| # | University | City | World rank | In-country | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501 | University of Dallas | not ranked | #738 | 103,031 | |
| 502 | Fielding Institute | not ranked | #724 | 102,825 | |
| 503 | Webster University | not ranked | #729 | 102,489 | |
| 504 | State University of New York at Cortland | not ranked | #750 | 101,969 | |
| 505 | LaSalle University | not ranked | #691 | 101,214 | |
| 506 | Columbus State University | not ranked | #748 | 101,131 | |
| 507 | University of the District of Columbia | not ranked | #730 | 100,824 | |
| 508 | Washington & Lee University | not ranked | #753 | 100,501 | |
| 509 | State University of New York College at Geneseo | not ranked | #740 | 100,416 | |
| 510 | Troy University | not ranked | #752 | 98,799 | |
| 511 | Wayne State College | not ranked | #755 | 98,782 | |
| 512 | Central Connecticut State University | not ranked | #760 | 98,443 | |
| 513 | Gonzaga University | not ranked | #754 | 97,660 | |
| 514 | Fisk University | not ranked | #767 | 97,318 | |
| 515 | Eastern Washington University | not ranked | #765 | 97,042 | |
| 516 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | not ranked | #779 | 93,310 | |
| 517 | Denison University | not ranked | #764 | 92,909 | |
| 518 | West Texas A&M University | not ranked | #770 | 92,600 | |
| 519 | Radford University | not ranked | #775 | 91,882 | |
| 520 | Richard Stockton College of New Jersey | not ranked | #771 | 91,797 | |
| 521 | Washington College | not ranked | #719 | 91,458 | |
| 522 | Concordia College - St. Paul | not ranked | #762 | 91,027 | |
| 523 | Bryant University | not ranked | #780 | 90,693 | |
| 524 | Monmouth University | not ranked | #786 | 90,641 | |
| 525 | Grinnell College | not ranked | #788 | 89,433 | |
| 526 | University of North Carolina at Asheville | not ranked | #776 | 89,404 | |
| 527 | Virginia State University | not ranked | #787 | 89,365 | |
| 528 | California Maritime Academy | not ranked | #774 | 87,198 | |
| 529 | Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine | not ranked | #777 | 87,150 | |
| 530 | Regis University | not ranked | #792 | 86,739 | |
| 531 | Campbell University | not ranked | #784 | 86,678 | |
| 532 | Western New England University | not ranked | #797 | 86,534 | |
| 533 | University of Wisconsin - Green Bay | not ranked | #793 | 86,243 | |
| 534 | University of Bridgeport | not ranked | #795 | 86,113 | |
| 535 | Truman State University | not ranked | #804 | 85,691 | |
| 536 | Kalamazoo College | not ranked | #773 | 85,675 | |
| 537 | Loyola University New Orleans | not ranked | #810 | 85,574 | |
| 538 | University of West Georgia | not ranked | #803 | 84,954 | |
| 539 | Kean College | not ranked | #798 | 84,018 | |
| 540 | Siena College | not ranked | #800 | 83,254 | |
| 541 | School of the Art Institute of Chicago | not ranked | #332 | 82,875 | |
| 542 | University of Mary Washington | not ranked | #805 | 82,803 | |
| 543 | Roger Williams University | not ranked | #811 | 81,717 | |
| 544 | Northern Michigan University | not ranked | #814 | 81,070 | |
| 545 | St Olaf College | not ranked | #808 | 80,875 | |
| 546 | University of Evansville | not ranked | #796 | 80,478 | |
| 547 | Wheaton College | not ranked | #807 | 80,074 | |
| 548 | Gallaudet University | not ranked | #821 | 79,130 | |
| 549 | Columbia College (MO) | not ranked | #818 | 78,884 | |
| 550 | Valdosta State University | not ranked | #825 | 77,685 |
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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.