2015 Top 100 Most Popular Universities in the Philippines Online

MANILA, Philippines - The De La Salle University (DLSU) - Manila topped the list of 2015 most popular colleges and universities in the Philippines based on web ranking or online popularity, 4 International Colleges and Universities (4icu.org), an international higher education search engine and directory reviewing accredited institutions in the world announced recently.

DLSU inched higher this year by one spot to grab the highest place previously occupied by the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB). The latter now ranked fourth in the most popular universities online.

RELATED STORY
FULL LIST: Top 200 Colleges, Universities in the Philippines 2015 (Webometrics)

University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD), Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) and University of the Philippines System (UPS) placed second, third and fifth respectively.

Completing the top 10 are University of Santo Tomas (UST), Aquinas University of Legazpi (AUL), University of the Philippines Manila (UPM), University of San Carlos (USC) and Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP).

Peking University ranked 1st place in the list of Top 100 Universities and Colleges in Asia. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University and Harvard University in the United States (US) dominated this year's global ranking.

TheSummitExpress highlights on this page the Top 100 popular schools in the Philippines based on the five unbiased and independent web metrics extracted from three different search engines: Google Page Rank, Alexa Traffic Rank, Majestic SEO Referring Domains, Majestic SEO Citation Flow and Majestic SEO Trust Flow.

RANK   UNIVERSITY	LOCATION
1  De La Salle University	Manila
2  University of the Philippines Diliman	Quezon City
3  Ateneo de Manila University	Quezon City
4  University of the Philippines Los Baños	Los Baños
5  University of the Philippines System	Quezon City
6  University of Santo Tomas	Manila
7  Aquinas University of Legazpi	Legazpi City
8  University of the Philippines Manila	Manila
9  University of San Carlos	Cebu City
10  Polytechnic University of the Philippines	Manila
11  Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute of Technology	Iligan City
12  Asian Institute of Management	Makati City
13  University of Southeastern Philippines	Davao City
14  University of the East	Manila
15  Ateneo de Zamboanga University	Zamboanga City
16  Ateneo de Davao University	Davao City
17  Saint Louis University	Baguio City
18  Mapua Institute of Technology	Manila
19  Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan	Cagayan de Oro City
20  Centro Escolar University	Manila
21  University of San Jose-Recoletos	Cebu City
22  Far Eastern University	Manila
23  Ilocos Sur Polytechnic State College	Ilocos Sur
24  University of the Philippines Mindanao	Davao City
25  University of the Philippines Baguio	Baguio City
26  Ateneo de Naga University	Naga City
27  University of the Philippines in the Visayas	Iloilo City
28  Cebu Doctors' University	Mandaue City
29  Philippine Normal University	Manila
30  De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde	Manila
31  Central Philippine University	Iloilo City
32  St. Paul University Manila	Manila
33  Mariano Marcos State University	Batac
34  Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila	Manila
35  Holy Name University	Tagbilaran City
36  Adamson University	Manila
37  Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication	San Juan
38  Angeles University Foundation	Angeles City
39  Miriam College	Quezon City
40  Mindanao State University	Marawi City
41  Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies	Silang
42  Our Lady of Fatima University	Valenzuela City
43  Manila Central University	Caloocan City
44  Technological Institute of the Philippines	Manila
45  De La Salle Lipa	Lipa City
46  AMA Computer University	Quezon City
47  Silliman University	Dumaguete City
48  Benguet State University	La Trinidad
49  University of Perpetual Help System DALTA	Las Piñas City
50  Emilio Aguinaldo College	Manila
51  Bukidnon State University	Malaybalay City
52  Asia Pacific College	Makati City
53  University of Nueva Caceres	Naga City
54  St. Scholastica's College	Manila
55  The Philippine Women's University	Manila
56  Misamis University	Ozamiz City
57  University of St. La Salle	Bacolod City
58  San Beda College	Manila
59  Tarlac State University	Tarlac City
60  National Defense College of the Philippines	Quezon City
61  Adventist University of the Philippines	Cavite City
62  Holy Angel University	Angeles City
63  Technological University of the Philippines	Manila
64  University of Southern Mindanao	Kabacan
65  Lipa City Colleges	Lipa City
66  University of Asia and the Pacific	Pasig City
67  University of San Agustin	Iloilo City
68  University of the Cordilleras	Baguio City
69  University of the Assumption	City of San Fernando
70  Batangas State University	Batangas City
71  Trinity University of Asia	Quezon City
72  Cebu Institute of Technology	Cebu City
73  Saint Mary's University	Bayombong
74  Philippine Christian University	Manila
75  Pangasinan State University	Lingayen
76  La Salle University	Ozamiz City
77  University of Cebu	Cebu City
78  Western Philippines University	Aborlan
79  Arellano University	Manila
80  Assumption College	Makati City
81  Western Mindanao State University	Zamboanga City
82  Bicol University	Legazpi City
83  University of Mindanao	Davao City
84  Philippine School of Business Administration	Manila
85  Bulacan State University	City of Malolos
86  St. Paul University Philippines	Tuguegarao City
87  University of the East Ramon Magsaysay	Quezon City
88  Caraga State University	Butuan City
89  Manuel L. Quezon University	Quiapo
90  Cagayan State University	Tuguegarao City
91  Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University	Bacnotan
92  Don Bosco Technical College	Mandaluyong City
93  John B. Lacson Foundation Maritime University	Iloilo City
94  Lyceum of the Philippines University	Manila
95  West Visayas State University	Iloilo City
96  Colegio de San Juan de Letran	Manila
97  Mindanao University of Science and Technology	Cagayan de Oro City
98  Jose Rizal University	Mandaluyong City
99  Cavite State University	Indang
100  De La Salle Health Sciences Institute	Dasmariñas City

4icu.org ranks 11,307 of the world's colleges and universities by web popularity and 224 Philippine institutions were identified in its database.

According to 4icu.org, the purpose of web ranking is to provide an approximate popularity ranking of world Universities and Colleges based upon the popularity of their websites. This is intended to help international students and academic staff to understand how popular a particular university or college in a foreign country.