Best Universities for Liberal Arts & Social Sciences in the World

Below is a list of best universities in the World ranked based on their research performance in Liberal Arts & Social Sciences. A graph of 117M citations received by 5.48M academic papers made by 5,073 universities in the World was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. Harvard University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$13,910

2. University of Oxford

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
18%
Founded
1096

3. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
20%
Receiving Aid
70%
Average Aid
$16,326
Enrollment
50,278

4. University of Washington - Seattle

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
53%
Receiving Aid
54%
Average Aid
$15,895
Enrollment
52,434

5. University of Cambridge

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#2 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

6. University of California - Berkeley

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
14%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$21,406
Enrollment
45,036

7. Stanford University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$14,402

8. University of Toronto

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
43%
Enrollment
95,055
Founded
1827

9. Columbia University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$12,411

10. University of California - Los Angeles

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
56%
Average Aid
$17,592
Enrollment
46,116

11. University of Pennsylvania

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$14,578

12. Johns Hopkins University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
8%
Net Price
$20,680
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$45,373

13. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
20%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
60%

14. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
64%

15. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

16. University College London

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#3 in Europe
Enrollment
42,000
Founded
1826

17. Indiana University - Bloomington

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
79%

18. Yale University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$20,605

19. University of British Columbia

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#2 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
53%
Enrollment
59,659
Founded
1908

20. University of Sydney

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1 in Oceania
#1 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
63,602
Founded
1850

21. University of Chicago

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$33,727

22. Ohio State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1345
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
83%

23. University of Edinburgh

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#4 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1583

24. Cornell University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1505
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$24,262

25. University of Texas at Austin

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
29%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
71%

26. Pennsylvania State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
55%
Receiving Aid
73%
Average Aid
$8,719
Enrollment
40,363

27. University of Melbourne

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#2 in Oceania
#2 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
49,000
Founded
1853

28. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
85%

29. New York University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1510
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$50,991

31. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1355
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

32. University of London

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#6 in Europe
Enrollment
50,000
Founded
1836

33. University of Pittsburgh

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
67%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
78%

34. Duke University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1513
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$27,297

35. University of Queensland

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#3 in Oceania
#3 in Australia
Enrollment
48,771
Founded
1909

36. Northwestern University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$29,999

37. Michigan State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
83%
Average SAT
1210
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
72%

38. King's College London

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#7 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
13%
Founded
1829

39. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
88%
Receiving Aid
92%
Average Aid
$12,201
Enrollment
77,881

40. University of Amsterdam

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#8 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
31,123
Founded
1632

41. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
4%
Net Price
$30,958
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$32,562

42. University of Maryland - College Park

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
52%
Average SAT
1420
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
68%

43. University of Southern California

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,021

45. University of New South Wales

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#4 in Oceania
#4 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1949

46. Australian National University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#5 in Oceania
#5 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
35%
Founded
1946

47. University of Alberta

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#3 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
58%
Founded
1908

48. McGill University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#4 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
47%
Enrollment
40,036
Founded
1821

49. University of California - San Francisco

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
3,165
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1864

50. University of California-San Diego

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
34%
Receiving Aid
54%
Average Aid
$18,083
Enrollment
41,885

51. University of Sao Paulo

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1 in Brazil
Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
97,964
Founded
1827

52. University of Arizona

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
95%

53. University of California - Davis

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
49%
Receiving Aid
65%
Average Aid
$17,628
Enrollment
40,050

54. University of Nottingham

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#10 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
11%
Founded
1948

55. Princeton University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1515
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$20,908

57. University of Georgia

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
40%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

58. Washington University in St Louis

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$28,298

59. University of Copenhagen

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#12 in Europe
#1 in Denmark
Acceptance Rate
37%
Founded
1479

60. University of Sheffield

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#13 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Founded
1905

61. Boston University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$25,852

62. Erasmus University Rotterdam

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#14 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
53%
Founded
1913

63. University of Bristol

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#15 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
27,513
Founded
1909

64. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
78%

65. Emory University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1480
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$28,367

66. University of Florida

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
30%
Average SAT
1385
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

67. University of Warwick

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#16 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
27,278
Founded
1965

68. Utrecht University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#17 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Founded
1636

71. Monash University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#6 in Oceania
#6 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
78,000
Founded
1958

72. Catholic University of Leuven

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#20 in Europe
#1 in Belgium
Enrollment
62,693
Founded
1425

73. University of Virginia

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
21%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
34
Receiving Aid
63%

74. University of Colorado Boulder

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
80%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
65%

75. Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
49%
Net Price
$11,188
Receiving Aid
97%
Average Aid
$2,100

76. Cardiff University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#21 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1997

77. Durham University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#22 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
19,520
Founded
1832

78. University of Helsinki

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#23 in Europe
#1 in Finland
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
31,312
Founded
1640

79. University of California - Irvine

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
29%
Receiving Aid
79%
Average Aid
$16,868
Enrollment
36,505

80. University of Auckland

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#7 in Oceania
Founded
1883

81. University of Oslo

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#24 in Europe
#1 in Norway
Enrollment
26,650
Founded
1811

82. Lancaster University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#25 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
19%
Founded
1964

83. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1195
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
81%

84. Purdue University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
69%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
73%

85. Karolinska Institute

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#26 in Europe
#1 in Sweden
Enrollment
8,070
Founded
1861

86. University of Iowa

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
87%

87. University of Hong Kong

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1 in Asia
#1 in China
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
21,652
Founded
1911

88. Imperial College London

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#27 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
15%
Enrollment
17,565
Founded
1907

89. National University of Singapore

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#2 in Asia
#1 in Singapore
Enrollment
30,098
Founded
1905

90. University of Calgary

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#5 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1966

91. Western University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#6 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
58%
Enrollment
27,300
Founded
1878

92. Vanderbilt University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$27,553

93. Brown University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1515
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$25,028

94. University of Connecticut

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
56%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

95. Hebrew University of Jerusalem

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#3 in Asia
#1 in Israel
Acceptance Rate
34%
Enrollment
23,500
Founded
1918

96. Lund University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#28 in Europe
#2 in Sweden
Acceptance Rate
34%
Enrollment
40,000
Founded
1666

97. York University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#7 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
27%
Enrollment
53,000
Founded
1959

98. University of Sussex

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#29 in Europe
Enrollment
17,319
Male:Female
44:56
Founded
1961

99. University of South Carolina - Columbia

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
62%
Average SAT
1255
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
95%

100. Aarhus University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#30 in Europe
#2 in Denmark
Acceptance Rate
42%
Enrollment
33,020
Founded
1928