List of 100 best universities in North America

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EduRank

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

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

2. Stanford University

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

3. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

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

4. Cornell University

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

5. University of California - Berkeley

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

6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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

7. Columbia University

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

8. University of Washington - Seattle

Acceptance Rate
43%
Receiving Aid
55%
Average Aid
$14,390
Enrollment
55,620

9. Johns Hopkins University

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

10. Yale University

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

11. University of California - Los Angeles

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

13. University of Pennsylvania

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,017

14. University of Wisconsin - Madison

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

15. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

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

16. University of Chicago

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$27,979

17. Pennsylvania State University

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

18. New York University

Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$30,730

19. Ohio State University

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

20. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

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

21. University of California-San Diego

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

22. Princeton University

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

23. University of Southern California

Acceptance Rate
10%
Average SAT
1495
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$41,496

24. University of Florida

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

26. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1450
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
58%

27. Northwestern University

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$23,341

28. University of Texas at Austin

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

29. Duke University

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

30. University of California - Davis

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

31. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

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

32. University of Maryland - College Park

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

33. Michigan State University

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

34. Purdue University

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

35. University of Pittsburgh

Acceptance Rate
50%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
87%

36. McGill University

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

37. University of Arizona

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

38. Texas A&M University - College Station

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

39. Boston University

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1460
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,551

40. University of California - San Francisco

Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
3,126
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1864

41. Carnegie Mellon University

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$32,964

42. Washington University in St Louis

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,440

43. University of Virginia

Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
44%

44. University of Utah

Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1289
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
79%

45. University of California - Irvine

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

46. Arizona State University - Tempe

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

47. University of Colorado Boulder

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

49. California Institute of Technology

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

50. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

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

51. Georgia Institute of Technology

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

52. University of Iowa

Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
88%

53. Brown University

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,608

54. Vanderbilt University

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,689

55. Emory University

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1505
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,986

56. University of California - Santa Barbara

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

57. University of Georgia

Acceptance Rate
37%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
84%

58. University of Rochester

Acceptance Rate
36%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$40,900

59. Georgetown University

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$37,967

60. Iowa State University

Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
89%

61. Tufts University

Acceptance Rate
10%
Average SAT
1505
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$33,333

62. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

#102 in the World
Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

63. University of Miami

#103 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$41,028

64. University of Illinois at Chicago

#107 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
80%

65. University of Kentucky

#109 in the World
Acceptance Rate
92%
Average SAT
1185
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
97%

66. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

#110 in the World
Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
87%

67. University of Montreal

#5 in Canada
#111 in the World
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
66,972
Founded
1878

69. Oregon State University

#114 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Receiving Aid
92%
Average Aid
$9,922
Enrollment
35,622

70. Colorado State University - Fort Collins

#115 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
74%
Average Aid
$10,554
Enrollment
33,500

71. George Washington University

#117 in the World
Acceptance Rate
44%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$45,466

72. University of Missouri - Columbia

#120 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
90%

73. University of Calgary

#7 in Canada
#121 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1966

74. Case Western Reserve University

#122 in the World
Acceptance Rate
29%
Average SAT
1485
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$41,351

76. University of Nebraska - Lincoln

#126 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1210
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
97%

78. Western University

#10 in Canada
#137 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Enrollment
21,836
Founded
1878

79. Florida State University

#138 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Average SAT
1315
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
95%

80. University of Connecticut

#140 in the World
Acceptance Rate
54%
Average SAT
1315
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
83%

81. Washington State University

#141 in the World
Acceptance Rate
85%
Receiving Aid
91%
Average Aid
$10,370
Enrollment
26,490

82. University of Kansas

#142 in the World
Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1170
Average ACT
24
Receiving Aid
93%

83. University of South Florida

#143 in the World
Acceptance Rate
41%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
88%

84. University at Buffalo

#146 in the World
Acceptance Rate
69%
Average SAT
1295
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
86%

85. University of Tennessee - Knoxville

#152 in the World
Acceptance Rate
46%
Average SAT
1265
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
90%

86. University of Notre Dame

#158 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1490
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$29,083

87. Dartmouth College

#163 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$17,322

88. University of Cincinnati

#170 in the World
Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1255
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
87%

91. Temple University

#176 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Receiving Aid
94%
Average Aid
$11,891
Enrollment
30,205

92. Indiana University - Bloomington

#180 in the World
Acceptance Rate
80%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
83%

93. University of New Mexico

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

94. University of California - Santa Cruz

#190 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$21,564
Enrollment
19,764

95. University of Houston

#191 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
83%

96. University of Alabama at Birmingham

#192 in the World
Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1265
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
97%

98. Rice University

#197 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$20,587

99. University of California - Riverside

#198 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Receiving Aid
75%
Average Aid
$21,566
Enrollment
26,426

100. University of South Carolina - Columbia

#199 in the World
Acceptance Rate
61%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
95%