Top 5 Universities in America

Strength of the university is measured by the number of recognized academics.


This rating of universities is based on the number of graduate students who have won the Nobel prize for accomplishment in economics, medicine or physiology, chemistry, physics, literature and peace.


University of California - Berkley has produced the highest number of Nobel's laureates in chemistry, while Chicago University has the highest number of Nobel's laureates in physics.

John Hopkins University has the highest number of Nobel's prize winners in medicine and physiology, while Harvard and Chicago University have the highest number of Nobel's laureates in economics.

#	University	Number of Nobel's prize winners	Nobel's prize for Economy	Nobel's prize for Medicine and Physiology	Nobel's prize for Chemistry	Nobel's prize for Physics	Nobel's prize for Literature	Nobel's prize for Peace
1	Columbia	31	6	9	3	10	0	3
2	Chicago	29	9	3	4	13	0	0
3	California  Berkley	25	0	5	11	6	0	3
4	John Hopkins	15	2	10	1	0	0	2
5	Harvard	14	9	1	1	1	0	1

The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) in 2010 rates:

Harvard  University  No. 1  
University of California, Berkley No. 2
Columbia University No. 8

Chicago University No. 9

John Hopkins University No. 3. in Medicine and Pharmacy

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