List of 100 best universities in North America
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Top 100 universities in North America ranked by EduRank based on research outputs, non-academic prominence, and alumni influence. The rankings are determined by analyzing 1.21B citations received by 32.4M academic publications made by 2,597 universities from North America, the popularity of 115,440 recognized alumni, and the largest reference database available.
1. Harvard University
#1 in the United States
#1 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 3%
- Average SAT
- 1540
- Average ACT
- 35
- Net Price
- $17,900
2. Stanford University
#2 in the United States
#2 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 4%
- Average SAT
- 1545
- Average ACT
- 35
- Net Price
- $17,998
3. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
#3 in the United States
#3 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 18%
- Average SAT
- 1440
- Average ACT
- 33
- Receiving Aid
- 66%
4. Cornell University
#4 in the United States
#5 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 8%
- Average SAT
- 1520
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $26,455
5. University of California - Berkeley
#5 in the United States
#6 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 12%
- Receiving Aid
- 61%
- Average Aid
- $25,951
- Enrollment
- 45,699
6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
#6 in the United States
#8 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 5%
- Average SAT
- 1545
- Average ACT
- 35
- Net Price
- $21,519
7. Columbia University
#7 in the United States
#9 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 4%
- Average SAT
- 1530
- Average ACT
- 35
- Net Price
- $20,869
8. University of Washington - Seattle
#8 in the United States
#10 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 43%
- Receiving Aid
- 55%
- Average Aid
- $14,390
- Enrollment
- 55,620
9. Johns Hopkins University
#9 in the United States
#11 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 8%
- Average SAT
- 1555
- Average ACT
- 35
- Net Price
- $22,844
10. Yale University
#10 in the United States
#12 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 5%
- Average SAT
- 1540
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $26,044
11. University of California - Los Angeles
#11 in the United States
#13 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 9%
- Receiving Aid
- 60%
- Average Aid
- $22,441
- Enrollment
- 46,678
13. University of Pennsylvania
#12 in the United States
#16 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 6%
- Average SAT
- 1535
- Average ACT
- 35
- Net Price
- $26,017
14. University of Wisconsin - Madison
#13 in the United States
#17 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 43%
- Average SAT
- 1435
- Average ACT
- 30
- Receiving Aid
- 60%
15. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
#14 in the United States
#18 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 77%
- Average SAT
- 1395
- Average ACT
- 29
- Receiving Aid
- 81%
16. University of Chicago
#15 in the United States
#19 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 5%
- Average SAT
- 1540
- Average ACT
- 35
- Net Price
- $27,979
17. Pennsylvania State University
#16 in the United States
#20 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 54%
- Average SAT
- 1310
- Average ACT
- 30
- Receiving Aid
- 66%
18. New York University
#17 in the United States
#22 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 9%
- Average SAT
- 1525
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $30,730
19. Ohio State University
#18 in the United States
#23 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 51%
- Average SAT
- 1405
- Average ACT
- 31
- Receiving Aid
- 75%
20. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign
#19 in the United States
#24 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 44%
- Average SAT
- 1390
- Average ACT
- 32
- Receiving Aid
- 61%
21. University of California-San Diego
#20 in the United States
#25 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 25%
- Receiving Aid
- 70%
- Average Aid
- $24,176
- Enrollment
- 42,376
22. Princeton University
#21 in the United States
#26 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 4%
- Average SAT
- 1540
- Average ACT
- 35
- Net Price
- $19,811
23. University of Southern California
#22 in the United States
#27 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 10%
- Average SAT
- 1495
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $41,496
24. University of Florida
#23 in the United States
#28 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 24%
- Average SAT
- 1390
- Average ACT
- 31
- Receiving Aid
- 92%
26. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
#24 in the United States
#30 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 19%
- Average SAT
- 1450
- Average ACT
- 32
- Receiving Aid
- 58%
27. Northwestern University
#25 in the United States
#31 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 7%
- Average SAT
- 1525
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $23,341
28. University of Texas at Austin
#26 in the United States
#32 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 29%
- Average SAT
- 1360
- Average ACT
- 30
- Receiving Aid
- 69%
29. Duke University
#27 in the United States
#33 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 7%
- Average SAT
- 1540
- Average ACT
- 35
- Net Price
- $23,422
30. University of California - Davis
#28 in the United States
