Chinese and U.S. University Rankings

Center for Security and Emerging Technology  January 28, 2022 In a CSET Report researchers at Georgetown University assess the quality of universities in China and the United States based on their performance in two well-regarded rankings of global universities. They found Chinese universities have steadily moved up the rankings over time, driven largely by increases in research productivity and a series of state-sponsored higher education initiatives. Between 2010 and 2020, the number of U.S. universities that appeared in the top 500 on at least one global ranking dropped from 160 to 137, while the number that appeared on both rankings […]