Best Universities for Oceanography 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 Oceanography. A graph of 178M citations received by 5.69M academic papers made by 4,656 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. University of Washington - Seattle

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
39%
Receiving Aid
56%
Average Aid
$16,156
Enrollment
56,997

2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1550
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$20,996

3. University of Tokyo

For Oceanography

#1 in Asia
#1 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
28,918
Founded
1877

4. Stanford University

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$25,078

5. University of California - Berkeley

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
63%
Average Aid
$29,608
Enrollment
45,882

6. Columbia University

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,520

8. University of California-San Diego

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
27%
Receiving Aid
66%
Average Aid
$25,757
Enrollment
44,256

9. Pennsylvania State University

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
61%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
67%

10. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1450
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
60%

11. Tsinghua University

For Oceanography

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

13. University of Colorado Boulder

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
78%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
67%

15. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
16%
Average SAT
1445
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
69%

16. University of British Columbia

For Oceanography

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

17. Princeton University

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$15,313

18. Harvard University

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$17,525

19. Oregon State University

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
92%

20. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
42%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
64%

21. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
74%

22. University of Maryland - College Park

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1465
Average ACT
34
Receiving Aid
67%

23. University of California - Davis

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
42%
Receiving Aid
65%
Average Aid
$24,591
Enrollment
40,065

24. University of Florida

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
24%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

25. University of Toronto

For Oceanography

#2 in Canada
Enrollment
102,431
Founded
1827

26. Cornell University

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,361

27. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
80%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
81%

28. University of California - Los Angeles

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
59%
Average Aid
$25,627
Enrollment
47,335

29. University of Texas at Austin

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
27%
Average SAT
1380
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
65%

30. Utrecht University

For Oceanography

#4 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
22%
Enrollment
40,000
Founded
1636

31. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
33%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$24,695
Enrollment
26,133

32. Kyoto University

For Oceanography

#3 in Asia
#2 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
22,365
Founded
1897

33. University of Queensland

For Oceanography

#1 in Oceania
#1 in Australia
Enrollment
48,771
Founded
1909

34. Zhejiang University

For Oceanography

#4 in Asia
#2 in China
Enrollment
60,739
Founded
1897

35. Delft University of Technology

For Oceanography

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

37. University of Copenhagen

For Oceanography

#7 in Europe
#1 in Denmark
Acceptance Rate
37%
Founded
1479

38. Colorado State University - Fort Collins

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
89%
Receiving Aid
79%
Average Aid
$10,160
Enrollment
34,096

39. University of New South Wales

For Oceanography

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

42. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1455
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
73%

43. Technical University of Denmark

For Oceanography

#10 in Europe
#2 in Denmark
Acceptance Rate
38%
Founded
1829

44. Ocean University of China

For Oceanography

#5 in Asia
#3 in China
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
26,000
Founded
1924

46. Pierre and Marie Curie University

For Oceanography

#12 in Europe
#1 in France
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
35,114
Founded
1150

47. University of Arizona

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
96%

48. Stockholm University

For Oceanography

#13 in Europe
#1 in Sweden
Enrollment
37,484
Founded
1878

49. Ohio State University

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
61%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
80%

50. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
42%
Average SAT
1385
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

51. Aarhus University

For Oceanography

#14 in Europe
#3 in Denmark
Acceptance Rate
42%
Enrollment
33,020
Founded
1928

52. McGill University

For Oceanography

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

53. University of Miami

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$45,397

54. California Institute of Technology

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
3%
Net Price
$14,513
Receiving Aid
70%
Average Aid
$72,373

55. Tohoku University

For Oceanography

#6 in Asia
#3 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
17,975
Founded
1907

57. Yale University

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,408

58. University of Hawaii at Manoa

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1187
Average ACT
21
Receiving Aid
76%

59. Peking University

For Oceanography

#7 in Asia
#4 in China
Enrollment
44,730
Founded
1898

60. Australian National University

For Oceanography

#4 in Oceania
#4 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
71%
Founded
1946

61. University of Melbourne

For Oceanography

#5 in Oceania
#5 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
77%
Enrollment
77,162
Founded
1853

63. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
69%

64. University of Hong Kong

For Oceanography

#8 in Asia
#5 in China
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
21,652
Founded
1911

65. University of Alaska Fairbanks

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
100%
Receiving Aid
92%
Average Aid
$10,424
Enrollment
6,893

66. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

For Oceanography

#9 in Asia
#6 in China
Enrollment
47,000
Founded
1896

68. Purdue University

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
50%
Average SAT
1340
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
59%

70. Harbin Institute of Technology

For Oceanography

#11 in Asia
#7 in China
Acceptance Rate
16%
Founded
1920

71. University of Alberta

For Oceanography

#4 in Canada
Enrollment
31,185
Founded
1908

72. University of Sydney

For Oceanography

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

73. Lund University

For Oceanography

#17 in Europe
#2 in Sweden
Enrollment
40,000
Founded
1666

74. University of Sao Paulo

For Oceanography

#1 in Brazil
Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
97,964
Founded
1827

76. Hokkaido University

For Oceanography

#12 in Asia
#4 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
27%
Enrollment
17,770
Founded
1918

77. Dalhousie University

For Oceanography

#5 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
82%
Enrollment
30,867
Founded
1818

78. Duke University

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$21,981

83. Nanjing University

For Oceanography

#13 in Asia
#8 in China
Enrollment
56,068
Founded
1902

84. Seoul National University

For Oceanography

#14 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
28,378
Founded
1946

85. Tongji University

For Oceanography

#15 in Asia
#9 in China
Enrollment
37,000
Founded
1907

86. University of Hamburg

For Oceanography

#22 in Europe
#1 in Germany
Enrollment
43,957
Founded
1919

87. University of Helsinki

For Oceanography

#23 in Europe
#1 in Finland
Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
31,312
Founded
1640

88. Ghent University

For Oceanography

#24 in Europe
#1 in Belgium
Enrollment
50,000
Founded
1817

89. Michigan State University

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
92%

91. Johns Hopkins University

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,017

92. University of Bristol

For Oceanography

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

93. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$12,172
Enrollment
79,818

94. Catholic University of Leuven

For Oceanography

#27 in Europe
#2 in Belgium
Enrollment
62,693
Founded
1425

95. University of California - Irvine

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
29%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$23,110
Enrollment
37,297

96. University of Tasmania

For Oceanography

#8 in Oceania
#8 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
72%
Enrollment
33,879
Founded
1890

97. Xi'an Jiaotong University

For Oceanography

#16 in Asia
#10 in China
Enrollment
40,346
Founded
1896

98. University of Bergen

For Oceanography

#28 in Europe
#2 in Norway
Enrollment
16,900
Founded
1946

99. University of Oslo

For Oceanography

#29 in Europe
#3 in Norway
Enrollment
26,650
Founded
1811

100. National Taiwan University

For Oceanography

#17 in Asia
#1 in Taiwan
Enrollment
33,882
Founded
1945