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What do you mean by CA, NY, NJ and CT in brackets at the back of American university rankings?
These are abbreviations for the names of the states where the universities are located:

CA is California, NY, NY, NJ is New Jersey and CT is Connecticut.

The abbreviations of the 50 States in the United States are as follows:

Alabama AK Alaska AR Arkansas

Arizona California California Colorado

Connecticut, Delaware, Florida

Georgia Hi Hawaii Iowa

Indiana, Illinois, Idaho

Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana

Massachusetts Maine Maryland Maryland Maryland

Michigan Michigan Minnesota Missouri

Mississippi, Montana, northeast Nebraska

North Carolina-North Carolina ND- North Dakota New Hampshire

NJ-NJ NM- New Mexico NV- Nevada

New York-New York, Ohio-Oklahoma

Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Oregon

South Carolina SD South Dakota TN Tennessee

Texas Texas Utah Vermont

Virginia-Virginia-Washington DC- Washington DC

West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming