The Center for Measuring University Performance determined the Top American Research Universities by their rank on nine different measures: Total Research, Federal Research, Endowment Assets, Annual Giving, National Academy Members, Faculty Awards, Doctorates Granted, Postdoctoral Appointees, and SAT/ACT range. This List includes only those Research Universities that had at least $40 million in federal research expenditures in a year.
Apart from Excellent GRE/TOEFL Scores and Strong Academics, these universities may look into your previous research activities and research papers in admission process. Here is the listing of TOP 25 US Research universities.
| Type | University Name |
| Private | Columbia University |
| Private | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Private | Stanford University |
| Private | University of Pennsylvania |
| Private | Harvard University |
| Private | Yale University |
| Private | Duke University |
| Public | University of California – Berkeley |
| Public | University of California – Los Angeles |
| Public | University of Michigan – Ann Arbor |
| Public | University of Washington – Seattle |
| Public | University of Wisconsin – Madison |
| Private | Johns Hopkins University |
| Public | University of Minnesota – Twin Cities |
| Public | University of Texas – Austin |
| Private | University of Southern California |
| Public | University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill |
| Private | Washington University in St. Louis |
| Private | Princeton University |
| Public | University of California – San Diego |
| Private | Cornell University |
| Private | Northwestern University |
| Private | University of Chicago |
| Public | Ohio State University – Columbus |
| Private | Vanderbilt University |
