100 Best colleges for Animation in the United States

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Below is a list of best universities in the United States ranked based on their research performance in Animation. A graph of 703K citations received by 24K academic papers made by 143 universities in the United States was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

Please note that our approach to subject rankings is based on scientific outputs and heavily biased on art-related topics towards institutions with computer science research profiles.

1. Stanford University

For Animation

#1 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,279

2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Animation

#2 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1555
Average ACT
36
Net Price
$20,232

3. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Animation

#4 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1460
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
73%

4. Carnegie Mellon University

For Animation

#6 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$33,499

5. University of California - Berkeley

For Animation

#7 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
60%
Average Aid
$21,669
Enrollment
45,307

6. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Animation

#10 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
64%

7. University of Washington - Seattle

For Animation

#12 in the World
Acceptance Rate
48%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$14,731
Enrollment
52,319

8. California Institute of Technology

For Animation

#14 in the World
Acceptance Rate
3%
Net Price
$20,755
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$59,192

9. University of California - Los Angeles

For Animation

#16 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
57%
Average Aid
$21,766
Enrollment
46,430

10. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Animation

#18 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
74%

11. Ohio State University

For Animation

#21 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
83%

12. Cornell University

For Animation

#22 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,060

13. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Animation

#26 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
58%

14. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Animation

#27 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
74%

15. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Animation

#28 in the World
Acceptance Rate
26%
Receiving Aid
59%
Average Aid
$20,389
Enrollment
26,420

16. University of Utah

For Animation

#29 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
99%

17. Princeton University

For Animation

#30 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,698

18. University of Pennsylvania

For Animation

#37 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,123

19. University of California - Davis

For Animation

#39 in the World
Acceptance Rate
37%
Receiving Aid
63%
Average Aid
$20,548
Enrollment
39,679

20. Northwestern University

For Animation

#41 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,095

21. University of Southern California

For Animation

#42 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$36,808

22. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Animation

#43 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
59%

23. University of Texas at Austin

For Animation

#44 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
89%

24. University of California-San Diego

For Animation

#47 in the World
Acceptance Rate
24%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$20,782
Enrollment
42,006

25. New York University

For Animation

#49 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$29,499

26. Pennsylvania State University

For Animation

#50 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1300
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
68%

27. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Animation

#52 in the World
Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
71%

28. University of Maryland - College Park

For Animation

#53 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
63%

29. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Animation

#56 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

30. Purdue University

For Animation

#57 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
60%

31. Providence College

For Animation

#61 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1340
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$43,970

32. Brown University

For Animation

#64 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,723

33. Harvard University

For Animation

#66 in the World
Acceptance Rate
3%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,491

34. Columbia University

For Animation

#71 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,058

35. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Animation

#77 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$12,381
Enrollment
80,065

36. University of Chicago

For Animation

#80 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$36,991

37. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Animation

#84 in the World
Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
70%

38. University of Colorado Boulder

For Animation

#90 in the World
Acceptance Rate
81%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
68%

39. University of California - Santa Cruz

For Animation

#99 in the World
Acceptance Rate
47%
Receiving Aid
74%
Average Aid
$21,202
Enrollment
19,478

40. Johns Hopkins University

For Animation

#103 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$24,034

41. Rice University

For Animation

#104 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,902

42. Iowa State University

For Animation

#105 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Average SAT
1220
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
89%

43. University of Iowa

For Animation

#112 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
91%

44. Yale University

For Animation

#114 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,647

45. Duke University

For Animation

#117 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,694

46. Oregon State University

For Animation

#121 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Receiving Aid
91%
Average Aid
$9,260
Enrollment
34,292

47. University of Florida

For Animation

#124 in the World
Acceptance Rate
23%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

48. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Animation

#127 in the World
Acceptance Rate
47%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
80%

49. University of Delaware

For Animation

#136 in the World
Acceptance Rate
74%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
93%

50. Stony Brook University

For Animation

#138 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
88%

51. University of Houston

For Animation

#148 in the World
Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
83%

52. John Brown University

For Animation

#161 in the World
Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
26
Net Price
$20,997

53. University of Arizona

For Animation

#162 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1255
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
98%

54. George Mason University

For Animation

#182 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
80%

55. University of California - Riverside

For Animation

#186 in the World
Acceptance Rate
69%
Receiving Aid
79%
Average Aid
$22,042
Enrollment
26,809

