100 Best Finance schools in the United States

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Below is a list of best universities in the United States ranked based on their research performance in Finance. A graph of 42M citations received by 1.11M academic papers made by 951 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. University of Chicago

For Finance

#1 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$27,979

2. University of California - Berkeley

For Finance

#2 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$25,951
Enrollment
45,699

3. Harvard University

For Finance

#3 in the World
Acceptance Rate
3%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$17,900

4. Stanford University

For Finance

#4 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$17,998

5. New York University

For Finance

#5 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$30,730

6. University of Pennsylvania

For Finance

#6 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,017

7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Finance

#7 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$21,519

8. Columbia University

For Finance

#8 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$20,869

9. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Finance

#9 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
66%

10. Cornell University

For Finance

#10 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,455

11. Princeton University

For Finance

#12 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,811

12. Yale University

For Finance

#13 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,044

13. Duke University

For Finance

#16 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,422

14. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Finance

#18 in the World
Acceptance Rate
44%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
61%

15. University of California - Los Angeles

For Finance

#20 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
60%
Average Aid
$22,441
Enrollment
46,678

16. University of Washington - Seattle

For Finance

#21 in the World
Acceptance Rate
43%
Receiving Aid
55%
Average Aid
$14,390
Enrollment
55,620

17. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Finance

#22 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
81%

18. Ohio State University

For Finance

#23 in the World
Acceptance Rate
51%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
75%

19. University of Maryland - College Park

For Finance

#24 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1445
Average ACT
34
Receiving Aid
65%

20. University of Texas at Austin

For Finance

#25 in the World
Acceptance Rate
29%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

21. Carnegie Mellon University

For Finance

#26 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$32,964

22. University of Southern California

For Finance

#27 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Average SAT
1495
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$41,496

23. Pennsylvania State University

For Finance

#28 in the World
Acceptance Rate
54%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
66%

24. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Finance

#29 in the World
Acceptance Rate
43%
Average SAT
1435
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
60%

25. Northwestern University

For Finance

#33 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$23,341

26. University of Virginia

For Finance

#36 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
44%

27. University of California-San Diego

For Finance

#40 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Receiving Aid
70%
Average Aid
$24,176
Enrollment
42,376

28. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Finance

#41 in the World
Acceptance Rate
65%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
71%

29. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Finance

#44 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1450
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
58%

30. Johns Hopkins University

For Finance

#46 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1555
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,844

31. University of Florida

For Finance

#47 in the World
Acceptance Rate
24%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
92%

32. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Finance

#49 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$11,992
Enrollment
79,593

33. Michigan State University

For Finance

#50 in the World
Acceptance Rate
84%
Average SAT
1250
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
97%

34. Purdue University

For Finance

#55 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Average SAT
1325
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
60%

35. Boston University

For Finance

#56 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1460
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,551

36. University of Rochester

For Finance

#57 in the World
Acceptance Rate
36%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$40,900

37. Washington University in St Louis

For Finance

#58 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,440

38. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Finance

#59 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
77%

39. Georgetown University

For Finance

#60 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$37,967

40. University of Arizona

For Finance

#63 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
98%

41. University of California - Davis

For Finance

#66 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$21,258
Enrollment
39,707

42. Boston College

For Finance

#67 in the World
Acceptance Rate
16%
Average SAT
1485
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$32,590

43. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Finance

#74 in the World
Acceptance Rate
16%
Average SAT
1430
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
73%

44. George Washington University

For Finance

#78 in the World
Acceptance Rate
44%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$45,466

45. University of California - Irvine

For Finance

#80 in the World
Acceptance Rate
26%
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$21,533
Enrollment
36,582

46. California Institute of Technology

For Finance

#82 in the World
Acceptance Rate
3%
Net Price
$23,397
Receiving Aid
68%
Average Aid
$60,201

47. Dartmouth College

For Finance

#83 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$17,322

48. Iowa State University

For Finance

#85 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
89%

49. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Finance

#86 in the World
Acceptance Rate
28%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$21,732
Enrollment
26,068

50. Indiana University - Bloomington

For Finance

#90 in the World
Acceptance Rate
80%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
83%

51. University of Pittsburgh

For Finance

#92 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
87%

52. University of Colorado Boulder

For Finance

#96 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Average SAT
1325
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
66%

