Best Universities for Data Science 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 Data Science. A graph of 38.7M citations received by 1.13M academic papers made by 2,719 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. Stanford University

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$17,998

4. Harvard University

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
3%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$17,900

5. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
44%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
61%

6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$21,519

8. University of California - Berkeley

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
12%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$25,951
Enrollment
45,699

9. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
18%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
66%

10. University of Washington - Seattle

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
43%
Receiving Aid
55%
Average Aid
$14,390
Enrollment
55,620

11. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
43%
Average SAT
1435
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
60%

12. University of California-San Diego

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
25%
Receiving Aid
70%
Average Aid
$24,176
Enrollment
42,376

13. Cornell University

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,455

14. University of Toronto

For Data Science

#1 in Canada
Enrollment
27,651
Founded
1827

16. Carnegie Mellon University

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$32,964

17. Pennsylvania State University

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
54%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
66%

18. Johns Hopkins University

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1555
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,844

19. University of Bristol

For Data Science

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

20. University of California - Los Angeles

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
60%
Average Aid
$22,441
Enrollment
46,678

21. Simon Fraser University

For Data Science

#2 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
77%
Founded
1965

22. University of Maryland - College Park

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1445
Average ACT
34
Receiving Aid
65%

23. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
81%

25. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
16%
Average SAT
1430
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
73%

26. Columbia University

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$20,869

27. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$11,992
Enrollment
79,593

28. New York University

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$30,730

29. University of British Columbia

For Data Science

#3 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
52%
Enrollment
71,201
Founded
1908

30. University of Southern California

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
10%
Average SAT
1495
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$41,496

31. Yale University

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,044

32. University of New South Wales

For Data Science

#1 in Oceania
#1 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
63,864
Founded
1949

33. Northwestern University

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$23,341

34. University of Pennsylvania

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,017

35. University of Melbourne

For Data Science

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

36. University of Texas at Austin

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
29%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

37. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1450
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
58%

38. University of Chicago

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$27,979

39. Purdue University

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
50%
Average SAT
1325
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
60%

41. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
65%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
71%

42. Catholic University of Leuven

For Data Science

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

43. University of Sydney

For Data Science

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

46. University of Pittsburgh

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
50%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
87%

47. Ohio State University

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
51%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
75%

48. Tsinghua University

For Data Science

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

49. Princeton University

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,811

50. University of California - San Francisco

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
3,126
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1864

51. University of California - Irvine

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
26%
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$21,533
Enrollment
36,582

52. University of Amsterdam

For Data Science

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

56. University of Arizona

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
98%

57. University of Ottawa

For Data Science

#5 in Canada
Enrollment
42,027
Founded
1848

58. McGill University

For Data Science

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

60. Duke University

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,422

61. University of California - Davis

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
42%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$21,258
Enrollment
39,707

62. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
63%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
77%

63. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
28%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$21,732
Enrollment
26,068

64. University of Alberta

For Data Science

#7 in Canada
Enrollment
31,185
Founded
1908

65. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
80%

66. Monash University

For Data Science

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

67. University of Florida

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
24%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
92%

68. Leiden University

For Data Science

#13 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
27,713
Founded
1575

69. Delft University of Technology

For Data Science

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

70. University of Virginia

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
44%

72. University of York

For Data Science

#16 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1963

73. University of Utah

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1289
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
79%

75. McMaster University

For Data Science

#8 in Canada
Enrollment
27,965
Founded
1887

78. Michigan State University

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
84%
Average SAT
1250
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
97%

79. University of Queensland

For Data Science

#6 in Oceania
#5 in Australia
Enrollment
48,771
Founded
1909

80. University of Colorado Boulder

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
83%
Average SAT
1325
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
66%

81. University of Hong Kong

For Data Science

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

82. Vanderbilt University

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,689

83. University of Calgary

For Data Science

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

84. Boston University

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1460
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,551

85. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

86. Utrecht University

For Data Science

#19 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1636

87. Iowa State University

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
89%

89. Peking University

For Data Science

#5 in Asia
#3 in China
Enrollment
44,730
Founded
1898

90. Technical University of Munich

For Data Science

#21 in Europe
#1 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
44,000
Male:Female
63:37
Founded
1868

91. University of Tokyo

For Data Science

#6 in Asia
#1 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
28,479
Founded
1877

92. University of Zurich

For Data Science

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

95. California Institute of Technology

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
3%
Net Price
$23,397
Receiving Aid
68%
Average Aid
$60,201

96. Eindhoven University of Technology

For Data Science

#24 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
13,069
Founded
1956

100. Washington University in St Louis

For Data Science

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,440