4. Columbia University: Columbia University is one of United States’ nine Colonial Colleges, founded before the American Revolution. This New York based university is also is the oldest institution of higher education in the New York, and the fifth oldest in the United States. The university encompasses twenty schools and is associated with several institutions, which includes Teachers College, Barnard College, and the Union Theological Seminary, with joint undergraduate programs, that can be availed through the Jewish Theological Seminary of America as well as the Juilliard School.

3. University of Chicago: Located in Chicago, Illinois, United States, The University of Chicago was founded by the American Baptist Education Society and was built-in the year1890 with a contribution from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller.  The university is quite reputed in the international platform for strong commitment to advanced academic scholarship and intellectualism, as it is associated with 49 Rhodes Scholars and 87 Nobel Prize laureates.