BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — 55 institutions that compete in either the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA), Northeast Water Polo Conference (NWPC) or Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference (MAWPC) are ranked among the Top 200 of the 2017 Times Higher Education Rankings.
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings list the 980 top universities in the world.
Among league schools, Stanford University tops the list at No. 3, while the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (No. 5), Harvard University (No. 6) and Princeton University (No. 7) rate in front of the University of California and the University of Chicago which are tied at No. 10.
Overall, league teams comprise 17 of the first 25 and 24 of the top 50 schools among universities around the globe. Further, 40 CWPA/NWPC/MAWPC schools stand among the Top 100 collegiate centers of higher learning.
A complete listing of the rankings (No. 1-to-980) is available by CLICKING HERE.
| 2017 Times Higher Education World University Rankings | ||
| 3. | Stanford University | (Collegiate Club) |
| 5. | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | (Varsity/Collegiate Club) |
| 6. | Harvard University | (Varsity/Collegiate Club) |
| 7. | Princeton University | |
| 10. (T) | University of California-Berkeley | (Collegiate Club) |
| 10. (T) | University of Chicago | (Collegiate Club) |
| 12. | Yale University | (Collegiate Club) |
| 13. | University of Pennsylvania | (Collegiate Club) |
| 14. | University of California-Los Angeles | (Collegiate Club) |
| 16. | Columbia University | (Collegiate Club) |
| 17. | Johns Hopkins University | (Varsity/Collegiate Club) |
| 18. | Duke University | (Collegiate Club) |
| 19. | Cornell University | (Collegiate Club) |
| 20. | Northwestern University | (Collegiate Club) |
| 21. | University of Michigan | (Varsity/Collegiate Club) |
| 23. | Carnegie Mellon University | (Collegiate Club) |
| 25. | University of Washington | (Collegiate Club) |
| 32. | New York University | (Collegiate Club) |
| 33. | Georgia Institute of Technology | (Collegiate Club) |
| 36. | University of Illinois | (Collegiate Club) |
| 41. | University of California-San Diego | (Collegiate Club) |
| 45. | University of Wisconsin | (Collegiate Club) |
| 48. | University of California-Santa Barbara | (Collegiate Club) |
| 50. | University of Texas | (Collegiate Club) |
| 51. (T) | Brown University | (Varsity) |
| 51. (T) | University of California-Davis | (Collegiate Club) |
| 53. | University of Minnesota | (Collegiate Club) |
| 56. | University of North Carolina | (Collegiate Club) |
| 57. | Washington University in St. Louis | (Collegiate Club) |
| 60. | University of Southern California | (Collegiate Club) |
| 64. | Boston University | (Collegiate Club) |
| 67. | University of Maryland | (Collegiate Club) |
| 68. | Pennsylvania State University | (Collegiate Club) |
| 70. | Purdue University | (Collegiate Club) |
| 72. (T) | The Ohio State University | (Collegiate Club) |
| 80. (T) | University of Pittsburgh | (Collegiate Club) |
| 82. (T) | Dartmouth College | (Collegiate Club) |
| 82. (T) | Emory University | (Collegiate Club) |
| 87. | Rice University | (Collegiate Club) |
| 98. (T) | University of California-Irvine | (Collegiate Club) |
| 101. | Michigan State University | (Collegiate Club) |
| 108. | Vanderbilt University | (Collegiate Club) |
| 116. (T) | University of Colorado | (Collegiate Club) |
| 121. (T) | University of Virginia | (Collegiate Club) |
| 131. | Arizona State University | (Collegiate Club) |
| 134. | University of Florida | (Collegiate Club) |
| 135. (T) | Tufts University | (Collegiate Club) |
| 143. | University of Notre Dame | (Collegiate Club) |
| 146. | University of Caliornia-Santa Cruz | (Collegiate Club) |
| 150. | Indiana University | (Varsity/Collegiate Club) |
| 156. (T) | University of Arizona | (Collegiate Club) |
| 165. (T) | University of California-Riverside | (Collegiate Club) |
| 165. (T) | University of Massachusetts | (Collegiate Club) |
| 169. | Texas A&M University | (Collegiate Club) |
| 182. (T) | University of Miami (Fla.) | (Collegiate Club) |
