100 Best colleges for Chemistry in the United States

Below is a list of best universities in the United States ranked based on their research performance in Chemistry. A graph of 693M citations received by 21.4M academic papers made by 1,357 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.

1. Harvard University

For Chemistry

#1 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$13,910

2. Stanford University

For Chemistry

#2 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$14,402

3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Chemistry

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

4. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Chemistry

#5 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Receiving Aid
70%
Average Aid
$16,326
Enrollment
50,278

5. University of California - Berkeley

For Chemistry

#6 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$21,406
Enrollment
45,036

6. University of Washington - Seattle

For Chemistry

#8 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Receiving Aid
54%
Average Aid
$15,895
Enrollment
52,434

7. Johns Hopkins University

For Chemistry

#10 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Net Price
$20,680
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$45,373

8. Yale University

For Chemistry

#12 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$20,605

9. University of Pennsylvania

For Chemistry

#13 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$14,578

10. University of California-San Diego

For Chemistry

#14 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Receiving Aid
54%
Average Aid
$18,083
Enrollment
41,885

11. University of California - San Francisco

For Chemistry

#15 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
3,165
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1864

12. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Chemistry

#16 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
64%

13. Cornell University

For Chemistry

#17 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1505
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$24,262

14. University of California - Los Angeles

For Chemistry

#19 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
56%
Average Aid
$17,592
Enrollment
46,116

15. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Chemistry

#21 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
85%

16. Columbia University

For Chemistry

#22 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$12,411

17. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Chemistry

#23 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

18. Pennsylvania State University

For Chemistry

#24 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Receiving Aid
73%
Average Aid
$8,719
Enrollment
40,363

19. University of California - Davis

For Chemistry

#28 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Receiving Aid
65%
Average Aid
$17,628
Enrollment
40,050

20. Washington University in St Louis

For Chemistry

#29 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$28,298

21. Ohio State University

For Chemistry

#31 in the World
Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1345
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
83%

22. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Chemistry

#32 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
60%

23. University of Florida

For Chemistry

#33 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Average SAT
1385
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

24. Northwestern University

For Chemistry

#35 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$29,999

25. University of Pittsburgh

For Chemistry

#38 in the World
Acceptance Rate
67%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
78%

26. University of Texas at Austin

For Chemistry

#39 in the World
Acceptance Rate
29%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
71%

27. University of Chicago

For Chemistry

#41 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$33,727

28. Boston University

For Chemistry

#42 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$25,852

29. California Institute of Technology

For Chemistry

#45 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Net Price
$30,162
Receiving Aid
67%
Average Aid
$47,556

30. Purdue University

For Chemistry

#47 in the World
Acceptance Rate
69%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
73%

31. University of Southern California

For Chemistry

#48 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,021

32. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Chemistry

#50 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1355
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

33. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Chemistry

#52 in the World
Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
78%

34. Baylor College of Medicine

For Chemistry

#56 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
1,596
Male:Female
42:58
Founded
1900

35. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Chemistry

#58 in the World
Acceptance Rate
16%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
72%

36. University of Utah

For Chemistry

#59 in the World
Acceptance Rate
95%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
89%

37. Princeton University

For Chemistry

#61 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1515
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$20,908

38. University of Arizona

For Chemistry

#63 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
95%

39. University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

For Chemistry

#64 in the World
Enrollment
358
Male:Female
20:80
Founded
1941

40. Michigan State University

For Chemistry

#68 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Average SAT
1210
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
72%

41. Emory University

For Chemistry

#70 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1480
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$28,367

42. New York University

For Chemistry

#71 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1510
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$50,991

43. Duke University

For Chemistry

#72 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1513
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$27,297

44. Case Western Reserve University

For Chemistry

#77 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$38,166

45. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

For Chemistry

#79 in the World
Enrollment
2,308
Male:Female
46:54
Founded
1943

46. Iowa State University

For Chemistry

#82 in the World
Acceptance Rate
91%
Average SAT
1207
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
93%

47. Vanderbilt University

For Chemistry

#83 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$27,553

48. University of California - Irvine

For Chemistry

#85 in the World
Acceptance Rate
29%
Receiving Aid
79%
Average Aid
$16,868
Enrollment
36,505

49. University of Iowa

For Chemistry

#87 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
87%

50. University of Virginia

For Chemistry

#88 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
34
Receiving Aid
63%

51. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Chemistry

#92 in the World
Acceptance Rate
47%
Average SAT
1355
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
74%

52. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Chemistry

#93 in the World
Acceptance Rate
29%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$18,107
Enrollment
26,124

53. University of Maryland - College Park

For Chemistry

#95 in the World
Acceptance Rate
52%
Average SAT
1420
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
68%

