29 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 79.6K citations received by 5.43K academic papers made by 29 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
$17,998

2. University of California - Berkeley

For Photography

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

3. Pennsylvania State University

For Photography

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

4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Photography

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

5. New York University

For Photography

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

6. Columbia University

For Photography

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

7. Harvard University

For Photography

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

8. Rochester Institute of Technology

For Photography

#12 in the World
Acceptance Rate
71%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$39,753

9. University of Washington - Seattle

For Photography

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

10. Cornell University

For Photography

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

11. Northwestern University

For Photography

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

12. Washington University in St Louis

For Photography

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

13. University of Arizona

For Photography

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

14. Johns Hopkins University

For Photography

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

15. Ohio State University

For Photography

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

16. University at Buffalo

For Photography

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

17. University of California-San Diego

For Photography

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

18. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Photography

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

19. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Photography

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

20. University of Texas at Austin

For Photography

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

21. University of Chicago

For Photography

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

22. Dartmouth College

For Photography

#38 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$17,322

23. Carnegie Mellon University

For Photography

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

24. University of California - Los Angeles

For Photography

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

25. University of Florida

For Photography

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

26. University of Colorado Boulder

For Photography

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

27. University of Utah

For Photography

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

28. University of Maryland - College Park

For Photography

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

29. Yale University

For Photography

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

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.