| # | University | City | World rank | In-country | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 451 | Hamilton College | not ranked | #667 | 145,522 | |
| 452 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | not ranked | #666 | 144,609 | |
| 453 | University of Nebraska, Kearney | not ranked | #655 | 144,504 | |
| 454 | Capital University | not ranked | #677 | 144,256 | |
| 455 | Saint Cloud State University | not ranked | #672 | 141,320 | |
| 456 | Drake University | not ranked | #637 | 139,548 | |
| 457 | York College of Pennsylvania | not ranked | #665 | 139,177 | |
| 458 | University of Detroit Mercy | not ranked | #676 | 139,155 | |
| 459 | California State University, Monterey Bay | not ranked | #679 | 138,809 | |
| 460 | Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine | not ranked | #647 | 138,527 | |
| 461 | Pasadena City College | not ranked | #673 | 138,058 | |
| 462 | William Paterson University | not ranked | #684 | 137,278 | |
| 463 | Davidson College | not ranked | #678 | 135,565 | |
| 464 | Alabama A&M University | not ranked | #682 | 132,415 | |
| 465 | Quinnipiac University | not ranked | #688 | 132,406 | |
| 466 | Murray State University | not ranked | #605 | 132,122 | |
| 467 | Colorado College | not ranked | #690 | 131,945 | |
| 468 | University of Texas at Tyler | not ranked | #696 | 129,893 | |
| 469 | Hillsdale College | not ranked | #694 | 129,555 | |
| 470 | National University | not ranked | #651 | 129,043 | |
| 471 | State University of New York College at Brockport | not ranked | #700 | 127,445 | |
| 472 | Oregon Institute of Technology | not ranked | #692 | 126,785 | |
| 473 | University of Scranton | not ranked | #693 | 126,500 | |
| 474 | Xavier University | not ranked | #697 | 125,018 | |
| 475 | Willamette University | not ranked | #701 | 124,781 | |
| 476 | Manhattan College | not ranked | #706 | 122,503 | |
| 477 | Iona College | not ranked | #708 | 121,960 | |
| 478 | University of North Texas at Dallas | not ranked | #698 | 121,914 | |
| 479 | Lynn University | not ranked | #620 | 121,679 | |
| 480 | University of Illinois Springfield | not ranked | #707 | 119,869 | |
| 481 | Widener University | not ranked | #715 | 118,480 | |
| 482 | University of North Carolina at Pembroke | not ranked | #703 | 117,048 | |
| 483 | Indiana University at South Bend | not ranked | #709 | 116,976 | |
| 484 | Southern Connecticut State University | not ranked | #720 | 116,892 | |
| 485 | University of Michigan-Flint | not ranked | #716 | 116,700 | |
| 486 | University of South Carolina, Beaufort | not ranked | #713 | 116,483 | |
| 487 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | not ranked | #722 | 116,331 | |
| 488 | Bard College | not ranked | #714 | 115,945 | |
| 489 | Mission College | not ranked | #723 | 114,657 | |
| 490 | Eastern Kentucky University | not ranked | #725 | 114,284 | |
| 491 | State University of New York at Oswego | not ranked | #726 | 112,866 | |
| 492 | Butler University | not ranked | #721 | 111,013 | |
| 493 | Hanover College | not ranked | #717 | 110,215 | |
| 494 | California State University, Bakersfield | not ranked | #734 | 108,042 | |
| 495 | Rider University | not ranked | #736 | 105,478 | |
| 496 | University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point | not ranked | #743 | 105,338 | |
| 497 | Lawrence University | not ranked | #744 | 104,307 | |
| 498 | Walden University | not ranked | #735 | 103,863 | |
| 499 | Wittenberg University | not ranked | #742 | 103,855 | |
| 500 | Los Angeles Pierce College | not ranked | #737 | 103,172 |
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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.