Washington University in St. Louis

For the previous few years and in 2021 as well, Washington University in St. Louis, or WUSTL, has constantly been placed in the top 100 universities in the USA. Additionally, WUSTL is ranked among the top 500 colleges worldwide. For the year 2021, WUSTL is ranked #16 nationally and #33 globally by US News & World Report. Since 2020, national ranks have decreased by 3 positions, while worldwide rankings have increased by 2 positions. This shift in place is the result of WUSTL's 16% acceptance rate for 2019 admissions. High ACT and SAT scores also accompanied this.

WUSTL is ranked by THE at position #50 for 2021, a 2 point drop from position #50 in 2020. The ranking graph, on the other hand, shows an upward trend that signals a turn for the better. According to QS rankings, WUSTL is ranked at #105 for 2021, a drop of 3 positions over 2020. According to QS's ranking criteria, WUSTL receives the greatest scores in categories like the faculty-to-student ratio (90.9), the percentage of international students (68.6), the number of citations (61), and academic reputation (41.3), giving it an above-average total ranking score of 58.

WUSTL courses are offered by six schools of business, engineering, the arts and sciences, medicine, law, and other disciplines. The UG Business School is ranked #12 for the year 2021 by US News & World Report, while the Graduate Business School is ranked #30. The PG Business & Economics courses at WUSTL are ranked #88 by THE and #70 by QS for 2021.

While US News & World Report ranks different PG Engineering & Technology specialisations for 2021, namely - Biomedical Engineering: #12, Chemical & Computer Engineering: #36, Electrical Engineering: #37, Aerospace Engineering: #40, etc., THE ranks PG Engineering & Technology courses in the range of 201-250 for the year 2021. The THE also assigns WUSTL's PG Computers courses a 2021 ranking between 176 and 200.