| # | University | City | World rank | In-country | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 401 | Lafayette College | not ranked | #581 | 207,075 | |
| 402 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | not ranked | #582 | 206,065 | |
| 403 | Loyola College | not ranked | #584 | 199,683 | |
| 404 | University of Wisconsin - LaCrosse | not ranked | #589 | 194,878 | |
| 405 | Augustana College (SD) | not ranked | #586 | 194,657 | |
| 406 | Emory & Henry College | not ranked | #592 | 194,089 | |
| 407 | Prairie View A&M University | not ranked | #596 | 191,579 | |
| 408 | Georgia College | not ranked | #593 | 190,469 | |
| 409 | Arkansas State University | not ranked | #597 | 188,237 | |
| 410 | University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh | not ranked | #599 | 186,211 | |
| 411 | Youngstown State University | not ranked | #598 | 183,920 | |
| 412 | Bates College | not ranked | #602 | 180,966 | |
| 413 | University of Washington-Tacoma Campus | not ranked | #601 | 180,654 | |
| 414 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | not ranked | #603 | 177,186 | |
| 415 | Bethel University | not ranked | #591 | 177,154 | |
| 416 | Bradley University | not ranked | #606 | 174,642 | |
| 417 | Colby College | not ranked | #614 | 174,246 | |
| 418 | Pepperdine University | not ranked | #612 | 172,141 | |
| 419 | Norfolk State University | not ranked | #604 | 172,074 | |
| 420 | California State University, Chico | not ranked | #616 | 171,591 | |
| 421 | Central Washington University | not ranked | #621 | 169,367 | |
| 422 | Florida Gulf Coast University | not ranked | #611 | 167,985 | |
| 423 | Western Illinois University | not ranked | #628 | 166,763 | |
| 424 | Chicago State University | not ranked | #613 | 166,209 | |
| 425 | Western Carolina University | not ranked | #629 | 165,730 | |
| 426 | Alliant International University | not ranked | #625 | 165,459 | |
| 427 | University of Saint Thomas (MN) | not ranked | #607 | 165,380 | |
| 428 | Roosevelt University | not ranked | #615 | 163,991 | |
| 429 | College of Wooster | not ranked | #624 | 163,041 | |
| 430 | University of Maine System | not ranked | #631 | 162,938 | |
| 431 | University of Maine at Farmington | not ranked | #631 | 162,938 | |
| 432 | University of Maine at Fort Kent | not ranked | #631 | 162,938 | |
| 433 | University of Southern Maine | not ranked | #631 | 162,938 | |
| 434 | Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | not ranked | #587 | 160,771 | |
| 435 | City University | not ranked | #638 | 158,134 | |
| 436 | Occidental College | not ranked | #641 | 157,772 | |
| 437 | Harvey Mudd College | not ranked | #642 | 157,759 | |
| 438 | Connecticut College | not ranked | #643 | 154,176 | |
| 439 | Saint Joseph's University | not ranked | #639 | 151,959 | |
| 440 | University of Phoenix | not ranked | #627 | 151,220 | |
| 441 | Eastern Illinois University | not ranked | #652 | 149,663 | |
| 442 | Trinity College (CT) | not ranked | #658 | 149,249 | |
| 443 | University of Wisconsin - Whitewater | not ranked | #656 | 149,027 | |
| 444 | Galveston College | not ranked | #645 | 147,520 | |
| 445 | Furman University | not ranked | #662 | 147,270 | |
| 446 | Miles College | not ranked | #610 | 147,030 | |
| 447 | East Texas A&M University | not ranked | #649 | 147,000 | |
| 448 | Northern Kentucky University | not ranked | #657 | 146,968 | |
| 449 | Central Methodist College | not ranked | #669 | 145,704 | |
| 450 | California State University | not ranked | #659 | 145,579 |
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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.