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 798M citations received by 24.7M academic publications made by 2,496 universities from the United States, the popularity of 105,125 recognized alumni, and the largest reference database available.

1. Harvard University

#1 in the World
Acceptance Rate
3%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,491

2. Stanford University

#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 World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
74%

4. Cornell University

#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 World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
60%
Average Aid
$21,669
Enrollment
45,307

6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

#6 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1555
Average ACT
36
Net Price
$20,232

7. Columbia University

#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 World
Acceptance Rate
48%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$14,731
Enrollment
52,319

9. Johns Hopkins University

#10 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$24,034

10. University of California - Los Angeles

#11 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
57%
Average Aid
$21,766
Enrollment
46,430

11. Yale University

#12 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,647

12. University of Pennsylvania

#16 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,123

13. University of Wisconsin - Madison

#17 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
58%

14. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

#18 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

15. University of Chicago

#19 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$36,991

16. Pennsylvania State University

#21 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1300
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
68%

17. New York University

#22 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$29,499

18. Ohio State University

#23 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
83%

19. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

#24 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
64%

20. University of California-San Diego

#25 in the World
Acceptance Rate
24%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$20,782
Enrollment
42,006

21. University of Southern California

#26 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$36,808

22. University of Florida

#27 in the World
Acceptance Rate
23%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

23. Princeton University

#29 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,698

24. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

#30 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
59%

25. Northwestern University

#31 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,095

26. University of Texas at Austin

#32 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
89%

27. University of California - Davis

#33 in the World
Acceptance Rate
37%
Receiving Aid
63%
Average Aid
$20,548
Enrollment
39,679

28. Duke University

#34 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,694

29. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

#35 in the World
Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
70%

30. University of Maryland - College Park

#37 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
63%

31. Michigan State University

#38 in the World
Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
94%

32. University of Pittsburgh

#41 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
87%

33. Boston University

#42 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,829

34. University of Arizona

#43 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1255
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
98%

35. University of California - San Francisco

#45 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
3,140
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1864

36. Texas A&M University - College Station

#46 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
74%

37. Carnegie Mellon University

#49 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$33,499

38. Washington University in St Louis

#50 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$23,432

39. Purdue University

#52 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
60%

40. University of Utah

#54 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
99%

41. University of Virginia

#55 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
54%

42. University of California - Irvine

#58 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Receiving Aid
80%
Average Aid
$17,411
Enrollment
35,937

43. Arizona State University - Tempe

#61 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$12,381
Enrollment
80,065

44. Georgia Institute of Technology

#64 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1460
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
73%

45. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

#65 in the World
Acceptance Rate
47%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
80%

46. University of Colorado Boulder

#66 in the World
Acceptance Rate
81%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
68%

47. University of Iowa

#71 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
91%

48. California Institute of Technology

#72 in the World
Acceptance Rate
3%
Net Price
$20,755
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$59,192

49. Brown University

#74 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,723

50. Vanderbilt University

#77 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$25,606

51. Emory University

#78 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1490
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$26,680

52. University of California - Santa Barbara

#81 in the World
Acceptance Rate
26%
Receiving Aid
59%
Average Aid
$20,389
Enrollment
26,420

53. University of Georgia

#82 in the World
Acceptance Rate
43%
Average SAT
1320
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
94%

54. University of Rochester

#86 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Average SAT
1465
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$39,775

55. Iowa State University

#89 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Average SAT
1220
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
89%

56. Georgetown University

#91 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1485
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$35,566

57. Tufts University

#98 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$30,479

58. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

#101 in the World
Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
71%

59. University of Miami

#103 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$36,467

60. University of Kentucky

#105 in the World
Acceptance Rate
95%
Average SAT
1180
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
96%

61. University of Illinois at Chicago

#108 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
81%

62. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

#111 in the World
Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
91%

63. Oregon State University

#115 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Receiving Aid
91%
Average Aid
$9,260
Enrollment
34,292

64. Colorado State University - Fort Collins

#117 in the World
Acceptance Rate
91%
Average SAT
1185
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
84%

65. George Washington University

#118 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$42,723

66. Case Western Reserve University

#120 in the World
Acceptance Rate
27%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$38,279

67. University of Missouri - Columbia

#123 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
91%

68. University of Nebraska - Lincoln

#131 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
95%

69. University of Connecticut

#134 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
89%

70. Florida State University

#141 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
93%

71. University at Buffalo

#144 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
86%

72. University of South Florida

#145 in the World
Acceptance Rate
44%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
90%

73. Washington State University

#146 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Receiving Aid
88%
Average Aid
$10,689
Enrollment
27,539

74. University of Tennessee - Knoxville

#152 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1250
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
91%

75. University of Kansas

#155 in the World
Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1215
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
91%

76. University of Notre Dame

#160 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$28,474

77. Dartmouth College

#167 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$19,208

78. University of Cincinnati

#168 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
84%

80. Temple University

#180 in the World
Acceptance Rate
80%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$11,575
Enrollment
33,196

81. University of New Mexico

#183 in the World
Acceptance Rate
96%
Average ACT
22
Receiving Aid
97%
Average Aid
$9,280

82. University of Houston

#187 in the World
Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
83%

83. Indiana University - Bloomington

#188 in the World
Acceptance Rate
82%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
83%

84. University of Alabama at Birmingham

#189 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1305
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
96%

85. University of California - Santa Cruz

#194 in the World
Acceptance Rate
47%
Receiving Aid
74%
Average Aid
$21,202
Enrollment
19,478

86. Rice University

#197 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,902

87. University of South Carolina - Columbia

#198 in the World
Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
98%

88. University of California - Riverside

#199 in the World
Acceptance Rate
69%
Receiving Aid
79%
Average Aid
$22,042
Enrollment
26,809

89. Brigham Young University - Provo

#200 in the World
Acceptance Rate
67%
Average SAT
1374
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$13,521

90. University of Delaware

#201 in the World
Acceptance Rate
74%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
93%

91. Wayne State University

#203 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1150
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
98%

92. Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis

#205 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Average SAT
1150
Average ACT
24
Receiving Aid
91%

93. University of Oregon

#206 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1255
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
90%

94. Stony Brook University

#208 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
88%

95. Northeastern University

#220 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1495
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$35,827

96. University of Maryland, Baltimore

#227 in the World
Acceptance Rate
65%
Enrollment
6,931
Male:Female
27:73
Founded
1807

98. Tulane University of Louisiana

#235 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$50,263

99. University of Central Florida

#239 in the World
Acceptance Rate
41%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
96%

100. University of Oklahoma - Norman

#243 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
99%

The best cities to study in the United States based on the number of universities and their ranks are Cambridge, Stanford, Ann Arbor, and Ithaca.

Average cost of living for students in the United States is $881 + $217-1552 for rent (depends on where to live: dormitory, renting with a roommate or solo).