Source: Can U.S. Universities Stay on Top? – WSJ.com
Education Strength
The Boston Consulting Group’s new E4 index assigns points in four categories, each equally weighted in the final score. Of the 20 countries ranked, here are the top 10.
| Country | Total points | Enrollment points | Expenditure points | Engineering grads points | Elite university points |
| U.S. | 237 | 25 | 73 | 48 | 91 |
| U.K. | 125 | 4 | 26 | 46 | 48 |
| China | 115 | 86 | 17 | 4 | 8 |
| Germany | 104 | 5 | 25 | 37 | 38 |
| India | 104 | 90 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| France | 87 | 4 | 24 | 41 | 18 |
| Canada | 85 | 2 | 25 | 39 | 18 |
| Japan | 72 | 7 | 31 | 19 | 16 |
| Brazil | 38 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 3 |
| Russia | 32 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 3 |
Source: Boston Consulting Group analysis
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