Best Universities for Literature in North America

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EduRank

Below is a list of best universities in North America ranked based on their research performance in Literature. A graph of 17.7M citations received by 805K academic papers made by 1,063 universities in North America 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 Literature

#3 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$17,998

2. University of Toronto

For Literature

#1 in Canada
#4 in the World
Enrollment
27,651
Founded
1827

3. University of California - Berkeley

For Literature

#5 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$25,951
Enrollment
45,699

4. Cornell University

For Literature

#6 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,455

5. Harvard University

For Literature

#7 in the World
Acceptance Rate
3%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$17,900

6. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Literature

#8 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
66%

7. Columbia University

For Literature

#9 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$20,869

8. Yale University

For Literature

#11 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,044

9. University of Texas at Austin

For Literature

#12 in the World
Acceptance Rate
29%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

10. University of California - Los Angeles

For Literature

#13 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
60%
Average Aid
$22,441
Enrollment
46,678

11. University of Washington - Seattle

For Literature

#14 in the World
Acceptance Rate
43%
Receiving Aid
55%
Average Aid
$14,390
Enrollment
55,620

12. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Literature

#15 in the World
Acceptance Rate
44%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
61%

13. University of Chicago

For Literature

#16 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$27,979

14. Ohio State University

For Literature

#17 in the World
Acceptance Rate
51%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
75%

15. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Literature

#18 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$21,519

16. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Literature

#19 in the World
Acceptance Rate
43%
Average SAT
1435
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
60%

17. Pennsylvania State University

For Literature

#22 in the World
Acceptance Rate
54%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
66%

18. University of British Columbia

For Literature

#2 in Canada
#23 in the World
Acceptance Rate
52%
Enrollment
71,201
Founded
1908

19. University of Pennsylvania

For Literature

#24 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,017

20. New York University

For Literature

#25 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$30,730

21. Princeton University

For Literature

#27 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,811

22. McGill University

For Literature

#3 in Canada
#28 in the World
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
37,888
Founded
1821

23. Purdue University

For Literature

#30 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Average SAT
1325
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
60%

24. University of Maryland - College Park

For Literature

#31 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1445
Average ACT
34
Receiving Aid
65%

25. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Literature

#33 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
81%

26. University of Southern California

For Literature

#35 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Average SAT
1495
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$41,496

27. University of Alberta

For Literature

#4 in Canada
#37 in the World
Enrollment
31,185
Founded
1908

28. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Literature

#41 in the World
Acceptance Rate
65%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
71%

29. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Literature

#42 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1450
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
58%

30. University of Virginia

For Literature

#43 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
44%

31. Northwestern University

For Literature

#44 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$23,341

32. University of Arizona

For Literature

#45 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
98%

33. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Literature

#46 in the World
Acceptance Rate
28%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$21,732
Enrollment
26,068

34. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Literature

#48 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$11,992
Enrollment
79,593

35. University of California-San Diego

For Literature

#49 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Receiving Aid
70%
Average Aid
$24,176
Enrollment
42,376

36. University of California - Davis

For Literature

#50 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$21,258
Enrollment
39,707

37. Carnegie Mellon University

For Literature

#57 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$32,964

38. Michigan State University

For Literature

#58 in the World
Acceptance Rate
84%
Average SAT
1250
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
97%

39. University of Pittsburgh

For Literature

#61 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
87%

40. Johns Hopkins University

For Literature

#62 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1555
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,844

41. University of Iowa

For Literature

#64 in the World
Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
88%

42. University of Florida

For Literature

#66 in the World
Acceptance Rate
24%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
92%

43. Duke University

For Literature

#71 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,422

44. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Literature

#76 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
77%

45. University of Colorado Boulder

For Literature

#79 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Average SAT
1325
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
66%

46. York University

For Literature

#5 in Canada
#80 in the World
Acceptance Rate
32%
Enrollment
53,000
Founded
1959

47. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Literature

#81 in the World
Acceptance Rate
16%
Average SAT
1430
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
73%

48. University of California - Irvine

For Literature

#86 in the World
Acceptance Rate
26%
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$21,533
Enrollment
36,582

49. Florida State University

For Literature

#92 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Average SAT
1315
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
95%

50. Western University

For Literature

#6 in Canada
#94 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Enrollment
21,836
Founded
1878

51. Vanderbilt University

For Literature

#95 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,689

52. Washington University in St Louis

For Literature

#96 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,440

53. University of Calgary

For Literature

#7 in Canada
#97 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1966

54. California Institute of Technology

For Literature

#98 in the World
Acceptance Rate
3%
Net Price
$23,397
Receiving Aid
68%
Average Aid
$60,201

55. Emory University

For Literature

#99 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1505
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,986

56. Boston University

For Literature

#100 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1460
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,551

57. University of Notre Dame

For Literature

#103 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1490
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$29,083

58. University of Utah

For Literature

#106 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1289
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
79%

59. Georgetown University

For Literature

#107 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$37,967

60. Simon Fraser University

For Literature

#8 in Canada
#111 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Founded
1965

62. University of Montreal

For Literature

#10 in Canada
#114 in the World
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
66,972
Founded
1878

63. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

For Literature

#117 in the World
Acceptance Rate
74%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
93%

64. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Literature

#122 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Average SAT
1380
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
68%

65. McMaster University

For Literature

#11 in Canada
#124 in the World
Enrollment
27,965
Founded
1887

66. Iowa State University

For Literature

#125 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
89%

67. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Literature

#126 in the World
Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

68. Indiana University - Bloomington

For Literature

#128 in the World
Acceptance Rate
80%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
83%

69. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

For Literature

#129 in the World
Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
87%

70. University of Rochester

For Literature

#130 in the World
Acceptance Rate
36%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$40,900

71. Boston College

For Literature

#132 in the World
Acceptance Rate
16%
Average SAT
1485
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$32,590

72. Temple University

For Literature

#133 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Receiving Aid
94%
Average Aid
$11,891
Enrollment
30,205

73. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Literature

#134 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
80%

74. Brown University

For Literature

#139 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,608

75. University of Kansas

For Literature

#143 in the World
Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1170
Average ACT
24
Receiving Aid
93%

76. University of Ottawa

For Literature

#12 in Canada
#146 in the World
Enrollment
42,027
Founded
1848

77. University at Buffalo

For Literature

#148 in the World
Acceptance Rate
69%
Average SAT
1295
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
86%

78. University of Georgia

For Literature

#150 in the World
Acceptance Rate
37%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
84%

79. Stony Brook University

For Literature

#151 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
89%

80. Brigham Young University - Provo

For Literature

#155 in the World
Acceptance Rate
69%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$14,643

81. Queen's University

For Literature

#13 in Canada
#164 in the World
Acceptance Rate
64%
Enrollment
30,386
Founded
1841

82. University of Missouri - Columbia

For Literature

#165 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
90%

83. University of South Florida

For Literature

#168 in the World
Acceptance Rate
41%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
88%

84. University of South Carolina - Columbia

For Literature

#169 in the World
Acceptance Rate
61%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
95%

85. University of California - San Francisco

For Literature

#176 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
3,126
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1864

86. University of Oregon

For Literature

#179 in the World
Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
90%

87. University of Connecticut

For Literature

#180 in the World
Acceptance Rate
54%
Average SAT
1315
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
83%

88. University of Kentucky

For Literature

#186 in the World
Acceptance Rate
92%
Average SAT
1185
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
97%

89. University of California - Santa Cruz

For Literature

#187 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$21,564
Enrollment
19,764

90. University of Tennessee - Knoxville

For Literature

#189 in the World
Acceptance Rate
46%
Average SAT
1265
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
90%

91. University of Miami

For Literature

#190 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$41,028

92. Carleton University

For Literature

#14 in Canada
#194 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
9,109
Founded
1942

93. University of Houston

For Literature

#201 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
83%

94. University of Victoria

For Literature

#15 in Canada
#205 in the World
Enrollment
15,999
Founded
1963

95. Syracuse University

For Literature

#207 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Average SAT
1345
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$51,520

96. Case Western Reserve University

For Literature

#210 in the World
Acceptance Rate
29%
Average SAT
1485
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$41,351

97. Georgia State University

For Literature

#211 in the World
Acceptance Rate
62%
Average SAT
1160
Average ACT
23
Receiving Aid
94%

98. George Mason University

For Literature

#212 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
80%

99. University of Delaware

For Literature

#217 in the World
Acceptance Rate
65%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
92%

100. University of Cincinnati

For Literature

#221 in the World
Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1255
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
87%