53. Georgia State University

For Finance

#97 in the World
Acceptance Rate
62%
Average SAT
1160
Average ACT
23
Receiving Aid
94%

54. University of Notre Dame

For Finance

#99 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1490
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$29,083

55. Vanderbilt University

For Finance

#108 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,689

56. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Finance

#111 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
80%

57. University of Iowa

For Finance

#112 in the World
Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
88%

58. University of Utah

For Finance

#117 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1289
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
79%

59. University of Georgia

For Finance

#119 in the World
Acceptance Rate
37%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
84%

60. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Finance

#120 in the World
Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

61. George Mason University

For Finance

#121 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
80%

62. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

For Finance

#130 in the World
Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
87%

63. Emory University

For Finance

#134 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1505
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,986

64. Florida State University

For Finance

#136 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Average SAT
1315
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
95%

65. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Finance

#137 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Average SAT
1380
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
68%

66. University of South Carolina - Columbia

For Finance

#143 in the World
Acceptance Rate
61%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
95%

67. University of Houston

For Finance

#146 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
83%

68. University of California - Santa Cruz

For Finance

#150 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$21,564
Enrollment
19,764

69. University of Missouri - Columbia

For Finance

#151 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
90%

70. Temple University

For Finance

#153 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Receiving Aid
94%
Average Aid
$11,891
Enrollment
30,205

71. University of Connecticut

For Finance

#155 in the World
Acceptance Rate
54%
Average SAT
1315
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
83%

72. University of Tennessee - Knoxville

For Finance

#168 in the World
Acceptance Rate
46%
Average SAT
1265
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
90%

73. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

For Finance

#172 in the World
Acceptance Rate
74%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
93%

74. University of Kentucky

For Finance

#176 in the World
Acceptance Rate
92%
Average SAT
1185
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
97%

75. Brown University

For Finance

#186 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,608

76. Syracuse University

For Finance

#189 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Average SAT
1345
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$51,520

77. Rice University

For Finance

#190 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$20,587

78. Case Western Reserve University

For Finance

#191 in the World
Acceptance Rate
29%
Average SAT
1485
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$41,351

79. University of Miami

For Finance

#200 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$41,028

80. University of Kansas

For Finance

#203 in the World
Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1170
Average ACT
24
Receiving Aid
93%

81. American University in Washington

For Finance

#205 in the World
Acceptance Rate
47%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$40,189

82. Brigham Young University - Provo

For Finance

#209 in the World
Acceptance Rate
69%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$14,643

83. University at Buffalo

For Finance

#214 in the World
Acceptance Rate
69%
Average SAT
1295
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
86%

84. Fordham University

For Finance

#215 in the World
Acceptance Rate
56%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$45,368

85. Northeastern University

For Finance

#217 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1505
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$34,770

86. University of Oklahoma - Norman

For Finance

#225 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
99%

87. Texas Tech University

For Finance

#232 in the World
Acceptance Rate
71%
Average SAT
1180
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
86%

88. University of Alabama

For Finance

#240 in the World
Acceptance Rate
76%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
84%

89. CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

For Finance

#242 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Average SAT
1310
Receiving Aid
88%
Average Aid
$9,867

90. Anderson University - South Carolina

For Finance

#247 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1190
Average ACT
25
Net Price
$22,222

91. University of Delaware

For Finance

#248 in the World
Acceptance Rate
65%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
92%

92. Southern Methodist University

For Finance

#263 in the World
Acceptance Rate
61%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$45,792

93. Florida International University

For Finance

#267 in the World
Acceptance Rate
59%
Average SAT
1155
Average ACT
23
Receiving Aid
92%

94. Drexel University

For Finance

#271 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$42,342

95. Stony Brook University

For Finance

#276 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
89%

96. Tulane University of Louisiana

For Finance

#277 in the World
Acceptance Rate
15%
Average SAT
1450
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$50,631

97. Colorado State University - Fort Collins

For Finance

#280 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
74%
Average Aid
$10,554
Enrollment
33,500

98. University of Oregon

For Finance

#282 in the World
Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
90%

99. California University of Pennsylvania

For Finance

#290 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Receiving Aid
95%
Average Aid
$6,250
Enrollment
6,885

100. University of Central Florida

For Finance

#291 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
91%

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