top private universities in usa

Last Updated on July 30, 2023

Top Private Universities in the United States

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Introduction

What are the most popular Private Universities in the United States? uniRank tries to answer this question by publishing a complete list of top Private US Universities ranked by the 2021 uniRank University Ranking and meeting the following uniRank selection criteria:

  • being chartered, licensed or accredited by the appropriate US higher education-related organization
  • offering at least four-year undergraduate degrees (bachelor degrees) or postgraduate degrees (master or doctoral degrees)
  • delivering courses predominantly in a traditional, face-to-face, non-distance education format

Our aim is to provide a non-academic League Table of the top Private US Universities based on valid, unbiased and non-influenceable web metrics provided by independent web intelligence sources rather than data submitted by the Universities themselves.

Top Private Universities in the United States

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RankUniversityTown
1Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge
2Harvard UniversityCambridge
3Stanford UniversityStanford …
5Cornell UniversityIthaca
11Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore …
7Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York City
12University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia
14Yale UniversityNew Haven
18New York UniversityNew York City …
22Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh …
20University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles
19Princeton UniversityPrinceton
21University of ChicagoChicago
31Duke UniversityDurham
34Northwestern UniversityEvanston …
38Boston UniversityBoston …
50Washington University in St. LouisSt. Louis
46California Institute of TechnologyPasadena
57Brigham Young UniversityProvo
51Tufts UniversityMedford
54Georgetown UniversityWashington
63University of RochesterRochester
70George Washington UniversityWashington …
65Brown UniversityProvidence
67Dartmouth CollegeHanover
66Vanderbilt UniversityNashville
75William Marsh Rice UniversityHouston
78University of Notre DameNotre Dame
80Emory UniversityAtlanta
83Syracuse UniversitySyracuse
93Northeastern UniversityBoston …
98Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia
91Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochester
90University of MiamiCoral Gables …
101Boston CollegeChestnut Hill
104American UniversityWashington
99Fordham UniversityThe Bronx …
117Baylor UniversityWaco
120Case Western Reserve UniversityCleveland
114Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy …
123Southern Methodist UniversityDallas
129Tulane UniversityNew Orleans
140DePaul UniversityChicago
149Loyola University ChicagoChicago
143University of DenverDenver
136Santa Clara UniversitySanta Clara
142Brandeis UniversityWaltham
152Southern New Hampshire UniversityManchester
133The New SchoolNew York City
150Marquette UniversityMilwaukee
139Liberty UniversityLynchburg
158Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore
171University of San FranciscoSan Francisco
159Illinois Institute of TechnologyChicago
160Carleton CollegeNorthfield
169Wake Forest UniversityWinston-Salem
175Saint Louis UniversitySt. Louis …
215Chapman UniversityOrange
182Middlebury CollegeMiddlebury
180Nova Southeastern UniversityFort Lauderdale …
190Wesleyan UniversityMiddletown
189Lehigh UniversityBethlehem
198Pace UniversityNew York City …
176Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester
192Berklee College of MusicBoston
200Yeshiva UniversityNew York City
224Villanova UniversityVillanova
209Pepperdine UniversityMalibu …
194University of DaytonDayton
205Bard CollegeAnnandale-on-Hudson
218Mount Holyoke CollegeSouth Hadley
197University of RichmondRichmond
204Quinnipiac UniversityHamden
222Williams CollegeWilliamstown
202Grand Canyon UniversityPhoenix
226University of San DiegoSan Diego
207Marist CollegePoughkeepsie
210Baylor College of MedicineHouston
206Calvin UniversityGrand Rapids
216Smith CollegeNorthampton
230Creighton UniversityOmaha
236Hofstra UniversityHempstead
242Ithaca CollegeIthaca
232Bucknell UniversityLewisburg
255Seton Hall UniversitySouth Orange
264Howard UniversityWashington
241Bryn Mawr CollegeBryn Mawr
280Brigham Young University-IdahoRexburg
268Loyola Marymount UniversityLos Angeles
