Times Higher Education ranks 3 California universities in world’s top 10

Several California universities were named among the best in the world in a new global rankings list from THE – Times Higher Education. 

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The London-based publication ranked 2,297 institutions from 118 countries and territories, according to its website, with nine California schools securing a spot in the top 100. The publication says it examines “research-intensive universities” using several factors such as teaching, research environment, research quality, international outlook and income.

While the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom ranked No. 1 for the 11th year in a row, the highest-ranked California school this year was Stanford University at No. 3, tied with Princeton University. 

Stanford earned a 100% score in the “industry” category, the metric that considers university’s income and patents. The university’s second-highest score was 99.4% for its research quality. Stanford also improved its overall ranking compared with last year, when it landed the No. 5 spot.

The second-highest-ranked California school was the California Institute of Technology at No. 7, its same ranking as last year. UC Berkeley also maintained its same spot on the list as last year at No. 9, this year tied with Yale University. 

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UC Berkeley was also the highest-ranked public school in the U.S. on this year’s list. UCLA wasthe second-highest ranked public school in the U.S. at No. 20. 

The two rivalschools have been swapping places and tying for the best public school title on various lists for years. They were tied as the country’s best public schools on this year’s U.S. News & World Report list, for example. Meanwhile, UCLA took the top spot on Niche’s list of public universities in the U.S. and UC Berkeley took the crown on Forbes’ list.

The other California schools to appear in Times Higher Education’s global top 100 were nearly all University of California campuses except for the University of Southern California: UC San Diego (No. 37), UC Davis (No. 65), UC Santa Barbara and USC (tie for No. 71) and UC Irvine (No. 97). Out of the UC campuses, the school with the most impressive leap compared with last year was UC San Diego, which jumped 10 spots.