The rankings are heavily based on academic research.
PRINCETON -- A new ranking of the world's best universities places both Princeton and Rutgers universities in the top 100.
Princeton cracked the top 10 in U.S. News and World Report's 2017 Best Global Universities rankings, earning the eighth spot on the list. Rutgers tied with the University of Florida for 82nd.
While Princeton improved in the rankings from 13th last year, Rutgers dropped from 60th.
The rankings cover the top 1,000 institutions from 65 different countries and are heavily based on the universities' reputation for academic research both regionally and globally. Also among the dozen factors considered are the number of publications and citations produced the university.
"United States universities do especially well in the Best Global Universities rankings because they place an enormous emphasis on academic research," said Robert Morse, chief data strategist at U.S. News
American universities claimed the top five spots on the list, with Harvard University claiming the title as the best university in the world.
Of the 1,000 universities, 210 are in the United States. China (87) has the next most, followed by the United Kingdom (68), Germany (55) and France (49).
Here are top 10 universities in the rankings:
1. Harvard University
2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3. Stanford University
4. University of California Berkeley
5. California Institute of Technology
6. University of Oxford
7. University of Cambridge
8. Princeton University
9. Columbia University
10. University of California Los Angeles
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