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 887M citations received by 27.9M academic publications made by 2,597 universities from North America, the popularity of 110,160 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
- 1535
- Average ACT
- 35
- Net Price
- $19,491
2. Stanford University
#2 in the United States
#2 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 4%
- Average SAT
- 1540
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $18,279
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
- 74%
4. Cornell University
#4 in the United States
#4 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 7%
- Average SAT
- 1520
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $26,060
5. University of California - Berkeley
#5 in the United States
#5 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 11%
- Receiving Aid
- 60%
- Average Aid
- $21,669
- Enrollment
- 45,307
6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
#6 in the United States
#6 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 4%
- Average SAT
- 1555
- Average ACT
- 36
- Net Price
- $20,232
7. Columbia University
#7 in the United States
#7 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 4%
- Average SAT
- 1535
- Average ACT
- 35
- Net Price
- $22,058
8. University of Washington - Seattle
#8 in the United States
#8 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 48%
- Receiving Aid
- 58%
- Average Aid
- $14,731
- Enrollment
- 52,319
9. Johns Hopkins University
#9 in the United States
#10 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 7%
- Average SAT
- 1545
- Average ACT
- 35
- Net Price
- $24,034
10. University of California - Los Angeles
#10 in the United States
#11 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 9%
- Receiving Aid
- 57%
- Average Aid
- $21,766
- Enrollment
- 46,430
11. Yale University
#11 in the United States
#12 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 5%
- Average SAT
- 1540
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $18,647
13. University of Pennsylvania
#12 in the United States
#16 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 7%
- Average SAT
- 1535
- Average ACT
- 35
- Net Price
- $26,123
14. University of Wisconsin - Madison
#13 in the United States
#17 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 49%
- Average SAT
- 1425
- Average ACT
- 29
- Receiving Aid
- 58%
15. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
#14 in the United States
#18 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 75%
- Average SAT
- 1395
- Average ACT
- 30
- Receiving Aid
- 82%
16. University of Chicago
#15 in the United States
#19 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 5%
- Average SAT
- 1540
- Average ACT
- 35
- Net Price
- $36,991
17. Pennsylvania State University
#16 in the United States
#21 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 55%
- Average SAT
- 1300
- Average ACT
- 29
- Receiving Aid
- 68%
18. New York University
#17 in the United States
#22 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 12%
- Average SAT
- 1520
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $29,499
19. Ohio State University
#18 in the United States
#23 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 53%
- Average SAT
- 1395
- Average ACT
- 31
- Receiving Aid
- 83%
20. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign
#19 in the United States
#24 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 45%
- Average SAT
- 1415
- Average ACT
- 32
- Receiving Aid
- 64%
21. University of California-San Diego
#20 in the United States
#25 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 24%
- Receiving Aid
- 61%
- Average Aid
- $20,782
- Enrollment
- 42,006
22. University of Southern California
#21 in the United States
#26 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 12%
- Average SAT
- 1500
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $36,808
23. University of Florida
#22 in the United States
#27 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 23%
- Average SAT
- 1395
- Average ACT
- 31
- Receiving Aid
- 94%
25. Princeton University
#23 in the United States
#29 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 6%
- Average SAT
- 1535
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $18,698
26. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
#24 in the United States
#30 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 17%
- Average SAT
- 1440
- Average ACT
- 32
- Receiving Aid
- 59%
27. Northwestern University
#25 in the United States
#31 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 7%
- Average SAT
- 1530
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $22,095
28. University of Texas at Austin
#26 in the United States
#32 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 31%
- Average SAT
- 1365
- Average ACT
- 30
- Receiving Aid
- 89%
29. University of California - Davis
#27 in the United States
#33 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 37%
- Receiving Aid
- 63%
- Average Aid
- $20,548
- Enrollment
- 39,679
30. Duke University
#28 in the United States
#34 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 6%
- Average SAT
- 1530
- Average ACT
- 35
- Net Price
- $23,694
31. Rutgers University - New Brunswick
#29 in the United States
#35 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 66%
- Average SAT
- 1375
- Average ACT
- 31
- Receiving Aid
- 70%
