What makes the US the topper among the most preferred study abroad destinations in the world. It is the nation’s reputation for having prominent universities and institutions that offer world-class higher-education programmes.
The top-ranked universities in the US (rankings based on the QS World University Rankings 2016-2017):

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT): It has been ranked 1st in the QS World University Rankings 2016-2017 continuously for 5 years.

Harvard University: Ranked 3rd
California Institute of Technology (Caltech):Retained the 5th rank
University of Chicago: Ranked 10th Princeton University: Retained its 11th rank once again this year.
Yale University: World rank 15th Cornell University: The University has ranked 16th in the world this year.
Johns Hopkins University: 17th in the world.