Best Universities for Statistics in North America
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Below is a list of best universities in North America ranked based on their research performance in Statistics. A graph of 206M citations received by 4.7M academic papers made by 1,310 universities in North America 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
- Acceptance Rate
- 4%
- Average SAT
- 1545
- Average ACT
- 35
- Net Price
- $17,525
2. Stanford University
- Acceptance Rate
- 4%
- Average SAT
- 1545
- Average ACT
- 35
- Net Price
- $25,078
3. University of California - Berkeley
- Acceptance Rate
- 11%
- Receiving Aid
- 63%
- Average Aid
- $29,608
- Enrollment
- 45,882
4. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
- Acceptance Rate
- 16%
- Average SAT
- 1445
- Average ACT
- 33
- Receiving Aid
- 69%
6. University of Washington - Seattle
- Acceptance Rate
- 39%
- Receiving Aid
- 56%
- Average Aid
- $16,156
- Enrollment
- 56,997
7. Johns Hopkins University
- Acceptance Rate
- 6%
- Average SAT
- 1545
- Average ACT
- 35
- Net Price
- $26,017
8. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Acceptance Rate
- 5%
- Average SAT
- 1550
- Average ACT
- 35
- Net Price
- $20,996
9. University of California - Los Angeles
- Acceptance Rate
- 9%
- Receiving Aid
- 59%
- Average Aid
- $25,627
- Enrollment
- 47,335
10. Cornell University
- Acceptance Rate
- 9%
- Average SAT
- 1535
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $26,361
11. University of Pennsylvania
- Acceptance Rate
- 5%
- Average SAT
- 1540
- Average ACT
- 35
- Net Price
- $23,570
12. Columbia University
- Acceptance Rate
- 4%
- Average SAT
- 1545
- Average ACT
- 35
- Net Price
- $22,520
13. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
- Acceptance Rate
- 80%
- Average SAT
- 1400
- Average ACT
- 29
- Receiving Aid
- 81%
14. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign
- Acceptance Rate
- 42%
- Average SAT
- 1415
- Average ACT
- 32
- Receiving Aid
- 64%
15. University of Wisconsin - Madison
- Acceptance Rate
- 45%
- Average SAT
- 1450
- Average ACT
- 31
- Receiving Aid
- 60%
16. University of California-San Diego
- Acceptance Rate
- 27%
- Receiving Aid
- 66%
- Average Aid
- $25,757
- Enrollment
- 44,256
17. Carnegie Mellon University
- Acceptance Rate
- 12%
- Average SAT
- 1535
- Average ACT
- 35
- Net Price
- $35,552
18. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Acceptance Rate
- 15%
- Average SAT
- 1460
- Average ACT
- 31
- Receiving Aid
- 59%
19. Yale University
- Acceptance Rate
- 4%
- Average SAT
- 1520
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $22,408
20. University of Southern California
- Acceptance Rate
- 10%
- Average SAT
- 1500
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $43,412
21. Princeton University
- Acceptance Rate
- 5%
- Average SAT
- 1545
- Average ACT
- 35
- Net Price
- $15,313
22. Ohio State University
- Acceptance Rate
- 61%
- Average SAT
- 1395
- Average ACT
- 30
- Receiving Aid
- 80%
23. University of Chicago
- Acceptance Rate
- 4%
- Average SAT
- 1545
- Average ACT
- 35
- Net Price
- $28,060
24. Pennsylvania State University
- Acceptance Rate
- 61%
- Average SAT
- 1330
- Average ACT
- 30
- Receiving Aid
- 67%
25. University of Texas at Austin
- Acceptance Rate
- 27%
- Average SAT
- 1380
- Average ACT
- 30
- Receiving Aid
- 65%
27. University of Maryland - College Park
- Acceptance Rate
- 45%
- Average SAT
- 1465
- Average ACT
- 34
- Receiving Aid
- 67%
28. New York University
- Acceptance Rate
- 9%
- Average SAT
- 1520
- Average ACT
- 35
- Net Price
- $30,325
29. Duke University
- Acceptance Rate
- 6%
- Average SAT
- 1535
- Average ACT
- 35
- Net Price
- $21,981
