| # | University | City | World rank | In-country | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1001 | Voorhees University | not ranked | #1550 | 5,404 | |
| 1002 | College of Southern Nevada | not ranked | #1586 | 5,390 | |
| 1003 | Lane College | not ranked | #1556 | 5,380 | |
| 1004 | Grace College | not ranked | #1578 | 5,355 | |
| 1005 | Unity Environmental College | not ranked | #1448 | 5,334 | |
| 1006 | Essex County College | not ranked | #1511 | 5,294 | |
| 1007 | Southeast Technical Institute | not ranked | #1588 | 5,289 | |
| 1008 | Clark College | not ranked | #1355 | 5,287 | |
| 1009 | American International College | not ranked | #1520 | 5,278 | |
| 1010 | Fresno Pacific University | not ranked | #1591 | 5,249 | |
| 1011 | University of Dubuque | not ranked | #1572 | 5,237 | |
| 1012 | Skyline College | not ranked | #1500 | 5,211 | |
| 1013 | Quincy College | not ranked | #1508 | 5,207 | |
| 1014 | Wilberforce University | not ranked | #1201 | 5,178 | |
| 1015 | Houston Community College | not ranked | #1559 | 5,127 | |
| 1016 | Midlands Technical College | not ranked | #1566 | 5,099 | |
| 1017 | Waynesburg College | not ranked | #1577 | 5,092 | |
| 1018 | Peace College | not ranked | #1583 | 4,972 | |
| 1019 | Northwestern College of Iowa | not ranked | #1575 | 4,946 | |
| 1020 | Tacoma Community College | not ranked | #1604 | 4,882 | |
| 1021 | Upper Iowa University | not ranked | #1617 | 4,807 | |
| 1022 | North Central Michigan College | not ranked | #1607 | 4,763 | |
| 1023 | North Carolina Wesleyan College | not ranked | #1650 | 4,753 | |
| 1024 | University of Maryland Global Campus | not ranked | #1609 | 4,746 | |
| 1025 | Modesto Junior College | not ranked | #1531 | 4,667 | |
| 1026 | San Diego City College | not ranked | #1600 | 4,665 | |
| 1027 | Tabor College | not ranked | #1630 | 4,572 | |
| 1028 | Little Big Horn College | not ranked | #1631 | 4,549 | |
| 1029 | Spring Arbor College | not ranked | #1633 | 4,502 | |
| 1030 | Snow College | not ranked | #1620 | 4,447 | |
| 1031 | Rocky Mountain College | not ranked | #1331 | 4,417 | |
| 1032 | Shasta College | not ranked | #1581 | 4,392 | |
| 1033 | Maryland Institute College of Arts | not ranked | #1382 | 4,386 | |
| 1034 | York Technical College | not ranked | #1613 | 4,360 | |
| 1035 | Rockland Community College | not ranked | #1606 | 4,238 | |
| 1036 | Campbellsville College | not ranked | #1662 | 4,140 | |
| 1037 | Rogers State University | not ranked | #1647 | 4,129 | |
| 1038 | California College of the Arts | not ranked | #1386 | 4,118 | |
| 1039 | Valley City State University | not ranked | #1629 | 4,103 | |
| 1040 | Cape Fear Community College | not ranked | #1580 | 4,093 | |
| 1041 | Trinity College (DC) | not ranked | #1644 | 4,053 | |
| 1042 | Tyler Junior College | not ranked | #1596 | 4,012 | |
| 1043 | Schreiner University | not ranked | #1652 | 4,011 | |
| 1044 | Del Mar College | not ranked | #1656 | 3,969 | |
| 1045 | Western Texas College | not ranked | #1558 | 3,948 | |
| 1046 | Colorado Christian University | not ranked | #1230 | 3,936 | |
| 1047 | The Jewish Theological Seminary | not ranked | #1671 | 3,930 | |
| 1048 | Tiffin University | not ranked | #1684 | 3,789 | |
| 1049 | Allen College | not ranked | #1694 | 3,742 | |
| 1050 | Solano Community College | not ranked | #1661 | 3,733 |
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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.