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 165M citations received by 5.53M academic papers made by 4,619 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
43%
Receiving Aid
55%
Average Aid
$14,390
Enrollment
55,620

2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$21,519

3. University of Tokyo

For Oceanography

#1 in Asia
#1 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
28,479
Founded
1877

4. Stanford University

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$17,998

5. University of California - Berkeley

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
12%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$25,951
Enrollment
45,699

6. Columbia University

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$20,869

8. University of California-San Diego

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
25%
Receiving Aid
70%
Average Aid
$24,176
Enrollment
42,376

9. Pennsylvania State University

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
54%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
66%

10. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
43%
Average SAT
1435
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
60%

11. University of Colorado Boulder

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
83%
Average SAT
1325
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
66%

13. Tsinghua University

For Oceanography

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

14. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
18%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
66%

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
4%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,811

18. Harvard University

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
3%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$17,900

19. Oregon State University

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
79%
Receiving Aid
92%
Average Aid
$9,922
Enrollment
35,622

20. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
44%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
61%

21. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
63%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
77%

22. University of Maryland - College Park

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1445
Average ACT
34
Receiving Aid
65%

23. University of California - Davis

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
42%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$21,258
Enrollment
39,707

24. University of Florida

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
24%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
92%

25. University of Toronto

For Oceanography

#2 in Canada
Enrollment
27,651
Founded
1827

26. Cornell University

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,455

27. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
81%

28. University of California - Los Angeles

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
60%
Average Aid
$22,441
Enrollment
46,678

29. University of Texas at Austin

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
29%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

30. Kyoto University

For Oceanography

#3 in Asia
#2 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
22,455
Founded
1897

31. Utrecht University

For Oceanography

#4 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1636

32. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
28%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$21,732
Enrollment
26,068

33. Delft University of Technology

For Oceanography

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

34. University of Queensland

For Oceanography

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

36. Colorado State University - Fort Collins

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
74%
Average Aid
$10,554
Enrollment
33,500

37. Zhejiang University

For Oceanography

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

38. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
16%
Average SAT
1430
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
73%

41. University of New South Wales

For Oceanography

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

43. Pierre and Marie Curie University

For Oceanography

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

44. University of Arizona

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
98%

45. Ohio State University

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
51%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
75%

46. Stockholm University

For Oceanography

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

47. University of Copenhagen

For Oceanography

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

48. Ocean University of China

For Oceanography

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

49. California Institute of Technology

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
3%
Net Price
$23,397
Receiving Aid
68%
Average Aid
$60,201

50. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
40%
Average SAT
1380
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
68%

51. University of Miami

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$41,028

52. McGill University

For Oceanography

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

53. Tohoku University

For Oceanography

#6 in Asia
#3 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
17,591
Founded
1907

54. Yale University

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,044

56. University of Hawaii at Manoa

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
70%
Average SAT
1130
Average ACT
24
Receiving Aid
79%

57. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
65%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
71%

58. University of Alaska Fairbanks

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
100%
Receiving Aid
89%
Average Aid
$10,102
Enrollment
6,640

60. Australian National University

For Oceanography

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

61. Purdue University

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
50%
Average SAT
1325
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
60%

62. Technical University of Denmark

For Oceanography

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

63. Peking University

For Oceanography

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

64. University of Hong Kong

For Oceanography

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

65. University of Alberta

For Oceanography

#4 in Canada
Enrollment
31,185
Founded
1908

68. University of Melbourne

For Oceanography

#5 in Oceania
#5 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
77%
Enrollment
49,000
Founded
1853

69. Lund University

For Oceanography

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

70. University of Sydney

For Oceanography

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

71. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

For Oceanography

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

73. Harbin Institute of Technology

For Oceanography

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

74. Hokkaido University

For Oceanography

#12 in Asia
#4 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
27%
Enrollment
17,541
Founded
1918

75. University of Sao Paulo

For Oceanography

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

76. Duke University

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,422

77. Dalhousie University

For Oceanography

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

78. Aarhus University

For Oceanography

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

82. Seoul National University

For Oceanography

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

84. University of Hamburg

For Oceanography

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

85. University of Helsinki

For Oceanography

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

86. Johns Hopkins University

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1555
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,844

87. Michigan State University

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
84%
Average SAT
1250
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
97%

88. Ghent University

For Oceanography

#24 in Europe
#1 in Belgium
Enrollment
41,669
Founded
1817

90. Nanjing University

For Oceanography

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

91. University of Bristol

For Oceanography

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

92. Tongji University

For Oceanography

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

93. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$11,992
Enrollment
79,593

94. University of Bergen

For Oceanography

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

95. University of Oslo

For Oceanography

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

96. Catholic University of Leuven

For Oceanography

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

97. University of California - Irvine

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
26%
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$21,533
Enrollment
36,582

98. University of Delaware

For Oceanography

Acceptance Rate
65%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
92%

99. National Taiwan University

For Oceanography

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

100. Kyushu University

For Oceanography

#17 in Asia
#5 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
18,560
Founded
1911