Draft:List of top fifty universities in the North America

Rankings of universities in the North America are typically published annually by a variety of nationally, and internationally based publications. Rankings of post-secondary institutions have most often been conducted by magazines, newspapers, websites, governments, or academia. Ranking are established to help inform potential applicants about universities in the North America based on a range of criteria, including student body characteristics, classes, faculty, finances, library, and reputation. Various rankings consider combinations of factors, including funding and endowment, research excellence and/or influence, specialization expertise, admissions, student options, award numbers, internationalization, graduate employment, industrial linkage, historical reputation and other criteria. Various rankings also evaluate universities based on research output.

Universities in the North America placed in rankings which includes other universities; including the Academic Ranking of World Universities, QS World University Rankings, the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, and the U.S. News & World Report Best Global University Ranking. The top 50 university in the North America based on the average of their ranking in these four important ranking system are listed.

International rankings
The following table includes universities in the North America, and their most recent global rank (Top 50):

List of states and provinces by top universities
The following table includes states and provinces with the most top ranking universities: