Best Universities in the USA in 2021-2022

World Rank	Institution	Country	National Rank	Quality of Education Rank	Alumni Employment Rank	Quality of Faculty Rank	Research Performance Rank	Score
1	Harvard University	USA	1	1	1	1	1	100
2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	USA	2	4	12	2	8	96.7
3	Stanford University	USA	3	10	4	3	2	95.1
6	Princeton University	USA	4	5	15	7	70	92.6
7	Columbia University	USA	5	11	14	10	15	92.0
8	University of Chicago	USA	6	8	16	27	22	91.5
9	University of Pennsylvania	USA	7	14	10	42	12	91.1
10	Yale University	USA	8	6	36	13	20	90.7
11	California Institute of Technology	USA	9	2	111	8	75	90.4
12	University of California, Berkeley	USA	10	9	60	5	13	90.1
14	Cornell University	USA	11	15	28	18	24	89.5
15	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	USA	12	29	38	79	5	89.2
16	Johns Hopkins University	USA	13	23	206	22	6	89.0
17	Northwestern University	USA	14	137	18	46	30	88.8
18	University of California, Los Angeles	USA	15	44	63	16	14	88.6
20	Duke University	USA	16	64	50	17	23	88.2
22	University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign	USA	17	24	132	11	62	87.8
23	University of Washington - Seattle	USA	18	67	199	23	9	87.6
25	University of Wisconsin–Madison	USA	19	33	97	29	32	87.3
26	New York University	USA	20	47	45	38	48	87.2
33	University of Texas at Austin	USA	21	94	62	14	56	86.3
34	University of California, San Diego	USA	22	120	-	12	19	86.1
38	University of California, San Francisco	USA	23	-	-	19	25	85.7
39	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	USA	24	80	102	76	35	85.6
40	Dartmouth College	USA	25	53	17	95	273	85.5
46	University of Minnesota - Twin Cities	USA	26	74	313	119	28	85.0
47	Washington University in St. Louis	USA	27	128	190	36	47	84.9
49	Rockefeller University	USA	28	13	-	6	416	84.7
50	Rutgers University–New Brunswick	USA	29	189	115	24	87	84.6
51	University of Southern California	USA	30	314	131	26	71	84.5
52	University of California, Davis	USA	31	97	567	65	46	84.5
53	Vanderbilt University	USA	32	374	85	61	67	84.4
54	Pennsylvania State University	USA	33	293	154	58	53	84.3
56	Ohio State University	USA	34	124	254	137	37	84.2
61	Purdue University	USA	35	92	89	67	104	83.8
62	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center	USA	36	35	-	28	158	83.8
66	Brown University	USA	37	73	58	115	132	83.5
68	University of Colorado Boulder	USA	38	148	173	48	93	83.4
69	University of Virginia	USA	39	324	35	182	129	83.3
72	University of Pittsburgh	USA	40	231	210	262	34	83.1
74	Texas A&M University, College Station	USA	41	-	127	68	91	83.0
75	University of Maryland, College Park	USA	42	113	477	133	61	83.0
76	Georgia Institute of Technology	USA	43	309	194	41	111	82.9
82	University of California, Irvine	USA	44	-	1302	32	103	82.6
83	University of Rochester	USA	45	63	75	129	159	82.5
85	Carnegie Mellon University	USA	46	56	145	37	204	82.4
86	University of Florida	USA	47	318	465	140	59	82.4
93	University of Arizona	USA	48	480	221	71	106	82.1
94	Boston University	USA	49	515	123	215	69	82.0
95	University of California, Santa Barbara	USA	50	213	495	25	134	82.0
106	University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center	USA	51	-	-	88	94	81.5
111	Indiana University Bloomington	USA	52	255	91	177	118	81.3
112	University of Utah	USA	53	247	201	132	109	81.3
124	Emory University	USA	54	471	234	-	66	80.8
127	Baylor College of Medicine	USA	55	71	-	201	123	80.7
129	Case Western Reserve University	USA	56	66	265	184	154	80.6
134	Tufts University	USA	57	81	65	166	239	80.5
145	University of Iowa	USA	58	134	326	186	136	80.1
146	Michigan State University	USA	59	175	231	-	105	80.1
147	Rice University	USA	60	118	100	111	238	80.1
149	University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus	USA	61	-	-	93	156	80.0
158	University of Massachusetts Amherst	USA	62	476	263	64	214	79.7
167	Iowa State University	USA	63	335	162	156	197	79.5
170	University of Notre Dame	USA	64	305	37	-	284	79.4
172	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	USA	65	-	-	-	113	79.4
179	University of Alabama at Birmingham	USA	66	-	973	207	160	79.2
181	Arizona State University	USA	67	442	666	258	141	79.1
185	University of Kansas	USA	68	262	434	101	233	79.0
191	North Carolina State University	USA	69	381	402	180	189	78.9
195	University of Connecticut	USA	70	475	394	116	236	78.8
198	Stony Brook University	USA	71	382	-	168	196	78.7
199	Brandeis University	USA	72	31	239	39	607	78.7
204	University of Georgia	USA	73	407	308	174	221	78.6
209	Yeshiva University	USA	74	84	-	189	253	78.5
212	The Scripps Research Institute	USA	75	-	-	54	302	78.4
214	University of Illinois at Chicago	USA	76	477	788	273	163	78.3
217	University of Missouri–Columbia	USA	77	427	251	87	295	78.3
226	University of Miami	USA	78	-	240	-	188	78.1
228	Georgetown University	USA	79	354	52	-	332	78.0
236	University of Cincinnati	USA	80	466	241	-	198	77.9
237	Wake Forest University	USA	81	-	68	-	290	77.9
242	University of California, Riverside	USA	82	376	-	218	223	77.8
244	University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	USA	83	-	-	149	268	77.7
251	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	USA	84	423	461	-	199	77.6
254	Virginia Commonwealth University	USA	85	-	989	112	296	77.5
255	Colorado State University	USA	86	455	1309	206	254	77.5
257	University of Houston	USA	87	-	164	122	340	77.5
268	Oregon Health & Science University	USA	88	-	-	-	211	77.3
270	Oregon State University	USA	89	228	516	227	276	77.2
271	Virginia Tech	USA	90	483	342	-	231	77.2
275	Florida State University	USA	91	-	534	-	227	77.2
283	University of Massachusetts Medical School	USA	92	-	-	85	365	77.0
284	University of California, Santa Cruz	USA	93	364	1473	245	265	77.0
286	University of Maryland, Baltimore	USA	94	-	-	-	230	77.0
293	University at Buffalo	USA	95	-	610	-	245	76.8
297	University of South Florida	USA	96	-	810	-	251	76.8
298	Wayne State University	USA	97	489	362	-	266	76.8
299	University of Delaware	USA	98	379	581	163	333	76.7
301	University of Kentucky	USA	99	294	535	-	264	76.7
302	Louisiana State University	USA	100	470	345	-	271	76.7
305	University of New Mexico	USA	101	-	-	-	257	76.6
306	University of Nebraska–Lincoln	USA	102	168	401	-	281	76.6
307	Washington State University	USA	103	-	927	185	320	76.6
309	George Washington University	USA	104	400	180	-	289	76.6
314	Southern Methodist University	USA	105	191	31	-	656	76.5
320	Northeastern University	USA	106	317	179	-	326	76.4
327	University of South Carolina - Columbia	USA	107	-	589	-	293	76.3
350	City College of New York	USA	108	22	437	-	792	76.0
352	Temple University	USA	109	-	601	-	325	75.9
353	Albert Einstein College of Medicine	USA	110	-	-	-	317	75.9
359	Drexel University	USA	111	-	264	232	400	75.8
378	University of Oregon	USA	112	127	-	-	388	75.6
383	Medical University of South Carolina	USA	113	-	-	-	350	75.5
392	University of Oklahoma, Norman	USA	114	-	374	-	376	75.4
399	University of Texas at Dallas	USA	115	368	582	-	379	75.3
403	University at Albany, SUNY	USA	116	208	727	211	454	75.2
412	Amherst College	USA	117	21	49	-	-	75.1
420	Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis	USA	118	-	803	-	402	75.0
423	Texas Tech University	USA	119	-	492	-	407	75.0
425	Thomas Jefferson University	USA	120	-	-	-	403	75.0
429	Kansas State University	USA	121	346	487	-	417	74.9
434	University of Mississippi	USA	122	-	-	-	409	74.9
441	Tulane University	USA	123	217	332	-	444	74.8
443	Saint Louis University	USA	124	-	277	187	527	74.8
445	University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio	USA	125	-	-	-	419	74.7
451	Medical College of Wisconsin	USA	126	-	-	-	422	74.7
457	University of Colorado Denver	USA	127	-	-	-	431	74.6
458	University of Vermont	USA	128	-	506	-	443	74.6
461	University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa	USA	129	440	222	-	478	74.6
462	Syracuse University	USA	130	165	202	-	509	74.5
463	University of Central Florida	USA	131	-	1056	-	435	74.5
465	University of Louisville	USA	132	-	781	-	442	74.5
469	Florida International University	USA	133	-	1371	-	439	74.5
473	George Mason University	USA	134	-	1410	237	500	74.4
485	Oklahoma State University	USA	135	-	508	-	470	74.3
493	West Virginia University	USA	136	-	352	-	494	74.2
495	Baylor University	USA	137	-	396	-	487	74.2
498	Lehigh University	USA	138	166	61	-	763	74.1
499	University of Hawaii at Manoa	USA	139	396	1211	-	475	74.1
502	Rush University	USA	140	-	-	-	473	74.1
504	University of Tennessee Health Science Center	USA	141	-	-	-	476	74.1
505	Swarthmore College	USA	142	16	257	-	-	74.1
507	Boston College	USA	143	-	135	-	559	74.1
526	Colorado School of Mines	USA	144	-	64	-	731	73.9
530	Georgia State University	USA	145	-	819	-	502	73.8
540	University of Arkansas - Fayetteville	USA	146	268	377	-	538	73.7
541	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	USA	147	425	153	-	603	73.7
556	Clemson University	USA	148	-	934	-	525	73.6
558	Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science	USA	149	-	-	-	524	73.5
560	San Diego State University	USA	150	313	447	-	547	73.5
569	University of Texas at Arlington	USA	151	-	849	-	537	73.4
574	Illinois Institute of Technology	USA	152	62	160	-	815	73.4
581	Auburn University	USA	153	-	247	-	593	73.3
583	University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee	USA	154	278	474	-	572	73.3
589	College of William & Mary	USA	155	-	93	-	724	73.2
590	University of Nebraska Medical Center	USA	156	-	-	-	550	73.2
592	Haverford College	USA	157	19	-	-	1926	73.2
597	Brigham Young University	USA	158	316	842	-	569	73.2
615	Utah State University	USA	159	352	899	-	594	73.0
630	Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory	USA	160	-	-	102	861	72.9
641	University of New Hampshire	USA	161	-	541	-	620	72.8
653	Binghamton University	USA	162	297	366	154	867	72.7
661	Loyola University Chicago	USA	163	348	1016	-	632	72.6
662	University of Texas Medical Branch	USA	164	-	-	-	627	72.6
670	University of Wyoming	USA	165	-	726	-	646	72.5
675	University of Texas at San Antonio	USA	166	-	-	-	640	72.5
680	University of Maine, Orono	USA	167	493	1429	121	881	72.5
685	University of Nevada, Reno	USA	168	-	1148	-	652	72.4
700	University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center	USA	169	-	-	-	665	72.3
710	University of North Texas, Denton	USA	170	-	748	-	675	72.2
713	Mississippi State University	USA	171	321	408	-	699	72.2
714	University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences	USA	172	-	-	-	673	72.2