243Savannah College of Art and DesignSavannah …
244Thomas Jefferson UniversityPhiladelphia
220Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityDaytona Beach …
253Amherst CollegeAmherst
245Colby CollegeWaterville
247Wellesley CollegeWellesley
256Babson CollegeBabson Park
260Clark UniversityWorcester
252Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie
251The Catholic University of AmericaWashington
272Oberlin CollegeOberlin
284Monmouth UniversityWest Long Branch
270Harvey Mudd CollegeClaremont …
267Texas Christian UniversityFort Worth
266Rasmussen CollegeSt. Cloud …
287Elon UniversityElon
249Kenyon CollegeGambier
259Loma Linda UniversityLoma Linda
261University of St. ThomasSaint Paul …
277Florida Institute of TechnologyMelbourne
285Bowdoin CollegeBrunswick
297School of Visual ArtsNew York City
318Webster UniversitySt. Louis
311Davidson CollegeDavidson
296Rhode Island School of DesignProvidence
330Suffolk UniversityBoston …
303The Rockefeller UniversityNew York City
319Reed CollegePortland
317The University of TulsaTulsa
346Colgate UniversityHamilton
307Pomona CollegeClaremont
327Stetson UniversityDeLand
384Hult International Business SchoolCambridge …
304Earlham CollegeRichmond
326Gallaudet UniversityWashington
334Biola UniversityLa Mirada
340Bentley UniversityWaltham
323Seattle UniversitySeattle
324Duquesne UniversityPittsburgh
337Lewis & Clark CollegePortland
328Washington and Lee UniversityLexington
322Barnard CollegeNew York City
335St. John’s UniversityQueens …
344Pratt InstituteBrooklyn
321Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiNew York City
374DeVry UniversityChicago …
377Bradley UniversityPeoria
354Fairleigh Dickinson UniversityTeaneck …
353Maryville UniversitySt. Louis
347Dickinson CollegeCarlisle
332Trinity CollegeHartford
357St. Olaf CollegeNorthfield
341Bates CollegeLewiston
365Macalester CollegeSaint Paul
358Furman UniversityGreenville
399Hillsdale CollegeHillsdale
355Simmons UniversityBoston
351Wheaton CollegeWheaton
375Stevens Institute of TechnologyHoboken
352Medical College of WisconsinMilwaukee
373Emerson CollegeBoston
360Hanover CollegeHanover
369Haverford CollegeHaverford
381College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s UniversitySt. Joseph …
378Gettysburg CollegeGettysburg
376Gonzaga UniversitySpokane
380The Culinary Institute of AmericaHyde Park …
383Hamilton CollegeClinton
367Skidmore CollegeSaratoga Springs
387Colorado CollegeColorado Springs …
398Butler UniversityIndianapolis
386Trinity UniversitySan Antonio
390College of the Holy CrossWorcester
391Hobart and William Smith CollegesGeneva
422Drake UniversityDes Moines
421Occidental CollegeLos Angeles
448Mercer UniversityMacon …
396Columbia College ChicagoChicago
389Loyola University MarylandBaltimore
379Valparaiso UniversityValparaíso
400Loyola University New OrleansNew Orleans
388Connecticut CollegeNew London
415Long Island UniversityBrooklyn …
412Grinnell CollegeGrinnell
397Rider UniversityLawrenceville …
413Adelphi UniversityGarden City
417DePauw UniversityGreencastle
429ArtCenter College of DesignPasadena
428Union CollegeSchenectady
453Fairfield UniversityFairfield
451Saint Joseph’s UniversityPhiladelphia
431Willamette UniversitySalem
419Widener UniversityChester …
484Seattle Pacific UniversitySeattle
459Pacific UniversityForest Grove
434University of EvansvilleEvansville
424Hampshire CollegeAmherst
427University of the PacificStockton …
449Azusa Pacific UniversityAzusa
437Andrews UniversityBerrien Springs
464Maharishi International UniversityFairfield
456Hope CollegeHolland
445Regent UniversityVirginia Beach
423The Juilliard SchoolNew York City
446Strayer UniversityWashington …
493Norwich UniversityNorthfield
455Johnson and Wales UniversityProvidence …
473Lafayette CollegeEaston
450Sweet Briar CollegeSweet Briar
460Pitzer CollegeClaremont
467University of HartfordWest Hartford
469The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and ArtNew York City
457Rollins CollegeWinter Park
475Franklin and Marshall CollegeLancaster
479Champlain CollegeBurlington …
470Academy of Art UniversitySan Francisco
482Claremont Graduate UniversityClaremont …
518The College of WoosterWooster
505Belmont UniversityNashville
471University of ScrantonScranton
501Samford UniversityBirmingham
466Xavier UniversityCincinnati
489University of New EnglandBiddeford …
496Beloit CollegeBeloit
495Pacific Lutheran UniversityTacoma
499Elmhurst UniversityElmhurst
494Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyTerre Haute
513Roosevelt UniversityChicago …
498Abilene Christian UniversityAbilene
506School of the Art Institute of ChicagoChicago
522Siena CollegeLoudonville
508New York Institute of TechnologyOld Westbury …
537The University of TampaTampa
503Seton Hill UniversityGreensburg
521St. Lawrence UniversityCanton
528Cedarville UniversityCedarville
511Hamline UniversitySaint Paul
548Berea CollegeBerea
525Spelman CollegeAtlanta
524Illinois Wesleyan UniversityBloomington
562Touro CollegeNew York City …
517University of New HavenWest Haven …
535Sarah Lawrence CollegeBronxville
543Wabash CollegeCrawfordsville
574Denison UniversityGranville
559Saint Mary’s College of CaliforniaMoraga
554Roger Williams UniversityBristol
580Providence CollegeProvidence
530Agnes Scott CollegeDecatur
531St. Edward’s UniversityAustin
560California College of the ArtsSan Francisco …
542University of Puget SoundTacoma
536Gustavus Adolphus CollegeSt. Peter
563National UniversityLa Jolla
601University of PortlandPortland
566Milwaukee School of EngineeringMilwaukee
577Lesley UniversityCambridge …
650Arcadia UniversityGlenside
551Morehouse CollegeAtlanta
573Gordon CollegeWenham …
552Lawrence UniversityAppleton
523McDaniel CollegeWestminster …
555Claremont McKenna CollegeClaremont
514Sacred Heart UniversityFairfield …
557Maryland Institute College of ArtBaltimore
541Bluffton UniversityBluffton
572Muhlenberg CollegeAllentown
556Sewanee: The University of the SouthSewanee
578University of Detroit MercyDetroit
565Goucher CollegeTowson
584Kettering UniversityFlint
603Luther CollegeDecorah
544Carson-Newman UniversityJefferson City
583Augsburg UniversityMinneapolis
622Antioch UniversityYellow Springs …
598California Lutheran UniversityThousand Oaks
538Rhodes CollegeMemphis
586Saint Michael’s CollegeColchester …
624Bryant UniversitySmithfield
553Regis UniversityDenver
582La Salle UniversityPhiladelphia
597Alfred UniversityAlfred
605Augustana CollegeRock Island
600Messiah UniversityMechanicsburg
609Barry UniversityMiami …
592George Fox UniversityNewberg
564Elizabethtown CollegeElizabethtown
606University of RedlandsRedlands
587Saint Anselm CollegeManchester
591Carthage CollegeKenosha
610St. Catherine UniversitySaint Paul
607Mills CollegeOakland
628St. Bonaventure UniversitySt. Bonaventure
561Ashland UniversityAshland
642Indiana Wesleyan UniversityMarion
599High Point UniversityHigh Point
615Minneapolis College of Art and DesignMinneapolis
590Dominican University of CaliforniaSan Rafael
670Hendrix CollegeConway
718Western New England UniversitySpringfield …
631California Institute of Integral StudiesSan Francisco
629Bastyr UniversityKenmore
620Campbell UniversityBuies Creek
611Ohio Wesleyan UniversityDelaware …
619Ohio Northern UniversityAda
713Centre CollegeDanville
618Tuskegee UniversityTuskegee
652Hood CollegeFrederick
627Goshen CollegeGoshen
660Saint Leo UniversitySaint Leo …
630Canisius CollegeBuffalo
612Wilkes UniversityWilkes-Barre
651John Carroll UniversityUniversity Heights
687Bellarmine UniversityLouisville
699University of IndianapolisIndianapolis
568Golden Gate UniversitySan Francisco …
674Naropa UniversityBoulder
760Park UniversityParkville …
654The University of the ArtsPhiladelphia
644Albion CollegeAlbion
738St. Mary’s UniversitySan Antonio
661Hampton UniversityHampton
649Harding UniversitySearcy …
646Washington CollegeChestertown
669Roanoke CollegeSalem
617The College of St. ScholasticaDuluth …
637University of BridgeportBridgeport …
634Mercy CollegeDobbs Ferry
658Southwestern UniversityGeorgetown
666University of La VerneLa Verne …
694Olivet Nazarene UniversityBourbonnais
690Bennington CollegeBennington
648Knox CollegeGalesburg …
665Berry CollegeMount Berry
679Utica CollegeUtica
681North Central CollegeNaperville …
710Manhattan CollegeRiverdale
686New York Law SchoolNew York City
702Mississippi CollegeClinton …
693Lipscomb UniversityNashville
730Drury UniversitySpringfield …
683New England CollegeHenniker …
705Lewis UniversityRomeoville
695The University of FindlayFindlay
671Niagara UniversityNiagara University
711Capital UniversityColumbus
735Concordia University, St. PaulSaint Paul
772Whittier CollegeWhittier
726Cornell CollegeMount Vernon
780Iona CollegeNew Rochelle
703Assumption CollegeWorcester
732Keck Graduate InstituteClaremont
691Juniata CollegeHuntingdon
722Columbia CollegeColumbia
753Clark Atlanta UniversityAtlan

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