The U.S. Dominates the World University Ranking

The UK's Oxford University was names the world's best university in the latest global ranking released by Times Higher Education on Wednesday. While the UK features quite heavily at the sharp end of the list, it's the United States that utterly dominates, as this infographic illustrates.

Based on five indicators (teaching, research environment, research quality, international outlook and industry), the U.S. has an incredible 19 universities inside the top 30 - compared to the UK's five. China has the third most institutions in this part of the ranking, with Tsinghua University and Peking University in 12th and 14th place, respectively.