#34 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 42%
- Receiving Aid
- 58%
- Average Aid
- $21,258
- Enrollment
- 39,707
31. Rutgers University - New Brunswick
#29 in the United States
#35 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 65%
- Average SAT
- 1375
- Average ACT
- 31
- Receiving Aid
- 71%
32. University of Maryland - College Park
#30 in the United States
#37 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 45%
- Average SAT
- 1445
- Average ACT
- 34
- Receiving Aid
- 65%
33. Michigan State University
#31 in the United States
#38 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 84%
- Average SAT
- 1250
- Average ACT
- 29
- Receiving Aid
- 97%
34. Purdue University
#32 in the United States
#39 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 50%
- Average SAT
- 1325
- Average ACT
- 31
- Receiving Aid
- 60%
35. University of Pittsburgh
#33 in the United States
#41 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 50%
- Average SAT
- 1360
- Average ACT
- 31
- Receiving Aid
- 87%
37. University of Arizona
#34 in the United States
#43 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 86%
- Average SAT
- 1290
- Average ACT
- 26
- Receiving Aid
- 98%
38. Texas A&M University - College Station
#35 in the United States
#44 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 63%
- Average SAT
- 1260
- Average ACT
- 28
- Receiving Aid
- 77%
39. Boston University
#36 in the United States
#47 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 11%
- Average SAT
- 1460
- Average ACT
- 33
- Net Price
- $27,551
40. University of California - San Francisco
#37 in the United States
#48 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 13%
- Enrollment
- 3,126
- Male:Female
- 35:65
- Founded
- 1864
41. Carnegie Mellon University
#38 in the United States
#50 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 11%
- Average SAT
- 1535
- Average ACT
- 35
- Net Price
- $32,964
42. Washington University in St Louis
#39 in the United States
#51 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 12%
- Average SAT
- 1535
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $22,440
43. University of Virginia
#40 in the United States
#53 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 17%
- Average SAT
- 1470
- Average ACT
- 33
- Receiving Aid
- 44%
44. University of Utah
#41 in the United States
#54 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 87%
- Average SAT
- 1289
- Average ACT
- 26
- Receiving Aid
- 79%
45. University of California - Irvine
#42 in the United States
#59 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 26%
- Receiving Aid
- 71%
- Average Aid
- $21,533
- Enrollment
- 36,582
46. Arizona State University - Tempe
#43 in the United States
#61 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 90%
- Receiving Aid
- 93%
- Average Aid
- $11,992
- Enrollment
- 79,593
47. University of Colorado Boulder
#44 in the United States
#62 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 83%
- Average SAT
- 1325
- Average ACT
- 31
- Receiving Aid
- 66%
49. California Institute of Technology
#45 in the United States
#65 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 3%
- Net Price
- $23,397
- Receiving Aid
- 68%
- Average Aid
- $60,201
50. North Carolina State University at Raleigh
#46 in the United States
#67 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 40%
- Average SAT
- 1380
- Average ACT
- 30
- Receiving Aid
- 68%
51. Georgia Institute of Technology
#47 in the United States
#69 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 16%
- Average SAT
- 1430
- Average ACT
- 31
- Receiving Aid
- 73%
52. University of Iowa
#48 in the United States
#71 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 85%
- Average SAT
- 1225
- Average ACT
- 25
- Receiving Aid
- 88%
53. Brown University
#49 in the United States
#74 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 5%
- Average SAT
- 1535
- Average ACT
- 35
- Net Price
- $26,608
54. Vanderbilt University
#50 in the United States
#76 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 6%
- Average SAT
- 1535
- Average ACT
- 35
- Net Price
- $26,689
55. Emory University
#51 in the United States
#78 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 11%
- Average SAT
- 1505
- Average ACT
- 33
- Net Price
- $27,986
56. University of California - Santa Barbara
#52 in the United States
#82 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 28%
- Receiving Aid
- 58%
- Average Aid
- $21,732
- Enrollment
- 26,068
57. University of Georgia
#53 in the United States
#83 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 37%
- Average SAT
- 1275
- Average ACT
- 29
- Receiving Aid
- 84%
58. University of Rochester
#54 in the United States
#84 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 36%
- Average SAT
- 1470
- Average ACT
- 33
- Net Price
- $40,900
59. Georgetown University
#55 in the United States
#88 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 13%
- Average SAT
- 1470
- Average ACT
- 33
- Net Price
- $37,967
60. Iowa State University
#56 in the United States
#91 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 89%
- Average SAT
- 1230
- Average ACT
- 25
- Receiving Aid
- 89%
61. Tufts University
#57 in the United States
#98 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 10%
- Average SAT
- 1505
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $33,333
62. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
#58 in the United States
#102 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 57%
- Average SAT
- 1330
- Average ACT
- 30
- Receiving Aid
