The 20 best US schools for computer science and information systems
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- QS Quacquarelli Symonds published its World University Rankings by Subject on Wednesday.
- MIT ranked at the top of the computer science and information systems ranking.
- These are the top US schools for computer science and information systems.
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Global higher education research company QS Quacquarelli Symonds just published its 11th annual rankings of the best global colleges and universities for 51 different subjects.
QS publishes several subject rankings that fall under engineering and technology, including the best schools for computer science and information systems. Massachusetts Institute of Technology ranked at the top of the computer science and information systems ranking, same as last year.
To create these subject rankings, QS looks at academic reputation, employer reputation, research citations per paper, and h-index to calculate an overall score for a school in each subject ranking. QS describes the h-index as an index that is "based on the set of the academic's most cited papers and the number of citations that they have received in other publications."
Weights for the four metrics used to develop the rankings varied by subject. The full methodology can be found on QS' website.
The following are the top 20 US schools from the computer science and information systems ranking, including where they placed on the overall list. All the various subject rankings and the full computer science and information systems table can be found on QS' website.
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Location: Los Angeles, California
2021 ranking: 52
Overall score: 74.2
Read more about University of Southern California on QS Top Universities.
University of Chicagojanniswerner/Getty Images
Location: Chicago, Illinois
2021 ranking: 47 (tie)
Overall score: 75.1
Read more about University of Chicago on QS Top Universities.
University of Michigan-Ann ArborDieon Roger/Shutterstock
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
2021 ranking: 46
Overall score: 75.3
Read more about University of Michigan-Ann Arbor on QS Top Universities.
Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech)EQRoy/Shutterstock
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
2021 ranking: 38
Overall score: 76.6
Read more about Georgia Tech on QS Top Universities.
Yale UniversityShannon Stapleton/Reuters
Location: New Haven, Connecticut
2021 ranking: 35 (tie)
Overall score: 76.7
Read more about Yale University on QS Top Universities.
University of Pennsylvaniaf11photo/Getty Images
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2021 ranking: 33 (tie)
Overall score: 77.4
Read more about University of Pennsylvania on QS Top Universities.
University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignJeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
Location: Champaign, Illinois
2021 ranking: 33 (tie)
Overall score: 77.4
Read more about University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on QS Top Universities.
University of Texas at Austindszc/Getty Images
Location: Austin, Texas
2021 ranking: 28
Overall score: 78.6
Read more about University of Texas at Austin on QS Top Universities.
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)Location: Pasadena, California
2021 ranking: 22
Overall score: 80.1
Read more about Caltech on QS Top Universities.
New York University (NYU)Noam Galai/Getty Images
Location: New York City, New York
2021 ranking: 21
Overall score: 81.1
Read more about NYU on QS Top Universities.
Cornell Universitykickstand/Getty Images
Location: Ithaca, New York
2021 ranking: 19
Overall score: 81.3
Read more about Cornell University on QS Top Universities.
Columbia UniversityAlexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images
Location: New York City, New York
2021 ranking: 18
Overall score: 82.1
Read more about Columbia University on QS Top Universities.
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)dszc/Getty Images
Location: Los Angeles, California
2021 ranking: 17
Overall score: 82.5
Read more about UCLA on QS Top Universities.
University of Washingtonf11photo/Shutterstock
Location: Seattle, Washington
2021 ranking: 15
Overall score: 83.5
Read more about University of Washington on QS Top Universities.
Princeton UniversityBarry Winiker/Getty Images
Location: Princeton, New Jersey
2021 ranking: 14
Overall score: 83.7
Read more about Princeton University on QS Top Universities.
Harvard UniversityMaddie Meyer/Getty Images
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
2021 ranking: 7
Overall score: 88.2
Read more about Harvard University on QS Top Universities.
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)Jeff Chiu/AP
Location: Berkeley, California
2021 ranking: 5
Overall score: 89.5
Read more about UCB on QS Top Universities.
Carnegie Mellon UniversityBarry Winiker/Getty Images
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2021 ranking: 3
Overall score: 93.0
Read more about Carnegie Mellon University on QS Top Universities.
Stanford UniversityRuslanKaln/Getty Images
Location: Stanford, California
2021 ranking: 2
Overall score: 93.1
Read more about Stanford University on QS Top Universities.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)SeanPavonePhoto/Getty Images
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
2021 ranking: 1
Overall score: 93.7
Read more about MIT on QS Top Universities.