100 Best colleges for Aesthetics in the United States

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Below is a list of best universities in the United States ranked based on their research performance in Aesthetics. A graph of 13M citations received by 434K academic papers made by 771 universities in the United States 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 Aesthetics

#1 in the World
Acceptance Rate
3%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$17,900

2. Stanford University

For Aesthetics

#2 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$17,998

3. University of California - Berkeley

For Aesthetics

#5 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$25,951
Enrollment
45,699

4. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Aesthetics

#8 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
66%

5. Columbia University

For Aesthetics

#9 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$20,869

6. University of Washington - Seattle

For Aesthetics

#10 in the World
Acceptance Rate
43%
Receiving Aid
55%
Average Aid
$14,390
Enrollment
55,620

7. New York University

For Aesthetics

#11 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$30,730

8. University of Pennsylvania

For Aesthetics

#12 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,017

9. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Aesthetics

#13 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$21,519

10. Cornell University

For Aesthetics

#14 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,455

11. University of Chicago

For Aesthetics

#15 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$27,979

12. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Aesthetics

#16 in the World
Acceptance Rate
44%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
61%

13. University of California - Los Angeles

For Aesthetics

#17 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
60%
Average Aid
$22,441
Enrollment
46,678

14. University of California-San Diego

For Aesthetics

#18 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Receiving Aid
70%
Average Aid
$24,176
Enrollment
42,376

15. Yale University

For Aesthetics

#19 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,044

16. Ohio State University

For Aesthetics

#20 in the World
Acceptance Rate
51%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
75%

17. University of Texas at Austin

For Aesthetics

#21 in the World
Acceptance Rate
29%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

18. Pennsylvania State University

For Aesthetics

#23 in the World
Acceptance Rate
54%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
66%

19. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Aesthetics

#24 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
81%

20. Northwestern University

For Aesthetics

#25 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$23,341

21. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Aesthetics

#27 in the World
Acceptance Rate
43%
Average SAT
1435
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
60%

22. Princeton University

For Aesthetics

#32 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,811

23. University of Southern California

For Aesthetics

#34 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Average SAT
1495
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$41,496

24. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Aesthetics

#36 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$11,992
Enrollment
79,593

25. Johns Hopkins University

For Aesthetics

#39 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1555
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,844

26. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Aesthetics

#40 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1450
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
58%

27. University of Maryland - College Park

For Aesthetics

#41 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1445
Average ACT
34
Receiving Aid
65%

28. Michigan State University

For Aesthetics

#46 in the World
Acceptance Rate
84%
Average SAT
1250
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
97%

29. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Aesthetics

#47 in the World
Acceptance Rate
65%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
71%

30. University of Virginia

For Aesthetics

#50 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
44%

31. University of Arizona

For Aesthetics

#51 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
98%

32. University of California - Davis

For Aesthetics

#54 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$21,258
Enrollment
39,707

33. University of Florida

For Aesthetics

#57 in the World
Acceptance Rate
24%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
92%

34. Purdue University

For Aesthetics

#64 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Average SAT
1325
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
60%

35. University of Pittsburgh

For Aesthetics

#67 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
87%

36. Duke University

For Aesthetics

#68 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,422

37. University of California - Irvine

For Aesthetics

#72 in the World
Acceptance Rate
26%
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$21,533
Enrollment
36,582

38. Boston University

For Aesthetics

#75 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1460
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,551

39. University of Iowa

For Aesthetics

#76 in the World
Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
88%

40. Carnegie Mellon University

For Aesthetics

#80 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$32,964

41. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Aesthetics

#81 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
77%

42. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Aesthetics

#83 in the World
Acceptance Rate
28%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$21,732
Enrollment
26,068

43. Iowa State University

For Aesthetics

#85 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
89%

44. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Aesthetics

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

45. Washington University in St Louis

For Aesthetics

#96 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,440

46. University of Colorado Boulder

For Aesthetics

#99 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Average SAT
1325
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
66%

