| SJTU ACADEMIC RANKING OF WORLD UNIVERSITIES 2003: TOP 100 AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES |
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| Rank | Institution | Country | World Rank |
| 1 | Harvard University | USA | 1 |
| 2 | Stanford University | USA | 2 |
| 3 | California Inst Tech | USA | 3 |
| 4 | University of California - Berkeley | USA | 4 |
| 5 | Massachusetts Inst Tech | USA | 6 |
| 6 | Princeton University | USA | 7 |
| 7 | Yale University | USA | 8 |
| 8 | Columbia University | USA | 10 |
| 9 | University of Chicago | USA | 11 |
| 10 | Cornell University | USA | 12 |
| 11 | University of California - San Francisco | USA | 13 |
| 12 | University of California - San Diego | USA | 14 |
| 13 | University of California - Los Angeles | USA | 15 |
| 14 | University of Washington - Seattle | USA | 16 |
| 15 | University of Pennsylvania | USA | 18 |
| 16 | University of Michigan - Ann Arbor | USA | 21 |
| 17 | Washington Univ - St. Louis | USA | 22 |
| 18 | University of Toronto | Canada | 23 |
| 19 | Johns Hopkins University | USA | 24 |
| 20 | University of California - Santa Barbara | USA | 26 |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin - Madison | USA | 27 |
| 22 | Rockefeller University | USA | 28 |
| 23 | Northwestern University | USA | 29 |
| 24 | University of Colorado - Boulder | USA | 31 |
| 25 | Vanderbilt University | USA | 32 |
| 25 | Duke University | USA | 32 |
| 27 | University of Texas Southwestern Med Center | USA | 34 |
| 28 | University of British Columbia | Canada | 35 |
| 29 | University of California - Davis | USA | 36 |
| 30 | University of Minnesota - Twin Cities | USA | 37 |
| 31 | Rutgers State Univ - New Brunswick | USA | 38 |
| 32 | Pennsylvania State Univ - Univ Park | USA | 40 |
| 33 | University of Southern California | USA | 40 |
| 34 | University of California - Irvine | USA | 44 |
| 35 | University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign | USA | 45 |
| 36 | University of Texas - Austin | USA | 47 |
| 37 | Brown University | USA | 49 |
| 38 | Case Western Reserve University | USA | 51 |
| 39 | University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill | USA | 52 |
| 40 | University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh | USA | 53 |
| 41 | University of Arizona | USA | 55 |
| 41 | New York University | USA | 55 |
| 43 | Rice University | USA | 61 |
| 44 | Carnegie Mellon University | USA | 61 |
| 45 | University of Virginia | USA | 67 |
| 46 | Texas A&M Univ - Coll Station | USA | 70 |
| 47 | University of Rochester | USA | 72 |
| 48 | University of Maryland - Coll Park | USA | 75 |
| 48 | University of Florida | USA | 75 |
| 50 | McGill University | Canada | 79 |
| 51 | Purdue Univ West Lafayette | USA | 80 |
| 52 | Ohio State Univ Columbus | USA | 81 |
| 52 | University of Utah | USA | 81 |
| 54 | Tufts University | USA | 83 |
| 55 | McMaster University | Canada | 86 |
| 56 | Michigan State University | USA | 87 |
| 57 | University of California Riverside | USA | 88 |
| 58 | University of Iowa | USA | 90 |
| 59 | University of Illinois Chicago | USA | 96 |
| 60 | Boston University | USA | 98 |
| 61 | Emory University | USA | 99 |
| 61 | North Carolina State Univ Raleigh | USA | 99 |
| 63-82 | Baylor Coll Med | USA | 102-151 |
| 63-82 | Colorado State University | USA | 102-151 |
| 63-82 | Dartmouth Coll | USA | 102-151 |
| 63-82 | Georgia Inst Tech | USA | 102-151 |
| 63-82 | Indiana Univ Bloomington | USA | 102-151 |
| 63-82 | Oregon Health Sci University | USA | 102-151 |
| 63-82 | Oregon State University | USA | 102-151 |
| 63-82 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst | USA | 102-151 |
| 63-82 | SUNY Stony Brook | USA | 102-151 |
| 63-82 | University of Alabama Birmingham | USA | 102-151 |
| 63-82 | University of Alaska Fairbanks | USA | 102-151 |
| 63-82 | University of Alberta | Canada | 102-151 |
| 63-82 | University of California Santa Cruz | USA | 102-151 |
| 63-82 | University of Cincinnati | USA | 102-151 |
| 63-82 | University of Georgia | USA | 102-151 |
| 63-82 | University of Hawaii | USA | 102-151 |
| 63-82 | University of Maryland Baltimore | USA | 102-151 |
| 63-82 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | USA | 102-151 |
| 63-82 | University of Miami | USA | 102-151 |
| 63-82 | University of Texas Health Sci Center Houston | USA | 102-151 |
| 83-102 | Arizona State Univ Tempe | USA | 152-200 |
| 83-102 | Florida State University | USA | 152-200 |
| 83-102 | Iowa State University | USA | 152-200 |
| 83-102 | Mt Sinai Sch Med | USA | 152-200 |
| 83-102 | Queen's University | Canada | 152-200 |
| 83-102 | SUNY Albany | USA | 152-200 |
| 83-102 | University of Connecticut Storrs | USA | 152-200 |
| 83-102 | University of Delaware | USA | 152-200 |
| 83-102 | University of Massachusetts Worcester | USA | 152-200 |
| 83-102 | University of Nacl Autonoma Mexico | Mexico | 152-200 |
| 83-102 | University of Nebraska Lincoln | USA | 152-200 |
| 83-102 | University of New Mexico Albuquerque | USA | 152-200 |
| 83-102 | University of Sao Paulo | Brazil | 152-200 |
| 83-102 | University of Tennessee Knoxville | USA | 152-200 |
| 83-102 | University of Waterloo | Canada | 152-200 |
| 83-102 | Virginia Commonwealth University | USA | 152-200 |
| 83-102 | Virginia Tech | USA | 152-200 |
| 83-102 | Wake Forest University | USA | 152-200 |
| 83-102 | Washington State Univ Pullman | USA | 152-200 |
| 83-102 | Yeshiva University | USA | 152-200 |
| Source: Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University | |||