Average IQ by University 2026 - Complete Rankings

40Universities

145Highest IQ

126Lowest IQ

135.2Average

#	University	Avg. IQ	Type
1	CIT California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California	145	STEM
2	MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts	144	STEM
3	HMC Harvey Mudd College Claremont, California	143	STEM
4	OLIN Olin College of Engineering Needham, Massachusetts	143	STEM
5	RICE Rice University Houston, Texas	142	Private
6	PRIN Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey	142	Ivy League
7	HARV Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts	141	Ivy League
8	YALE Yale University New Haven, Connecticut	140	Ivy League
9	STAN Stanford University Stanford, California	140	Private
10	UCHI University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois	139	Private
11	COLM Columbia University New York, New York	139	Ivy League
12	DUKE Duke University Durham, North Carolina	138	Private
13	NWST Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois	138	Private
14	CAMB University of Cambridge Cambridge, United Kingdom	138	International
15	OXFD University of Oxford Oxford, United Kingdom	137	International
16	CORN Cornell University Ithaca, New York	137	Ivy League
17	BRWN Brown University Providence, Rhode Island	136	Ivy League
18	DART Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire	136	Ivy League
19	PENN University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	136	Ivy League
20	JHU Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland	135	Private
21	CMU Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	135	STEM
22	ETH ETH Zurich Zurich, Switzerland	135	International
23	UCB UC Berkeley Berkeley, California	134	Public
24	VNDY Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tennessee	134	Private
25	NDAM University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, Indiana	133	Private
26	UCLA UCLA Los Angeles, California	133	Public
27	UTOK University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan	133	International
28	NYU New York University New York, New York	132	Private
29	GTECH Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Georgia	132	STEM
30	UMCH University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan	131	Public
31	NUS National University of Singapore Singapore	131	International
32	UVA University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia	130	Public
33	WFST Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, North Carolina	130	Private
34	TUM Technical University of Munich Munich, Germany	130	International
35	UTNX UT Austin Austin, Texas	129	Public
36	UWSC University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin	128	Public
37	TUFT Tufts University Medford, Massachusetts	128	Private
38	UILL UIUC Urbana-Champaign, Illinois	127	Public
39	USC University of Southern California Los Angeles, California	127	Private
40	BOST Boston University Boston, Massachusetts	126	Private

Average IQ by University

California Institute of Technology

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Harvey Mudd College

Olin College of Engineering

Rice University

Princeton University

Harvard University

Yale University

Stanford University

University of Chicago

Columbia University

Duke University

Northwestern University

University of Cambridge

University of Oxford

Cornell University

Brown University

Dartmouth College

University of Pennsylvania

Johns Hopkins University

Carnegie Mellon University

ETH Zurich

UC Berkeley

Vanderbilt University

University of Notre Dame

UCLA

University of Tokyo

New York University

Georgia Institute of Technology

University of Michigan

National University of Singapore

University of Virginia

Wake Forest University

Technical University of Munich

UT Austin

University of Wisconsin

Tufts University

UIUC

University of Southern California

Boston University

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