In “Good Will Hunting,” Matt Damon famously plays a math genius who works as a janitor at MIT. The school has also counted top-tier academics like John Nash (on whom the film “A Beautiful Mind” was based) and Noam Chomsky among its faculty. The site of some of the 20th Century’s biggest scientific breakthroughs, MIT remains an academic powerhouse, and its graduates command some of the largest starting salaries in the US. While it isn’t as old or as grand as your typical elite US school, MIT more than holds its own as a world-class university. Just down the river from Harvard, MIT feels like a world away from the clubby atmosphere of its Cambridge rival. MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Courtesy of: mit.edu Studying at the university can also be a great stepping stone to a political career: No less than seven US presidents have studied at Harvard. Harvard’s storied campus has been the setting of films such as “With Honors” and “The Paper Chase” alumni include Bill Gates, John Adams, Mark Zuckerberg, and Natalie Portman. Founded by Puritans soon after the arrival of the Mayflower, Harvard still retains the austere and hardworking ethos of its early founders. Harvard University Courtesy of: Īs the oldest (and arguably most prestigious) university in the United States, Harvard boasts a world-famous college and top-tier professional schools for law, medicine, and business. Here are just ten of the best universities and colleges in the US, and how they’re preparing their graduates for world-changing careers. The Northeastern United States still holds the lion’s share of the country’s prestigious universities, but in recent years, elite schools on the West Coast and in the South are making a splash in college rankings. With more and more of today’s top students striving to outperform their peers in 2019, entry to some of the most prestigious universities in the United States has never been more competitive.
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