A Review of Overall Scores and Key Statistics of the Top Five Ranked Universities of Times Higher Education World University Rankings for the Years 2020-2023

Our study involved visualizing and analyzing the Overall scores and key statistics of the top five universities ranked by the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings for the years 2020-2023. The key statistics included full-time equivalent students, students per staff, international students, and the ratio of female-to-male students. We collected the data from THE website and calculated the average values for each year across the universities. This analysis revealed significant variations in the data over the years. Surprisingly, lower-ranked universities occasionally outperformed higher-ranked ones in certain cases. We also assessed the impact of including or excluding a university, which had a significant effect on the key statistics, leading to fluctuations in the average values. Lastly, we investigated the effect of the worldwide lockdown, imposed due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the key statistics. Our assessment suggested that COVID-19 played a mixed role in influencing the key statistics, thereby affecting the rankings.