North America's best Quantum and Particle physics universities [Rankings]

Below is a list of best universities in North America ranked based on their research performance in Quantum and Particle physics. A graph of 315M citations received by 7.82M academic papers made by 1,430 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. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

United States | Massachusetts

For Quantum and Particle physics

#1 in the United States

#1 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 5%
Average SAT: 1550
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $20,996

2. University of California - Berkeley

United States | California

For Quantum and Particle physics

#2 in the United States

#2 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Receiving Aid: 63%
Average Aid: $29,608
Enrollment: 45,882

3. Stanford University

United States | California

For Quantum and Particle physics

#3 in the United States

#3 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 4%
Average SAT: 1545
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $25,078

4. Harvard University

United States | Massachusetts

For Quantum and Particle physics

#4 in the United States

#6 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 4%
Average SAT: 1545
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $17,525

5. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

United States | Michigan

For Quantum and Particle physics

#5 in the United States

#8 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Average SAT: 1445
Average ACT: 33
Receiving Aid: 69%

6. California Institute of Technology

United States | California

For Quantum and Particle physics

#6 in the United States

#9 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 3%
Net Price: $14,513
Receiving Aid: 70%
Average Aid: $72,373

7. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

United States | Illinois

For Quantum and Particle physics

#7 in the United States

#10 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Average SAT: 1415
Average ACT: 32
Receiving Aid: 64%

8. Princeton University

United States | New Jersey

For Quantum and Particle physics

#8 in the United States

#11 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 5%
Average SAT: 1545
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $15,313

9. University of California - Los Angeles

United States | California

For Quantum and Particle physics

#9 in the United States

#14 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Receiving Aid: 59%
Average Aid: $25,627
Enrollment: 47,335

10. University of Texas at Austin

United States | Texas

For Quantum and Particle physics

#10 in the United States

#15 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Average SAT: 1380
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 65%

11. Cornell University

United States | New York State

For Quantum and Particle physics

#11 in the United States

#16 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Average SAT: 1535
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $26,361

12. Pennsylvania State University

United States | Pennsylvania

For Quantum and Particle physics

#12 in the United States

#17 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 61%
Average SAT: 1330
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 67%

13. University of Toronto

Canada | Ontario

For Quantum and Particle physics

#1 in Canada

#19 in the World

Enrollment: 102,431
Founded: 1827

14. University of Washington - Seattle

United States | Washington

For Quantum and Particle physics

#13 in the United States

#20 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Receiving Aid: 56%
Average Aid: $16,156
Enrollment: 56,997

15. Georgia Institute of Technology

United States | Georgia

For Quantum and Particle physics

#14 in the United States

#21 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Average SAT: 1455
Average ACT: 32
Receiving Aid: 73%

16. University of Wisconsin - Madison

United States | Wisconsin

For Quantum and Particle physics

#15 in the United States

#22 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Average SAT: 1450
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 60%

17. University of Maryland - College Park

United States | Maryland

For Quantum and Particle physics

#16 in the United States

#24 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Average SAT: 1465
Average ACT: 34
Receiving Aid: 67%

18. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

United States | Minnesota

For Quantum and Particle physics

#17 in the United States

#30 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Average SAT: 1400
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 81%

19. University of California-San Diego

United States | California

For Quantum and Particle physics

#18 in the United States

#32 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Receiving Aid: 66%
Average Aid: $25,757
Enrollment: 44,256

20. University of California - Santa Barbara

United States | California

For Quantum and Particle physics

#19 in the United States

#33 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Receiving Aid: 61%
Average Aid: $24,695
Enrollment: 26,133

21. Purdue University

United States | Indiana

For Quantum and Particle physics

#20 in the United States

#34 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Average SAT: 1340
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 59%

22. Northwestern University

United States | Illinois

For Quantum and Particle physics

#21 in the United States

#38 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Average SAT: 1540
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $26,830

