100 Best colleges for Telecommunications 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 Telecommunications. A graph of 35.9M citations received by 1.31M academic papers made by 751 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. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Telecommunications

#1 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1555
Average ACT
36
Net Price
$20,232

2. Stanford University

For Telecommunications

#2 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,279

3. University of California - Berkeley

For Telecommunications

#3 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
60%
Average Aid
$21,669
Enrollment
45,307

4. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Telecommunications

#4 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1460
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
73%

5. University of California - Los Angeles

For Telecommunications

#6 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
57%
Average Aid
$21,766
Enrollment
46,430

6. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Telecommunications

#7 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
64%

7. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Telecommunications

#8 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
74%

8. University of Texas at Austin

For Telecommunications

#11 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
89%

9. University of California-San Diego

For Telecommunications

#12 in the World
Acceptance Rate
24%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$20,782
Enrollment
42,006

10. University of Maryland - College Park

For Telecommunications

#13 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
63%

11. California Institute of Technology

For Telecommunications

#18 in the World
Acceptance Rate
3%
Net Price
$20,755
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$59,192

12. Princeton University

For Telecommunications

#20 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,698

13. University of Southern California

For Telecommunications

#21 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$36,808

14. Cornell University

For Telecommunications

#23 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,060

15. Carnegie Mellon University

For Telecommunications

#24 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$33,499

16. University of Washington - Seattle

For Telecommunications

#25 in the World
Acceptance Rate
48%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$14,731
Enrollment
52,319

17. Harvard University

For Telecommunications

#33 in the World
Acceptance Rate
3%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,491

18. Pennsylvania State University

For Telecommunications

#37 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1300
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
68%

19. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Telecommunications

#40 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

20. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Telecommunications

#41 in the World
Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
71%

21. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Telecommunications

#43 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
58%

22. Ohio State University

For Telecommunications

#44 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
83%

23. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Telecommunications

#45 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
74%

24. Purdue University

For Telecommunications

#46 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
60%

25. Columbia University

For Telecommunications

#48 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,058

26. Johns Hopkins University

For Telecommunications

#53 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$24,034

27. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Telecommunications

#55 in the World
Acceptance Rate
26%
Receiving Aid
59%
Average Aid
$20,389
Enrollment
26,420

28. University of Colorado Boulder

For Telecommunications

#58 in the World
Acceptance Rate
81%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
68%

29. University of California - Davis

For Telecommunications

#59 in the World
Acceptance Rate
37%
Receiving Aid
63%
Average Aid
$20,548
Enrollment
39,679

30. University of Florida

For Telecommunications

#61 in the World
Acceptance Rate
23%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

31. University of Arizona

For Telecommunications

#62 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1255
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
98%

32. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Telecommunications

#74 in the World
Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
70%

33. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Telecommunications

#78 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$12,381
Enrollment
80,065

34. University of California - Irvine

For Telecommunications

#82 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Receiving Aid
80%
Average Aid
$17,411
Enrollment
35,937

35. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Telecommunications

#83 in the World
Acceptance Rate
47%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
80%

36. Northwestern University

For Telecommunications

#90 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,095

37. University of Pennsylvania

For Telecommunications

#95 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,123

38. New York University

For Telecommunications

#96 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$29,499

39. University of Rochester

For Telecommunications

#98 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Average SAT
1465
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$39,775

40. Duke University

For Telecommunications

#100 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,694

41. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

For Telecommunications

#112 in the World
Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
91%

42. University of Virginia

For Telecommunications

#115 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
54%

43. Rice University

For Telecommunications

#124 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,902

44. Yale University

For Telecommunications

#125 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,647

45. University of Central Florida

For Telecommunications

#130 in the World
Acceptance Rate
41%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
96%

46. Michigan State University

For Telecommunications

#136 in the World
Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
94%

47. University of Notre Dame

For Telecommunications

#139 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$28,474

48. University of Utah

For Telecommunications

#140 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
99%

49. Iowa State University

For Telecommunications

#143 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Average SAT
1220
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
89%

50. University of Chicago

For Telecommunications

#148 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$36,991

51. Boston University

For Telecommunications

#150 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,829

52. Washington University in St Louis

For Telecommunications

#152 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$23,432

53. Northeastern University

For Telecommunications

#153 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1495
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$35,827

54. University of Pittsburgh

For Telecommunications

#158 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
87%

55. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

For Telecommunications

#159 in the World
Acceptance Rate
65%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$39,127

56. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Telecommunications

#167 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
59%

57. Stony Brook University

For Telecommunications

#174 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
88%

58. University of Connecticut

For Telecommunications

#176 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
89%

59. Colorado State University - Fort Collins

For Telecommunications

#183 in the World
Acceptance Rate
91%
Average SAT
1185
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
84%

60. University of Texas at Dallas

For Telecommunications

#189 in the World
Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1300
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
75%

61. University of Tennessee - Knoxville

For Telecommunications

#192 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1250
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
91%

62. University of Delaware

For Telecommunications

#194 in the World
Acceptance Rate
74%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
93%

63. University at Buffalo

For Telecommunications

#196 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
86%

64. Oregon State University

For Telecommunications

#203 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Receiving Aid
91%
Average Aid
$9,260
Enrollment
34,292

65. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Telecommunications

#204 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
81%

66. University of New Mexico

For Telecommunications

#216 in the World
Acceptance Rate
96%
Average ACT
22
Receiving Aid
97%
Average Aid
$9,280

67. New Jersey Institute of Technology

For Telecommunications

#217 in the World
Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1320
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
93%

68. University of Houston

For Telecommunications

#227 in the World
Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
83%

69. University of Cincinnati

For Telecommunications

#228 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
84%

70. University of California - Santa Cruz

For Telecommunications

#233 in the World
Acceptance Rate
47%
Receiving Aid
74%
Average Aid
$21,202
Enrollment
19,478

71. University of Oklahoma - Norman

For Telecommunications

#238 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
99%

72. University of South Florida

For Telecommunications

#240 in the World
Acceptance Rate
44%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
90%

73. Tufts University

For Telecommunications

#243 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$30,479

74. Syracuse University

For Telecommunications

#245 in the World
Acceptance Rate
52%
Average SAT
1345
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$43,651

75. University of Iowa

For Telecommunications

#246 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
91%

76. University of Nebraska - Lincoln

For Telecommunications

#247 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
95%

77. Case Western Reserve University

For Telecommunications

#255 in the World
Acceptance Rate
27%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$38,279

78. Brigham Young University - Provo

For Telecommunications

#262 in the World
Acceptance Rate
67%
Average SAT
1374
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$13,521

79. University of California - Riverside

For Telecommunications

#266 in the World
Acceptance Rate
69%
Receiving Aid
79%
Average Aid
$22,042
Enrollment
26,809

80. Providence College

For Telecommunications

#267 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1340
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$43,970

81. Vanderbilt University

For Telecommunications

#268 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$25,606

82. Brown University

For Telecommunications

#270 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,723

83. Washington State University

For Telecommunications

#271 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Receiving Aid
88%
Average Aid
$10,689
Enrollment
27,539

84. Illinois Institute of Technology

For Telecommunications

#277 in the World
Acceptance Rate
61%
Average SAT
1315
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$28,702

85. University of Kansas

For Telecommunications

#280 in the World
Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1215
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
91%

86. University of California - San Francisco

For Telecommunications

#284 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
3,140
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1864

87. Clemson University

For Telecommunications

#290 in the World
Acceptance Rate
43%
Average SAT
1315
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
85%

88. University of Texas at Arlington

For Telecommunications

#292 in the World
Acceptance Rate
81%
Average SAT
1120
Average ACT
22
Receiving Aid
93%

89. Dartmouth College

For Telecommunications

#300 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$19,208

90. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

For Telecommunications

#302 in the World
Acceptance Rate
76%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
98%

91. Drexel University

For Telecommunications

#303 in the World
Acceptance Rate
80%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$39,267

92. University of South Carolina - Columbia

For Telecommunications

#307 in the World
Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
98%

93. Auburn University

For Telecommunications

#313 in the World
Acceptance Rate
44%
Average SAT
1300
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
79%

94. George Mason University

For Telecommunications

#319 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
80%

95. University of Kentucky

For Telecommunications

#324 in the World
Acceptance Rate
95%
Average SAT
1180
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
96%

96. University of Missouri - Columbia

For Telecommunications

#328 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
91%

97. Missouri University of Science and Technology

For Telecommunications

#333 in the World
Acceptance Rate
81%
Average SAT
1272
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
98%

98. Wayne State University

For Telecommunications

#334 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1150
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
98%

99. Lehigh University

For Telecommunications

#339 in the World
Acceptance Rate
37%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$30,453

100. Worcester Polytechnic Institute

For Telecommunications

#352 in the World
Acceptance Rate
57%
Net Price
$46,876
Receiving Aid
97%
Average Aid
$27,059

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