Best Universities for Paleontology 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 Paleontology. A graph of 317M citations received by 12.7M academic papers made by 5,892 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. Harvard University

For Paleontology

Acceptance Rate
3%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,491

2. Stanford University

For Paleontology

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,279

3. University of Washington - Seattle

For Paleontology

Acceptance Rate
48%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$14,731
Enrollment
52,319

4. University of California - Berkeley

For Paleontology

Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
60%
Average Aid
$21,669
Enrollment
45,307

5. Cornell University

For Paleontology

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,060

6. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Paleontology

Acceptance Rate
18%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
74%

8. University of Toronto

For Paleontology

#1 in Canada
Enrollment
27,651
Founded
1827

10. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Paleontology

Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
58%

11. University of California - Davis

For Paleontology

Acceptance Rate
37%
Receiving Aid
63%
Average Aid
$20,548
Enrollment
39,679

12. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Paleontology

Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

13. University of Tokyo

For Paleontology

#1 in Asia
#1 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
28,218
Founded
1877

14. University of California - Los Angeles

For Paleontology

Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
57%
Average Aid
$21,766
Enrollment
46,430

15. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Paleontology

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1555
Average ACT
36
Net Price
$20,232

16. University of British Columbia

For Paleontology

#2 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
52%
Enrollment
20,893
Founded
1908

18. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Paleontology

Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
64%

19. Yale University

For Paleontology

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,647

20. Johns Hopkins University

For Paleontology

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$24,034

21. University of Florida

For Paleontology

Acceptance Rate
23%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

22. University of California-San Diego

For Paleontology

Acceptance Rate
24%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$20,782
Enrollment
42,006

23. Pennsylvania State University

For Paleontology

Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1300
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
68%

24. Ohio State University

For Paleontology

Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
83%

25. University of Texas at Austin

For Paleontology

Acceptance Rate
31%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
89%

26. Columbia University

For Paleontology

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,058

28. University of Pennsylvania

For Paleontology

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,123

29. University of Arizona

For Paleontology

Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1255
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
98%

30. University of Queensland

For Paleontology

#1 in Oceania
#1 in Australia
Enrollment
48,771
Founded
1909

31. University of Sao Paulo

For Paleontology

#1 in Brazil
Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
97,964
Founded
1827

32. Kyoto University

For Paleontology

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

33. University of Sydney

For Paleontology

#2 in Oceania
#2 in Australia
Enrollment
63,602
Founded
1850

34. Michigan State University

For Paleontology

Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
94%

35. University of Alberta

For Paleontology

#3 in Canada
Enrollment
31,185
Founded
1908

36. Australian National University

For Paleontology

#3 in Oceania
#3 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
71%
Founded
1946

37. Pierre and Marie Curie University

For Paleontology

#5 in Europe
#1 in France
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
35,114
Founded
1150

38. University of Copenhagen

For Paleontology

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

39. Utrecht University

For Paleontology

#7 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1636

41. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Paleontology

Acceptance Rate
63%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
74%

42. Washington University in St Louis

For Paleontology

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$23,432

43. Ghent University

For Paleontology

#9 in Europe
#1 in Belgium
Enrollment
41,669
Founded
1817

44. University of Melbourne

For Paleontology

#4 in Oceania
#4 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
77%
Enrollment
49,000
Founded
1853

45. University of Chicago

For Paleontology

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$36,991

46. University of Bristol

For Paleontology

#10 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
63%
Enrollment
27,513
Founded
1909

47. University of Georgia

For Paleontology

Acceptance Rate
43%
Average SAT
1320
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
94%

48. Catholic University of Leuven

For Paleontology

#11 in Europe
#2 in Belgium
Enrollment
62,693
Founded
1425

49. Lund University

For Paleontology

#12 in Europe
#1 in Sweden
Enrollment
40,000
Founded
1666

50. McGill University

For Paleontology

#4 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
37,888
Founded
1821

51. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Paleontology

Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
59%

52. University of California - San Francisco

For Paleontology

Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
3,140
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1864

55. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Paleontology

Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
70%

56. University of Utah

For Paleontology

Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
99%

57. Zhejiang University

For Paleontology

#3 in Asia
#1 in China
Enrollment
60,739
Founded
1897

58. University of Southern California

For Paleontology

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$36,808

59. Duke University

For Paleontology

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,694

60. University of New South Wales

For Paleontology

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

61. California Institute of Technology

For Paleontology

Acceptance Rate
3%
Net Price
$20,755
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$59,192

62. University of Hong Kong

For Paleontology

#4 in Asia
#2 in China
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
21,652
Founded
1911

63. Princeton University

For Paleontology

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,698

64. Northwestern University

For Paleontology

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,095

65. University of Helsinki

For Paleontology

#15 in Europe
#1 in Finland
Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
31,312
Founded
1640

66. University of Pittsburgh

For Paleontology

Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
87%

67. University of Maryland - College Park

For Paleontology

Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
63%

68. University of Colorado Boulder

For Paleontology

Acceptance Rate
81%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
68%

70. Tsinghua University

For Paleontology

#5 in Asia
#3 in China
Enrollment
48,739
Founded
1911

71. University of Iowa

For Paleontology

Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
91%

72. Monash University

For Paleontology

#6 in Oceania
#6 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
73%
Enrollment
78,000
Founded
1958

73. Seoul National University

For Paleontology

#6 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
28,378
Founded
1946

74. Osaka University

For Paleontology

#7 in Asia
#3 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
23,123
Male:Female
68:32
Founded
1931

75. University of Calgary

For Paleontology

#5 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
55%
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1966

76. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Paleontology

Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$12,381
Enrollment
80,065

77. Oregon State University

For Paleontology

Acceptance Rate
83%
Receiving Aid
91%
Average Aid
$9,260
Enrollment
34,292

80. New York University

For Paleontology

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$29,499

81. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Paleontology

Acceptance Rate
47%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
80%

82. Peking University

For Paleontology

#8 in Asia
#4 in China
Enrollment
44,730
Founded
1898

83. Tohoku University

For Paleontology

#9 in Asia
#4 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
17,591
Founded
1907

85. University of Zurich

For Paleontology

#19 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
19%
Enrollment
25,732

86. University of Amsterdam

For Paleontology

#20 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
41,000
Founded
1632

87. University of Groningen

For Paleontology

#21 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
34,000
Founded
1614

89. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Paleontology

Acceptance Rate
26%
Receiving Aid
59%
Average Aid
$20,389
Enrollment
26,420

90. Purdue University

For Paleontology

Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
60%

91. Iowa State University

For Paleontology

Acceptance Rate
90%
Average SAT
1220
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
89%

92. Uppsala University

For Paleontology

#22 in Europe
#2 in Sweden
Acceptance Rate
69%
Enrollment
35,556
Founded
1477

93. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Paleontology

Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
71%

96. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

For Paleontology

#11 in Asia
#5 in China
Enrollment
47,000
Founded
1896

97. Delft University of Technology

For Paleontology

#25 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
24,703
Founded
1842

100. Boston University

For Paleontology

Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,829