The USA is a major education destination for Indian students, with International Baccalaureate (IB) and Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) students viewing it as their primary choice for undergraduate studies. It is one of the most sought-after countries for higher education due to the quality of the education it provides and the perceived job opportunities after the completion of a degree. While visa regulations and chances of landing a job are changing regularly under the Donald Trump administration, education quality remains consistent and constantly innovative.
Planning To Study In The US? Here's A List Of Well-Known Education Hubs
The US is still the most sought after as an education destination
Current regulations give students a one-year stay-back option called OPT (optional practical training), which allows students to work for a year after graduation in a field related to their degree. STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) students are eligible for two extra years of OPT for which they have to apply after the one-year OPT. There is also the option of CPT—curricular practical training—for certain courses, usually for postgraduate students, allowing them to work in a field related to their degree while they study, normally after their second semester.
USA Top 100 Colleges
| Rank | Name of College / University | Address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA |
| 2 | Stanford University | 450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USA |
| 3 | Harvard University | Cambridge, MA 02138, USA |
| 4 | California Institute of Technology (Caltech) | 1200 E California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA |
| 5 | University of Chicago | 5801 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, USA |
| 6 | Princeton University | Princeton, NJ 08544, USA |
| 7 | Yale University | New Haven, CT 06520, USA |
| 8 | Columbia University | 116th St & Broadway, New York, NY 10027, USA |
| 9 | Cornell University | Â Ithaca, NY 14850, USA |
| 10 | University of Pennsylvania | Â Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA |
| 11 | Johns Hopkins University | Â Baltimore, MD 21218, USA |
| 12 | University of Michigan | Ann Arbor USA |
| 13 | Duke University | Â Durham, NC 27708, USA |
| 14 | University of California, Berkeley (UCB) | Berkeley, CA, USA |
| 15 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | Â Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA |
| 16 | Northwestern University | Â 633 Clark St, Evanston, IL 60208, USA |
| 17 | University of California, San Diego (UCSD) | 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA |
| 18 | New York University | New York, NY 10003, USA |
| 19 | Carnegie Mellon University | Â 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA |
| 20 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Â Madison, WI 53706, USA |
| 21 | Brown University | Â Providence, RI 02912, USA |
| 22 | Georgia Institute of Technology | North Ave NW, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA |
| 23 | University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX 78712, USA |
| 24 | University of Washington | Seattle, WA 98195, USA |
| 25 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Champaign, IL, USA |
| 26 | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | Â Chapel Hill, NC, USA |
| 27 | The Ohio State University | Columbus, OH 43210, USA |
| 28 | Boston University | Boston, MA 02215, USA |
| 29 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 Brookings Dr, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA |
| 30 | University of California, Davis | 1 Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, USA |
| 31 | Rice University | 6100 Main St, Houston, TX 77005, USA |
| 32 | Purdue University | Â 610 Purdue Mall, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA |
| 33 | Pennsylvania State University | Â Old Main, State College, PA 16801, USA |
| 34 | University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA |
| 35 | University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) | Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA |
| 36 | University of Maryland, College Park | College Park, MD 20742, USA |
| 37 | Michigan State University | Â 220 Trowbridge Rd, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA |
| 38 | University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA |
| 39 | University of Pittsburgh | Â 4200 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA |
| 40 | Emory University | 201 Dowman Dr, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA |
| 41 | Dartmouth College | Hanover, NH 03755, USA |
| 42 | University of California, Irvine | Irvine, CA 92697, USA |
| 43 | University of Colorado Boulder | Boulder, CO 80309, USA |
| 44 | Vanderbilt University | 2201 West End Ave, Nashville, TN 37235, USA |
| 45 | University of Virginia | Charlottesville, VA, USA |
| 46 | University of Florida | Gainesville, FL 32611, USA |
| 47 | University of Rochester | Rochester, NY, USA |
| 48 | Arizona State University | Tempe, AZ 85281, USA |
| 49 | Case Western Reserve University | 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA |
| 50 | Georgetown University | 3700 O St NW, Washington, DC 20057, USA |
| 51 | Texas A&M University | 400 Bizzell St, College Station, TX 77843, USA |
| 52 | University of Notre Dame | Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA |
| 53 | Tufts University | 419 Boston Ave, Medford, MA 02155?, USA |
| 54 | The University of Arizona | Tucson, AZ 85721, USA |
| 55 | University of Miami | 1320 S Dixie Hwy, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA |
| 56 | Indiana University Bloomington | 107 S Indiana Ave, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA |
| 57 | Rutgers University - New Brunswick | New Brunswick, NJ, USA |
| 58 | University of Illinois, Chicago (UIC) | 1200 W Harrison St, Chicago, IL 60607, USA |
| 59 | The Katz School at Yeshiva University | 500 W 185th St, New York, NY 10033, USA |
| 60 | University of California, Santa Cruz | 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA |
| 61 | University of Hawai'i at Mañoa | 2500 Campus Rd, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA |
| 62 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | Amherst, MA 01003, USA |
| 63 | Northeastern University | 360 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA |
| 64 | North Carolina State University | Â Raleigh, NC 27695, USA |
| 65 | George Washington University | 2121 I St NW, Washington, DC 20052, USA |
| 66 | University of Utah | 201 Presidents Cir, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA |
| 67 | Colorado State University | Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA |
| 68 | University at Buffalo SUNY | Buffalo, NY 14260, USA |
| 69 | University of California, Riverside | Â 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521, USA |
| 70 | Stony Brook University, State University of New York | 100 Nicolls Rd, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA |
| 71 | University of Texas Dallas | 800 W Campbell Rd, Richardson, TX 75080, USA |
| 72 | Brandeis University | 415 South St, Waltham, MA 02453, USA |
| 73 | University of Iowa | Iowa City, IA 52242, USA |
| 74 | Wake Forest University | 834 Wake Forest Rd, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, USA |
| 75 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Â Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA |
| 76 | University of Delaware | Â Newark, DE 19716, USA |
| 77 | Rensselaer Polytechnic University | 110 8th St, Troy, NY 12180, USA |
| 78 | University of Colorado, Denver | 1201 Larimer St, Denver, CO 80204, USA |
| 79 | Florida State University | 600 W College Ave, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA |
| 80 | University of Connecticut | Storrs, CT 06269, USA |
| 81 | Boston College | Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA |
| 82 | Washington State University | Pullman, WA, USA |
| 83 | Clark University | 950 Main St, Worcester, MA 01610, USA |
| 84 | University of Kansas | 1450 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA |
| 85 | The University of Tennessee, Knoxville | Â Knoxville, TN 37996, USA |
| 86 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 10 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60616, USA |
| 87 | Oregon State University | Corvallis, OR 97331, USA |
| 88 | Tulane University | 6823 St Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA |
| 89 | University of South Florida | 4202 E Fowler Ave, Tampa, FL 33620, USA |
| 90 | The University of Georgia | Athens, GA 30602, USA |
| 91 | Wayne State University | 42 W Warren Ave, Detroit, MI 48202, USA |
| 92 | Iowa State University | Ames, IA 50011, USA |
| 93 | University of New Mexico | Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA |
| 94 | Drexel University | Â 3141 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA |
| 95 | University of Maryland, Baltimore County | 1000 Hilltop Cir, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA |
| 96 | University of Vermont | Burlington, VT 05405, USA |
| 97 | University of Oklahoma | Â 660 Parrington Oval, Norman, OK 73019, USA |
| 98 | Howard University | 2400 Sixth St NW, Washington, DC 20059, USA |
| 99 | Lehigh University | 27 Memorial Dr W, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USA |
| 100 | The New School | 72 5th Ave, New York, NY 10011, USA |
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| Name Of College / University | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
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Tables attribution: Copyright: www.prep4future.org
The US is home to over 400 universities and many more liberal arts colleges. The following are a few well-known education hubs.
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California: It is home to the University of California, including UCLA, UCB and UCDavis, to name a few of its campuses, besides the Stanford University, normally ranked among the top five universities in the world for all its subjects. Hollywood makes California a hub of cinema, and Silicon Valley makes it a hub of entrepreneurship.
Massachusetts: Rich in cultural history, it is home to some of the oldest and best universities in the US, including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Harvard and the University of Massachusetts.
Texas: With a rich oil and gas sector and a large Indian community, it is regarded as a friendly state. It is home to the University of Texas-Austin and Texas A&M University, which are especially regarded for their courses in science, engineering and technology.
New York: The financial heart of the US, it is also home to some of the finest universities, including Columbia, Cornell and New York University. It is a multicultural and vibrant, though expensive, place to live in
Washington DC: The capital of the US is home to the George Washington University and the Johns Hopkins University, among others.
Washington State: Washington state on the West Coast is a hub for start-ups and environmental technology, as well as home to Microsoft and Boeing. The key universities in this state are Washington State University and the University of Washington.