23. Columbia University

United States | New York State

For Quantum and Particle physics

#22 in the United States

#39 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 4%
Average SAT: 1545
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $22,520

24. Ohio State University

United States | Ohio

For Quantum and Particle physics

#23 in the United States

#42 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 61%
Average SAT: 1395
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 80%

25. Texas A&M University - College Station

United States | Texas

For Quantum and Particle physics

#24 in the United States

#43 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Average SAT: 1275
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 74%

26. University of Pennsylvania

United States | Pennsylvania

For Quantum and Particle physics

#25 in the United States

#45 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 5%
Average SAT: 1540
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $23,570

27. University of Chicago

United States | Illinois

For Quantum and Particle physics

#26 in the United States

#46 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 4%
Average SAT: 1545
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $28,060

28. Yale University

United States | Connecticut

For Quantum and Particle physics

#27 in the United States

#47 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 4%
Average SAT: 1520
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $22,408

29. Johns Hopkins University

United States | Maryland

For Quantum and Particle physics

#28 in the United States

#54 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 6%
Average SAT: 1545
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $26,017

30. University of British Columbia

Canada | British Columbia

For Quantum and Particle physics

#2 in Canada

#57 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Enrollment: 71,201
Founded: 1908

31. University of Florida

United States | Florida

For Quantum and Particle physics

#29 in the United States

#58 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 24%
Average SAT: 1400
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 94%

32. Carnegie Mellon University

United States | Pennsylvania

For Quantum and Particle physics

#30 in the United States

#59 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Average SAT: 1535
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $35,552

33. University of Arizona

United States | Arizona

For Quantum and Particle physics

#31 in the United States

#60 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Average SAT: 1285
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 96%

34. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

United States | New Jersey

For Quantum and Particle physics

#32 in the United States

#61 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Average SAT: 1405
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 69%

35. University of Southern California

United States | California

For Quantum and Particle physics

#33 in the United States

#62 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Average SAT: 1500
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $43,412

36. University of Colorado Boulder

United States | Colorado

For Quantum and Particle physics

#34 in the United States

#65 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Average SAT: 1335
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 67%

37. University of Waterloo

Canada | Ontario

For Quantum and Particle physics

#3 in Canada

#66 in the World

Founded: 1957

38. Arizona State University - Tempe

United States | Arizona

For Quantum and Particle physics

#35 in the United States

#72 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Receiving Aid: 93%
Average Aid: $12,172
Enrollment: 79,818

39. University of California - Davis

United States | California

For Quantum and Particle physics

#36 in the United States

#73 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Receiving Aid: 65%
Average Aid: $24,591
Enrollment: 40,065

40. Iowa State University

United States | Iowa State

For Quantum and Particle physics

#37 in the United States

#75 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Average SAT: 1240
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 89%

41. University of Alberta

Canada | Alberta

For Quantum and Particle physics

#4 in Canada

#79 in the World

Enrollment: 31,185
Founded: 1908

42. McGill University

Canada | Quebec State

For Quantum and Particle physics

#5 in Canada

#80 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 37,888
Founded: 1821

43. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

United States | Virginia

For Quantum and Particle physics

#38 in the United States

#81 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Average SAT: 1365
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 67%

44. Michigan State University

United States | Michigan

For Quantum and Particle physics

#39 in the United States

#82 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1270
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 92%

45. Duke University

United States | North Carolina

For Quantum and Particle physics

#40 in the United States

#83 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 6%
Average SAT: 1535
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $21,981

46. New York University

United States | New York State

For Quantum and Particle physics

#41 in the United States

#84 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Average SAT: 1520
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $30,325

47. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

United States | North Carolina

For Quantum and Particle physics

#42 in the United States

#90 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Average SAT: 1385
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 69%

48. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

United States | North Carolina

For Quantum and Particle physics

#43 in the United States

#94 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Average SAT: 1460
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 59%

49. University of California - Irvine

United States | California

For Quantum and Particle physics

#44 in the United States

#103 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Receiving Aid: 61%
Average Aid: $23,110
Enrollment: 37,297