54. University of Colorado Boulder

For Chemistry

#96 in the World
Acceptance Rate
80%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
65%

55. Rockefeller University

For Chemistry

#102 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
268
Male:Female
54:46
Founded
1901

56. University of Alabama at Birmingham

For Chemistry

#109 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1281
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
97%

57. University of Rochester

For Chemistry

#119 in the World
Acceptance Rate
41%
Average SAT
1445
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$40,125

58. Tufts University

For Chemistry

#133 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1495
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$31,630

59. University of Kentucky

For Chemistry

#135 in the World
Acceptance Rate
94%
Average SAT
1207
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
94%

60. Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

For Chemistry

#137 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Net Price
$11,188
Receiving Aid
97%
Average Aid
$2,100

61. University of Georgia

For Chemistry

#142 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

62. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Chemistry

#143 in the World
Acceptance Rate
88%
Receiving Aid
92%
Average Aid
$12,201
Enrollment
77,881

63. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

For Chemistry

#147 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
1,249
Male:Female
41:59
Founded
1963

64. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Chemistry

#148 in the World
Acceptance Rate
56%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
72%

65. Stony Brook University

For Chemistry

#150 in the World
Acceptance Rate
48%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
82%

66. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Chemistry

#152 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1195
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
81%

67. Wayne State University

For Chemistry

#160 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Average SAT
1145
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
99%

68. Carnegie Mellon University

For Chemistry

#167 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$37,450

69. Indiana University - Bloomington

For Chemistry

#177 in the World
Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
79%

70. Washington State University

For Chemistry

#185 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Receiving Aid
90%
Average Aid
$9,993
Enrollment
29,843

71. University of California - Riverside

For Chemistry

#187 in the World
Acceptance Rate
65%
Receiving Aid
82%
Average Aid
$18,676
Enrollment
26,847

72. University of Missouri - Columbia

For Chemistry

#189 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
91%

73. University of Miami

For Chemistry

#190 in the World
Acceptance Rate
28%
Average SAT
1380
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$34,492

74. Colorado State University - Fort Collins

For Chemistry

#191 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Average SAT
1185
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
84%

75. University of Tennessee - Knoxville

For Chemistry

#192 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1255
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
92%

76. University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester

For Chemistry

#193 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
1,292
Male:Female
34:66
Founded
1962

77. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

For Chemistry

#194 in the World
Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1355
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
88%

78. Brown University

For Chemistry

#195 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1515
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$25,028

79. Oregon Health & Science University

For Chemistry

#196 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
2,984
Male:Female
31:69
Founded
1887

80. Oregon State University

For Chemistry

#199 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
93%

81. Rice University

For Chemistry

#200 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$18,521

82. University of Cincinnati

For Chemistry

#204 in the World
Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1250
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
85%

83. University of Connecticut

For Chemistry

#206 in the World
Acceptance Rate
56%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

84. Providence College

For Chemistry

#211 in the World
Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$39,566

85. University of Maryland, Baltimore

For Chemistry

#225 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
7,244
Male:Female
26:74
Founded
1807

86. University of Delaware

For Chemistry

#228 in the World
Acceptance Rate
72%
Average SAT
1248
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
90%

87. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

For Chemistry

#233 in the World
Acceptance Rate
71%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
95%

88. University of Nebraska - Lincoln

For Chemistry

#236 in the World
Acceptance Rate
81%
Average SAT
1205
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
97%

89. Tulane University of Louisiana

For Chemistry

#250 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Average SAT
1435
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$45,048

90. University at Buffalo

For Chemistry

#255 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
84%

91. University of New Mexico

For Chemistry

#262 in the World
Acceptance Rate
97%
Average ACT
23
Receiving Aid
98%
Average Aid
$7,531

92. University of South Florida

For Chemistry

#267 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
99%

93. University of Notre Dame

For Chemistry

#273 in the World
Acceptance Rate
15%
Average SAT
1480
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$30,513

94. Thomas Jefferson University

For Chemistry

#276 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
28
Net Price
$24,227

95. Dartmouth College

For Chemistry

#283 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$24,078

96. University of Texas Medical Branch

For Chemistry

#286 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
3,484
Male:Female
28:72
Founded
1891

97. University of South Carolina - Columbia

For Chemistry

#287 in the World
Acceptance Rate
62%
Average SAT
1255
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
95%

98. University of Houston

For Chemistry

#290 in the World
Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
85%

99. University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

For Chemistry

#296 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
3,499
Male:Female
36:64
Founded
1959

100. Kansas State University

For Chemistry

#299 in the World
Acceptance Rate
96%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$6,774
Enrollment
20,229

The best cities to study Chemistry in the United States based on the number of universities and their ranks are Cambridge, Stanford, Ann Arbor, and Berkeley.