When looking at education in the US, you have to see what suits you. Big universities like Stanford or Harvard are extremely competitive at the undergraduate level, with postgraduate courses being more collaborative. However, the pressure at these big institutions may not be to everyone’s taste.
USA Top 50 B-Schools
| Rank | Name of College / University | Address |
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| 1 | Stanford University | 450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USA |
| 2 | Harvard University | Cambridge, MA 02138, USA |
| 3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA |
| 4 | California Institute of Technology (Caltech) | 1200 E California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA |
| 5 | University of Chicago | 5801 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, USA |
| 6 | Princeton University | Princeton, NJ 08544, USA |
| 7 | University of Pennsylvania | Â Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA |
| 8 | Columbia University | 116th St & Broadway, New York, NY 10027, United States |
| 9 | Yale University | New Haven, CT 06520, USA |
| 10 | Johns Hopkins University | Â Baltimore, MD 21218, USA |
| 11 | University of California, Berkeley (UCB) | Berkeley, CA, USA |
| 12 | Northwestern University | Â 633 Clark St, Evanston, IL 60208, USA |
| 13 | Duke University | Â Durham, NC 27708, USA |
| 14 | University of Michigan | Ann Arbor USA |
| 15 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | Â Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA |
| 16 | Cornell University | Â Ithaca, NY 14850, USA |
| 17 | New York University | New York, NY 10003, USA |
| 18 | Carnegie Mellon University | Â 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA |
| 19 | University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX 78712, USA |
| 20 | Dartmouth College | Hanover, NH 03755, USA |
| 21 | Brown University | Â Providence, RI 02912, USA |
| 22 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Champaign, IL, USA |
| 23 | University of Washington | Seattle, WA 98195, USA |
| 24 | Georgia Institute of Technology | North Ave NW, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA |
| 25 | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | Â Chapel Hill, NC, USA |
| 26 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Â Madison, WI 53706, USA |
| 27 | The Ohio State University | Columbus, OH 43210, USA |
| 28 | Boston University | Boston, MA 02215, USA |
| 29 | Purdue University | Â 610 Purdue Mall, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA |
| 30 | Rice University | 6100 Main St, Houston, TX 77005, USA |
| 31 | University of California, San Diego (UCSD) | 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA |
| 32 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 Brookings Dr, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA |
| 33 | University of California, Davis | 1 Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, USA |
| 34 | Pennsylvania State University | Â Old Main, State College, PA 16801, USA |
| 35 | Arizona State University | Tempe, AZ 85281, USA |
| 36 | University of Maryland, College Park | College Park, MD 20742, USA |
| 37 | Michigan State University | Â 220 Trowbridge Rd, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA |
| 38 | Emory University | 201 Dowman Dr, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA |
| 39 | University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA |
| 40 | University of Virginia | Charlottesville, VA, USA |
| 41 | University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA |
| 42 | University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) | Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA |
| 43 | University of Colorado Boulder | Boulder, CO 80309, USA |
| 44 | University of California, Irvine | Irvine, CA 92697, USA |
| 45 | Vanderbilt University | 2201 West End Ave, Nashville, TN 37235, USA |
| 46 | University of Pittsburgh | Â 4200 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA |
| 47 | Texas A&M University | 400 Bizzell St, College Station, TX 77843, USA |
| 48 | University of Florida | Gainesville, FL 32611, USA |
| 49 | University of Rochester | Rochester, NY, USA |
| 50 | Case Western Reserve University | 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA |
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| Name Of College / University | Stanford University |
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Tables attribution: Copyright: www.prep4future.org
The US is renowned for its excellence in STEM education, with a great deal of innovation and research coming from universities like MIT. The regulations in the US are also more favourable for students following the STEM pathway. At the undergraduate level, STEM courses are excellent at most good general universities, but at the postgraduate level, when courses get more specialised, the top universities in the US are a cut above all the rest, with MIT leading the charge.
The US is also known for its business courses. It is the country of the first MBA courses, and also where the MSc in Business was conceived. As such, the courses are well established with the most experienced faculty. The best institutes for business in the US are the Wharton School of Business (University of Pennsylvania), Harvard and Stanford.
If you are looking for a more collaborative experience in a smaller setting, you have to look at the liberal arts colleges. These institutions focus mainly on arts or humanities education and only at the undergraduate level. There are several of these scattered across the country. The ones of note are the Williams and Amherst colleges in Massachusetts, and Pomona College in California. Each college has its own unique approach to education, and you have to read each one’s website to decide which one suits you best.
By Harini Prasad, Co-Founder, www.prep4future.org
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