715	University of Missouri-Kansas City	USA	173	468	566	-	689	72.2
719	Montana State University - Bozeman	USA	174	-	1320	-	680	72.1
727	University of Maryland, Baltimore County	USA	175	-	-	233	769	72.1
729	University of Massachusetts Boston	USA	176	-	1192	190	822	72.1
732	Antioch College	USA	177	17	-	-	-	72.0
738	University of Alaska Fairbanks	USA	178	416	758	-	701	72.0
739	Augusta University	USA	179	-	-	-	696	72.0
743	SUNY Downstate Medical Center	USA	180	-	-	149	930	72.0
751	University of Idaho	USA	181	-	-	-	709	71.9
752	Kent State University	USA	182	-	-	-	710	71.9
773	University of Montana	USA	183	265	-	-	740	71.7
774	Ohio University	USA	184	390	372	-	772	71.7
786	Northern Illinois University	USA	185	-	728	-	752	71.6
796	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	USA	186	-	664	-	770	71.6
812	University of Rhode Island	USA	187	-	542	-	791	71.5
815	University of Denver	USA	188	-	186	-	884	71.4
817	University of Toledo	USA	189	-	-	-	781	71.4
822	Miami University	USA	190	-	118	-	970	71.4
824	Old Dominion University	USA	191	-	-	-	785	71.4
832	University of Nevada, Las Vegas	USA	192	-	984	-	794	71.3
843	Rutgers University–Newark	USA	193	-	822	-	805	71.2
846	Wesleyan University	USA	194	-	54	-	1519	71.2
847	University of California, Merced	USA	195	-	-	-	803	71.2
850	University of Louisiana at Lafayette	USA	196	-	-	-	806	71.2
859	Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences	USA	197	-	-	-	814	71.1
861	Northern Arizona University	USA	198	-	1121	-	817	71.1
870	Southern Illinois University Carbondale	USA	199	-	1442	-	823	71.1
878	University of Akron	USA	200	-	698	-	845	71.0
886	Portland State University	USA	201	-	365	-	888	70.9
893	New Mexico State University	USA	202	465	718	-	858	70.9
898	East Carolina University	USA	203	-	801	-	859	70.9
904	Michigan Technological University	USA	204	347	1051	-	864	70.8
906	North Dakota State University	USA	205	302	1036	-	872	70.8
911	Oberlin College	USA	206	26	-	-	-	70.8
916	Missouri University of Science and Technology	USA	207	-	399	-	904	70.8
928	Pepperdine University	USA	208	93	77	158	-	70.7
933	Claremont McKenna College	USA	209	-	39	-	-	70.6
936	Bucknell University	USA	210	-	51	-	1811	70.6
942	Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute	USA	211	-	-	-	896	70.6
947	Colgate University	USA	212	-	47	-	1985	70.6
948	New Jersey Institute of Technology	USA	213	422	696	-	914	70.5
959	Pomona College	USA	214	32	871	271	-	70.5
965	University of Memphis	USA	215	-	442	-	948	70.4
972	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	USA	216	-	-	-	926	70.4
978	Florida Institute of Technology	USA	217	-	709	-	943	70.4
980	Hunter College	USA	218	151	1260	-	992	70.4
1000	American University	USA	219	-	361	-	999	70.2
1004	Creighton University	USA	220	-	-	-	959	70.2
1005	Louisiana Tech University	USA	221	-	320	-	1011	70.2
1020	United States Naval Academy	USA	222	68	170	-	1679	70.1
1022	University of Texas at El Paso	USA	223	-	1009	-	984	70.1
1024	SUNY Upstate Medical University	USA	224	-	-	-	981	70.1
1027	Babson College	USA	225	-	42	-	-	70.1
1033	Manhattan College	USA	226	-	110	-	1285	70.0
1043	Villanova University	USA	227	408	137	-	1208	70.0
1055	Rochester Institute of Technology	USA	228	-	1079	-	1012	69.9
1056	Smith College	USA	229	52	279	-	1940	69.9
1058	Fordham University	USA	230	-	213	-	1127	69.9
1062	University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez	USA	231	-	-	-	1019	69.9
1065	Florida Atlantic University	USA	232	-	-	-	1022	69.9
