List of 100 best universities in the United States

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EduRank

Top 100 universities in the United States ranked by EduRank based on research outputs, non-academic prominence, and alumni influence. The rankings are determined by analyzing 1.14B citations received by 29.4M academic publications made by 2,496 universities from the United States, the popularity of 115,591 recognized alumni, and the largest reference database available.

1. Harvard University

#1 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$17,525

2. Stanford University

#2 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$25,078

3. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

#4 in the World
Acceptance Rate
16%
Average SAT
1445
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
69%

4. Cornell University

#5 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,361

5. University of California - Berkeley

#7 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
63%
Average Aid
$29,608
Enrollment
45,882

6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

#8 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1550
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$20,996

7. Columbia University

#9 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,520

8. University of Washington - Seattle

#10 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Receiving Aid
56%
Average Aid
$16,156
Enrollment
56,997

9. Johns Hopkins University

#11 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,017

10. Yale University

#12 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,408

11. University of California - Los Angeles

#13 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
59%
Average Aid
$25,627
Enrollment
47,335

12. University of Pennsylvania

#15 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,570

13. University of Wisconsin - Madison

#17 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1450
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
60%

14. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

#18 in the World
Acceptance Rate
80%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
81%

15. University of Chicago

#20 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$28,060

16. New York University

#21 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$30,325

17. Pennsylvania State University

#22 in the World
Acceptance Rate
61%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
67%

18. Ohio State University

#23 in the World
Acceptance Rate
61%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
80%

19. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

#24 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
64%

20. University of California-San Diego

#25 in the World
Acceptance Rate
27%
Receiving Aid
66%
Average Aid
$25,757
Enrollment
44,256

21. Princeton University

#26 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$15,313

22. University of Southern California

#27 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$43,412

23. University of Florida

#28 in the World
Acceptance Rate
24%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

24. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

#30 in the World
Acceptance Rate
15%
Average SAT
1460
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
59%

25. Northwestern University

#31 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,830

26. University of Texas at Austin

#32 in the World
Acceptance Rate
27%
Average SAT
1380
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
65%

27. Duke University

#33 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$21,981

28. University of California - Davis

#34 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Receiving Aid
65%
Average Aid
$24,591
Enrollment
40,065

29. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

#37 in the World
Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
69%

30. University of Maryland - College Park

#39 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1465
Average ACT
34
Receiving Aid
67%

31. Michigan State University

#40 in the World
Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
92%

32. University of California - San Francisco

#42 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
3,007
Male:Female
36:64
Founded
1864

33. University of Pittsburgh

#43 in the World
Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
74%

34. Purdue University

#44 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Average SAT
1340
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
59%

35. University of Arizona

#45 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
96%

36. Texas A&M University - College Station

#46 in the World
Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
74%

37. Boston University

#48 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$24,420

38. Carnegie Mellon University

#51 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$35,552

39. Washington University in St Louis

#53 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,408

40. University of Virginia

#55 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
34
Receiving Aid
57%

41. University of Utah

#57 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
79%

42. Arizona State University - Tempe

#58 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$12,172
Enrollment
79,818

43. University of California - Irvine

#59 in the World
Acceptance Rate
29%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$23,110
Enrollment
37,297

44. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

#63 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Average SAT
1385
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

45. University of Colorado Boulder

#67 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
67%

46. California Institute of Technology

#71 in the World
Acceptance Rate
3%
Net Price
$14,513
Receiving Aid
70%
Average Aid
$72,373

47. Georgia Institute of Technology

#72 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1455
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
73%

48. Vanderbilt University

#73 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$25,186

49. University of Iowa

#74 in the World
Acceptance Rate
84%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
90%

50. Brown University

#77 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,256

51. Georgetown University

#79 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$39,083

52. Emory University

#82 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1510
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$27,303

53. Iowa State University

#83 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
89%

54. University of Georgia

#86 in the World
Acceptance Rate
38%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
89%

55. University of California - Santa Barbara

#87 in the World
Acceptance Rate
33%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$24,695
Enrollment
26,133

56. University of Rochester

#90 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$40,462

57. Tufts University

#91 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1515
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$32,367

58. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

#97 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
67%

59. University of Kentucky

#102 in the World
Acceptance Rate
93%
Average SAT
1180
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
97%

60. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

#105 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
89%

61. Oregon State University

#107 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
92%

62. University of Miami

#109 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$45,397

63. University of Illinois at Chicago

#113 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
80%

64. University of Nebraska - Lincoln

#115 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1214
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
96%

65. Colorado State University - Fort Collins

#117 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Receiving Aid
79%
Average Aid
$10,160
Enrollment
34,096

66. George Washington University

#120 in the World
Acceptance Rate
47%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$46,485

67. University of Missouri - Columbia

#121 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
97%

68. Case Western Reserve University

#123 in the World
Acceptance Rate
37%
Average SAT
1485
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$44,000

69. University of Tennessee - Knoxville

#135 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
96%

70. Florida State University

#142 in the World
Acceptance Rate
24%
Average SAT
1340
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

71. University of Notre Dame

#144 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1508
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$29,300

72. University of Connecticut

#145 in the World
Acceptance Rate
52%
Average SAT
1325
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
88%

73. University of Kansas

#147 in the World
Acceptance Rate
93%
Average SAT
1185
Average ACT
24
Receiving Aid
94%

74. Dartmouth College

#148 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$20,322

75. University at Buffalo

#152 in the World
Acceptance Rate
74%
Average SAT
1295
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
86%

76. Washington State University

#165 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Receiving Aid
89%
Average Aid
$10,886
Enrollment
25,685

77. University of South Florida

#166 in the World
Acceptance Rate
43%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
89%

78. University of Cincinnati

#173 in the World
Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1265
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
88%

80. Rice University

#179 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,589

81. Temple University

#180 in the World
Acceptance Rate
80%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$14,837
Enrollment
29,640

82. Indiana University - Bloomington

#184 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

83. University of New Mexico

#187 in the World
Acceptance Rate
95%
Average SAT
1030
Average ACT
23
Receiving Aid
100%

84. University of California - Santa Cruz

#192 in the World
Acceptance Rate
66%
Receiving Aid
64%
Average Aid
$22,774
Enrollment
19,938

85. University of Alabama at Birmingham

#194 in the World
Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
95%

86. Stony Brook University

#199 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
99%

87. Northeastern University

#201 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1490
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$34,207

88. University of South Carolina - Columbia

#202 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
94%

89. University of California - Riverside

#203 in the World
Acceptance Rate
76%
Receiving Aid
80%
Average Aid
$24,355
Enrollment
26,384

90. University of Delaware

#209 in the World
Acceptance Rate
71%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
94%

91. Wayne State University

#211 in the World
Acceptance Rate
81%
Average SAT
1165
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
99%

92. University of Oregon

#212 in the World
Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
90%

93. University of Houston

#213 in the World
Acceptance Rate
74%
Average SAT
1250
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
83%

94. University of Maryland, Baltimore

#216 in the World
Acceptance Rate
65%
Enrollment
6,636
Male:Female
27:73
Founded
1807

95. Brigham Young University - Provo

#217 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$16,694

97. University of Oklahoma - Norman

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

98. George Mason University

#235 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
79%

99. Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis

#243 in the World
Acceptance Rate
76%
Average SAT
1135
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
91%

100. Tulane University of Louisiana

#245 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1460
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$47,427

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