| # | University | City | World rank | In-country | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 551 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | not ranked | #824 | 77,631 | |
| 552 | University of Wisconsin - Parkside | not ranked | #826 | 77,600 | |
| 553 | Auburn University at Montgomery | not ranked | #813 | 77,332 | |
| 554 | Utah Valley University | not ranked | #831 | 74,867 | |
| 555 | Eastern Oregon State College | not ranked | #828 | 74,734 | |
| 556 | Arcadia College | not ranked | #836 | 74,176 | |
| 557 | Barry University | not ranked | #819 | 73,971 | |
| 558 | Stephen F. Austin State University | not ranked | #829 | 73,750 | |
| 559 | Wilkes University | not ranked | #835 | 73,586 | |
| 560 | Hampshire College | not ranked | #841 | 73,106 | |
| 561 | Fort Hays State University | not ranked | #839 | 72,865 | |
| 562 | Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania | not ranked | #832 | 72,747 | |
| 563 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | not ranked | #864 | 71,898 | |
| 564 | Irvine Valley College | not ranked | #844 | 71,661 | |
| 565 | University of South Carolina - Aiken | not ranked | #838 | 71,528 | |
| 566 | Austin Peay State University | not ranked | #845 | 70,180 | |
| 567 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | not ranked | #851 | 70,171 | |
| 568 | Tarleton State University | not ranked | #848 | 69,097 | |
| 569 | Guilford College | not ranked | #843 | 68,853 | |
| 570 | Rhodes College | not ranked | #849 | 68,262 | |
| 571 | University of Central Oklahoma | not ranked | #859 | 68,199 | |
| 572 | Winthrop University | not ranked | #855 | 67,467 | |
| 573 | Endicott College | not ranked | #854 | 67,276 | |
| 574 | Pacific Lutheran University | not ranked | #860 | 67,068 | |
| 575 | St. Lawrence University | not ranked | #891 | 66,900 | |
| 576 | Fayetteville State University | not ranked | #858 | 66,435 | |
| 577 | Evergreen State College | not ranked | #863 | 66,064 | |
| 578 | California State University, Stanislaus | not ranked | #884 | 65,041 | |
| 579 | Robert Morris University | not ranked | #790 | 64,742 | |
| 580 | Worcester State University | not ranked | #837 | 64,155 | |
| 581 | Eckerd College | not ranked | #893 | 63,214 | |
| 582 | DePauw University | not ranked | #887 | 63,211 | |
| 583 | Arkansas at Pine Bluff, University of | not ranked | #897 | 62,591 | |
| 584 | Gannon University | not ranked | #900 | 62,498 | |
| 585 | Ohio Wesleyan University | not ranked | #895 | 62,483 | |
| 586 | Kentucky State University | not ranked | #896 | 62,280 | |
| 587 | West Virginia State University | not ranked | #883 | 62,044 | |
| 588 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | not ranked | #905 | 61,976 | |
| 589 | Columbia College (SC) | not ranked | #847 | 61,897 | |
| 590 | Emporia State University | not ranked | #903 | 61,750 | |
| 591 | Emmanuel College | not ranked | #865 | 61,320 | |
| 592 | Southern Oregon State College | not ranked | #902 | 61,244 | |
| 593 | Langston University | not ranked | #892 | 61,041 | |
| 594 | Regent University | not ranked | #888 | 60,943 | |
| 595 | Winona State University | not ranked | #906 | 60,681 | |
| 596 | Knox College | not ranked | #890 | 60,284 | |
| 597 | National Defense University | not ranked | #840 | 59,539 | |
| 598 | Juniata College | not ranked | #609 | 59,433 | |
| 599 | Drury College | not ranked | #898 | 59,377 | |
| 600 | Lincoln University | not ranked | #908 | 59,276 |
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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.