1068	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	USA	233	-	165	-	1200	69.8
1077	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	USA	234	-	-	-	1032	69.8
1096	College of the Holy Cross	USA	235	184	56	-	-	69.7
1101	Loma Linda University	USA	236	-	-	-	1054	69.6
1115	University of Massachusetts Lowell	USA	237	-	863	-	1072	69.6
1117	California State University, Fresno	USA	238	-	-	-	1066	69.6
1122	South Dakota State University	USA	239	289	-	-	1085	69.5
1133	San Francisco State University	USA	240	-	1097	-	1084	69.5
1135	Wright State University	USA	241	-	-	-	1083	69.5
1136	Marquette University	USA	242	-	316	-	1147	69.5
1137	New York Medical College	USA	243	-	-	-	1086	69.5
1148	Hofstra University	USA	244	421	732	-	1105	69.4
1149	Howard University	USA	245	-	-	-	1096	69.4
1151	Bowdoin College	USA	246	108	81	-	-	69.4
1153	United States Military Academy	USA	247	-	59	-	-	69.4
1155	Stevens Institute of Technology	USA	248	372	195	-	1295	69.4
1169	Santa Clara University	USA	249	-	106	-	1555	69.3
1170	University of Missouri-St. Louis	USA	250	-	384	-	1177	69.3
1178	University of Dayton	USA	251	211	136	-	1490	69.2
1179	California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo	USA	252	-	403	-	1182	69.2
1189	Clark University	USA	253	-	175	-	1365	69.2
1192	Oakland University	USA	254	-	-	-	1130	69.2
1193	University of North Dakota	USA	255	-	1048	-	1132	69.2
1197	Albany Medical College	USA	256	-	-	-	1133	69.1
1201	Menlo College	USA	257	-	44	-	-	69.1
1203	University of Alabama in Huntsville	USA	258	-	-	-	1138	69.1
1216	University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus	USA	259	-	-	-	1150	69.0
1226	Catholic University of America	USA	260	-	1008	-	1165	69.0
1240	Texas State University	USA	261	-	1428	-	1176	68.9
1248	Boise State University	USA	262	-	1514	-	1184	68.9
1271	SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry	USA	263	99	-	-	1489	68.8
1272	Bowling Green State University	USA	264	-	749	-	1223	68.8
1289	California State University, Fullerton	USA	265	-	1116	-	1228	68.7
1291	Hampton University	USA	266	-	-	-	1227	68.7
1294	California State University, Northridge	USA	267	-	1222	-	1233	68.6
1362	San Jose State University	USA	268	251	941	-	1346	68.3
1364	Western Michigan University	USA	269	-	-	-	1306	68.3
1367	University of South Alabama	USA	270	-	-	-	1308	68.3
1369	Carleton College	USA	271	77	314	-	1921	68.3
1393	Grinnell College	USA	272	48	-	-	-	68.2
1394	Williams College	USA	273	149	151	-	1868	68.2
1401	California State University, Long Beach	USA	274	-	1419	-	1335	68.1
1410	Clarkson University	USA	275	-	797	-	1353	68.1
1413	Fairfield University	USA	276	-	515	-	1392	68.1
1420	University of South Dakota	USA	277	284	-	-	1376	68.0
1421	University of Minnesota Duluth	USA	278	303	1259	-	1374	68.0
1425	University of Southern Mississippi	USA	279	-	-	-	1356	68.0
1429	Baruch College	USA	280	-	704	263	1515	68.0
1451	Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center	USA	281	-	-	-	1386	67.9
1453	Nova Southeastern University	USA	282	-	959	-	1395	67.9
1455	University of San Francisco	USA	283	-	116	-	1953	67.9
1470	Ball State University	USA	284	-	491	-	1471	67.8
1476	Central Michigan University	USA	285	-	963	-	1417	67.8
1483	Illinois State University	USA	286	-	764	-	1440	67.8
1491	Texas Christian University	USA	287	-	-	-	1424	67.7
1494	University of Tulsa	USA	288	-	209	-	1677	67.7
1497	Montclair State University	USA	289	-	1350	-	1432	67.7
1507	DePaul University	USA	290	-	524	-	1486	67.7
