Six University of California campuses and three private California universities were listed as among the top 100 universities in the world, according to the 2027 World University rankings.
The rankings evaluate five main factors — teaching, research, the economic footprint of that research and international staff, students and research collaborations — across a pool of 2,297 universities in 118 countries and territories, according to the University of California.
Here is how the California universities on the list ranked:
- Stanford University tied with Princeton University as the No. 2 university in the U.S., and No. 3 globally.
- California Institute of Technology ranked fourth in the U.S., seventh globally.
- UC Berkeley ranked sixth in the U.S., ninth globally.
- UCLA ranked 12th in the U.S., 20th globally.
- UC San Diego ranked 20th in the U.S., 37th globally.
- UC Davis ranked 25th in the U.S., 65th globally.
- UC Santa Barbara and the University of Southern California tied for 27th place in the U.S., 71st globally.
- UC Irvine ranked 36th in the U.S., 97th globally.
This story was originally published by EdSource.