultan University | not ranked | #21 | 353,769 | |
| 24 | Al-Imam Mohamed Ibn Saud Islamic University | not ranked | #22 | 352,936 | |
| 25 | Najran University | not ranked | #23 | 332,870 | |
| 26 | Majmaah University | not ranked | #24 | 255,855 | |
| 27 | Northern Border University | not ranked | #25 | 159,628 | |
| 28 | Shaqra University | not ranked | #26 | 155,463 | |
| 29 | Al-baha University | not ranked | #27 | 122,785 | |
| 30 | Riyadh College of Dentistry and Pharmacy | not ranked | #28 | 103,800 | |
| 31 | Buraydah College for Applied Medical Sciences | not ranked | — | 80,940 | |
| 32 | Yanbu University College | not ranked | #30 | 43,043 | |
| 33 | Jubail Industrial College | not ranked | #31 | 31,089 | |
| 34 | Yanbu Industrial College | not ranked | #35 | 17,358 | |
| 35 | Dar al Hekma College | not ranked | #36 | 10,494 | |
| 36 | Jubail University College | not ranked | #37 | 10,438 | |
| 37 | Naif Arab University for Security Sciences | not ranked | #38 | 10,070 | |
| 38 | King Fahd Security College | not ranked | #32 | 6,026 |
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.