79 Best universities for Liberal Arts & Social Sciences in Nigeria

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Below is a list of best universities in Nigeria ranked based on their research performance in Liberal Arts & Social Sciences. A graph of 900K citations received by 148K academic papers made by 79 universities in Nigeria 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. University of Ibadan

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#11 in Africa
#835 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Founded
1948

2. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#21 in Africa
#1173 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Founded
1962

3. University of Nigeria

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#24 in Africa
#1243 in the World
Acceptance Rate
38%
Founded
1960

4. University of Lagos

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#30 in Africa
#1456 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Founded
1962

5. Covenant University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#51 in Africa
#1952 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Founded
2002

6. University of Ilorin

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#52 in Africa
#1966 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Founded
1975

7. University of Calabar

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#53 in Africa
#2003 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1975

8. University of Port Harcourt

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#55 in Africa
#2064 in the World
Acceptance Rate
15%
Founded
1975

9. Ahmadu Bello University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#56 in Africa
#2066 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
49,436
Founded
1962

10. University of Benin

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#70 in Africa
#2265 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1970

11. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#79 in Africa
#2443 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Founded
1991

12. Federal University of Technology, Akure

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#81 in Africa
#2489 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Enrollment
17,672
Founded
1981

13. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#90 in Africa
#2706 in the World
Acceptance Rate
32%
Founded
1988

14. Bayero University Kano

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#92 in Africa
#2734 in the World
Founded
1975

15. Lagos State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#101 in Africa
#2852 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Founded
1983

16. Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#103 in Africa
#2911 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1982

17. University of Uyo

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#108 in Africa
#3034 in the World
Founded
1991

18. Rivers State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#110 in Africa
#3079 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1980

19. Olabisi Onabanjo University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#112 in Africa
#3096 in the World
Acceptance Rate
27%
Founded
1982

20. University of Maiduguri

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#113 in Africa
#3106 in the World
Founded
1975

21. Delta State University, Abraka

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#115 in Africa
#3127 in the World
Founded
1992

22. University of Jos

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#119 in Africa
#3230 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
24,169
Male:Female
54:46
Founded
1975

23. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#120 in Africa
#3232 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1990

24. Ebonyi State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#133 in Africa
#3517 in the World
Founded
2000

25. Usmanu Danfodio University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#134 in Africa
#3522 in the World
Founded
1975

26. Adekunle Ajasin University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#140 in Africa
#3614 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Founded
1982

27. Babcock University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#150 in Africa
#3732 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Founded
1999

28. Pan-Atlantic University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#163 in Africa
#3885 in the World
Founded
2002

29. Federal University of Technology, Owerri

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#165 in Africa
#3910 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1980

30. Federal University of Technology, Minna

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#167 in Africa
#3932 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Founded
1982

31. Niger Delta University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#168 in Africa
#3949 in the World
Founded
2000

32. Ambrose Alli University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#170 in Africa
#3984 in the World
Founded
1980

33. Michael Okpara University of Agriculture

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#174 in Africa
#4065 in the World
Enrollment
20,000
Founded
1992

34. University of Agriculture, Makurdi

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#176 in Africa
#4141 in the World
Founded
1988

35. Osun State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#177 in Africa
#4147 in the World
Acceptance Rate
26%
Founded
2007

36. University of Abuja

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#180 in Africa
#4201 in the World
Enrollment
4,680
Founded
1988

37. Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#182 in Africa
#4226 in the World
Acceptance Rate
61%
Founded
2000

38. Abia State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#184 in Africa
#4279 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1981

39. Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#188 in Africa
#4317 in the World
Founded
1988

40. Lead City University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#190 in Africa
#4347 in the World
Acceptance Rate
59%
Founded
2005

41. Enugu State University of Science and Technology

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#191 in Africa
#4362 in the World
Enrollment
16,092
Male:Female
57:43
Founded
1981

42. Redeemer's University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#193 in Africa
#4394 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
2005

43. Landmark University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#197 in Africa
#4425 in the World
Acceptance Rate
100%
Founded
2011

44. Benue State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#205 in Africa
#4549 in the World
Founded
1992

45. Federal University, Oye-Ekiti

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#207 in Africa
#4578 in the World
Acceptance Rate
58%
Founded
2011

46. Afe Babalola University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#209 in Africa
#4663 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%
Founded
2009

47. Nasarawa State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#215 in Africa
#4754 in the World
Founded
2002

48. Imo State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#217 in Africa
#4815 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1981

49. Kogi State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#218 in Africa
#4825 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1999

50. Kwara State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#230 in Africa
#5017 in the World
Founded
2009

51. Kaduna State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#233 in Africa
#5041 in the World
Founded
2004

52. Modibbo Adama University of Technology

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#235 in Africa
#5053 in the World
Founded
1988

53. Joseph Ayo Babalola University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#237 in Africa
#5108 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
2006

54. Federal University, Lafia

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#249 in Africa
#5283 in the World
Founded
2011

55. Bowen University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#254 in Africa
#5359 in the World
Founded
2001

56. Gombe State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#260 in Africa
#5443 in the World
Acceptance Rate
59%
Founded
2004

57. American University of Nigeria

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#262 in Africa
#5455 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
2004

59. Tai Solarin University of Education

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#267 in Africa
#5578 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Founded
2005

61. Akwa Ibom State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#279 in Africa
#5815 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
2009

62. Igbinedion University Okada

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#285 in Africa
#5866 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Founded
1999

63. Paul University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#288 in Africa
#5887 in the World
Founded
2009

64. Federal University, Lokoja

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#290 in Africa
#5922 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
2011

65. Bells University of Technology

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#291 in Africa
#5925 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
2005

66. Federal University, Otuoke

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#295 in Africa
#5958 in the World
Founded
2011

67. Bingham University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#297 in Africa
#5979 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Founded
2005

68. Federal University, Birnin Kebbi

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#311 in Africa
#6151 in the World
Enrollment
7,000
Founded
2013

69. Adamawa State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#312 in Africa
#6178 in the World
Founded
2002

70. Umaru Musa Yar'Adua University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#314 in Africa
#6228 in the World
Enrollment
13,256
Founded
2006

71. Ajayi Crowther University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#317 in Africa
#6265 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Founded
2005

73. Novena University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#322 in Africa
#6421 in the World
Founded
2005

74. Fountain University, Osogbo

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#324 in Africa
#6427 in the World
Founded
2007

75. Benson Idahosa University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#325 in Africa
#6444 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Founded
2002

76. Adeleke University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#326 in Africa
#6452 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
1,500
Founded
2011

77. Crescent University, Abeokuta

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#329 in Africa
#6499 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Founded
2005

78. Caleb University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#346 in Africa
#6694 in the World
Founded
2007

79. Wellspring University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#363 in Africa
#6966 in the World
Enrollment
500
Founded
2009

The best cities to study Liberal Arts & Social Sciences in Nigeria based on the number of universities and their ranks are Ibadan, Ife, Nsukka, and Lagos.