Here, students enjoy the benefit of a comfortable student-to-faculty ratio of 17:1 along with an expansive, 1,390-acre campus. QS WUR By Subject Ranking #2; QS World University Ranking #121; Graduate Employability Ranking #64; US UNI (universities) #15; Website usc.edu; At the University of Southern California in Los Angeles is one of the worldâs first research universities, and is the oldest private research university ⦠Overall Rankings for 2021 . Washington Monthly also crowned Southern Arkansas the 76th best U.S. master's institution and 75th top regional buck.