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The American Higher Education System has been implemented around the world at some of the best, and most successful institutions on the planet.

The principal advantages of the “American System” are as follows:

Lower risk of academic failure.
It is very easy to change degrees programs.
The credit system is consistent among American colleges and universities around the world.
Students organize and design their own course schedule.
It is based more on the practical application of concepts than theory.
There are weekly assignments.
Continuous evaluation favors consistency
Students are motivated by many short-term goals.

Ivy League Universities United States

Harvard University (Massachusetts)
Yale University (Connecticut)
Princeton University (New Jersey)
Columbia University (New York)
Brown University (Rhode Island)
Dartmouth College (New Hampshire)
University of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania)
Cornell University (New York)

Top universities in Texas

If you’re interested in studying in Texas, you’ll find plenty of choice, including seven universities in Texas which feature in the QS World University Rankings® 2018. The highest-ranked is the University of Texas at Austin, placed 67th in the world, and it’s the flagship institution of the state’s public university system. Boasting 17 libraries and seven museums, the university holds one of the country’s largest research budgets, and is also the home of several renowned sports teams, known as the Texas Longhorns.

Another of the state’s leading institutions is Rice University, ranked 89th in the world. A private research university, Rice University has an enrolment of just over 6,600 students. It’s best known for its applied science programs and is situated on a 295-acre campus near the Houston Museum District.

Top universities in Texas, based on the QS World University Rankings® 2018:

University of Texas at Austin (ranked 67th in the world)
Rice University (89th)
Texas A&M University (joint 195th)
University of Texas at Dallas (421-430*)
University of Houston (601-650)
Southern Methodist University (701-750)
Texas Tech University (701-750)
Baylor University (801-1000)

Top 100 US universities
Rank	University
1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
2	Stanford University
3	Harvard University
4	California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
5	University of Chicago
6	Princeton University
7	Cornell University
8	Yale University
9	Columbia University
10	University of Pennsylvania
11	University of Michigan
12	Johns Hopkins University
13	Duke University
14	University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
15	University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
16	Northwestern University
17	University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
18	New York University
19	Carnegie Mellon University
20	University of Wisconsin-Madison
21	Brown University
22	University of Texas at Austin
23	University of Washington
24	Georgia Institute of Technology
25	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
26	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
27	Rice University
28	The Ohio State University
29	Boston University
30	Pennsylvania State University
=31	Washington University in St. Louis
=31	Purdue University
=31	University of California, Davis
34	University of Southern California
35	University of Maryland, College Park
36	University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)
37	University of Pittsburgh
38	Michigan State University
39	Emory University
40	University of Minnesota
41	University of California, Irvine
42	University of Florida
43	Dartmouth College
44	University of Rochester
45	Case Western Reserve University
46	University of Colorado Boulder
47	University of Virginia
48	Vanderbilt University
49	Texas A&M University
=50	Arizona State University
=50	University of Notre Dame
52	University of Illinois, Chicago (UIC)
53	Georgetown University
54	Tufts University
55	University of Miami
56	The University of Arizona
57	University of Massachusetts Amherst
58	North Carolina State University
59	Rutgers University – New Brunswick
60	University of Hawai’i at Mañoa
61	The Katz School at Yeshiva University
62	University at Buffalo SUNY
63	Indiana University Bloomington
64	Northeastern University
65	University of California, Santa Cruz
66	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
=67	George Washington University
=67	Rensselaer Polytechnic University
=67	University of Utah
70	Stony Brook University, State University of New York
71	University of Kansas
72	University of Connecticut
73	Boston College
74	University of California, Riverside
75	Wake Forest University
76	Washington State University
77	University of Colorado, Denver
78	Tulane University
79	The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
80	Illinois Institute of Technology
80	University of Texas Dallas
82	Brandeis University
83	The University of Georgia
84	University of Iowa
85	University of Delaware
85	Wayne State University
87	Colorado State University
87	Oregon State University
89	University of Maryland, Baltimore County
90	Clark University
91	Florida State University
92	Iowa State University
93	University of New Mexico
94	University of Oklahoma
95	Drexel University
95	Lehigh University
95	Howard University
98	University of South Florida
99	The New School
99	University of Vermont

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