Top Universities
Every university on this list represents the highest tier of U.S. biomedical research. We ranked 243 research universities across the United States on their ability to translate scientific discovery into real-world healthcare solutions, evaluated on 25 indicators across three core domains.
University of North Texas, Denton
The University of North Texas ranks 181st among universities in the Cure Innovation Index. Located in Denton, Texas, the university shows its clearest strength in entrepreneurial readiness, outperforming its overall standing in that domain, while research capabilities represent the more modest side of its profile.
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North Dakota State University
North Dakota State University ranks 182nd among universities in the Cure Innovation Index, based in Fargo, North Dakota. Research Capabilities and Market Translation fall in the lower portion of the rankings; Entrepreneurial Readiness is the university's strongest domain, where it places in the middle of the field.
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University of Oregon
The University of Oregon ranks 183rd among universities in the Cure Innovation Index, based in Eugene, Oregon. Research capabilities represent its relative strength, placing it in the upper half of ranked universities, while market translation is more modestly positioned.
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The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler ranks 184th among 243 universities in the Cure Innovation Index. Located in Tyler, Texas, the university's profile leans heavily toward basic research, with market translation as the stronger of its commercial domains.
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Kent State University
Kent State University ranks 185th in the Cure Innovation Index among universities and is located in Kent, Ohio. Its relative strength is in Entrepreneurial Readiness, where it ranks 132nd among universities, supported by an incubator and an MD/MBA dual degree program.
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Kansas State University
Kansas State University ranks 186th among universities in the Cure Innovation Index, based in Manhattan, Kansas. Its research capabilities and market translation profile are closely matched, with translation activity representing a relative strength in its overall standing.
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George Mason University
George Mason University ranks 187th among universities in the Cure Innovation Index, based in Fairfax, Virginia. Across Research Capabilities, Market Translation, and Entrepreneurial Readiness, the university performs in the lower half of ranked universities, with each domain placing in a comparable range.
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University of South Dakota
The University of South Dakota ranks 188th among 243 universities in the Cure Innovation Index. The Vermillion institution's research capabilities and market translation standings fall in the lower tier of the field, reflecting the profile of a regional university.
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Colorado School of Mines
Colorado School of Mines ranks 189th among universities in the Cure Innovation Index, based in Golden, Colorado. An engineering and applied sciences institution by focus, it carries a commercial orientation that distinguishes it from most other universities in the index.
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University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus
The University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus ranks 190th among the 243 universities in the Cure Innovation Index. The San Juan campus earns its most competitive marks in research capabilities, which represent a relative strength compared to its market translation and entrepreneurial readiness scores, both of which reflect developing capacity.
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Cure Innovation Index Methodology
From a pool of more than 6,000 institutions, the top 303 were ranked using two dozen indicators — from scientific foundation and lab infrastructure to patents, products, and partnerships — drawn from more than a dozen federal and commercial databases, an original audit of all institutions, and surveys of more than 3,300+ scientists, industry leaders, and biomedical experts.
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Innovation isn't a single moment — it's an entire ecosystem. The Index evaluates institutions across two dozen indicators, grouped in three core domains that reveal the full picture of what it takes to turn groundbreaking science into real-world impact.
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