| # | University | City | World rank | In-country | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1701 | Delaware Valley University | not ranked | #1376 | 9,733 | |
| 1702 | Laredo Community College | not ranked | #1388 | 9,688 | |
| 1703 | Skagit Valley College | not ranked | #1359 | 9,584 | |
| 1704 | Wartburg College | not ranked | #1421 | 9,355 | |
| 1705 | Oglethorpe University | not ranked | #1410 | 9,189 | |
| 1706 | Westminster College of Fulton | not ranked | #1398 | 8,888 | |
| 1707 | Walla Walla University | not ranked | #1393 | 8,567 | |
| 1708 | College of Mount Saint Vincent | not ranked | #1414 | 8,536 | |
| 1709 | Calhoun Community College | not ranked | #1424 | 8,476 | |
| 1710 | William Jewell College | not ranked | #1450 | 8,368 | |
| 1711 | Century College | not ranked | #1438 | 8,296 | |
| 1712 | Technical College of the Lowcountry | not ranked | #1419 | 8,259 | |
| 1713 | College of DuPage | not ranked | #1463 | 8,218 | |
| 1714 | St. Joseph's College (ME) | not ranked | #1455 | 8,197 | |
| 1715 | Allen University | not ranked | #1415 | 8,096 | |
| 1716 | Point Park University | not ranked | #1390 | 7,885 | |
| 1717 | Virginia Wesleyan College | not ranked | #1445 | 7,858 | |
| 1718 | The Principia | not ranked | #1468 | 7,856 | |
| 1719 | Casper College | not ranked | #1456 | 7,843 | |
| 1720 | Woodbury University | not ranked | #1435 | 7,835 | |
| 1721 | McLennan Community College | not ranked | #1466 | 7,734 | |
| 1722 | Morton College | not ranked | #1459 | 7,714 | |
| 1723 | Davis & Elkins College | not ranked | #1474 | 7,685 | |
| 1724 | West Liberty State College | not ranked | #1476 | 7,685 | |
| 1725 | Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College | not ranked | #1475 | 7,685 | |
| 1726 | University of Science & Arts of Oklahoma | not ranked | #1469 | 7,629 | |
| 1727 | Lansing Community College | not ranked | #1477 | 7,614 | |
| 1728 | Bergen Community College | not ranked | #1444 | 7,539 | |
| 1729 | Spring Hill College | not ranked | #1486 | 7,488 | |
| 1730 | Missouri Southern State College | not ranked | #1433 | 7,484 | |
| 1731 | Broward College | not ranked | #1487 | 7,449 | |
| 1732 | Pima Community College | not ranked | #1494 | 7,445 | |
| 1733 | Illinois Central College | not ranked | #1481 | 7,416 | |
| 1734 | Massachusetts Bay Community College | not ranked | #1498 | 7,396 | |
| 1735 | Carson-Newman College | not ranked | #1471 | 7,329 | |
| 1736 | Brandman University | not ranked | #1457 | 7,327 | |
| 1737 | Kentucky Community & Technical College System | not ranked | #875 | 7,312 | |
| 1738 | Elizabethtown Community and Technical College | not ranked | #869 | 7,312 | |
| 1739 | Gateway Community and Technical College | not ranked | #870 | 7,312 | |
| 1740 | Hazard Community and Technical College | not ranked | #871 | 7,312 | |
| 1741 | Henderson Community College | not ranked | #872 | 7,312 | |
| 1742 | Hopkinsville Community College | not ranked | #873 | 7,312 | |
| 1743 | Jefferson Community and Technical College | not ranked | #874 | 7,312 | |
| 1744 | Maysville Community and Technical College | not ranked | #877 | 7,312 | |
| 1745 | Owensboro Community and Technical College | not ranked | #878 | 7,312 | |
| 1746 | Somerset Community College | not ranked | #879 | 7,312 | |
| 1747 | Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College | not ranked | #880 | 7,312 | |
| 1748 | Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College | not ranked | #881 | 7,312 | |
| 1749 | West Kentucky Community and Technical College | not ranked | #882 | 7,312 | |
| 1750 | Clinch Valley College | not ranked | #1462 | 7,280 |
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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.