#8 Yale University: America's third-oldest university holds the reputation of producing five prominent U.S. presidents and 17 Supreme Court justices and many foreign heads of state. Its financial endowment is worth more than $16 billion, which is the second largest institution in the world. And it has around 12.5 million books in its 24 libraries, the highest compared to other universities. 51 Nobel laureates have been affiliated with the University as alumni, faculty, and staff.

#9 California Institute of Technology (Caltech): It is a private research university located in Pasadena, California, United States. Caltech has six academic divisions in its 124-acre campus with strong emphases on science and engineering. It has a student capacity of approximately 2,300 students and 300 faculty members. The university is one among the small group of Institutes of Technology in the United States that is primarily devoted to the teaching of technical arts and applied sciences. Despite its small size, 32 Caltech alumni and faculty members have won 33 Nobel Prizes and 70 have won the United States National Medal of Science and Technology awards. Caltech manages the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for NASA; it also owns and operates a global network of astronomical observatories and research facilities.
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