#6 University Of California, Berkeley:  The University by San Francisco Bay was set up in 1868 as a merger of the private College of California and the public Agricultural, Mining, and Mechanical Arts College in Oakland. Berkeley is the oldest institution in the undergraduate system and offers close to 350 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in various disciplines. Till date, more than 20 faculty members of the California University have become Nobel laureates. University student body consists of about 36,000 members, and more than 10,000 of them are postgraduates. Berkeley faculty, alumni, and researchers have won 72 Nobel Prizes (that includes 28 alumni Nobel laureates), 9 Wolf Prizes, 7 Fields Medals, 15 Turing Awards, 45 MacArthur Fellowships, 20 Academy Awards, and 11 Pulitzer Prizes.

#7 Princeton University: Known as the heart of American academic life since its establishment in 1746, Princeton is one of the smallest among the private universities, established before the American Revolution. It is the fourth set up institution of higher education in the American colonies. Its 500-acre campus accommodates close to 5,000 undergraduates and 2,500 postgraduates overseen by more than 1,100 academics. Princeton has been credited with 35 noble laureates among its past faculty and alumni, 17 national medal of science winners, 2 Able prize winners, 5 fields medalists, and 3 national humanities medal recipients.
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