Northwestern University Ranking 2025 – Webometrics Global Position

Explore Northwestern University’s 2025 Webometrics ranking across global visibility, research excellence, openness, and academic performance. See how it compares worldwide.

Year	World Rank	Continent Rank	Country Rank	Impact Rank	Openness Rank	Excellence Rank
2025	24	19	18	35	18	49
2024	24	14	14	35	18	51
2023	22	14	14	28	19	47
2022	22	15	15	31	19	37
2021	22	14	14	29	17	31
2020	26	13	13	33	16	32
2019	25	13	13	35	17	32
2018	39	20	18	53	44	28
2017	36	20	18	49	37	28
2016	39	20	18	53	44	28
2015	44	20	18	65	239	27

World Rank	University	Country
9	University of Pennsylvania
11	Johns Hopkins University
12	Yale University
13	University of California Los Angeles UCLA
16	University of California San Diego
17	Pennsylvania State University
18	New York University
19	University of Wisconsin Madison
20	Duke University
21	Princeton University

World Rank	University	Country
26	University of Texas Austin
27	University of Chicago
28	University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
29	University of Florida
31	University of California Irvine
33	Ohio State University
34	University of California Davis
37	University of California San Francisco
38	University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
40	University of Maryland College Park