Best Universities for Computational Linguistics in the World

Below is a list of best universities in the World ranked based on their research performance in Computational Linguistics. A graph of 1.8B citations received by 83.2M academic papers made by 2,456 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. Carnegie Mellon University

For Computational Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$37,450

2. Stanford University

For Computational Linguistics

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

3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Computational Linguistics

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

4. University of California - Berkeley

For Computational Linguistics

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

5. University of Cambridge

For Computational Linguistics

#1 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

6. University of Washington - Seattle

For Computational Linguistics

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

7. University of Toronto

For Computational Linguistics

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

8. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Computational Linguistics

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

9. University of Edinburgh

For Computational Linguistics

#2 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1583

10. University of Southern California

For Computational Linguistics

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

11. University of Pennsylvania

For Computational Linguistics

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

12. Tsinghua University

For Computational Linguistics

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

13. Columbia University

For Computational Linguistics

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

14. University of Maryland - College Park

For Computational Linguistics

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

15. Johns Hopkins University

For Computational Linguistics

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

16. University of Oxford

For Computational Linguistics

#3 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
18%
Founded
1096

17. New York University

For Computational Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1510
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$50,991

18. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

For Computational Linguistics

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

19. Ohio State University

For Computational Linguistics

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

20. Princeton University

For Computational Linguistics

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

21. University of Texas at Austin

For Computational Linguistics

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

22. National University of Singapore

For Computational Linguistics

#2 in Asia
#1 in Singapore
Enrollment
30,098
Founded
1905

23. Cornell University

For Computational Linguistics

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

24. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Computational Linguistics

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

25. University of Tokyo

For Computational Linguistics

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

26. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Computational Linguistics

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

27. University of California-San Diego

For Computational Linguistics

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

28. University College London

For Computational Linguistics

#4 in Europe
Enrollment
42,000
Founded
1826

29. University of California - Los Angeles

For Computational Linguistics

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

30. Nanyang Technological University

For Computational Linguistics

#4 in Asia
#2 in Singapore
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1955

31. University of Sheffield

For Computational Linguistics

#5 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Founded
1905

32. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Computational Linguistics

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

33. McGill University

For Computational Linguistics

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

34. Chinese University of Hong Kong

For Computational Linguistics

#5 in Asia
#2 in China
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1963

35. University of Montreal

For Computational Linguistics

#3 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
57%
Enrollment
45,360
Founded
1878

37. University of Amsterdam

For Computational Linguistics

#7 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
31,123
Founded
1632

38. Peking University

For Computational Linguistics

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

39. Catholic University of Leuven

For Computational Linguistics

#8 in Europe
#1 in Belgium
Enrollment
62,693
Founded
1425

40. University of Pittsburgh

For Computational Linguistics

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

41. RWTH Aachen University

For Computational Linguistics

#9 in Europe
#1 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
44,517
Founded
1870

42. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

For Computational Linguistics

#7 in Asia
#4 in China
Enrollment
47,000
Founded
1896

43. University of Rochester

For Computational Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
41%
Average SAT
1445
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$40,125

44. Pennsylvania State University

For Computational Linguistics

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

45. University of Melbourne

For Computational Linguistics

#1 in Oceania
#1 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
49,000
Founded
1853

47. University of British Columbia

For Computational Linguistics

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

48. Boston University

For Computational Linguistics

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

49. Harbin Institute of Technology

For Computational Linguistics

#8 in Asia
#5 in China
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1920

50. University of Waterloo

For Computational Linguistics

#5 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
53%
Enrollment
35,900
Founded
1957

51. Harvard University

For Computational Linguistics

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

52. University of Arizona

For Computational Linguistics

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

53. University of Chicago

For Computational Linguistics

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

54. University of Colorado Boulder

For Computational Linguistics

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

55. University of Alberta

For Computational Linguistics

#6 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
58%
Founded
1908

56. University of Texas at Dallas

For Computational Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
87%
Receiving Aid
74%
Average Aid
$15,140
Enrollment
29,696

57. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Computational Linguistics

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

58. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Computational Linguistics

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

59. Imperial College London

For Computational Linguistics

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

60. University of California - Irvine

For Computational Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
29%
Receiving Aid
79%
Average Aid
$16,868
Enrollment
36,505

61. University at Buffalo

For Computational Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
70%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
84%

62. Purdue University

For Computational Linguistics

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

63. Northwestern University

For Computational Linguistics

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

64. University of New South Wales

For Computational Linguistics

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

65. Saarland University

For Computational Linguistics

#12 in Europe
#2 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
16,749
Founded
1948

66. University of Iowa

For Computational Linguistics

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

67. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Computational Linguistics

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

68. Technical University of Munich

For Computational Linguistics

#13 in Europe
#3 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
44,000
Male:Female
63:37
Founded
1868

69. University of Helsinki

For Computational Linguistics

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

70. Indiana University - Bloomington

For Computational Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
79%

71. Yale University

For Computational Linguistics

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

72. University of Sydney

For Computational Linguistics

#3 in Oceania
#3 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
63,602
Founded
1850

73. Zhejiang University

For Computational Linguistics

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

74. National Taiwan University

For Computational Linguistics

#10 in Asia
#1 in Taiwan
Enrollment
32,500
Founded
1945

75. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Computational Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1195
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
81%

76. University of Geneva

For Computational Linguistics

#15 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
21%
Enrollment
17,744

77. University of Science and Technology of China

For Computational Linguistics

#11 in Asia
#7 in China
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1958

78. University of Florida

For Computational Linguistics

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

79. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Computational Linguistics

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

80. Tel Aviv University

For Computational Linguistics

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

81. Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

For Computational Linguistics

#13 in Asia
#8 in China
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1955

82. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Computational Linguistics

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

83. Ghent University

For Computational Linguistics

#16 in Europe
#2 in Belgium
Enrollment
41,669
Founded
1817

84. Brown University

For Computational Linguistics

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

85. Kyoto University

For Computational Linguistics

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

86. Sapienza University of Rome

For Computational Linguistics

#17 in Europe
#1 in Italy
Enrollment
100,155
Founded
1303

87. Michigan State University

For Computational Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
83%
Average SAT
1210
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
72%

88. University of Utah

For Computational Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
95%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
89%

89. University of Sussex

For Computational Linguistics

#18 in Europe
Enrollment
17,319
Male:Female
44:56
Founded
1961

90. Utrecht University

For Computational Linguistics

#19 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Founded
1636

91. University of California - Santa Cruz

For Computational Linguistics

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

92. Queen Mary University of London

For Computational Linguistics

#20 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
44%
Founded
1989

93. Hebrew University of Jerusalem

For Computational Linguistics

#16 in Asia
#2 in Israel
Acceptance Rate
34%
Enrollment
23,500
Founded
1918

94. Macquarie University

For Computational Linguistics

#4 in Oceania
#4 in Australia
Enrollment
38,747
Founded
1964

95. University of Ottawa

For Computational Linguistics

#7 in Canada
Enrollment
42,027
Founded
1848

96. Western University

For Computational Linguistics

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

97. Brno University of Technology

For Computational Linguistics

#21 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
61%
Enrollment
17,975
Founded
1899

98. University of the Basque Country

For Computational Linguistics

#22 in Europe
#1 in Spain
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
63,000

99. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Computational Linguistics

Acceptance Rate
20%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
60%

100. University of Granada

For Computational Linguistics

#23 in Europe
#2 in Spain
Founded
1531