The top ten universities in the United States are Princeton University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, Stanford University, Yale University, Montgomery University, Johns Hopkins University, University of Pennsylvania, California Institute of Technology, Duke University and Northwestern University.

Princeton University is a private university located in the United States. Among all the students, there are 5422 undergraduates and 2997 masters/postgraduates, including international undergraduates 12% and international postgraduates/4 1%. Princeton University ranks 20th in QS World University Ranking, 1 1 in American News World University Ranking, 9th in Times World University Ranking and 6th in ARWU academic ranking of world universities. Generally speaking, it is equivalent to Peking University in China.

MIT has a history of 150 years, and is famous for its world-class engineering and computer science. There are 87 Nobel Prize winners, 6 Fields Prize winners (the highest prize in mathematics) and 19 Turing Prize winners (the highest prize in computer science) who have worked or studied in MIT, and are called "the immortal academic backbone of American society".