100 Best Human Rights Law schools 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 Human Rights Law. A graph of 255K citations received by 27.5K academic papers made by 219 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. Yale University

For Human Rights Law

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

2. New York University

For Human Rights Law

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

3. Columbia University

For Human Rights Law

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

4. University of California - Berkeley

For Human Rights Law

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

5. Harvard University

For Human Rights Law

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

6. American University in Washington

For Human Rights Law

#17 in the World
Acceptance Rate
41%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$41,369

7. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Human Rights Law

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

8. Georgetown University

For Human Rights Law

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

9. University of Chicago

For Human Rights Law

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

10. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Human Rights Law

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

11. University of Notre Dame

For Human Rights Law

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

12. New York Law School

For Human Rights Law

#40 in the World
Acceptance Rate
47%
Enrollment
1,050
Male:Female
37:63
Founded
1891

13. Cornell University

For Human Rights Law

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

14. Emory University

For Human Rights Law

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

15. University of Connecticut

For Human Rights Law

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

16. George Washington University

For Human Rights Law

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

17. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Human Rights Law

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

18. Boston University

For Human Rights Law

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

19. Pennsylvania State University

For Human Rights Law

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

20. University of Washington - Seattle

For Human Rights Law

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

21. Stanford University

For Human Rights Law

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

22. Princeton University

For Human Rights Law

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

23. Syracuse University

For Human Rights Law

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

24. University of Pennsylvania

For Human Rights Law

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

25. University of Texas at Austin

For Human Rights Law

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

26. Duke University

For Human Rights Law

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

27. Boston College

For Human Rights Law

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

28. George Mason University

For Human Rights Law

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

29. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Human Rights Law

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

30. University of Nebraska - Lincoln

For Human Rights Law

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

31. Johns Hopkins University

For Human Rights Law

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

32. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Human Rights Law

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

33. Washington University in St Louis

For Human Rights Law

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

34. Ohio State University

For Human Rights Law

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

35. University of Maryland - College Park

For Human Rights Law

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

36. Fordham University

For Human Rights Law

#104 in the World
Acceptance Rate
54%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$43,943

37. University of California - Los Angeles

For Human Rights Law

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

38. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Human Rights Law

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

39. University of Virginia

For Human Rights Law

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

40. Indiana University - Bloomington

For Human Rights Law

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

41. University of Denver

For Human Rights Law

#125 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$42,423

42. University of Pittsburgh

For Human Rights Law

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

43. University of California - Davis

For Human Rights Law

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

44. Brigham Young University - Provo

For Human Rights Law

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

45. University of Southern California

For Human Rights Law

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

46. Trinity College

For Human Rights Law

#139 in the World
Acceptance Rate
36%
Average SAT
1385
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$32,704

47. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Human Rights Law

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

48. Temple University

For Human Rights Law

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

49. University of North Texas

For Human Rights Law

#144 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1120
Average ACT
23
Receiving Aid
95%

50. University of California-San Diego

For Human Rights Law

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

51. Tufts University

For Human Rights Law

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

52. New School

For Human Rights Law

#155 in the World
Acceptance Rate
57%
Net Price
$55,480
Receiving Aid
92%
Average Aid
$21,504

53. Binghamton University

For Human Rights Law

#158 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
80%

54. Florida State University

For Human Rights Law

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

55. Mitchell Hamline School of Law

For Human Rights Law

#163 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
1,192
Male:Female
40:60
Founded
2015

56. Georgia State University

For Human Rights Law

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

57. University of Miami

For Human Rights Law

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

58. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Human Rights Law

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

59. Vanderbilt University

For Human Rights Law

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

60. University at Buffalo

For Human Rights Law

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

61. University of Utah

For Human Rights Law

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

62. Washington College

For Human Rights Law

#181 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$31,650

63. University of Iowa

For Human Rights Law

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

64. University of California - Irvine

For Human Rights Law

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

65. University of Arizona

For Human Rights Law

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

66. University of San Diego

For Human Rights Law

#194 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Net Price
$36,008
Receiving Aid
84%
Average Aid
$36,408

67. CUNY Graduate School and University Center

For Human Rights Law

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

68. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Human Rights Law

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

69. Michigan State University

For Human Rights Law

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

70. Loyola University Chicago

For Human Rights Law

#200 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$37,511

71. United States Military Academy

For Human Rights Law

#201 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
30
Enrollment
4,393

72. DePaul University

For Human Rights Law

#202 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Average SAT
1185
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$32,151

73. Tulane University of Louisiana

For Human Rights Law

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

74. University of Kentucky

For Human Rights Law

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

75. University of Oklahoma - Norman

For Human Rights Law

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

76. University of Florida

For Human Rights Law

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

77. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

For Human Rights Law

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

78. Florida International University

For Human Rights Law

#217 in the World
Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1155
Average ACT
24
Receiving Aid
91%

79. University of San Francisco

For Human Rights Law

#219 in the World
Acceptance Rate
71%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$42,953

80. University of Kansas

For Human Rights Law

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

81. Loyola Marymount University

For Human Rights Law

#226 in the World
Acceptance Rate
41%
Average SAT
1380
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$52,815

82. Northwestern University

For Human Rights Law

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

83. Washington and Lee University

For Human Rights Law

#235 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1472
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$24,733

84. Duquesne University

For Human Rights Law

#238 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
28
Net Price
$33,919

85. University of Massachusetts - Boston

For Human Rights Law

#239 in the World
Acceptance Rate
81%
Average SAT
1190
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
99%

86. Wake Forest University

For Human Rights Law

#247 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Net Price
$26,197
Receiving Aid
37%
Average Aid
$54,233

87. Stony Brook University

For Human Rights Law

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

88. Seattle University

For Human Rights Law

#253 in the World
Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1265
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$35,412

89. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Human Rights Law

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

90. University of Colorado Boulder

For Human Rights Law

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

91. University of Tennessee - Knoxville

For Human Rights Law

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

92. University of South Florida

For Human Rights Law

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

93. Case Western Reserve University

For Human Rights Law

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

94. Northeastern University

For Human Rights Law

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

95. San Diego State University

For Human Rights Law

#274 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Receiving Aid
98%
Average Aid
$9,934
Enrollment
37,402

96. University of Richmond

For Human Rights Law

#276 in the World
Acceptance Rate
24%
Average SAT
1464
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$29,248

97. Santa Clara University

For Human Rights Law

#278 in the World
Acceptance Rate
52%
Average SAT
1385
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$50,551

98. University of Hawaii at Manoa

For Human Rights Law

#280 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1180
Average ACT
21
Receiving Aid
80%

99. University of California - Riverside

For Human Rights Law

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

100. University of Georgia

For Human Rights Law

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

The best cities to study Human Rights Law in the United States based on the number of universities and their ranks are New Haven, New York, Berkeley, and Cambridge.