30 Best colleges for Photography 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 Photography. A graph of 83.2K citations received by 5.52K academic papers made by 30 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 Photography

#1 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$25,078

2. University of California - Berkeley

For Photography

#3 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
63%
Average Aid
$29,608
Enrollment
45,882

3. Pennsylvania State University

For Photography

#4 in the World
Acceptance Rate
61%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
67%

4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Photography

#5 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1550
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$20,996

5. New York University

For Photography

#8 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$30,325

6. Columbia University

For Photography

#9 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,520

7. Harvard University

For Photography

#11 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$17,525

8. Rochester Institute of Technology

For Photography

#12 in the World
Acceptance Rate
67%
Average SAT
1380
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$39,534

9. University of Arizona

For Photography

#16 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
96%

10. Washington University in St Louis

For Photography

#17 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,408

11. University of Washington - Seattle

For Photography

#18 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Receiving Aid
56%
Average Aid
$16,156
Enrollment
56,997

12. Cornell University

For Photography

#20 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,361

13. Northwestern University

For Photography

#22 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,830

14. Johns Hopkins University

For Photography

#25 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,017

15. Ohio State University

For Photography

#26 in the World
Acceptance Rate
61%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
80%

16. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Photography

#28 in the World
Acceptance Rate
16%
Average SAT
1445
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
69%

17. University of Texas at Austin

For Photography

#29 in the World
Acceptance Rate
27%
Average SAT
1380
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
65%

18. University of California-San Diego

For Photography

#30 in the World
Acceptance Rate
27%
Receiving Aid
66%
Average Aid
$25,757
Enrollment
44,256

19. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Photography

#32 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1450
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
60%

20. University at Buffalo

For Photography

#35 in the World
Acceptance Rate
74%
Average SAT
1295
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
86%

21. University of Chicago

For Photography

#38 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$28,060

22. Carnegie Mellon University

For Photography

#39 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$35,552

23. Dartmouth College

For Photography

#41 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$20,322

24. University of California - Los Angeles

For Photography

#48 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
59%
Average Aid
$25,627
Enrollment
47,335

25. University of Florida

For Photography

#52 in the World
Acceptance Rate
24%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

26. University of Colorado Boulder

For Photography

#53 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
67%

27. University of Maryland - College Park

For Photography

#55 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1465
Average ACT
34
Receiving Aid
67%

28. University of Utah

For Photography

#57 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
79%

29. Emory University

For Photography

#59 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1510
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$27,303

30. Yale University

For Photography

#60 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,408

The best cities to study Photography in the United States based on the number of universities and their ranks are Stanford, Berkeley, University Park, and Cambridge.