Best Theology / Divinity / Religious studies Schools in the World

Below is a list of best universities in the World ranked based on their research performance in Theology / Divinity / Religious studies. A graph of 1.8B citations received by 83.2M academic papers made by 3,778 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
18%
Founded
1096

2. University of Toronto

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
43%
Enrollment
95,055
Founded
1827

3. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
20%
Receiving Aid
70%
Average Aid
$16,326
Enrollment
50,278

4. University of California - Berkeley

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
14%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$21,406
Enrollment
45,036

5. University of Cambridge

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#2 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

6. Stanford University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$14,402

7. Yale University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$20,605

8. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
20%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
60%

9. Harvard University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$13,910

10. University of Chicago

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$33,727

11. Columbia University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$12,411

12. University of California - Los Angeles

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
56%
Average Aid
$17,592
Enrollment
46,116

13. University of Pennsylvania

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$14,578

14. University of Edinburgh

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#3 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1583

15. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
64%

16. University of Texas at Austin

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
29%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
71%

17. University of Washington - Seattle

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
53%
Receiving Aid
54%
Average Aid
$15,895
Enrollment
52,434

18. Princeton University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1515
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$20,908

19. New York University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1510
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$50,991

20. Pennsylvania State University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
55%
Receiving Aid
73%
Average Aid
$8,719
Enrollment
40,363

21. University of British Columbia

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#2 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
53%
Enrollment
59,659
Founded
1908

22. Boston University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$25,852

23. University College London

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#4 in Europe
Enrollment
42,000
Founded
1826

24. King's College London

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#5 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
13%
Founded
1829

25. University of Sydney

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1 in Oceania
#1 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
63,602
Founded
1850

26. Ohio State University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1345
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
83%

27. University of Amsterdam

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#6 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
31,123
Founded
1632

28. Duke University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1513
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$27,297

29. University of Warsaw

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

30. University of Manchester

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#8 in Europe
Founded
1824

31. Cornell University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1505
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$24,262

32. Hebrew University of Jerusalem

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1 in Asia
#1 in Israel
Acceptance Rate
34%
Enrollment
23,500
Founded
1918

33. McGill University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#3 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
47%
Enrollment
40,036
Founded
1821

34. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
85%

35. University of Birmingham

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#9 in Europe
Founded
1900

36. Durham University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#10 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
19,520
Founded
1832

37. University of Notre Dame

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
15%
Average SAT
1480
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$30,513

38. University of Arizona

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
95%

39. University of Leeds

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#11 in Europe
Founded
1904

40. University of Southern California

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,021

41. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1355
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

42. University of Pittsburgh

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
67%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
78%

43. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
88%
Receiving Aid
92%
Average Aid
$12,201
Enrollment
77,881

44. University of Florida

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
30%
Average SAT
1385
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

45. University of Melbourne

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#2 in Oceania
#2 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
49,000
Founded
1853

46. London School of Economics and Political Science

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#12 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
9%
Founded
1895

47. University of Virginia

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
21%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
34
Receiving Aid
63%

48. University of Bristol

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#13 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
27,513
Founded
1909

49. Utrecht University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#14 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Founded
1636

50. Monash University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#3 in Oceania
#3 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
78,000
Founded
1958

51. University of California-San Diego

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
34%
Receiving Aid
54%
Average Aid
$18,083
Enrollment
41,885

52. Australian National University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#4 in Oceania
#4 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
35%
Founded
1946

53. University of Maryland - College Park

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
52%
Average SAT
1420
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
68%

54. University of Warwick

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#15 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
27,278
Founded
1965

55. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

56. Jagiellonian University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#16 in Europe
#2 in Poland
Acceptance Rate
53%
Enrollment
41,661
Founded
1364

57. Adam Mickiewicz University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#17 in Europe
#3 in Poland
Acceptance Rate
63%
Enrollment
37,013
Founded
1919

58. Emory University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1480
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$28,367

59. University of Nottingham

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#18 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
11%
Founded
1948

60. University of Lodz

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#19 in Europe
#4 in Poland
Enrollment
38,000
Founded
1945

61. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
4%
Net Price
$30,958
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$32,562

62. University of Exeter

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#20 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
73%
Founded
1955

63. University of Sheffield

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#21 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Founded
1905

64. University of Queensland

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

65. Catholic University of Leuven

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

66. Indiana University - Bloomington

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
79%

67. University of New South Wales

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

68. University of California - Irvine

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
29%
Receiving Aid
79%
Average Aid
$16,868
Enrollment
36,505

69. Tel Aviv University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

70. University of Glasgow

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#23 in Europe
Founded
1451

71. Free University Amsterdam

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#24 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
45%
Founded
1880

72. University of Helsinki

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#25 in Europe
#1 in Finland
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
31,312
Founded
1640

73. University of Iowa

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
87%

74. Johns Hopkins University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
8%
Net Price
$20,680
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$45,373

75. University of Alberta

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#4 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
58%
Founded
1908

76. Georgetown University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1480
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$23,049

77. University of California - Davis

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
49%
Receiving Aid
65%
Average Aid
$17,628
Enrollment
40,050

78. University of Haifa

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

79. York University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#5 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
27%
Enrollment
53,000
Founded
1959

80. Stockholm University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#26 in Europe
#1 in Sweden
Acceptance Rate
24%
Enrollment
37,484
Founded
1878

81. Washington University in St Louis

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$28,298

82. University of Rochester

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
41%
Average SAT
1445
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$40,125

83. Michigan State University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
83%
Average SAT
1210
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
72%

84. Vanderbilt University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$27,553

85. University of Sussex

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

86. University of Pretoria

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1 in Africa
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
56,483
Male:Female
42:58
Founded
1908

87. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
29%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$18,107
Enrollment
26,124

88. Boston College

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$30,159

89. University of Calgary

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#6 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1966

90. University of Kentucky

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
94%
Average SAT
1207
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
94%

91. Aarhus University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

92. Radboud University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#29 in Europe
Founded
1923

93. National University of Singapore

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

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

94. University of London

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#30 in Europe
Enrollment
50,000
Founded
1836

95. University of Groningen

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#31 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
34,000
Founded
1614

96. Cardiff University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#32 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1997

97. Florida State University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
37%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
96%

98. Lancaster University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#33 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
19%
Founded
1964

99. University of Utah

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

Acceptance Rate
95%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
89%

100. Western University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#7 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
58%
Enrollment
27,300
Founded
1878