Best Universities for Development Studies in North America

For Development Studies

#1 in the United States

#1 in the World

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

2. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

United States | Michigan

For Development Studies

#2 in the United States

#2 in the World

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

3. University of Toronto

For Development Studies

#1 in Canada

#3 in the World

Enrollment: 27,651
Founded: 1827

4. Johns Hopkins University

United States | Maryland

For Development Studies

#3 in the United States

#4 in the World

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

5. University of Washington - Seattle

United States | Washington

For Development Studies

#4 in the United States

#5 in the World

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

6. Stanford University

For Development Studies

#5 in the United States

#6 in the World

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

7. Columbia University

For Development Studies

#6 in the United States

#7 in the World

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

8. University of California - Berkeley

For Development Studies

#7 in the United States

#9 in the World

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

9. University of Pennsylvania

For Development Studies

#8 in the United States

#11 in the World

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

10. University of California - Los Angeles

For Development Studies

#9 in the United States

#12 in the World

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

11. Yale University

United States | Connecticut

For Development Studies

#10 in the United States

#13 in the World

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

12. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

United States | North Carolina

For Development Studies

#11 in the United States

#14 in the World

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

13. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

United States | Minnesota

For Development Studies

#12 in the United States

#15 in the World

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

14. University of Wisconsin - Madison

United States | Wisconsin

For Development Studies

#13 in the United States

#16 in the World

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

15. University of Chicago

For Development Studies

#14 in the United States

#17 in the World

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

16. University of California - San Francisco

For Development Studies

#15 in the United States

#18 in the World

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

17. Cornell University

For Development Studies

#16 in the United States

#19 in the World

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

18. University of British Columbia

Canada | British Columbia

For Development Studies

#2 in Canada

#21 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Enrollment: 20,893
Founded: 1908

19. Pennsylvania State University

For Development Studies

#17 in the United States

#24 in the World

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

20. Ohio State University

United States | Ohio

For Development Studies

#18 in the United States

#25 in the World

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

21. New York University

For Development Studies

#19 in the United States

#26 in the World

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

22. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Development Studies

#20 in the United States

#27 in the World

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

23. Michigan State University

United States | Michigan

For Development Studies

#21 in the United States

#29 in the World

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

24. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Development Studies

#22 in the United States

#31 in the World

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

25. Duke University

United States | North Carolina

For Development Studies

#23 in the United States

#34 in the World

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

26. University of Pittsburgh

For Development Studies

#24 in the United States

#36 in the World

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

27. University of Texas at Austin

United States | Texas

For Development Studies

#25 in the United States

#37 in the World

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

28. Boston University

For Development Studies

#26 in the United States

#38 in the World

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

29. Northwestern University

For Development Studies

#27 in the United States

#40 in the World

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

30. Arizona State University - Tempe

United States | Arizona

For Development Studies

#28 in the United States

#41 in the World

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

31. University of Southern California

For Development Studies

#29 in the United States

#42 in the World

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

32. Princeton University

United States | New Jersey

For Development Studies

#30 in the United States

#43 in the World

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

33. University of Florida

For Development Studies

#31 in the United States

#44 in the World

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

34. University of Maryland - College Park

United States | Maryland

For Development Studies

#32 in the United States

#45 in the World

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

35. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

United States | New Jersey

For Development Studies

#33 in the United States

#46 in the World

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

36. McMaster University

For Development Studies

#3 in Canada

#47 in the World

Enrollment: 27,965
Founded: 1887

37. University of California-San Diego

For Development Studies

#34 in the United States

#49 in the World

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

38. Emory University

For Development Studies

#35 in the United States

#50 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Average SAT: 1490
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $26,680

39. McGill University

Canada | Quebec State

For Development Studies

#4 in Canada

#51 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 37,888
Founded: 1821

40. University of Alberta

Canada | Alberta

For Development Studies

#5 in Canada

#52 in the World

Enrollment: 31,185
Founded: 1908

41. University of California - Davis

For Development Studies

#36 in the United States

#54 in the World

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

42. University of Illinois at Chicago

United States | District of Columbia

For Development Studies

#37 in the United States

#59 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Average SAT: 1225
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 81%

43. Vanderbilt University

United States | Tennessee

For Development Studies

#38 in the United States

#60 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Average SAT: 1530
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $25,606

44. University of Arizona

United States | Arizona

For Development Studies

#39 in the United States

#61 in the World

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

45. George Washington University

For Development Studies

#40 in the United States

#68 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Average SAT: 1410
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $42,723

46. University of Virginia

For Development Studies

#41 in the United States

#69 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Average SAT: 1470
Average ACT: 33
Receiving Aid: 54%

47. University of Ottawa

For Development Studies

#6 in Canada

#70 in the World

Enrollment: 42,027
Founded: 1848

48. University of Iowa

United States | Iowa State

For Development Studies

#42 in the United States

#75 in the World

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

49. University of Calgary

Canada | Alberta

For Development Studies

#7 in Canada

#77 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Enrollment: 33,000
Founded: 1966

50. University of Utah

United States | Utah

For Development Studies

#43 in the United States

#78 in the World

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

51. Brown University

United States | Rhode Island

For Development Studies

#44 in the United States

#83 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 5%
Average SAT: 1535
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $26,723

52. Texas A&M University - College Station

United States | Texas

For Development Studies

#45 in the United States

#85 in the World

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

53. Washington University in St Louis

United States | Missouri

For Development Studies

#46 in the United States

#86 in the World

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

54. University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

United States | Colorado

For Development Studies

#47 in the United States

#87 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Average SAT: 1145
Average ACT: 24
Receiving Aid: 94%

55. University of Georgia

For Development Studies

#48 in the United States

#88 in the World

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

56. Western University

For Development Studies

#8 in Canada

#90 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 21,836
Founded: 1878

57. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Development Studies

#49 in the United States

#91 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Average SAT: 1460
Average ACT: 33
Receiving Aid: 73%

58. University of California - Irvine

For Development Studies

#50 in the United States

#92 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Receiving Aid: 80%
Average Aid: $17,411
Enrollment: 35,937

59. Providence College

United States | Rhode Island

For Development Studies

#51 in the United States

#96 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Average SAT: 1340
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $43,970

60. Carnegie Mellon University

United States | District of Columbia

For Development Studies

#52 in the United States

#99 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Average SAT: 1530
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $33,499

61. University of Kentucky

United States | Kentucky

For Development Studies

#53 in the United States

#103 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 95%
Average SAT: 1180
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 96%

62. Georgetown University

For Development Studies

#54 in the United States

#106 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Average SAT: 1485
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $35,566

63. University of Rochester

For Development Studies

#55 in the United States

#107 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Average SAT: 1465
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $39,775

64. Florida State University

For Development Studies

#56 in the United States

#109 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Average SAT: 1290
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 93%

65. Case Western Reserve University

United States | Ohio

For Development Studies

#57 in the United States

#110 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Average SAT: 1475
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $38,279

66. University of Missouri - Columbia

United States | Missouri

For Development Studies

#58 in the United States

#111 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Average SAT: 1240
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 91%

67. Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis

United States | Indiana

For Development Studies

#59 in the United States

#112 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Average SAT: 1150
Average ACT: 24
Receiving Aid: 91%

68. Tufts University

For Development Studies

#60 in the United States

#114 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Average SAT: 1500
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $30,479

69. University of South Carolina - Columbia

United States | South Carolina

For Development Studies

#61 in the United States

#115 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Average SAT: 1280
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 98%

70. Iowa State University

United States | Iowa State

For Development Studies

#62 in the United States

#117 in the World

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

71. Temple University

For Development Studies

#63 in the United States

#119 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Receiving Aid: 93%
Average Aid: $11,575
Enrollment: 33,196

72. Oregon Health & Science University

United States | Oregon

For Development Studies

#64 in the United States

#122 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 2,870
Male:Female: 30:70
Founded: 1887

73. University of Alabama at Birmingham

United States | Alabama

For Development Studies

#65 in the United States

#128 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Average SAT: 1305
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 96%

74. University of Connecticut

United States | Connecticut

For Development Studies

#66 in the United States

#129 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Average SAT: 1330
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 89%

75. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Development Studies

#67 in the United States

#131 in the World

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

76. University of Maryland, Baltimore

United States | Maryland

For Development Studies

#68 in the United States

#132 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Enrollment: 6,931
Male:Female: 27:73
Founded: 1807

77. University of South Florida

For Development Studies

#69 in the United States

#133 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Average SAT: 1235
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 90%

78. University at Buffalo

For Development Studies

#70 in the United States

#134 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Average SAT: 1285
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 86%

79. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

United States | North Carolina

For Development Studies

#71 in the United States

#136 in the World

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

80. Purdue University

United States | Indiana

For Development Studies

#72 in the United States

#137 in the World

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

81. University of Miami

For Development Studies

#73 in the United States

#138 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Average SAT: 1395
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $36,467

82. Dartmouth College

United States | New Hampshire

For Development Studies

#74 in the United States

#140 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 6%
Average SAT: 1540
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $19,208

83. University of Kansas

United States | Kansas State

For Development Studies

#75 in the United States

#141 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 1215
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 91%

84. University of Tennessee - Knoxville

United States | Tennessee

For Development Studies

#76 in the United States

#143 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Average SAT: 1250
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 91%

85. University of Montreal

Canada | Quebec State

For Development Studies

#9 in Canada

#145 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 66,972
Founded: 1878

86. Virginia Commonwealth University

For Development Studies

#77 in the United States

#146 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Average SAT: 1160
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 90%

87. York University

For Development Studies

#10 in Canada

#147 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Enrollment: 53,000
Founded: 1959

88. George Mason University

For Development Studies

#78 in the United States

#148 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Average SAT: 1245
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 80%

89. Dalhousie University

Canada | Nova Scotia

For Development Studies

#11 in Canada

#149 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Enrollment: 30,867
Founded: 1818

90. Queen's University

For Development Studies

#12 in Canada

#150 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Enrollment: 30,386
Founded: 1841

91. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

For Development Studies

#79 in the United States

#151 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 1,253
Male:Female: 40:60
Founded: 1963

92. Boston College

For Development Studies

#80 in the United States

#152 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Average SAT: 1488
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $30,559

93. University of Colorado Boulder

United States | Colorado

For Development Studies

#81 in the United States

#154 in the World

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

94. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Development Studies

#82 in the United States

#156 in the World

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

95. Wayne State University

United States | Michigan

For Development Studies

#83 in the United States

#157 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Average SAT: 1150
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 98%

96. Syracuse University

For Development Studies

#84 in the United States

#160 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Average SAT: 1345
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $43,651

97. Georgia State University

For Development Studies

#85 in the United States

#162 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Average SAT: 1135
Average ACT: 23
Receiving Aid: 95%

98. University of Cincinnati

United States | Ohio

For Development Studies

#86 in the United States

#163 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Average SAT: 1260
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 84%

99. Indiana University - Bloomington

United States | Indiana

For Development Studies

#87 in the United States

#164 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Average SAT: 1290
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 83%

100. University of Massachusetts - Amherst