30. University of Pittsburgh
- Acceptance Rate
- 58%
- Average SAT
- 1370
- Average ACT
- 31
- Receiving Aid
- 74%
31. Georgia Institute of Technology
- Acceptance Rate
- 14%
- Average SAT
- 1455
- Average ACT
- 32
- Receiving Aid
- 73%
32. Northwestern University
- Acceptance Rate
- 8%
- Average SAT
- 1540
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $26,830
33. University of California - San Francisco
- Acceptance Rate
- 13%
- Enrollment
- 3,007
- Male:Female
- 36:64
- Founded
- 1864
34. Boston University
- Acceptance Rate
- 11%
- Average SAT
- 1475
- Average ACT
- 33
- Net Price
- $24,420
35. University of Florida
- Acceptance Rate
- 24%
- Average SAT
- 1400
- Average ACT
- 31
- Receiving Aid
- 94%
37. Texas A&M University - College Station
- Acceptance Rate
- 57%
- Average SAT
- 1275
- Average ACT
- 28
- Receiving Aid
- 74%
39. Arizona State University - Tempe
- Acceptance Rate
- 90%
- Receiving Aid
- 93%
- Average Aid
- $12,172
- Enrollment
- 79,818
40. Purdue University
- Acceptance Rate
- 50%
- Average SAT
- 1340
- Average ACT
- 31
- Receiving Aid
- 59%
42. University of California - Davis
- Acceptance Rate
- 42%
- Receiving Aid
- 65%
- Average Aid
- $24,591
- Enrollment
- 40,065
43. Rutgers University - New Brunswick
- Acceptance Rate
- 58%
- Average SAT
- 1405
- Average ACT
- 31
- Receiving Aid
- 69%
44. Michigan State University
- Acceptance Rate
- 85%
- Average SAT
- 1270
- Average ACT
- 28
- Receiving Aid
- 92%
45. Washington University in St Louis
- Acceptance Rate
- 12%
- Average SAT
- 1535
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $22,408
46. University of Arizona
- Acceptance Rate
- 86%
- Average SAT
- 1285
- Average ACT
- 25
- Receiving Aid
- 96%
47. California Institute of Technology
- Acceptance Rate
- 3%
- Net Price
- $14,513
- Receiving Aid
- 70%
- Average Aid
- $72,373
48. University of California - Irvine
- Acceptance Rate
- 29%
- Receiving Aid
- 61%
- Average Aid
- $23,110
- Enrollment
- 37,297
50. North Carolina State University at Raleigh
- Acceptance Rate
- 42%
- Average SAT
- 1385
- Average ACT
- 30
- Receiving Aid
- 69%
51. Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
- Acceptance Rate
- 39%
- Net Price
- $12,328
- Receiving Aid
- 100%
- Average Aid
- $2,018
52. University of Iowa
- Acceptance Rate
- 84%
- Average SAT
- 1230
- Average ACT
- 25
- Receiving Aid
- 90%
53. University of Utah
- Acceptance Rate
- 86%
- Average SAT
- 1285
- Average ACT
- 26
- Receiving Aid
- 79%
55. Emory University
- Acceptance Rate
- 11%
- Average SAT
- 1510
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $27,303
56. University of Rochester
- Acceptance Rate
- 40%
- Average SAT
- 1475
- Average ACT
- 33
- Net Price
- $40,462
57. University of Virginia
- Acceptance Rate
- 17%
- Average SAT
- 1475
- Average ACT
- 34
- Receiving Aid
- 57%
58. Vanderbilt University
- Acceptance Rate
- 6%
- Average SAT
- 1535
- Average ACT
- 35
- Net Price
- $25,186
59. Iowa State University
- Acceptance Rate
- 89%
- Average SAT
- 1240
- Average ACT
- 25
- Receiving Aid
- 89%
60. University of California - Santa Barbara
- Acceptance Rate
- 33%
- Receiving Aid
- 61%
- Average Aid
- $24,695
- Enrollment
- 26,133
62. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Acceptance Rate
- 55%
- Average SAT
- 1365
- Average ACT
- 30
- Receiving Aid
- 67%
64. University of Illinois at Chicago
- Acceptance Rate
- 77%
- Average SAT
- 1240
- Average ACT
- 28
- Receiving Aid
- 80%
66. Brown University
- Acceptance Rate
- 5%
- Average SAT
- 1545
- Average ACT
- 35
- Net Price
- $26,256
67. University of Colorado Boulder
- Acceptance Rate
- 78%
- Average SAT
- 1335
- Average ACT
- 31
- Receiving Aid
- 67%
