Which public universities are the best?
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A public research university founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1819 in Charlottesville, Virginia, known for its academic programs and historic grounds.
3 questions · 2 categories · As of Nov 12, 2026
| Categories | Category rank | Questions | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Educational Institutions | #19of 193 | 2 | 95.8 |
| Government & Public Sector | #51of 113 | 1 | 17.5 |
Brands named in the same answers as University of Virginia in the last four weeks, counted in answers.
| Brand | Answers naming the brand | Named alongside |
|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 34 | Stanford University (32), Harvard (28), UC Berkeley (24) |
| Harvard | 42 | Stanford University (30), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (28), UC Berkeley (26) |
| UC Berkeley | 39 | Harvard (26), Stanford University (25), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (24) |
| Stanford University | 36 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (32), Harvard (30), UC Berkeley (25) |
| University of Michigan–Ann Arbor | 21 | UC Berkeley (17), Harvard (12), University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill (9) |
| University of Oxford | 25 | Stanford University (23), Harvard (23), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (23) |
| Williams College | 11 | Amherst College (10), Bowdoin College (8), Princeton University (3) |
| University of Cambridge | 23 | University of Oxford (23), Stanford University (22), Harvard (21) |
| Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) | 14 | UC Berkeley (14), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (12), University of Michigan–Ann Arbor (9) |
| Princeton University | 20 | Stanford University (18), Harvard (18), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (18) |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 13 | UC Berkeley (13), Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) (12), Stanford University (9) |
| Amherst College | 10 | Williams College (10), Bowdoin College (8), Princeton University (3) |
| Carnegie Mellon | 11 | Stanford University (11), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (11), UC Berkeley (11) |
| ETH Zurich | 18 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (17), Stanford University (16), University of Oxford (16) |
| University of Chicago | 14 | Harvard (14), Stanford University (9), Yale University (8) |
| UC San Diego | 13 | UC Berkeley (12), Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) (9), University of Michigan–Ann Arbor (8) |
| California Institute of Technology | 18 | Stanford University (17), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (17), University of Oxford (14) |
| University of California, Los Angeles | 7 | Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) (7), UC Berkeley (7), UC San Diego (7) |
| University of Virginia | 9 | UC Berkeley (8), University of Michigan–Ann Arbor (7), University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill (6) |
| Stanford Law School | 5 | Harvard (5), University of Chicago (5), University of Michigan–Ann Arbor (4) |
| University of California, Los Angeles (the university) | 12 | Harvard (11), University of Michigan–Ann Arbor (9), UC Berkeley (8) |
| National University of Singapore | 16 | University of Oxford (15), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (15), Stanford University (14) |
| University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill | 9 | University of Michigan–Ann Arbor (9), UC Berkeley (8), UC San Diego (8) |
| Imperial College London | 16 | Stanford University (16), University of Oxford (16), University of Cambridge (16) |
| Harvard Medical School | 5 | University of Michigan–Ann Arbor (2), Harvard (2), Yale University (2) |
| University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) | 6 | Harvard (6), UC Berkeley (4), University of Michigan–Ann Arbor (2) |
| University of Texas—Austin | 10 | UC Berkeley (10), Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) (9), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (8) |
| Yale University | 14 | Harvard (13), Stanford University (12), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (9) |
| Bowdoin College | 8 | Amherst College (8), Williams College (8), Princeton University (3) |
| Cornell University | 9 | Harvard (8), UC Berkeley (7), Stanford University (6) |
Sites the answers naming this brand cited in the last four weeks. Counts are citing answers.
| Rank | Source | Citing answers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | usnews.com | 6 |
| 2 | timeshighereducation.com | 3 |
| 3 | smartasset.com | 3 |
| 4 | facebook.com | 2 |
| 5 | quora.com | 2 |
| 6 | topuniversities.com | 2 |
| 7 | youtube.com | 2 |
| 8 | 7sage.com | 2 |
| 9 | collegecommit.com | 2 |
| 10 | niche.com | 2 |
For the brand's best questions: of each surface's 1 answers, how many named it.
| Questions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Which public universities are the best? | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2Which law schools are the best? | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3What are the most respected public institutions? | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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