Best Universities for Optical Engineering in North America

For Optical Engineering

#1 in the United States

#1 in the World

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

2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Optical Engineering

#2 in the United States

#2 in the World

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

3. University of California - Berkeley

For Optical Engineering

#3 in the United States

#3 in the World

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

4. Harvard University

For Optical Engineering

#4 in the United States

#4 in the World

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

5. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

United States | Michigan

For Optical Engineering

#5 in the United States

#6 in the World

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

6. University of California - Los Angeles

For Optical Engineering

#6 in the United States

#8 in the World

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

7. California Institute of Technology

For Optical Engineering

#7 in the United States

#9 in the World

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

8. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Optical Engineering

#8 in the United States

#10 in the World

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

9. University of Toronto

For Optical Engineering

#1 in Canada

#13 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Enrollment: 95,055
Founded: 1827

10. University of Washington - Seattle

United States | Washington

For Optical Engineering

#9 in the United States

#14 in the World

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

11. Cornell University

For Optical Engineering

#10 in the United States

#15 in the World

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

12. University of California-San Diego

For Optical Engineering

#11 in the United States

#18 in the World

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

13. University of Texas at Austin

For Optical Engineering

#12 in the United States

#20 in the World

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

14. Georgia Institute of Technology

United States | Georgia

For Optical Engineering

#13 in the United States

#21 in the World

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

15. Princeton University

United States | New Jersey

For Optical Engineering

#14 in the United States

#24 in the World

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

16. Pennsylvania State University

For Optical Engineering

#15 in the United States

#25 in the World

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

17. University of Wisconsin - Madison

United States | Wisconsin

For Optical Engineering

#16 in the United States

#26 in the World

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

18. Johns Hopkins University

United States | Maryland

For Optical Engineering

#17 in the United States

#27 in the World

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

19. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Optical Engineering

#18 in the United States

#29 in the World

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

20. Columbia University

For Optical Engineering

#19 in the United States

#30 in the World

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

21. University of Arizona

United States | Arizona

For Optical Engineering

#20 in the United States

#31 in the World

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

22. University of Pennsylvania

For Optical Engineering

#21 in the United States

#34 in the World

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

23. University of Rochester

For Optical Engineering

#22 in the United States

#35 in the World

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

24. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

United States | Minnesota

For Optical Engineering

#23 in the United States

#36 in the World

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

25. Northwestern University

For Optical Engineering

#24 in the United States

#37 in the World

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

26. University of Southern California

For Optical Engineering

#25 in the United States

#40 in the World

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

27. University of Maryland - College Park

United States | Maryland

For Optical Engineering

#26 in the United States

#43 in the World

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

28. Ohio State University

United States | Ohio

For Optical Engineering

#27 in the United States

#44 in the World

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

29. Purdue University

United States | Indiana

For Optical Engineering

#28 in the United States

#45 in the World

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

30. Yale University

United States | Connecticut

For Optical Engineering

#29 in the United States

#50 in the World

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

31. University of Florida

For Optical Engineering

#30 in the United States

#55 in the World

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

32. Duke University

United States | North Carolina

For Optical Engineering

#31 in the United States

#56 in the World

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

33. University of Colorado Boulder

United States | Colorado

For Optical Engineering

#32 in the United States

#57 in the World

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

34. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Optical Engineering

#33 in the United States

#59 in the World

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

35. University of California - Davis

For Optical Engineering

#34 in the United States

#60 in the World

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

36. University of Chicago

For Optical Engineering

#35 in the United States

#64 in the World

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

37. University of British Columbia

Canada | British Columbia

For Optical Engineering

#2 in Canada

#65 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Enrollment: 59,659
Founded: 1908

38. Boston University

For Optical Engineering

#36 in the United States

#66 in the World

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

39. University of Utah

United States | Utah

For Optical Engineering

#37 in the United States

#67 in the World

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

40. McGill University

Canada | Quebec State

For Optical Engineering

#3 in Canada

#70 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Enrollment: 40,036
Founded: 1821

41. Carnegie Mellon University

For Optical Engineering

#38 in the United States

#79 in the World

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

42. University of California - Irvine

For Optical Engineering

#39 in the United States

#84 in the World

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

43. University of California - San Francisco

For Optical Engineering

#40 in the United States

#85 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 3,165
Male:Female: 35:65
Founded: 1864

44. Iowa State University

United States | Iowa State

For Optical Engineering

#41 in the United States

#90 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Average SAT: 1207
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 93%

45. University of Central Florida

For Optical Engineering

#42 in the United States

#91 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Average SAT: 1260
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 94%

46. University of Alberta

Canada | Alberta

For Optical Engineering

#4 in Canada

#93 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1908

47. University of Pittsburgh

For Optical Engineering

#43 in the United States

#95 in the World

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

48. New York University

For Optical Engineering

#44 in the United States

#101 in the World

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

49. Washington University in St Louis

United States | Missouri

For Optical Engineering

#45 in the United States

#103 in the World

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

50. Arizona State University - Tempe

United States | Arizona

For Optical Engineering

#46 in the United States

#104 in the World

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

51. Rice University

For Optical Engineering

#47 in the United States

#105 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Average SAT: 1530
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $18,521

52. University of Waterloo

For Optical Engineering

#5 in Canada

#108 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Enrollment: 35,900
Founded: 1957

53. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

United States | New Jersey

For Optical Engineering

#48 in the United States

#109 in the World

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

54. University of Virginia

United States | Virginia

For Optical Engineering

#49 in the United States

#118 in the World

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

55. Michigan State University

United States | Michigan

For Optical Engineering

#50 in the United States

#119 in the World

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

56. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

United States | North Carolina

For Optical Engineering

#51 in the United States

#122 in the World

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

57. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

United States | North Carolina

For Optical Engineering

#52 in the United States

#125 in the World

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

58. Stony Brook University

For Optical Engineering

#53 in the United States

#130 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 48%
Average SAT: 1390
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 82%

59. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

United States | Virginia

For Optical Engineering

#54 in the United States

#132 in the World

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

60. Case Western Reserve University

United States | Ohio

For Optical Engineering

#55 in the United States

#136 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Average SAT: 1470
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $38,166

61. McMaster University

For Optical Engineering

#6 in Canada

#154 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Enrollment: 30,117
Founded: 1887

62. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

For Optical Engineering

#56 in the United States

#163 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Average SAT: 1440
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $40,070

63. University of Iowa

United States | Iowa State

For Optical Engineering

#57 in the United States

#166 in the World

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

64. University of Miami

For Optical Engineering

#58 in the United States

#170 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 28%
Average SAT: 1380
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $34,492

65. Emory University

United States | Georgia

For Optical Engineering

#59 in the United States

#171 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Average SAT: 1480
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $28,367

66. Brown University

United States | Rhode Island

For Optical Engineering

#60 in the United States

#173 in the World

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

67. University of Houston

For Optical Engineering

#61 in the United States

#177 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Average SAT: 1235
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 85%

68. Vanderbilt University

United States | Tennessee

For Optical Engineering

#62 in the United States

#179 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Average SAT: 1525
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $27,553

69. University of Calgary

Canada | Alberta

For Optical Engineering

#7 in Canada

#183 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 33,000
Founded: 1966

70. Western University

For Optical Engineering

#8 in Canada

#184 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Enrollment: 27,300
Founded: 1878

71. University of Delaware

United States | Delaware

For Optical Engineering

#63 in the United States

#189 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Average SAT: 1248
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 90%

72. Providence College

United States | Rhode Island

For Optical Engineering

#64 in the United States

#191 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Average SAT: 1225
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $39,566

73. University of Ottawa

For Optical Engineering

#9 in Canada

#192 in the World

Enrollment: 42,027
Founded: 1848

74. University of New Mexico

United States | New Mexico

For Optical Engineering

#65 in the United States

#197 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 97%
Average ACT: 23
Receiving Aid: 98%
Average Aid: $7,531

75. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

For Optical Engineering

#66 in the United States

#198 in the World

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

76. University of Tennessee - Knoxville

United States | Tennessee

For Optical Engineering

#67 in the United States

#201 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Average SAT: 1255
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 92%

77. Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

United States | Minnesota

For Optical Engineering

#68 in the United States

#202 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Net Price: $11,188
Receiving Aid: 97%
Average Aid: $2,100

78. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Optical Engineering

#69 in the United States

#205 in the World

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

79. University of Connecticut

United States | Connecticut

For Optical Engineering

#70 in the United States

#207 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Average SAT: 1330
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 82%

80. Laval University

Canada | Quebec State

For Optical Engineering

#10 in Canada

#211 in the World

Enrollment: 45,000
Founded: 1852

81. University of Notre Dame

United States | Indiana

For Optical Engineering

#71 in the United States

#239 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Average SAT: 1480
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $30,513

82. Colorado State University - Fort Collins

United States | Colorado

For Optical Engineering

#72 in the United States

#244 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Average SAT: 1185
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 84%

83. Baylor College of Medicine

For Optical Engineering

#73 in the United States

#248 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Enrollment: 1,596
Male:Female: 42:58
Founded: 1900

84. University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

For Optical Engineering

#74 in the United States

#249 in the World

Enrollment: 358
Male:Female: 20:80
Founded: 1941

85. University of Montreal

Canada | Quebec State

For Optical Engineering

#11 in Canada

#254 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Enrollment: 45,360
Founded: 1878

86. Queen's University

For Optical Engineering

#12 in Canada

#256 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Enrollment: 30,386
Founded: 1841

87. University of California - Riverside

For Optical Engineering

#75 in the United States

#259 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Receiving Aid: 82%
Average Aid: $18,676
Enrollment: 26,847

88. Wayne State University

United States | Michigan

For Optical Engineering

#76 in the United States

#263 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Average SAT: 1145
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 99%

89. University of Kentucky

United States | Kentucky

For Optical Engineering

#77 in the United States

#267 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Average SAT: 1207
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 94%

90. Tufts University

For Optical Engineering

#78 in the United States

#268 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Average SAT: 1495
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $31,630

91. University at Buffalo

For Optical Engineering

#79 in the United States

#270 in the World

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

92. University of Missouri - Columbia

United States | Missouri

For Optical Engineering

#80 in the United States

#271 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Average SAT: 1240
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 91%

93. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

United States | Louisiana

For Optical Engineering

#81 in the United States

#276 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Average SAT: 1225
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 95%

94. University of California - Santa Cruz

For Optical Engineering

#82 in the United States

#278 in the World

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

95. University of Alabama at Birmingham

United States | Alabama

For Optical Engineering

#83 in the United States

#284 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Average SAT: 1281
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 97%

96. University of South Carolina - Columbia

United States | South Carolina

For Optical Engineering

#84 in the United States

#286 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 62%
Average SAT: 1255
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 95%

97. Florida State University