68. University of Massachusetts - Amherst
- Acceptance Rate
- 60%
- Average SAT
- 1405
- Average ACT
- 32
- Receiving Aid
- 89%
69. University of Connecticut
- Acceptance Rate
- 52%
- Average SAT
- 1325
- Average ACT
- 31
- Receiving Aid
- 88%
70. University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Enrollment
- 359
- Male:Female
- 22:78
- Founded
- 1941
72. Case Western Reserve University
- Acceptance Rate
- 37%
- Average SAT
- 1485
- Average ACT
- 33
- Net Price
- $44,000
73. University at Buffalo
- Acceptance Rate
- 74%
- Average SAT
- 1295
- Average ACT
- 30
- Receiving Aid
- 86%
74. University of Maryland, Baltimore
- Acceptance Rate
- 65%
- Enrollment
- 6,636
- Male:Female
- 27:73
- Founded
- 1807
75. University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Acceptance Rate
- 88%
- Average SAT
- 1330
- Average ACT
- 27
- Receiving Aid
- 95%
76. University of Notre Dame
- Acceptance Rate
- 11%
- Average SAT
- 1508
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $29,300
77. University of Miami
- Acceptance Rate
- 19%
- Average SAT
- 1400
- Average ACT
- 32
- Net Price
- $45,397
78. Florida State University
- Acceptance Rate
- 24%
- Average SAT
- 1340
- Average ACT
- 31
- Receiving Aid
- 94%
79. George Washington University
- Acceptance Rate
- 47%
- Average SAT
- 1425
- Average ACT
- 33
- Net Price
- $46,485
80. University of Georgia
- Acceptance Rate
- 38%
- Average SAT
- 1375
- Average ACT
- 32
- Receiving Aid
- 89%
81. University of South Florida
- Acceptance Rate
- 43%
- Average SAT
- 1225
- Average ACT
- 27
- Receiving Aid
- 89%
82. University of Missouri - Columbia
- Acceptance Rate
- 78%
- Average SAT
- 1240
- Average ACT
- 27
- Receiving Aid
- 97%
83. University of South Carolina - Columbia
- Acceptance Rate
- 60%
- Average SAT
- 1270
- Average ACT
- 29
- Receiving Aid
- 94%
84. University of Tennessee - Knoxville
- Acceptance Rate
- 42%
- Average SAT
- 1285
- Average ACT
- 28
- Receiving Aid
- 96%
85. University of Kentucky
- Acceptance Rate
- 93%
- Average SAT
- 1180
- Average ACT
- 25
- Receiving Aid
- 97%
86. Colorado State University - Fort Collins
- Acceptance Rate
- 89%
- Receiving Aid
- 79%
- Average Aid
- $10,160
- Enrollment
- 34,096
87. University of Delaware
- Acceptance Rate
- 71%
- Average SAT
- 1280
- Average ACT
- 30
- Receiving Aid
- 94%
88. Syracuse University
- Acceptance Rate
- 46%
- Average SAT
- 1355
- Average ACT
- 31
- Net Price
- $48,215
89. University of Cincinnati
- Acceptance Rate
- 85%
- Average SAT
- 1265
- Average ACT
- 27
- Receiving Aid
- 88%
90. Stony Brook University
- Acceptance Rate
- 49%
- Average SAT
- 1415
- Average ACT
- 31
- Receiving Aid
- 99%
91. Baylor College of Medicine
- Acceptance Rate
- 9%
- Enrollment
- 1,774
- Male:Female
- 40:60
- Founded
- 1900
92. University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
- Acceptance Rate
- 75%
- Average SAT
- 1100
- Average ACT
- 28
- Receiving Aid
- 94%
93. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Acceptance Rate
- 12%
- Enrollment
- 1,261
- Male:Female
- 38:62
- Founded
- 1963
95. University of New Mexico
- Acceptance Rate
- 95%
- Average SAT
- 1030
- Average ACT
- 23
- Receiving Aid
- 100%
96. Tufts University
- Acceptance Rate
- 11%
- Average SAT
- 1515
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $32,367
97. Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis
- Acceptance Rate
- 76%
- Average SAT
- 1135
- Average ACT
- 25
- Receiving Aid
- 91%
98. University of California - Riverside
- Acceptance Rate
- 76%
- Receiving Aid
- 80%
- Average Aid
- $24,355
- Enrollment
- 26,384
100. University of Kansas
- Acceptance Rate
- 93%
- Average SAT
- 1185
- Average ACT
- 24
- Receiving Aid
- 94%