32. University of Maryland - College Park
#30 in the United States
#37 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 45%
- Average SAT
- 1440
- Average ACT
- 32
- Receiving Aid
- 63%
33. Michigan State University
#31 in the United States
#38 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 88%
- Average SAT
- 1260
- Average ACT
- 28
- Receiving Aid
- 94%
35. University of Pittsburgh
#32 in the United States
#41 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 49%
- Average SAT
- 1375
- Average ACT
- 31
- Receiving Aid
- 87%
36. Boston University
#33 in the United States
#42 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 14%
- Average SAT
- 1425
- Average ACT
- 33
- Net Price
- $27,829
37. University of Arizona
#34 in the United States
#43 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 87%
- Average SAT
- 1255
- Average ACT
- 25
- Receiving Aid
- 98%
38. University of California - San Francisco
#35 in the United States
#45 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 13%
- Enrollment
- 3,140
- Male:Female
- 35:65
- Founded
- 1864
39. Texas A&M University - College Station
#36 in the United States
#46 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 63%
- Average SAT
- 1270
- Average ACT
- 28
- Receiving Aid
- 74%
40. Carnegie Mellon University
#37 in the United States
#49 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 11%
- Average SAT
- 1530
- Average ACT
- 35
- Net Price
- $33,499
41. Washington University in St Louis
#38 in the United States
#50 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 12%
- Average SAT
- 1535
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $23,432
42. Purdue University
#39 in the United States
#52 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 53%
- Average SAT
- 1335
- Average ACT
- 31
- Receiving Aid
- 60%
43. University of Utah
#40 in the United States
#54 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 89%
- Average SAT
- 1290
- Average ACT
- 26
- Receiving Aid
- 99%
44. University of Virginia
#41 in the United States
#55 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 19%
- Average SAT
- 1470
- Average ACT
- 33
- Receiving Aid
- 54%
45. University of California - Irvine
#42 in the United States
#58 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 21%
- Receiving Aid
- 80%
- Average Aid
- $17,411
- Enrollment
- 35,937
46. Arizona State University - Tempe
#43 in the United States
#61 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 90%
- Receiving Aid
- 93%
- Average Aid
- $12,381
- Enrollment
- 80,065
48. Georgia Institute of Technology
#44 in the United States
#64 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 17%
- Average SAT
- 1460
- Average ACT
- 33
- Receiving Aid
- 73%
49. North Carolina State University at Raleigh
#45 in the United States
#65 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 47%
- Average SAT
- 1370
- Average ACT
- 31
- Receiving Aid
- 80%
50. University of Colorado Boulder
#46 in the United States
#66 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 81%
- Average SAT
- 1275
- Average ACT
- 29
- Receiving Aid
- 68%
51. University of Iowa
#47 in the United States
#71 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 86%
- Average SAT
- 1235
- Average ACT
- 25
- Receiving Aid
- 91%
52. California Institute of Technology
#48 in the United States
#72 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 3%
- Net Price
- $20,755
- Receiving Aid
- 71%
- Average Aid
- $59,192
53. Brown University
#49 in the United States
#74 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 5%
- Average SAT
- 1535
- Average ACT
- 35
- Net Price
- $26,723
54. Vanderbilt University
#50 in the United States
#77 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 7%
- Average SAT
- 1530
- Average ACT
- 35
- Net Price
- $25,606
55. Emory University
#51 in the United States
#78 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 11%
- Average SAT
- 1490
- Average ACT
- 33
- Net Price
- $26,680
56. University of California - Santa Barbara
#52 in the United States
#81 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 26%
- Receiving Aid
- 59%
- Average Aid
- $20,389
- Enrollment
- 26,420
57. University of Georgia
#53 in the United States
#82 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 43%
- Average SAT
- 1320
- Average ACT
- 30
- Receiving Aid
- 94%
58. University of Rochester
#54 in the United States
#86 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 39%
- Average SAT
- 1465
- Average ACT
- 33
- Net Price
- $39,775
59. Iowa State University
#55 in the United States
#89 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 90%
- Average SAT
- 1220
- Average ACT
- 25
- Receiving Aid
- 89%
60. Georgetown University
#56 in the United States
#91 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 12%
- Average SAT
- 1485
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $35,566
61. Tufts University
#57 in the United States
#98 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 10%
- Average SAT
- 1500
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $30,479
62. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
#58 in the United States
#101 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 57%
- Average SAT
- 1335
- Average ACT
- 30
- Receiving Aid
- 71%
63. University of Miami
#59 in the United States
#103 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 19%
- Average SAT
