University of Washington ranked among the best universities in the world

Photos: See the DC Cherry Blossoms from comfort of your home People walk on the University of Washington campus among the nearly 30 cherry trees nearing their peak bloom Thursday, March 19, 2020, in Seattle. The school is asking people to avoid coming to campus this year to comply with orders prohibiting gatherings of more than 50 people during the spread of COVID-19. The "Somei-yoshino" variety are particularly striking when they reach full bloom because unlike many other flowering tree species, their white-pink blossoms bloom before the leaves start filling in. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) (Elaine Thompson)

By Shawn Garrett

In a ranking of the top 2,500 universities in the world, the University of Washington has placed 17th, according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities.

Multiple criteria were measured to rank the universities, including the number of staff and alumni that have won Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals, number of highly cited researchers, number of articles published in journals of Nature and Science, and a per capita performance of the universities.

The top 10 universities in the world are Harvard (1), Stanford (2), MIT (3), Cambridge (4), University of California, Berkley (5), Princeton (6), Oxford (7), Columbia (8), Cal-Tech (9) and University of Chicago (10).

Rankings past 100 are grouped and not listed for a specific rank, for example, Washington State University’s rank is 301-400.

Seattle University, Pacific Lutheran University, Western Washington University, Gonzaga, Central Washington University and Eastern Washington University were not ranked.