50. University of Utah

United States | Utah

For Quantum and Particle physics

#45 in the United States

#109 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Average SAT: 1285
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 79%

51. University of Pittsburgh

United States | Pennsylvania

For Quantum and Particle physics

#46 in the United States

#116 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Average SAT: 1370
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 74%

52. University of Rochester

United States | New York State

For Quantum and Particle physics

#47 in the United States

#118 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Average SAT: 1475
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $40,462

53. University of Virginia

United States | Virginia

For Quantum and Particle physics

#48 in the United States

#121 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Average SAT: 1475
Average ACT: 34
Receiving Aid: 57%

54. Rice University

United States | Texas

For Quantum and Particle physics

#49 in the United States

#130 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Average SAT: 1540
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $23,589

55. Boston University

United States | Massachusetts

For Quantum and Particle physics

#50 in the United States

#142 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Average SAT: 1475
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $24,420

56. Stony Brook University

United States | New York State

For Quantum and Particle physics

#51 in the United States

#144 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Average SAT: 1415
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 99%

57. McMaster University

Canada | Ontario

For Quantum and Particle physics

#6 in Canada

#157 in the World

Enrollment: 27,965
Founded: 1887

58. Brown University

United States | Rhode Island

For Quantum and Particle physics

#52 in the United States

#162 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 5%
Average SAT: 1545
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $26,256

59. University of Tennessee - Knoxville

United States | Tennessee

For Quantum and Particle physics

#53 in the United States

#163 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Average SAT: 1285
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 96%

60. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

United States | Massachusetts

For Quantum and Particle physics

#54 in the United States

#165 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Average SAT: 1405
Average ACT: 32
Receiving Aid: 89%

61. Washington University in St Louis

United States | Missouri

For Quantum and Particle physics

#55 in the United States

#167 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Average SAT: 1535
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $22,408

62. University of Notre Dame

United States | Indiana

For Quantum and Particle physics

#56 in the United States

#168 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Average SAT: 1508
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $29,300

63. University of Delaware

United States | Delaware

For Quantum and Particle physics

#57 in the United States

#170 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Average SAT: 1280
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 94%

64. University of Calgary

Canada | Alberta

For Quantum and Particle physics

#7 in Canada

#173 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Enrollment: 33,000
Founded: 1966

65. Case Western Reserve University

United States | Ohio

For Quantum and Particle physics

#58 in the United States

#176 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Average SAT: 1485
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $44,000

66. Queen's University

Canada | Ontario

For Quantum and Particle physics

#8 in Canada

#183 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Enrollment: 35,612
Founded: 1841

67. Western University

Canada | Ontario

For Quantum and Particle physics

#9 in Canada

#186 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 21,836
Founded: 1878

68. Florida State University

United States | Florida

For Quantum and Particle physics

#59 in the United States

#196 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 24%
Average SAT: 1340
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 94%

69. University of Illinois at Chicago

United States | Illinois

For Quantum and Particle physics

#60 in the United States

#198 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Average SAT: 1240
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 80%

70. University of California - Santa Cruz

United States | California

For Quantum and Particle physics

#61 in the United States

#200 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Receiving Aid: 64%
Average Aid: $22,774
Enrollment: 19,938

71. University of Houston

United States | Texas

For Quantum and Particle physics

#62 in the United States

#206 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Average SAT: 1250
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 83%

72. University of California - Riverside

United States | California

For Quantum and Particle physics

#63 in the United States

#210 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Receiving Aid: 80%
Average Aid: $24,355
Enrollment: 26,384

73. University at Buffalo

United States | New York State

For Quantum and Particle physics

#64 in the United States

#213 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Average SAT: 1295
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 86%

74. University of Montreal

Canada | Quebec State

For Quantum and Particle physics

#10 in Canada

#215 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 66,972
Founded: 1878

75. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

United States | New York State

For Quantum and Particle physics

#65 in the United States

#216 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Average SAT: 1443
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $38,887

