Best Theology / Divinity / Religious studies Schools in the World

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Below is a list of best universities in the World ranked based on their research performance in Theology / Divinity / Religious studies. A graph of 26.4M citations received by 2.15M academic papers made by 4,103 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. University of Oxford

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1096

2. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

3. University of Toronto

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1 in Canada
Enrollment
27,651
Founded
1827

4. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

5. University of California - Berkeley

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

6. University of Cambridge

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#2 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

7. Harvard University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
3%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,491

8. Stanford University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

9. University College London

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#3 in Europe
Enrollment
42,000
Founded
1826

10. Yale University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

11. University of Chicago

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

12. Columbia University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

13. University of California - Los Angeles

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

14. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

15. New York University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

16. University of Washington - Seattle

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

17. University of Edinburgh

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#4 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1583

18. University of Amsterdam

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

19. University of Pennsylvania

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

20. Pennsylvania State University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

21. University of Texas at Austin

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

22. Princeton University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

23. Cornell University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

24. University of British Columbia

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

25. Catholic University of Leuven

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

26. King's College London

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#7 in Europe
Founded
1829

27. University of Sydney

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

28. Ohio State University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

29. University of Warsaw

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#8 in Europe
#1 in Poland
Acceptance Rate
25%
Enrollment
42,700
Founded
1816

30. University of Manchester

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#9 in Europe
Founded
1824

31. University of Lodz

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#10 in Europe
#2 in Poland
Enrollment
38,000
Founded
1945

32. Duke University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

33. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

34. Hebrew University of Jerusalem

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1 in Asia
#1 in Israel
Acceptance Rate
23%
Enrollment
23,500
Founded
1918

35. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

36. University of Arizona

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

37. University of Birmingham

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#11 in Europe
Founded
1900

38. McGill University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

39. Durham University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#12 in Europe
Enrollment
19,520
Founded
1832

40. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

41. Utrecht University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#13 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1636

42. University of Melbourne

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

43. University of Leeds

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#14 in Europe
Founded
1904

44. University of Florida

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

45. University of Pittsburgh

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

46. Johns Hopkins University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

47. University of Southern California

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

48. University of Notre Dame

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$28,474

49. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

50. Monash University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

51. London School of Economics and Political Science

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

52. Australian National University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

53. University of Bristol

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

54. University of Virginia

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

55. University of California-San Diego

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

56. University of Maryland - College Park

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

57. University of Warwick

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#17 in Europe
Enrollment
27,278
Founded
1965

58. Jagiellonian University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#18 in Europe
#3 in Poland
Acceptance Rate
53%
Enrollment
41,661
Founded
1364

59. Radboud University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#19 in Europe
Founded
1923

60. Adam Mickiewicz University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#20 in Europe
#4 in Poland
Acceptance Rate
58%
Enrollment
37,013
Founded
1919

61. Boston University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

62. Emory University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

63. University of Exeter

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#21 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
73%
Founded
1955

64. University of Queensland

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

65. Free University Amsterdam

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#22 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
45%
Founded
1880

66. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

67. University of California - Irvine

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

68. Georgetown University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1485
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$35,566

69. University of Nottingham

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#23 in Europe
Founded
1948

70. University of Helsinki

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

71. University of Sheffield

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#25 in Europe
Founded
1905

72. University of New South Wales

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

73. University of Iowa

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

74. Tel Aviv University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#2 in Asia
#2 in Israel
Enrollment
30,000
Founded
1956

75. University of Glasgow

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#26 in Europe
Founded
1451

76. Aarhus University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#27 in Europe
#1 in Denmark
Acceptance Rate
42%
Enrollment
33,020
Founded
1928

77. University of California - Davis

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

78. University of Alberta

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#4 in Canada
Enrollment
31,185
Founded
1908

79. Michigan State University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

80. Stockholm University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#28 in Europe
#1 in Sweden
Enrollment
37,484
Founded
1878

81. University of Sussex

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#29 in Europe
Enrollment
17,319
Male:Female
44:56
Founded
1961

82. University of Haifa

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#3 in Asia
#3 in Israel
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
18,000
Founded
1963

83. York University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#5 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
32%
Enrollment
53,000
Founded
1959

84. Washington University in St Louis

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

85. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

86. National University of Singapore

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

87. Florida State University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
25%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
93%

88. University of London

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#30 in Europe
Enrollment
50,000
Founded
1836

89. University of Calgary

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

90. University of Rochester

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
39%
Average SAT
1465
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$39,775

91. Boston College

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1488
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$30,559

92. Vanderbilt University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

93. University of Groningen

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#31 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
34,000
Founded
1614

94. University of Kentucky

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
95%
Average SAT
1180
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
96%

95. University of Copenhagen

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#32 in Europe
#2 in Denmark
Acceptance Rate
37%
Founded
1479

96. Lancaster University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#33 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1964

97. University of Pretoria

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1 in Africa
Enrollment
48,174
Founded
1908

98. Cardiff University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#34 in Europe
Founded
1997

99. University of Hong Kong

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

100. Indiana University - Bloomington

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
82%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
83%