Best Universities for Cyber Security 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 Cyber Security. A graph of 1.8B citations received by 83.2M academic papers made by 4,027 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 California - Berkeley

For Cyber Security

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

2. Stanford University

For Cyber Security

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

3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Cyber Security

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

4. Carnegie Mellon University

For Cyber Security

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

5. Tsinghua University

For Cyber Security

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

7. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Cyber Security

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

8. University of Maryland - College Park

For Cyber Security

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

9. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Cyber Security

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

10. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Cyber Security

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

11. University of Toronto

For Cyber Security

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

12. Cornell University

For Cyber Security

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

13. University of Washington - Seattle

For Cyber Security

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

15. Columbia University

For Cyber Security

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

16. Harvard University

For Cyber Security

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

17. University of Waterloo

For Cyber Security

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

18. Princeton University

For Cyber Security

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

19. Pennsylvania State University

For Cyber Security

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

20. University of Southern California

For Cyber Security

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

21. University of Oxford

For Cyber Security

#2 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
18%
Founded
1096

22. University of Texas at Austin

For Cyber Security

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

23. University of California - Los Angeles

For Cyber Security

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

25. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

For Cyber Security

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

26. University of California-San Diego

For Cyber Security

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

27. New York University

For Cyber Security

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

29. Purdue University

For Cyber Security

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

30. Michigan State University

For Cyber Security

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

31. University of Melbourne

For Cyber Security

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

32. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Cyber Security

Acceptance Rate
47%
Average SAT
1355
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
74%

33. University of Pennsylvania

For Cyber Security

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

34. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Cyber Security

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

36. Catholic University of Leuven

For Cyber Security

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

37. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Cyber Security

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

39. University of British Columbia

For Cyber Security

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

41. University of Florida

For Cyber Security

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

42. Yale University

For Cyber Security

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

43. Ohio State University

For Cyber Security

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

44. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Cyber Security

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

45. University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

For Cyber Security

#6 in Asia
#4 in China
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
39,000
Founded
1956

46. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Cyber Security

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

47. Xidian University

For Cyber Security

#7 in Asia
#5 in China
Enrollment
35,277
Founded
1931

48. Imperial College London

For Cyber Security

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

49. University of New South Wales

For Cyber Security

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

50. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Cyber Security

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

51. Huazhong University of Science and Technology

For Cyber Security

#8 in Asia
#6 in China
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1953

52. Chinese University of Hong Kong

For Cyber Security

#9 in Asia
#7 in China
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1963

53. Boston University

For Cyber Security

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

54. University of California - Davis

For Cyber Security

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

55. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Cyber Security

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

56. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

For Cyber Security

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

57. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Cyber Security

Acceptance Rate
56%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
72%

58. University of Chicago

For Cyber Security

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

59. Delft University of Technology

For Cyber Security

#8 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
82%
Enrollment
24,703
Founded
1842

60. University of Tokyo

For Cyber Security

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

61. University of California - Irvine

For Cyber Security

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

62. University of Virginia

For Cyber Security

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

63. George Mason University

For Cyber Security

Acceptance Rate
91%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
79%

64. University of Arizona

For Cyber Security

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

65. California Institute of Technology

For Cyber Security

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

68. Darmstadt University of Technology

For Cyber Security

#9 in Europe
#1 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
29%
Enrollment
25,840
Founded
1877

69. University of Sydney

For Cyber Security

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

70. Harbin Institute of Technology

For Cyber Security

#13 in Asia
#9 in China
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1920

71. Zhejiang University

For Cyber Security

#14 in Asia
#10 in China
Enrollment
60,739
Founded
1897

72. National University of Defense Technology

For Cyber Security

#15 in Asia
#11 in China
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
20,000
Founded
1953

73. Peking University

For Cyber Security

#16 in Asia
#12 in China
Enrollment
35,915
Founded
1898

74. City University of Hong Kong

For Cyber Security

#17 in Asia
#13 in China
Acceptance Rate
36%
Founded
1984

75. Tel Aviv University

For Cyber Security

#18 in Asia
#2 in Israel
Enrollment
30,000
Founded
1956

76. University of Science and Technology of China

For Cyber Security

#19 in Asia
#14 in China
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1958

77. Hong Kong Polytechnic University

For Cyber Security

#20 in Asia
#15 in China
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1937

78. Johns Hopkins University

For Cyber Security

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

80. University of Southampton

For Cyber Security

#11 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
84%
Enrollment
21,335
Founded
1952

81. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Cyber Security

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

82. Washington University in St Louis

For Cyber Security

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

83. Technical University of Munich

For Cyber Security

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

84. University of Bristol

For Cyber Security

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

85. University of Pittsburgh

For Cyber Security

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

86. University of Ottawa

For Cyber Security

#4 in Canada
Enrollment
42,027
Founded
1848

87. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

For Cyber Security

#21 in Asia
#16 in China
Acceptance Rate
35%
Founded
1991

88. University of Bologna

For Cyber Security

#14 in Europe
#1 in Italy
Acceptance Rate
73%
Enrollment
79,999
Founded
1088

90. Weizmann Institute of Science

For Cyber Security

#22 in Asia
#3 in Israel
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
1,380
Founded
1934

91. Monash University

For Cyber Security

#4 in Oceania
#4 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
78,000
Founded
1958

92. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

For Cyber Security

#16 in Europe
#1 in Sweden
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
14,278
Founded
1827

93. Seoul National University

For Cyber Security

#23 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
28,378
Founded
1946

94. University of Alberta

For Cyber Security

#5 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
58%
Founded
1908

95. Northwestern University

For Cyber Security

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

96. Wuhan University

For Cyber Security

#24 in Asia
#17 in China
Enrollment
60,000
Founded
1893

97. Duke University

For Cyber Security

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1513
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$27,297

98. Sapienza University of Rome

For Cyber Security

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

100. Polytechnic University of Milan

For Cyber Security

#18 in Europe
#3 in Italy
Acceptance Rate
28%
Enrollment
48,645
Male:Female
65:35
Founded
1863