1512	Queens College, City University of New York	USA	291	-	750	-	1463	67.6
1514	Utah Valley University	USA	292	-	-	-	1445	67.6
1516	Eastern Virginia Medical School	USA	293	-	-	-	1448	67.6
1546	Trinity University	USA	294	-	134	-	1949	67.5
1547	Ohio Wesleyan University	USA	295	65	148	-	-	67.5
1557	Cooper Union	USA	296	45	583	-	-	67.4
1560	Claremont Graduate University	USA	297	-	-	271	1570	67.4
1562	Cleveland State University	USA	298	-	829	-	1503	67.4
1583	Georgia Southern University	USA	299	-	-	-	1511	67.3
1593	University of Massachusetts Dartmouth	USA	300	-	1218	-	1523	67.3
1599	Brooklyn College	USA	301	129	1481	-	1769	67.3
1608	Rowan University	USA	302	-	-	-	1536	67.2
1615	University of North Carolina Wilmington	USA	303	-	-	-	1542	67.2
1628	Western Washington University	USA	304	-	1182	-	1558	67.1
1629	California State University, Los Angeles	USA	305	-	783	-	1573	67.1
1633	University of New Orleans	USA	306	-	-	-	1560	67.1
1644	Chapman University	USA	307	-	961	-	1577	67.1
1648	College of Charleston	USA	308	-	-	-	1575	67.1
1650	Jackson State University	USA	309	-	-	-	1579	67.1
1672	James Madison University	USA	310	-	965	-	1608	67.0
1673	Naval Postgraduate School	USA	311	-	1256	-	1600	67.0
1684	St. John's University	USA	312	-	200	-	1960	66.9
1689	Marshall University	USA	313	436	386	-	1745	66.9
1694	Appalachian State University	USA	314	-	1200	-	1622	66.9
1697	South Dakota School of Mines and Technology	USA	315	131	-	-	1879	66.9
1702	University of Arkansas at Little Rock	USA	316	-	1221	-	1630	66.8
1712	Idaho State University	USA	317	450	-	-	1645	66.8
1715	New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology	USA	318	-	-	-	1644	66.8
1718	Union College	USA	319	176	130	-	-	66.8
1721	Washington and Lee University	USA	320	96	172	-	-	66.8
1725	California State University, Sacramento	USA	321	-	579	-	1702	66.8
1729	University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus	USA	322	-	-	-	1654	66.7
1744	Hamilton College	USA	323	75	337	-	-	66.7
1762	East Tennessee State University	USA	324	-	-	-	1688	66.6
1778	Towson University	USA	325	-	791	-	1725	66.6
1780	Kennesaw State University	USA	326	-	-	-	1704	66.5
1796	Wellesley College	USA	327	-	679	-	1768	66.5
1799	Franklin & Marshall College	USA	328	116	767	-	-	66.5
1818	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University	USA	329	-	-	-	1740	66.4
1835	University of Alaska Anchorage	USA	330	-	-	-	1759	66.3
1838	Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University	USA	331	-	-	-	1762	66.3
1845	Drew University	USA	332	-	736	125	-	66.3
1862	Kettering University	USA	333	-	86	-	-	66.2
1868	Duquesne University	USA	334	-	770	-	1812	66.2
1876	College of Staten Island	USA	335	-	-	-	1799	66.2
1884	University of Richmond	USA	336	-	-	-	1806	66.2
1889	Wichita State University	USA	337	-	996	-	1820	66.1
1908	Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science	USA	338	-	-	-	1831	66.1
1926	University of Colorado Colorado Springs	USA	339	-	-	-	1849	66.0
1939	University of San Diego	USA	340	-	493	-	1964	66.0
1953	Reed College	USA	341	101	1166	-	-	65.9
1958	Northeast Ohio Medical University	USA	342	-	-	-	1882	65.9
1981	Sam Houston State University	USA	343	-	1339	-	1909	65.8
1989	University of Hawaii at Hilo	USA	344	-	-	-	1914	65.8
1990	University of North Florida	USA	345	-	-	-	1915	65.8
1991	Trinity College	USA	346	104	273	-	-	65.8
1993	Sonoma State University	USA	347	-	-	-	1917	65.8

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