| # | University | City | World rank | In-country | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 251 | Clarkson University | not ranked | #360 | 961,654 | |
| 252 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University | not ranked | #355 | 937,247 | |
| 253 | Jefferson College | not ranked | #362 | 890,421 | |
| 254 | Nova Southeastern University | not ranked | #366 | 868,845 | |
| 255 | Saint John's University (NY) | not ranked | #364 | 868,090 | |
| 256 | Hofstra University | not ranked | #368 | 856,489 | |
| 257 | Louisiana Tech University | not ranked | #369 | 852,161 | |
| 258 | Kenai Peninsula College | not ranked | #374 | 843,924 | |
| 259 | Mat-Su College | not ranked | #374 | 843,924 | |
| 260 | Prince William Sound College | not ranked | #374 | 843,924 | |
| 261 | University of Alaska | not ranked | #374 | 843,924 | |
| 262 | University of Alaska - Anchorage | not ranked | #374 | 843,924 | |
| 263 | University of Alaska - Southeast | not ranked | #374 | 843,924 | |
| 264 | Villanova University | not ranked | #379 | 832,201 | |
| 265 | Heidelberg College | not ranked | #380 | 825,633 | |
| 266 | University of South Dakota | not ranked | #385 | 789,923 | |
| 267 | Illinois State University | not ranked | #386 | 783,459 | |
| 268 | San Jose State University | not ranked | #388 | 778,840 | |
| 269 | Humboldt State University | not ranked | #384 | 774,336 | |
| 270 | University of Dayton | not ranked | #392 | 767,610 | |
| 271 | University of Nebraska, Omaha | not ranked | #390 | 764,157 | |
| 272 | East Tennessee State University | not ranked | #393 | 760,254 | |
| 273 | California State University, Long Beach | not ranked | #396 | 740,990 | |
| 274 | Franklin University | not ranked | #378 | 734,309 | |
| 275 | Clark Atlanta University | not ranked | #398 | 723,917 | |
| 276 | Wichita State University | not ranked | #399 | 716,392 | |
| 277 | Southern University and A&M College | not ranked | #403 | 711,083 | |
| 278 | Texas Christian University | not ranked | #406 | 707,172 | |
| 279 | University of Tulsa | not ranked | #404 | 700,263 | |
| 280 | Naval Postgraduate School | not ranked | #407 | 700,100 | |
| 281 | Wesleyan University | not ranked | #408 | 687,413 | |
| 282 | Ball State University | not ranked | #410 | 650,330 | |
| 283 | University of Colorado at Colorado Springs | not ranked | #413 | 642,494 | |
| 284 | Athens State University | not ranked | #405 | 640,363 | |
| 285 | Central Michigan University | not ranked | #415 | 638,559 | |
| 286 | State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry | not ranked | #417 | 637,265 | |
| 287 | Vassar College | not ranked | #418 | 635,588 | |
| 288 | Montclair State University | not ranked | #414 | 633,565 | |
| 289 | Kenyon College | not ranked | #411 | 630,511 | |
| 290 | College of Marin | not ranked | #409 | 629,609 | |
| 291 | State University of New York Polytechnic Institute | not ranked | #416 | 622,558 | |
| 292 | California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo | not ranked | #420 | 620,003 | |
| 293 | California State University, Northridge | not ranked | #422 | 604,788 | |
| 294 | Temple College | not ranked | #421 | 596,177 | |
| 295 | Carleton College | not ranked | #423 | 592,107 | |
| 296 | Wellesley College | not ranked | #428 | 568,363 | |
| 297 | California State University System | not ranked | #426 | 559,350 | |
| 298 | John F. Kennedy University | not ranked | #430 | 538,005 | |
| 299 | Louisiana State University - Shreveport | not ranked | #435 | 535,548 | |
| 300 | University of Arkansas - Little Rock | not ranked | #436 | 529,016 |
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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.