47. Brandeis University

For Aesthetics

#100 in the World
Acceptance Rate
35%
Average SAT
1460
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$44,668

48. Emory University

For Aesthetics

#109 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1505
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,986

49. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Aesthetics

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

50. University of Rochester

For Aesthetics

#117 in the World
Acceptance Rate
36%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$40,900

51. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Aesthetics

#119 in the World
Acceptance Rate
16%
Average SAT
1430
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
73%

52. Vanderbilt University

For Aesthetics

#120 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,689

53. University of Utah

For Aesthetics

#123 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1289
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
79%

54. Florida State University

For Aesthetics

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

55. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

For Aesthetics

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

56. University of South Florida

For Aesthetics

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

57. University of California - Santa Cruz

For Aesthetics

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

58. University of California - San Francisco

For Aesthetics

#134 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
3,126
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1864

59. Georgetown University

For Aesthetics

#138 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$37,967

60. University of Notre Dame

For Aesthetics

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

61. University of Connecticut

For Aesthetics

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

62. California Institute of Technology

For Aesthetics

#146 in the World
Acceptance Rate
3%
Net Price
$23,397
Receiving Aid
68%
Average Aid
$60,201

63. Indiana University - Bloomington

For Aesthetics

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

64. Temple University

For Aesthetics

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

65. Brown University

For Aesthetics

#154 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,608

66. Stony Brook University

For Aesthetics

#158 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
89%

67. University of Missouri - Columbia

For Aesthetics

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

68. Colorado State University - Fort Collins

For Aesthetics

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

69. Dartmouth College

For Aesthetics

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

70. Syracuse University

For Aesthetics

#183 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Average SAT
1345
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$51,520

71. Georgia State University

For Aesthetics

#184 in the World
Acceptance Rate
62%
Average SAT
1160
Average ACT
23
Receiving Aid
94%

72. University of Georgia

For Aesthetics

#187 in the World
Acceptance Rate
37%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
84%

73. Boston College

For Aesthetics

#190 in the World
Acceptance Rate
16%
Average SAT
1485
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$32,590

74. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Aesthetics

#191 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Average SAT
1380
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
68%

75. University of Kentucky

For Aesthetics

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

76. University at Buffalo

For Aesthetics

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

77. University of Kansas

For Aesthetics

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

78. University of Miami

For Aesthetics

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

79. George Washington University

For Aesthetics

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

80. University of Oregon

For Aesthetics

#213 in the World
Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
90%

81. University of Delaware

For Aesthetics

#215 in the World
Acceptance Rate
65%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
92%

82. Tufts University

For Aesthetics

#226 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Average SAT
1505
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$33,333

83. University of South Carolina - Columbia

For Aesthetics

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

84. University of Tennessee - Knoxville

For Aesthetics

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

85. University of New Mexico

For Aesthetics

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

86. CUNY Graduate School and University Center

For Aesthetics

#253 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Enrollment
9,116
Male:Female
33:67
Founded
1961

87. Case Western Reserve University

For Aesthetics

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

88. University of Cincinnati

For Aesthetics

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

89. Washington State University

For Aesthetics

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

90. Northeastern University

For Aesthetics

#265 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1505
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$34,770

91. University of California - Riverside

For Aesthetics

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

92. University of Houston

For Aesthetics

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

93. Brigham Young University - Provo

For Aesthetics

#271 in the World
Acceptance Rate
69%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$14,643

94. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

For Aesthetics

#276 in the World
Acceptance Rate
74%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
93%

95. Bowling Green State University

For Aesthetics

#277 in the World
Acceptance Rate
81%
Average SAT
1125
Average ACT
23
Receiving Aid
98%

96. George Mason University

For Aesthetics

#278 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
80%

97. University of Nebraska - Lincoln

For Aesthetics

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

98. University of Central Florida

For Aesthetics

#296 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
91%

99. Wayne State University

For Aesthetics

#298 in the World
Acceptance Rate
82%
Average SAT
1150
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
97%

100. Oregon State University

For Aesthetics

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

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