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AI recommendation signal analysis across 127 domains for the Neutral persona in Colleges Universities.
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Crack the listicles
The "top and best" roundups that define this market for searchers and LLMs alike. These lists feed AI recommendations directly, so getting added to them is one of the highest-leverage moves in this report.
Where the numbers come from
We run top, best companies queries for this industry through Google and aggregate every result: domains by rank-weighted score (higher positions count for more) and appearance count, exact URLs by appearance count, and the most common title phrases.
What's on this page
Domain and URL charts, the full result list, and title n-gram tables.
Research: Top, Best Companies
Domains appearing in Google results for Neutral's Research: Top, Best Companies queries. Score is a rank-weighted sum (higher-ranked appearances count for more); count is a plain appearance tally.
Top URLs
Individual pages (not just domains) ranked by the same rank-weighted score, labeled by page title.
All Results
Every result for Neutral's Research: Top, Best Companies queries, ranked by how many times each exact URL appeared (ties broken by average rank position, so appearing higher up wins), a different aggregation than the score-based charts above. Title and URL links open in a new tab.
Title N-Grams
Most common word phrases (2 to 7 words) across every result title for these queries.
2-grams
| 20 | best colleges |
| 16 | u s |
| 15 | top colleges |
| 13 | the top |
| 11 | colleges in |
| 11 | colleges for |
| 10 | s top |
| 9 | in the |
| 9 | top 50 |
| 8 | linkedin s |
| 6 | america s |
| 6 | 50 best |
| 6 | for career |
| 6 | employers for |
| 6 | of the |
| 6 | are back |
| 6 | for company |
| 5 | the best |
| 5 | universities in |
| 5 | career success |
| 5 | colleges ranking |
| 5 | united states |
| 5 | colleges universities |
| 5 | universities companies |
| 5 | elite colleges |
3-grams
| 8 | best colleges for |
| 7 | best colleges in |
| 6 | linkedin s top |
| 5 | s top colleges |
| 5 | colleges universities companies |
| 5 | elite colleges are |
| 5 | colleges are back |
| 5 | are back at |
| 5 | back at the |
| 5 | at the top |
| 5 | the top of |
| 5 | top of the |
| 5 | of the list |
| 5 | the list for |
| 5 | list for company |
| 4 | america s top |
| 4 | s top 50 |
| 4 | 50 best colleges |
| 4 | colleges for career |
| 4 | to work for |
| 4 | companies in united |
| 4 | in united states |
| 4 | the 25 best |
| 4 | employers for new |
| 4 | top colleges universities |
4-grams
| 5 | elite colleges are back |
| 5 | colleges are back at |
| 5 | are back at the |
| 5 | back at the top |
| 5 | at the top of |
| 5 | the top of the |
| 5 | top of the list |
| 5 | of the list for |
| 5 | the list for company |
| 4 | linkedin s top 50 |
| 4 | companies in united states |
| 4 | top colleges universities companies |
| 3 | america s top colleges |
| 3 | s top colleges list |
| 3 | top 50 best colleges |
| 3 | 50 best colleges for |
| 3 | colleges for career success |
| 3 | colleges for long term |
| 3 | hiring managers say these |
| 3 | managers say these are |
| 3 | say these are the |
| 3 | these are the 25 |
| 3 | are the 25 best |
| 3 | the 25 best colleges |
| 3 | 25 best colleges in |
5-grams
| 5 | elite colleges are back at |
| 5 | colleges are back at the |
| 5 | are back at the top |
| 5 | back at the top of |
| 5 | at the top of the |
| 5 | the top of the list |
| 5 | top of the list for |
| 5 | of the list for company |
| 3 | hiring managers say these are |
| 3 | managers say these are the |
| 3 | say these are the 25 |
| 3 | these are the 25 best |
| 3 | are the 25 best colleges |
| 3 | the 25 best colleges in |
| 3 | colleges ranking highlights u s |
| 2 | forbes america s top colleges |
| 2 | america s top colleges list |
| 2 | princeton tops linkedin s top |
| 2 | tops linkedin s top 50 |
| 2 | linkedin s top 50 best |
| 2 | s top 50 best colleges |
| 2 | top 50 best colleges for |
| 2 | 50 best colleges for career |
| 2 | top universities for launching careers |
| 2 | universities for launching careers at |
6-grams
| 5 | elite colleges are back at the |
| 5 | colleges are back at the top |
| 5 | are back at the top of |
| 5 | back at the top of the |
| 5 | at the top of the list |
| 5 | the top of the list for |
| 5 | top of the list for company |
| 3 | hiring managers say these are the |
| 3 | managers say these are the 25 |
| 3 | say these are the 25 best |
| 3 | these are the 25 best colleges |
| 3 | are the 25 best colleges in |
| 2 | forbes america s top colleges list |
| 2 | princeton tops linkedin s top 50 |
| 2 | tops linkedin s top 50 best |
| 2 | linkedin s top 50 best colleges |
| 2 | s top 50 best colleges for |
| 2 | top 50 best colleges for career |
| 2 | top universities for launching careers at |
| 2 | universities for launching careers at tech |
| 2 | for launching careers at tech companies |
| 2 | 100 top college companies in united |
| 2 | top college companies in united states |
| 2 | college companies in united states june |
| 2 | companies in united states june 2026 |
7-grams
| 5 | elite colleges are back at the top |
| 5 | colleges are back at the top of |
| 5 | are back at the top of the |
| 5 | back at the top of the list |
| 5 | at the top of the list for |
| 5 | the top of the list for company |
| 3 | hiring managers say these are the 25 |
| 3 | managers say these are the 25 best |
| 3 | say these are the 25 best colleges |
| 3 | these are the 25 best colleges in |
| 2 | princeton tops linkedin s top 50 best |
| 2 | tops linkedin s top 50 best colleges |
| 2 | linkedin s top 50 best colleges for |
| 2 | s top 50 best colleges for career |
| 2 | top universities for launching careers at tech |
| 2 | universities for launching careers at tech companies |
| 2 | 100 top college companies in united states |
| 2 | top college companies in united states june |
| 2 | college companies in united states june 2026 |
| 2 | linkedin ranks the top colleges for career |
| 2 | ranks the top colleges for career success |
| 2 | best colleges for long term career success |
| 2 | u s universities top list of world |
| 2 | s universities top list of world s |
| 2 | universities top list of world s most |