The ranking was published in June as part of U.S. News’ 2024-2025 “Best Global Universities” rankings, which comprise 21,950 universities in total.
Eligible universities with cardiac and cardiovascular system programs of study were ranked based on the following factors: publications, conferences, normalized citation impact, total citations, number of publications that are among the 10% most cited, percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited, number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited in their respective field, percentage of total publications that are among the top 1% most highly cited papers, and international collaboration.
Here are the top 10 universities for cardiology in the U.S., per U.S. News:
- Harvard University (Cambridge, Mass.)
- Columbia University (New York City)
- Duke University (Durham, N.C.)
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (New York City)
- Stanford (Calif.) University
- Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore)
- Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.)
- Yale University (New Haven, Conn.)
- University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (Dallas)
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