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 9.2M citations received by 382K academic papers made by 727 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
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,491

2. Stanford University

For Aesthetics

#3 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,279

3. University of California - Berkeley

For Aesthetics

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

4. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Aesthetics

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

5. Columbia University

For Aesthetics

#9 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,058

6. New York University

For Aesthetics

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

7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Aesthetics

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

8. University of Washington - Seattle

For Aesthetics

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

9. Cornell University

For Aesthetics

#13 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,060

10. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Aesthetics

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

11. University of California - Los Angeles

For Aesthetics

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

12. University of Chicago

For Aesthetics

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

13. Pennsylvania State University

For Aesthetics

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

14. Ohio State University

For Aesthetics

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

15. University of Pennsylvania

For Aesthetics

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

16. University of California-San Diego

For Aesthetics

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

17. University of Texas at Austin

For Aesthetics

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

18. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Aesthetics

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

19. Yale University

For Aesthetics

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

20. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Aesthetics

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

21. Northwestern University

For Aesthetics

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

22. Princeton University

For Aesthetics

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

23. University of Southern California

For Aesthetics

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

24. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Aesthetics

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

25. University of Maryland - College Park

For Aesthetics

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

26. Michigan State University

For Aesthetics

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

27. Johns Hopkins University

For Aesthetics

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

28. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Aesthetics

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

29. University of Arizona

For Aesthetics

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

30. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Aesthetics

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

31. University of Virginia

For Aesthetics

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

32. University of California - Davis

For Aesthetics

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

33. University of Pittsburgh

For Aesthetics

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

34. University of Florida

For Aesthetics

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

35. University of California - Irvine

For Aesthetics

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

36. Boston University

For Aesthetics

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

37. Iowa State University

For Aesthetics

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

38. Carnegie Mellon University

For Aesthetics

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

39. Duke University

For Aesthetics

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

40. Brandeis University

For Aesthetics

#80 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Average SAT
1450
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$45,565

41. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Aesthetics

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

42. University of Iowa

For Aesthetics

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

43. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Aesthetics

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

44. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Aesthetics

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

45. Washington University in St Louis

For Aesthetics

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

46. University of Colorado Boulder

For Aesthetics

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

47. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Aesthetics

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

48. Emory University

For Aesthetics

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

49. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Aesthetics

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

50. University of Connecticut

For Aesthetics

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

51. University of Rochester

For Aesthetics

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

52. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

For Aesthetics

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

53. Vanderbilt University

For Aesthetics

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

54. Florida State University

For Aesthetics

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

55. University of South Florida

For Aesthetics

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

56. University of California - San Francisco

For Aesthetics

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

57. Purdue University

For Aesthetics

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

58. University of Utah

For Aesthetics

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

59. Georgetown University

For Aesthetics

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

60. Providence College

For Aesthetics

#139 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1340
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$43,970

61. Stony Brook University

For Aesthetics

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

62. Brown University

For Aesthetics

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

63. California Institute of Technology

For Aesthetics

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

64. University of Missouri - Columbia

For Aesthetics

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

65. University of Notre Dame

For Aesthetics

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

66. Colorado State University - Fort Collins

For Aesthetics

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

67. University of California - Santa Cruz

For Aesthetics

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

68. Temple University

For Aesthetics

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

69. Indiana University - Bloomington

For Aesthetics

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

70. University of Oregon

For Aesthetics

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

71. Syracuse University

For Aesthetics

#174 in the World
Acceptance Rate
52%
Average SAT
1345
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$43,651

72. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Aesthetics

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

73. Georgia State University

For Aesthetics

#180 in the World
Acceptance Rate
67%
Average SAT
1135
Average ACT
23
Receiving Aid
95%

74. Dartmouth College

For Aesthetics

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

75. Boston College

For Aesthetics

#184 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1488
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$30,559

76. University of Georgia

For Aesthetics

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

77. University at Buffalo

For Aesthetics

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

78. University of Kentucky

For Aesthetics

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

79. University of Kansas

For Aesthetics

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

80. University of New Mexico

For Aesthetics

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

81. University of Miami

For Aesthetics

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

82. University of South Carolina - Columbia

For Aesthetics

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

83. CUNY Graduate School and University Center

For Aesthetics

#232 in the World
Acceptance Rate
24%
Enrollment
8,733
Male:Female
32:68
Founded
1961

84. University of California - Riverside

For Aesthetics

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

85. University of Cincinnati

For Aesthetics

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

86. University of Delaware

For Aesthetics

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

87. Northeastern University

For Aesthetics

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

88. Case Western Reserve University

For Aesthetics

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

89. Tufts University

For Aesthetics

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

90. George Washington University

For Aesthetics

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

91. University of Houston

For Aesthetics

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

92. University of Tennessee - Knoxville

For Aesthetics

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

93. George Mason University

For Aesthetics

#262 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
80%

94. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

For Aesthetics

#265 in the World
Acceptance Rate
76%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
98%

95. Washington State University

For Aesthetics

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

96. University of Nebraska - Lincoln

For Aesthetics

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

97. Wayne State University

For Aesthetics

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

98. SUNY at Albany

For Aesthetics

#284 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1220
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
97%

99. California University of Pennsylvania

For Aesthetics

#287 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Receiving Aid
95%
Average Aid
$6,250
Enrollment
6,885

100. Brigham Young University - Provo

For Aesthetics

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

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.