56. Vanderbilt University

For Animation

#187 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$25,606

57. Washington University in St Louis

For Animation

#188 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$23,432

58. Michigan State University

For Animation

#192 in the World
Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
94%

59. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

For Animation

#195 in the World
Acceptance Rate
65%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$39,127

60. University of Kentucky

For Animation

#200 in the World
Acceptance Rate
95%
Average SAT
1180
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
96%

61. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Animation

#207 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
81%

62. Florida State University

For Animation

#211 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
93%

63. University of South Carolina - Columbia

For Animation

#216 in the World
Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
98%

64. University of Connecticut

For Animation

#222 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
89%

65. University of California - Irvine

For Animation

#230 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Receiving Aid
80%
Average Aid
$17,411
Enrollment
35,937

66. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

For Animation

#235 in the World
Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
91%

67. California University of Pennsylvania

For Animation

#237 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Receiving Aid
95%
Average Aid
$6,250
Enrollment
6,885

68. Brigham Young University - Provo

For Animation

#240 in the World
Acceptance Rate
67%
Average SAT
1374
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$13,521

69. University of Oklahoma - Norman

For Animation

#244 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
99%

70. University of Central Florida

For Animation

#249 in the World
Acceptance Rate
41%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
96%

71. Syracuse University

For Animation

#252 in the World
Acceptance Rate
52%
Average SAT
1345
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$43,651

72. Mississippi State University

For Animation

#253 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1175
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
98%

73. George Washington University

For Animation

#255 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$42,723

74. University of Missouri - Columbia

For Animation

#261 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
91%

75. University of New Mexico

For Animation

#268 in the World
Acceptance Rate
96%
Average ACT
22
Receiving Aid
97%
Average Aid
$9,280

76. University of Georgia

For Animation

#270 in the World
Acceptance Rate
43%
Average SAT
1320
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
94%

77. University of Pittsburgh

For Animation

#273 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
87%

78. University of Notre Dame

For Animation

#279 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$28,474

79. Colorado School of Mines

For Animation

#285 in the World
Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1409
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
98%

80. University of Nebraska - Lincoln

For Animation

#287 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
95%

81. University at Buffalo

For Animation

#296 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
86%

82. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

For Animation

#307 in the World
Acceptance Rate
76%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
98%

83. University of Virginia

For Animation

#313 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
54%

84. Illinois Institute of Technology

For Animation

#321 in the World
Acceptance Rate
61%
Average SAT
1315
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$28,702

85. University of Rochester

For Animation

#323 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Average SAT
1465
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$39,775

86. University of South Florida

For Animation

#325 in the World
Acceptance Rate
44%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
90%

87. University of Miami

For Animation

#336 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$36,467

88. Colorado State University - Fort Collins

For Animation

#337 in the World
Acceptance Rate
91%
Average SAT
1185
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
84%

89. Indiana University - Bloomington

For Animation

#339 in the World
Acceptance Rate
82%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
83%

90. Northeastern University

For Animation

#340 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1495
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$35,827

91. Dartmouth College

For Animation

#344 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$19,208

92. University of Kansas

For Animation

#346 in the World
Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1215
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
91%

93. Temple University

For Animation

#356 in the World
Acceptance Rate
80%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$11,575
Enrollment
33,196

94. Wright State University

For Animation

#362 in the World
Acceptance Rate
95%
Average SAT
1041
Average ACT
21
Receiving Aid
94%

95. Case Western Reserve University

For Animation

#370 in the World
Acceptance Rate
27%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$38,279

96. Wayne State University

For Animation

#371 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1150
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
98%

97. Boston University

For Animation

#372 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,829

98. College of William and Mary

For Animation

#373 in the World
Acceptance Rate
33%
Average SAT
1448
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
79%

99. Naval Postgraduate School

For Animation

#375 in the World
Acceptance Rate
23%
Enrollment
2,670
Male:Female
78:22
Founded
1909

100. University of California - Merced

For Animation

#376 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Receiving Aid
86%
Average Aid
$25,868
Enrollment
9,103

The best cities to study Animation in the United States based on the number of universities and their ranks are Stanford, Cambridge, Atlanta, and Pittsburgh.