| # | University | City | World rank | In-country | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 851 | United States Air Force Academy | not ranked | #1261 | 14,103 | |
| 852 | Dordt College | not ranked | #1318 | 14,037 | |
| 853 | Whitworth College | not ranked | #1300 | 14,008 | |
| 854 | Coppin State University | not ranked | #1306 | 13,825 | |
| 855 | Johnson & Wales University | not ranked | #1286 | 13,779 | |
| 856 | Bemidji State University | not ranked | #1324 | 13,715 | |
| 857 | Benedictine College | not ranked | #1326 | 13,712 | |
| 858 | St. Martin's College | not ranked | #1302 | 13,682 | |
| 859 | Adrian College | not ranked | #1263 | 13,531 | |
| 860 | Montana State University - Northern | not ranked | #1322 | 13,465 | |
| 861 | The University of Montana Western | not ranked | #1320 | 13,453 | |
| 862 | Arizona Western College | not ranked | #1328 | 13,414 | |
| 863 | Excelsior University | not ranked | #1251 | 13,324 | |
| 864 | Harper College | not ranked | #1311 | 13,310 | |
| 865 | Florida Southern College | not ranked | #1325 | 13,215 | |
| 866 | MiraCosta College | not ranked | #1337 | 13,198 | |
| 867 | Nazareth College | not ranked | #1334 | 13,177 | |
| 868 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | not ranked | #1292 | 13,166 | |
| 869 | Maryville University | not ranked | #1308 | 12,936 | |
| 870 | Sofia University | not ranked | #1343 | 12,924 | |
| 871 | Schiller International University | Tampa | not ranked | #1277 | 12,839 |
| 872 | Thomas More College | not ranked | #1299 | 12,797 | |
| 873 | McPherson College | not ranked | #1303 | 12,731 | |
| 874 | Elgin Community College | not ranked | #1289 | 12,280 | |
| 875 | Christian Brothers University | not ranked | #1335 | 12,265 | |
| 876 | North Idaho College | not ranked | #1341 | 12,062 | |
| 877 | Southern University at New Orleans | not ranked | #1340 | 12,005 | |
| 878 | Lewis-Clark State College | not ranked | #1351 | 11,990 | |
| 879 | Pierce College at Puyallup | not ranked | #1293 | 11,962 | |
| 880 | Globe University & Minnesota School of Business | not ranked | #1305 | 11,926 | |
| 881 | Champlain College | not ranked | #1149 | 11,872 | |
| 882 | Salish Kootenai College | not ranked | #1339 | 11,626 | |
| 883 | Fullerton College | not ranked | #1317 | 11,590 | |
| 884 | Lee College | not ranked | #1342 | 11,586 | |
| 885 | Shaw University | not ranked | #1310 | 11,490 | |
| 886 | Forsyth Technical Community College | not ranked | #1099 | 11,439 | |
| 887 | Robert Morris University Illinois | not ranked | #1330 | 11,354 | |
| 888 | College of St. Scholastica | not ranked | #1353 | 11,344 | |
| 889 | Northern Virginia Community College | not ranked | #1368 | 11,328 | |
| 890 | College of San Mateo | not ranked | #1204 | 11,317 | |
| 891 | American Public University System | not ranked | #1348 | 10,972 | |
| 892 | Edgewood College | not ranked | #1352 | 10,830 | |
| 893 | Neumann University | not ranked | #1180 | 10,796 | |
| 894 | West Coast University | not ranked | #1288 | 10,666 | |
| 895 | Mississippi University for Women | not ranked | #1383 | 10,615 | |
| 896 | Utah Tech University | not ranked | #1373 | 10,582 | |
| 897 | Central State University | not ranked | #1354 | 10,574 | |
| 898 | University of Pikeville | not ranked | #1387 | 10,481 | |
| 899 | Quincy University | not ranked | #1327 | 10,468 | |
| 900 | East Central University | not ranked | #1356 | 10,440 |
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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.