Column chart showing the top 100 world-class universities in social sciences in 2009. The United States have 70 universities. The United Kingdom 11. Canada 8. Netherlands 4. Israel 2. Australia, Belgium, China, Denmark, and Norway have 1 each.

With 70% of the 100 top ranking, and the 15 absolute best social sciences universities in the world, the US clearly dominate the field. The weight of this academic presence provides a cue to the global influence of the American social and economic theories and practices. It may also provide a lead to try and understand the worldwide reach of the 2009 financial and economic crisis.

 

Top 100 World-class Universities
Social Sciences

Ranking in the Field ¹

Institution

Country

2009

2008

11Harvard UniversityUSA
22University of ChicagoUSA
34Stanford UniversityUSA
43Columbia UniversityUSA
56Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)USA
67Princeton UniversityUSA
75University of California, BerkeleyUSA
89Yale UniversityUSA
98University of PennsylvaniaUSA
1011New York UniversityUSA
1110University of Michigan - Ann ArborUSA
1212University of Minnesota, Twin CitiesUSA
1314University of California, Los AngelesUSA
1413Northwestern UniversityUSA
1515Carnegie Mellon UniversityUSA
1618University of CambridgeUK
1717Duke UniversityUSA
1716University of Maryland, College ParkUSA
1723University of OxfordUK
2019The University of Texas at AustinUSA
2121Pennsylvania State University - University ParkUSA
2220University of Wisconsin - MadisonUSA
2322University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUSA
2426University of California, San DiegoUSA
2526London School of Economics and Political ScienceUK
2524The Ohio State University - ColumbusUSA
2728Arizona State University - TempeUSA
2832University of WashingtonUSA
2934University of British ColumbiaCanada
3025Cornell UniversityUSA
3133Washington University in St. LouisUSA
3238Michigan State UniversityUSA
3330Indiana University BloomingtonUSA
3431The Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA
3529Vanderbilt UniversityUSA
3635University of Southern CaliforniaUSA
3737University of RochesterUSA
3851-76McMaster UniversityCanada
3947University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignUSA
4041Boston UniversityUSA
4139University of California, DavisUSA
4251-76George Mason UniversityUSA
4349Brown UniversityUSA
4443Emory UniversityUSA
4442Georgetown UniversityUSA
4440Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New BrunswickUSA
4736University of PittsburghUSA
4846Dartmouth CollegeUSA
4951-76University of ArizonaUSA
4951-76University of Colorado at BoulderUSA
4951-76University of IowaUSA
52-75 California Institute of TechnologyUSA
52-7551-76Florida State UniversityUSA
52-7551-76McGill UniversityCanada
52-7551-76Purdue University - West LafayetteUSA
52-7551-76Rice UniversityUSA
52-7551-76State University of New York at AlbanyUSA
52-7577-107Tel Aviv UniversityIsrael
52-7545Texas A&M University - College StationUSA
52-7551-76The George Washington UniversityUSA
52-7543The Hebrew University of JerusalemIsrael
52-7551-76The Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyChina
52-7550The University of GeorgiaUSA
52-75 The University of Texas at DallasUSA
52-75 University College LondonUK
52-7551-76University of AmsterdamNetherlands
52-7551-76University of California, IrvineUSA
52-7551-76University of California, Santa BarbaraUSA
52-7577-107University of CopenhagenDenmark
52-7551-76University of FloridaUSA
52-7551-76University of Illinois at ChicagoUSA
52-7551-76University of TorontoCanada
52-7551-76University of UtahUSA
52-7548University of VirginiaUSA
52-7551-76University of WarwickUK
76-10077-107Catholic University of LouvainBelgium
76-10077-107Erasmus UniversityNetherlands
76-10077-107London Business SchoolUK
76-10077-107North Carolina State University - RaleighUSA
76-100 Queen's UniversityCanada
76-10077-107Simon Fraser UniversityCanada
76-10077-107State University of New York at Stony BrookUSA
76-10051-76The Australian National UniversityAustralia
76-10077-107The University of EdinburghUK
76-10051-76The University of ManchesterUK
76-100 The University of Western OntarioCanada
76-100 Tilburg UniversityNetherlands
76-10077-107University of BristolUK
76-10077-107University of East AngliaUK
76-10077-107University of Massachusetts AmherstUSA
76-10051-76University of MiamiUSA
76-10077-107University of Missouri - ColumbiaUSA
76-10077-107University of MontrealCanada
76-10077-107University of Nebraska - LincolnUSA
76-10077-107University of Notre DameUSA
76-10077-107University of NottinghamUK
76-10077-107University of Oklahoma - NormanUSA
76-10077-107University of OsloNorway
76-10051-76University of South Carolina - ColumbiaUSA
76-10077-107VU University AmsterdamNetherlands
¹ Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Sources: see Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai.

 

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