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 Nevada, Las Vegas
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas ranks 211th among universities in the Cure Innovation Index. Based in Las Vegas, Nevada, the university shows its greatest relative strength in research capabilities, ranking 143rd in that domain.
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Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University ranks 212th among universities in the Cure Innovation Index, located in Provo, Utah. Its most competitive standing is in market translation, where it sits in the middle tier of the category; research capabilities and entrepreneurial readiness fall in the lower portion of the field.
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Cleveland State University
Cleveland State University ranks 213th among universities in the Cure Innovation Index and is based in Cleveland, Ohio. Its Research Capabilities and Market Translation profiles fall in the developing range for U.S. universities, while its Entrepreneurial Readiness standing is comparatively stronger, reflecting its urban location and proximity to the Cleveland innovation ecosystem.
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Northern Arizona University
Northern Arizona University ranks 214th among the 243 universities assessed by the Cure Innovation Index, with its main campus in Flagstaff, Arizona. The university shows broadly similar standing across Research Capabilities and Market Translation, with a balanced orientation between discovery and applied work.
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Mississippi State University
Mississippi State University ranks 215th among universities in the Cure Innovation Index, based in Starkville, Mississippi. The university performs in the lower tier of ranked institutions across all three domains, with market translation representing a modest relative strength compared to its research capabilities and entrepreneurial readiness standings.
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Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale ranks 216th among the 243 universities in the Cure Innovation Index. Located in Carbondale, Illinois, the university places in the lower range across Research Capabilities, Market Translation, and Entrepreneurial Readiness, with comparable standing in each domain.
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Wright State University
Wright State University ranks 217th among the 243 universities in the Cure Innovation Index, located in Dayton, Ohio. Research capabilities represent its strongest domain, though its standing there still falls in the lower portion of the field.
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Utah State University
Utah State University ranks 218th among universities in the Cure Innovation Index, based in Logan, Utah. Research capabilities and market translation are closely matched, with both domains placing the institution in the lower half of the university cohort and the balance tilting modestly toward translation.
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University of North Dakota
The University of North Dakota, ranked 219th among 243 universities in the Cure Innovation Index, is based in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The university's performance across Research Capabilities, Market Translation, and Entrepreneurial Readiness is consistent, placing in the lower range of the ranked field across all three domains.
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University of Wyoming
The University of Wyoming ranks 220th among universities in the Cure Innovation Index and is based in Laramie, Wyoming. Its relative strength lies in Market Translation, where it places 155th, a middle-tier standing within the university category.
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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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