1, University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania
2. new york University (NYU) new york University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology
4. University of Michigan at ann arbor.
5. University of California at Berkeley
6. University of Texas at Austin
7. Carnegie Mellon University
8. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
9. Indiana University at Bloomington
10, University of Virginia
The number one University of Pennsylvania is the fourth oldest institution of higher education in the United States. Founded in 1740, it is known as the first comprehensive university in the modern sense in the United States and the birthplace of many educational innovations: the first medical school in North America (1765) and the first university business school (Wharton Business School, 188 1). 1779, the University of Pennsylvania was renamed the University of Pennsylvania, becoming the first university in the United States to be named after the "University". 179 1 The University of Pennsylvania was officially renamed the University of Pennsylvania.