U.S. has top 5 universities in the world (for the first time ever)

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Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass.

Madison Rexroat

For the first time, the U.S. is home to the top 5 universities in the world according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2017 Best Global Universities.

These universities include Harvard, MIT, Stanford, UC-Berkeley, and the California Institute of Technology.

As reported in the USA Today College article, academic research is a big factor in a school’s ranking on this list.

Other countries with strong universities include the United Kingdom, China, Germany and France.

To see the full article on USA Today College, click here.