Best Universities for Astrobiology in the World

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EduRank

Below is a list of best universities in the World ranked based on their research performance in Astrobiology. A graph of 1.8B citations received by 83.2M academic papers made by 1,222 universities in the World 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.

1. University of Arizona

For Astrobiology

Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
95%

2. California Institute of Technology

For Astrobiology

Acceptance Rate
4%
Net Price
$30,162
Receiving Aid
67%
Average Aid
$47,556

3. University of California - Berkeley

For Astrobiology

Acceptance Rate
14%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$21,406
Enrollment
45,036

4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Astrobiology

Acceptance Rate
4%
Net Price
$30,958
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$32,562

5. Cornell University

For Astrobiology

Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1505
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$24,262

6. University of California - Los Angeles

For Astrobiology

Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
56%
Average Aid
$17,592
Enrollment
46,116

7. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Astrobiology

Acceptance Rate
20%
Receiving Aid
70%
Average Aid
$16,326
Enrollment
50,278

8. University of Chicago

For Astrobiology

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$33,727

9. University of Liege

For Astrobiology

#1 in Europe
#1 in Belgium
Enrollment
25,421
Founded
1817

10. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Astrobiology

Acceptance Rate
88%
Receiving Aid
92%
Average Aid
$12,201
Enrollment
77,881

11. University of Colorado Boulder

For Astrobiology

Acceptance Rate
80%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
65%

12. University of Maryland - College Park

For Astrobiology

Acceptance Rate
52%
Average SAT
1420
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
68%

13. University of Tokyo

For Astrobiology

#1 in Asia
#1 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
28,133
Founded
1877

14. University of Washington - Seattle

For Astrobiology

Acceptance Rate
53%
Receiving Aid
54%
Average Aid
$15,895
Enrollment
52,434

15. Brown University

For Astrobiology

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1515
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$25,028

16. Harvard University

For Astrobiology

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$13,910

18. Stanford University

For Astrobiology

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$14,402

20. Providence College

For Astrobiology

Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$39,566

21. University of Toronto

For Astrobiology

#1 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
43%
Enrollment
95,055
Founded
1827

22. Princeton University

For Astrobiology

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1515
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$20,908

23. University of Texas at Austin

For Astrobiology

Acceptance Rate
29%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
71%

25. Imperial College London

For Astrobiology

#5 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
15%
Enrollment
17,565
Founded
1907

26. University of California - Santa Cruz

For Astrobiology

Acceptance Rate
59%
Receiving Aid
63%
Average Aid
$19,199
Enrollment
19,841

27. University of California-San Diego

For Astrobiology

Acceptance Rate
34%
Receiving Aid
54%
Average Aid
$18,083
Enrollment
41,885

28. Pennsylvania State University

For Astrobiology

Acceptance Rate
55%
Receiving Aid
73%
Average Aid
$8,719
Enrollment
40,363

29. Australian National University

For Astrobiology

#1 in Oceania
#1 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
35%
Founded
1946

30. University of Hawaii at Manoa

For Astrobiology

Acceptance Rate
70%
Average SAT
1185
Average ACT
24
Receiving Aid
79%

32. Columbia University

For Astrobiology

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$12,411

33. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Astrobiology

Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
64%

34. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Astrobiology

#2 in Asia
#2 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
10,357
Founded
1881

35. Kyoto University

For Astrobiology

#3 in Asia
#3 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
22,455
Male:Female
76:24
Founded
1897

37. Ohio State University

For Astrobiology

Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1345
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
83%

38. Johns Hopkins University

For Astrobiology

Acceptance Rate
8%
Net Price
$20,680
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$45,373

40. Washington University in St Louis

For Astrobiology

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$28,298

41. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Astrobiology

Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

42. Leiden University

For Astrobiology

#8 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
63%
Enrollment
27,713
Founded
1575

43. University of Munster

For Astrobiology

#9 in Europe
#1 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
44,692
Founded
1780

44. Yale University

For Astrobiology

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$20,605

45. Tsinghua University

For Astrobiology

#4 in Asia
#1 in China
Enrollment
48,739
Founded
1911

46. University of Florida

For Astrobiology

Acceptance Rate
30%
Average SAT
1385
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

47. Western University

For Astrobiology

#2 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
58%
Enrollment
27,300
Founded
1878

48. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Astrobiology

Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
85%

50. University of New Mexico

For Astrobiology

Acceptance Rate
97%
Average ACT
23
Receiving Aid
98%
Average Aid
$7,531

51. Purdue University

For Astrobiology

Acceptance Rate
69%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
73%

52. University of Pennsylvania

For Astrobiology

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$14,578

53. Boston University

For Astrobiology

Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$25,852

54. University of Virginia

For Astrobiology

Acceptance Rate
21%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
34
Receiving Aid
63%

55. Tohoku University

For Astrobiology

#5 in Asia
#4 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
17,665
Founded
1907

56. Stockholm University

For Astrobiology

#11 in Europe
#1 in Sweden
Acceptance Rate
24%
Enrollment
37,484
Founded
1878

58. Northwestern University

For Astrobiology

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$29,999

59. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Astrobiology

Acceptance Rate
29%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$18,107
Enrollment
26,124

60. University of Tennessee - Knoxville

For Astrobiology

Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1255
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
92%

62. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Astrobiology

Acceptance Rate
16%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
72%

63. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Astrobiology

Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
78%

64. Paris-Sud University

For Astrobiology

#13 in Europe
#1 in France
Enrollment
31,400
Founded
2014

65. University of British Columbia

For Astrobiology

#3 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
53%
Enrollment
59,659
Founded
1908

66. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Astrobiology

Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1355
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

67. Zhejiang University

For Astrobiology

#6 in Asia
#2 in China
Enrollment
60,739
Founded
1897

68. Tel Aviv University

For Astrobiology

#7 in Asia
#1 in Israel
Enrollment
30,000
Founded
1956

69. University of Iowa

For Astrobiology

Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
87%

70. Peking University

For Astrobiology

#8 in Asia
#3 in China
Enrollment
35,915
Founded
1898

71. Weizmann Institute of Science

For Astrobiology

#9 in Asia
#2 in Israel
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
1,380
Founded
1934

72. Stony Brook University

For Astrobiology

Acceptance Rate
48%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
82%

73. University of California - Davis

For Astrobiology

Acceptance Rate
49%
Receiving Aid
65%
Average Aid
$17,628
Enrollment
40,050

74. University of Helsinki

For Astrobiology

#14 in Europe
#1 in Finland
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
31,312
Founded
1640

75. Nagoya University

For Astrobiology

#10 in Asia
#5 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
16,376
Founded
1939

76. University of Pisa

For Astrobiology

#15 in Europe
#1 in Italy
Acceptance Rate
39%
Enrollment
49,108
Founded
1343

77. University of Copenhagen

For Astrobiology

#16 in Europe
#1 in Denmark
Acceptance Rate
37%
Founded
1479

78. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

For Astrobiology

Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1355
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
88%

79. Osaka University

For Astrobiology

#11 in Asia
#6 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
23,044
Male:Female
68:32
Founded
1931

80. University of New South Wales

For Astrobiology

#2 in Oceania
#2 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1949

81. University of Pittsburgh

For Astrobiology

Acceptance Rate
67%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
78%

83. University of Cologne

For Astrobiology

#18 in Europe
#2 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
49,382
Male:Female
39:61
Founded
1388

85. Lund University

For Astrobiology

#20 in Europe
#2 in Sweden
Acceptance Rate
34%
Enrollment
40,000
Founded
1666

86. Moscow State University

For Astrobiology

#21 in Europe
#1 in Russia
Acceptance Rate
12%
Founded
1755

87. University of Bristol

For Astrobiology

#22 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
27,513
Founded
1909

88. University of Vienna

For Astrobiology

#23 in Europe
#1 in Austria
Enrollment
93,628
Founded
1365

89. Hokkaido University

For Astrobiology

#12 in Asia
#7 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
17,541
Founded
1918

90. University of Leicester

For Astrobiology

#24 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
72%
Enrollment
24,409
Male:Female
46:54
Founded
1957

92. University of Southern California

For Astrobiology

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,021

93. Kyushu University

For Astrobiology

#13 in Asia
#8 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
42%
Enrollment
18,560
Founded
1911

94. University of Padua

For Astrobiology

#26 in Europe
#2 in Italy
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
62,876
Founded
1222

95. Oregon State University

For Astrobiology

Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
93%

96. Durham University

For Astrobiology

#27 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
19,520
Founded
1832

97. McGill University

For Astrobiology

#4 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
47%
Enrollment
40,036
Founded
1821

100. Sapienza University of Rome

For Astrobiology

#30 in Europe
#3 in Italy
Enrollment
100,155
Founded
1303