76. University of California - San Francisco

United States | California

For Quantum and Particle physics

#66 in the United States

#224 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 3,007
Male:Female: 36:64
Founded: 1864

77. University of Ottawa

Canada | Ontario

For Quantum and Particle physics

#11 in Canada

#225 in the World

Enrollment: 42,027
Founded: 1848

78. University of Central Florida

United States | Florida

For Quantum and Particle physics

#67 in the United States

#228 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Average SAT: 1275
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 92%

79. University of Iowa

United States | Iowa State

For Quantum and Particle physics

#68 in the United States

#231 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Average SAT: 1230
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 90%

80. Vanderbilt University

United States | Tennessee

For Quantum and Particle physics

#69 in the United States

#232 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 6%
Average SAT: 1535
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $25,186

81. University of Connecticut

United States | Connecticut

For Quantum and Particle physics

#70 in the United States

#246 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Average SAT: 1325
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 88%

82. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

United States | Louisiana

For Quantum and Particle physics

#71 in the United States

#259 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Average SAT: 1260
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 93%

83. Colorado State University - Fort Collins

United States | Colorado

For Quantum and Particle physics

#72 in the United States

#261 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Receiving Aid: 79%
Average Aid: $10,160
Enrollment: 34,096

84. Northeastern University

United States | Massachusetts

For Quantum and Particle physics

#73 in the United States

#268 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 5%
Average SAT: 1490
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $34,207

85. University of Kentucky

United States | Kentucky

For Quantum and Particle physics

#74 in the United States

#272 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Average SAT: 1180
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 97%

86. University of South Carolina - Columbia

United States | South Carolina

For Quantum and Particle physics

#75 in the United States

#273 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Average SAT: 1270
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 94%

87. University of Missouri - Columbia

United States | Missouri

For Quantum and Particle physics

#76 in the United States

#275 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Average SAT: 1240
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 97%

88. University of Nebraska - Lincoln

United States | Nebraska

For Quantum and Particle physics

#77 in the United States

#276 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Average SAT: 1214
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 96%

89. University of New Mexico

United States | New Mexico

For Quantum and Particle physics

#78 in the United States

#282 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 95%
Average SAT: 1030
Average ACT: 23
Receiving Aid: 100%

90. University of Georgia

United States | Georgia

For Quantum and Particle physics

#79 in the United States

#295 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Average SAT: 1375
Average ACT: 32
Receiving Aid: 89%

91. Oregon State University

United States | Oregon

For Quantum and Particle physics

#80 in the United States

#305 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Average SAT: 1270
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 92%

92. Drexel University

United States | Pennsylvania

For Quantum and Particle physics

#81 in the United States

#310 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Average SAT: 1340
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $42,801

93. Washington State University

United States | Washington

For Quantum and Particle physics

#82 in the United States

#311 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Receiving Aid: 89%
Average Aid: $10,886
Enrollment: 25,685

94. Clemson University

United States | South Carolina

For Quantum and Particle physics

#83 in the United States

#313 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Average SAT: 1325
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 86%

95. University of Cincinnati

United States | Ohio

For Quantum and Particle physics

#84 in the United States

#314 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1265
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 88%

96. Emory University

United States | Georgia

For Quantum and Particle physics

#85 in the United States

#328 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Average SAT: 1510
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $27,303

97. Wayne State University

United States | Michigan

For Quantum and Particle physics

#86 in the United States

#336 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Average SAT: 1165
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 99%

98. Laval University

Canada | Quebec State

For Quantum and Particle physics

#12 in Canada

#342 in the World

Enrollment: 56,000
Founded: 1852

99. Simon Fraser University

Canada | British Columbia

For Quantum and Particle physics

#13 in Canada

#343 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1965

100. University of South Florida

United States | Florida

For Quantum and Particle physics

#87 in the United States

#351 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Average SAT: 1225
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 89%

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