Best Universities for Liberal Arts & Social Sciences in the World

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Below is a list of best universities in the World ranked based on their research performance in Liberal Arts & Social Sciences. A graph of 740M citations received by 39.6M academic papers made by 7,020 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
3%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,491

2. Stanford University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,279

3. University of California - Berkeley

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

4. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

5. University of Toronto

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1 in Canada
Enrollment
27,651
Founded
1827

6. University of Oxford

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1096

7. University College London

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#2 in Europe
Enrollment
42,000
Founded
1826

8. University of Washington - Seattle

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

9. Columbia University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,058

10. Cornell University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,060

11. University of Sao Paulo

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

12. University of Cambridge

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#3 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

13. University of California - Los Angeles

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
57%
Average Aid
$21,766
Enrollment
46,430

14. Johns Hopkins University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$24,034

15. Yale University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,647

16. University of Pennsylvania

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,123

17. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1555
Average ACT
36
Net Price
$20,232

18. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
58%

19. University of Chicago

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$36,991

20. University of British Columbia

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#2 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
52%
Enrollment
20,893
Founded
1908

21. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
64%

22. Pennsylvania State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1300
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
68%

23. New York University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$29,499

24. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

25. Ohio State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
83%

26. University of Texas at Austin

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
31%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
89%

27. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
59%

28. University of Sydney

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1 in Oceania
#1 in Australia
Enrollment
63,602
Founded
1850

29. University of Southern California

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$36,808

30. University of California-San Diego

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
24%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$20,782
Enrollment
42,006

31. University of Melbourne

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#2 in Oceania
#2 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
77%
Enrollment
49,000
Founded
1853

32. Catholic University of Leuven

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

33. Princeton University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,698

35. University of Edinburgh

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#6 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1583

36. University of Pittsburgh

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
87%

37. University of Maryland - College Park

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
63%

38. McGill University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

39. Carnegie Mellon University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$33,499

40. University of Amsterdam

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#7 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
41,000
Founded
1632

41. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$12,381
Enrollment
80,065

42. University of Florida

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
23%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

43. University of California - San Francisco

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
3,140
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1864

44. University of Queensland

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

45. Michigan State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
94%

46. University of Arizona

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1255
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
98%

47. Duke University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,694

48. University of California - Davis

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
37%
Receiving Aid
63%
Average Aid
$20,548
Enrollment
39,679

49. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
70%

51. University of Alberta

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#4 in Canada
Enrollment
31,185
Founded
1908

52. University of Liege

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#9 in Europe
#2 in Belgium
Enrollment
25,421
Founded
1817

53. Boston University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,829

54. University of New South Wales

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

55. Imperial College London

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#10 in Europe
Enrollment
17,565
Founded
1907

56. Pierre and Marie Curie University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#11 in Europe
#1 in France
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
35,114
Founded
1150

57. Monash University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#5 in Oceania
#5 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
73%
Enrollment
78,000
Founded
1958

58. Australian National University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#6 in Oceania
#6 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
71%
Founded
1946

59. University of Montreal

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

60. Northwestern University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,095

61. National Autonomous University of Mexico

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1 in Mexico
Enrollment
360,883
Founded
1551

62. University of Hong Kong

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

63. University of Bristol

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#12 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
63%
Enrollment
27,513
Founded
1909

64. University of Copenhagen

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

65. University of Virginia

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
54%

66. State University of Campinas

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#2 in Brazil
Acceptance Rate
15%
Founded
1966

67. National University of Singapore

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

68. Washington University in St Louis

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$23,432

69. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
63%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
74%

70. Utrecht University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#14 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1636

72. London School of Economics and Political Science

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#16 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
9,218
Founded
1895

75. Emory University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1490
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$26,680

76. University of Ottawa

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#6 in Canada
Enrollment
42,027
Founded
1848

77. University of Tokyo

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#3 in Asia
#1 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
28,218
Founded
1877

79. University of California - Irvine

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
21%
Receiving Aid
80%
Average Aid
$17,411
Enrollment
35,937

80. University of Iowa

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
91%

82. Tel Aviv University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#4 in Asia
#1 in Israel
Enrollment
30,000
Founded
1956

83. McMaster University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#7 in Canada
Enrollment
27,965
Founded
1887

84. Tsinghua University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#5 in Asia
#2 in China
Enrollment
48,739
Founded
1911

86. Lund University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#21 in Europe
#1 in Sweden
Enrollment
40,000
Founded
1666

87. University of Auckland

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#7 in Oceania
Founded
1883

88. Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#4 in Brazil
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
67,329
Founded
1920

89. Heidelberg University - Germany

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#22 in Europe
#1 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
45%
Enrollment
28,413
Male:Female
45:55
Founded
1386

90. University of Calgary

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#8 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
55%
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1966

91. University of Utah

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
99%

92. University of Helsinki

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#23 in Europe
#1 in Finland
Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
31,312
Founded
1640

93. University of Barcelona

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#24 in Europe
#1 in Spain
Acceptance Rate
69%
Enrollment
64,236
Male:Female
86:14

94. Vanderbilt University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$25,606

95. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
81%

96. University of Zurich

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#25 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
19%
Enrollment
25,732

98. Sao Paulo State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#5 in Brazil
Acceptance Rate
35%
Founded
1976

99. University of Warwick

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#27 in Europe
Enrollment
27,278
Founded
1965

100. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
26%
Receiving Aid
59%
Average Aid
$20,389
Enrollment
26,420