| # | University | City | World rank | In-country | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 601 | Montana Tech | not ranked | #913 | 59,124 | |
| 602 | Southwest Minnesota State University | not ranked | #899 | 58,718 | |
| 603 | State University of New York at Oneonta | not ranked | #921 | 58,225 | |
| 604 | Bellevue University | not ranked | #885 | 57,788 | |
| 605 | Metropolitan State College of Denver | not ranked | #923 | 57,337 | |
| 606 | Mississippi Delta Community College | not ranked | #907 | 57,317 | |
| 607 | University of Central Missouri | not ranked | #914 | 57,226 | |
| 608 | Kansas City University | not ranked | #925 | 57,050 | |
| 609 | Azusa Pacific University | not ranked | #927 | 56,572 | |
| 610 | Ohio Northern University | not ranked | #931 | 56,378 | |
| 611 | Washburn University | not ranked | #911 | 56,159 | |
| 612 | Morehead State University | not ranked | #912 | 56,115 | |
| 613 | St. Joseph College (CT) | not ranked | #842 | 56,033 | |
| 614 | University of Houston-Downtown | not ranked | #932 | 55,833 | |
| 615 | St. Mary's University | not ranked | #933 | 55,683 | |
| 616 | Saint Xavier University | not ranked | #929 | 55,544 | |
| 617 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | not ranked | #910 | 55,155 | |
| 618 | Emerson College | not ranked | #915 | 54,884 | |
| 619 | University of Southern Indiana | not ranked | #935 | 54,731 | |
| 620 | Clarke College | not ranked | #894 | 54,703 | |
| 621 | University of Texas Permian Basin | not ranked | #939 | 54,512 | |
| 622 | Bridgewater State University | not ranked | #942 | 54,392 | |
| 623 | Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art | not ranked | #937 | 54,380 | |
| 624 | Angelo State University | not ranked | #812 | 54,209 | |
| 625 | Savannah State University | not ranked | #943 | 53,612 | |
| 626 | Sacred Heart University | not ranked | #936 | 53,556 | |
| 627 | Fort Lewis College | not ranked | #945 | 52,804 | |
| 628 | Berry College | not ranked | #946 | 52,788 | |
| 629 | Albion College | not ranked | #948 | 52,541 | |
| 630 | Madison Area Technical College | not ranked | #947 | 52,494 | |
| 631 | New Mexico Highlands University | not ranked | #949 | 52,384 | |
| 632 | Golden Gate University | not ranked | #861 | 51,753 | |
| 633 | McNeese State University | not ranked | #953 | 51,278 | |
| 634 | University of the Incarnate Word | not ranked | #950 | 51,213 | |
| 635 | Oral Roberts University | not ranked | #758 | 49,547 | |
| 636 | St. Mary's College of Maryland | not ranked | #958 | 49,279 | |
| 637 | Bastyr University | not ranked | #959 | 49,104 | |
| 638 | Marietta College | not ranked | #951 | 49,069 | |
| 639 | Saint Mary's College of California | not ranked | #964 | 48,753 | |
| 640 | McDaniel College | not ranked | #966 | 48,102 | |
| 641 | Chatham College | not ranked | #954 | 47,909 | |
| 642 | University of Wisconsin - Stout | not ranked | #970 | 47,610 | |
| 643 | Curry College | not ranked | #962 | 47,186 | |
| 644 | John Brown University | not ranked | #940 | 47,052 | |
| 645 | Ferris State University | not ranked | #967 | 46,614 | |
| 646 | Merrimack College | not ranked | #974 | 46,426 | |
| 647 | Nicholls State University | not ranked | #969 | 46,352 | |
| 648 | Colorado Mesa University | not ranked | #972 | 46,315 | |
| 649 | Shenandoah University | not ranked | #979 | 45,031 | |
| 650 | Virginia Military Institute | not ranked | #982 | 44,985 |
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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.