- 69%
63. University of Miami
#59 in the United States
#103 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 19%
- Average SAT
- 1400
- Average ACT
- 32
- Net Price
- $41,028
64. University of Illinois at Chicago
#60 in the United States
#107 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 79%
- Average SAT
- 1230
- Average ACT
- 29
- Receiving Aid
- 80%
65. University of Kentucky
#61 in the United States
#109 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 92%
- Average SAT
- 1185
- Average ACT
- 25
- Receiving Aid
- 97%
66. University of Massachusetts - Amherst
#62 in the United States
#110 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 58%
- Average SAT
- 1390
- Average ACT
- 31
- Receiving Aid
- 87%
69. Oregon State University
#63 in the United States
#114 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 79%
- Receiving Aid
- 92%
- Average Aid
- $9,922
- Enrollment
- 35,622
70. Colorado State University - Fort Collins
#64 in the United States
#115 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 90%
- Receiving Aid
- 74%
- Average Aid
- $10,554
- Enrollment
- 33,500
71. George Washington University
#65 in the United States
#117 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 44%
- Average SAT
- 1425
- Average ACT
- 33
- Net Price
- $45,466
72. University of Missouri - Columbia
#66 in the United States
#120 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 77%
- Average SAT
- 1240
- Average ACT
- 26
- Receiving Aid
- 90%
74. Case Western Reserve University
#67 in the United States
#122 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 29%
- Average SAT
- 1485
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $41,351
76. University of Nebraska - Lincoln
#68 in the United States
#126 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 77%
- Average SAT
- 1210
- Average ACT
- 25
- Receiving Aid
- 97%
79. Florida State University
#69 in the United States
#138 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 25%
- Average SAT
- 1315
- Average ACT
- 29
- Receiving Aid
- 95%
80. University of Connecticut
#70 in the United States
#140 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 54%
- Average SAT
- 1315
- Average ACT
- 31
- Receiving Aid
- 83%
81. Washington State University
#71 in the United States
#141 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 85%
- Receiving Aid
- 91%
- Average Aid
- $10,370
- Enrollment
- 26,490
82. University of Kansas
#72 in the United States
#142 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 88%
- Average SAT
- 1170
- Average ACT
- 24
- Receiving Aid
- 93%
83. University of South Florida
#73 in the United States
#143 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 41%
- Average SAT
- 1235
- Average ACT
- 27
- Receiving Aid
- 88%
84. University at Buffalo
#74 in the United States
#146 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 69%
- Average SAT
- 1295
- Average ACT
- 30
- Receiving Aid
- 86%
85. University of Tennessee - Knoxville
#75 in the United States
#152 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 46%
- Average SAT
- 1265
- Average ACT
- 28
- Receiving Aid
- 90%
86. University of Notre Dame
#76 in the United States
#158 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 12%
- Average SAT
- 1490
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $29,083
87. Dartmouth College
#77 in the United States
#163 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 6%
- Average SAT
- 1535
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $17,322
88. University of Cincinnati
#78 in the United States
#170 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 88%
- Average SAT
- 1255
- Average ACT
- 27
- Receiving Aid
- 87%
90. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
#79 in the United States
#172 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 74%
- Average SAT
- 1240
- Average ACT
- 27
- Receiving Aid
- 93%
91. Temple University
#80 in the United States
#176 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 83%
- Receiving Aid
- 94%
- Average Aid
- $11,891
- Enrollment
- 30,205
92. Indiana University - Bloomington
#81 in the United States
#180 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 80%
- Average SAT
- 1285
- Average ACT
- 30
- Receiving Aid
- 83%
93. University of New Mexico
#82 in the United States
#183 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 95%
- Average SAT
- 1030
- Average ACT
- 23
- Receiving Aid
- 100%
94. University of California - Santa Cruz
#83 in the United States
#190 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 63%
- Receiving Aid
- 71%
- Average Aid
- $21,564
- Enrollment
- 19,764
95. University of Houston
#84 in the United States
#191 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 70%
- Average SAT
- 1240
- Average ACT
- 26
- Receiving Aid
- 83%
96. University of Alabama at Birmingham
#85 in the United States
#192 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 88%
- Average SAT
- 1265
- Average ACT
- 26
- Receiving Aid
- 97%
98. Rice University
#86 in the United States
#197 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 8%
- Average SAT
- 1535
- Average ACT
- 35
- Net Price
- $20,587
99. University of California - Riverside
#87 in the United States
#198 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 63%
- Receiving Aid
- 75%
- Average Aid
- $21,566
- Enrollment
- 26,426
100. University of South Carolina - Columbia
#88 in the United States
#199 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 61%
- Average SAT
- 1280
- Average ACT
- 29
- Receiving Aid
- 95%