- 1395
- Average ACT
- 32
- Net Price
- $36,467
64. University of Kentucky
#60 in the United States
#105 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 95%
- Average SAT
- 1180
- Average ACT
- 25
- Receiving Aid
- 96%
65. University of Illinois at Chicago
#61 in the United States
#108 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 79%
- Average SAT
- 1225
- Average ACT
- 27
- Receiving Aid
- 81%
66. University of Massachusetts - Amherst
#62 in the United States
#111 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 64%
- Average SAT
- 1370
- Average ACT
- 31
- Receiving Aid
- 91%
69. Oregon State University
#63 in the United States
#115 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 83%
- Receiving Aid
- 91%
- Average Aid
- $9,260
- Enrollment
- 34,292
70. Colorado State University - Fort Collins
#64 in the United States
#117 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 91%
- Average SAT
- 1185
- Average ACT
- 26
- Receiving Aid
- 84%
71. George Washington University
#65 in the United States
#118 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 49%
- Average SAT
- 1410
- Average ACT
- 33
- Net Price
- $42,723
72. Case Western Reserve University
#66 in the United States
#120 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 27%
- Average SAT
- 1475
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $38,279
74. University of Missouri - Columbia
#67 in the United States
#123 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 79%
- Average SAT
- 1240
- Average ACT
- 27
- Receiving Aid
- 91%
76. University of Nebraska - Lincoln
#68 in the United States
#131 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 79%
- Average SAT
- 1225
- Average ACT
- 25
- Receiving Aid
- 95%
78. University of Connecticut
#69 in the United States
#134 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 55%
- Average SAT
- 1330
- Average ACT
- 31
- Receiving Aid
- 89%
80. Florida State University
#70 in the United States
#141 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 25%
- Average SAT
- 1290
- Average ACT
- 29
- Receiving Aid
- 93%
81. University at Buffalo
#71 in the United States
#144 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 68%
- Average SAT
- 1285
- Average ACT
- 29
- Receiving Aid
- 86%
82. University of South Florida
#72 in the United States
#145 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 44%
- Average SAT
- 1235
- Average ACT
- 27
- Receiving Aid
- 90%
83. Washington State University
#73 in the United States
#146 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 83%
- Receiving Aid
- 88%
- Average Aid
- $10,689
- Enrollment
- 27,539
84. University of Tennessee - Knoxville
#74 in the United States
#152 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 68%
- Average SAT
- 1250
- Average ACT
- 28
- Receiving Aid
- 91%
85. University of Kansas
#75 in the United States
#155 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 88%
- Average SAT
- 1215
- Average ACT
- 25
- Receiving Aid
- 91%
86. University of Notre Dame
#76 in the United States
#160 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 13%
- Average SAT
- 1500
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $28,474
88. Dartmouth College
#77 in the United States
#167 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 6%
- Average SAT
- 1540
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $19,208
89. University of Cincinnati
#78 in the United States
#168 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 86%
- Average SAT
- 1260
- Average ACT
- 27
- Receiving Aid
- 84%
90. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
#79 in the United States
#173 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 76%
- Average SAT
- 1230
- Average ACT
- 26
- Receiving Aid
- 98%
91. Temple University
#80 in the United States
#180 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 80%
- Receiving Aid
- 93%
- Average Aid
- $11,575
- Enrollment
- 33,196
92. University of New Mexico
#81 in the United States
#183 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 96%
- Average ACT
- 22
- Receiving Aid
- 97%
- Average Aid
- $9,280
93. University of Houston
#82 in the United States
#187 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 66%
- Average SAT
- 1245
- Average ACT
- 26
- Receiving Aid
- 83%
94. Indiana University - Bloomington
#83 in the United States
#188 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 82%
- Average SAT
- 1290
- Average ACT
- 30
- Receiving Aid
- 83%
95. University of Alabama at Birmingham
#84 in the United States
#189 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 87%
- Average SAT
- 1305
- Average ACT
- 27
- Receiving Aid
- 96%
96. University of California - Santa Cruz
#85 in the United States
#194 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 47%
- Receiving Aid
- 74%
- Average Aid
- $21,202
- Enrollment
- 19,478
98. Rice University
#86 in the United States
#197 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 9%
- Average SAT
- 1530
- Average ACT
- 35
- Net Price
- $19,902
99. University of South Carolina - Columbia
#87 in the United States
#198 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 64%
- Average SAT
- 1280
- Average ACT
- 30
- Receiving Aid
- 98%
100. University of California - Riverside
#88 in the United States
#199 in the World
- Acceptance Rate
- 69%
- Receiving Aid
- 79%
- Average Aid
- $22,042
- Enrollment
- 26,809