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Thomas Jefferson University

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World University Rankings 2026 · 90% range 288–728 of 1,240 · score 44.5
Research Index =587

How it scores

Research
52
Alumni outcomes
89
Admissions & earnings
105/157

Research and Alumni outcomes are percentiles among 1,240 universities; alumni outcomes are counted per student. Admissions & earnings is the position among universities in the same country (United States).

Admissions, outcomes and alumni

Admit rate
81.0% src
Average SAT
1,243 src
Yield (admits who enrol)
15% src
Median earnings 10 years after entry
$77,449 src
40-year return on investment (Georgetown CEW)
$2.47M src
Graduation rate (6 years)
69% src
Rhodes Scholars, 2021–26
0 src
Internationally notable alumni (Wikidata)
2 src
Heads of state or government (Wikidata)
1 src
Students (undergraduate / total)
3,755 / 6,875

Each figure links to its source. Admissions and earnings figures are comparable only within a country.

Research Index

A · Quality
54.7
B · Strength
51.4

Percentiles among 1,305 ranked universities. Rank on quality alone: 589. On strength alone: 635. The Research Index scores research only; admissions, earnings and alumni outcomes are scored in the overall ranking where data exists.

The numbers behind it (2020–2023)

Papers in the top 10% of their field
10.6% (9.8%–11.5%)
Papers in the top 1% of their field
0.9% (0.7%–1.2%)
Top-10% papers (fractional count)
333
All papers (fractional count)
3,144
International co-authored
32.6%
Open access
61.8%
Papers from 2020–23 since retracted
6 (0.70 per 1,000)

Core publications, fractional counting, field-normalised citation shares. Brackets show Leiden’s stability interval. Collaboration and open-access shares use full counting and aren’t field-normalised. Retraction counts come from the Retraction Watch database and include publishers’ mass retractions as well as honest-error retractions; a retraction is not by itself evidence of misconduct, and the count is never scored.

By field

Biomedical & health sciences=332range 240–477 of 1,671
Life & earth sciences–fewer than 200 papers
Mathematics & computer science–fewer than 200 papers
Physical sciences & engineering–fewer than 200 papers
Social sciences & humanities1157range 1059–1214 of 1,262

Position over time

top 30%2006–2009: 285 of 5712020–2023: 587 of 1,305

The same method applied to each 4-year publication window. The number of ranked universities grows from period to period, so position is shown as a share of the field.

How other rankings place it

=587Research Index 2026
–QS 2027 (not in top 100)
–THE 2027 (not in top 100)
–ARWU 2026 (not in top 100)

Other rankings are cited for comparison. The Research Index measures research only; QS and THE also use reputation surveys and figures universities submit, and ARWU counts prize winners and total output.

Prize winners

No Nobel, Fields, Turing or Abel laureates linked to this university in Wikidata.