Biomedical

Engineering
1 . M I T
2 . U C San D i ego
3 . Wash i n gto n
4 . D u k e
5 . P en n
6 . Jo h n s H o p k i n s
7 . U C SF
8. Berkeley
9 . U tah
1 0 . R i ce
Cell and
Developmental Biology
1 . M I T
2 . R o ck efeller
3 . U C SF
4 . C altech
5 . H arvard
6 . Stan fo rd
7 . U C San D i ego
8 . Wash i n gto n
9 . Wash i n gto n
U n i versi ty
1 0 . Yale
13. Berkeley
Chemical Engineering
1 . M i n n eso ta
2 . M I T
3. Berkeley
4 . Wi sco n si n
5 . I lli n o i s
6 . C altech
7 . Stan fo rd
8 . D elaware
9 . P ri n ceto n
1 0 . Tex as A u sti n )
Chemistry
1. Berkeley
2 . C altech
3 . H arvard
3 . Stan fo rd
5 . M I T
6 . C o rn ell
7 . C o lu m b i a
8 . I lli n o i s
9 . Wi sco n si n
9 . C h i cago
9 . U C L A
Anthropology
1 . M i ch i gan
1 . C h i cago
3. Berkeley
4 . H arvard
5 . A ri zo n a
6 . P en n
7 . Stan fo rd
8 . Yale
8 . U C L A
8 . U C San D i ego
Art History
1 . C o lu m b i a
2 . N YU
3. Berkeley
4 . H arvard
5 . Yale
6 . P ri n ceto n
7 . Jo h n s H o p k i n s
8 . N o rth western
9 . P en n
1 0 . C h i cago
Astrophysics/
Astronomy
1 . C altech
2 . P ri n ceto n
3. Berkeley
4 . H arvard
5 . C h i cago
6 . U C San ta C ru z
7 . A ri zo n a
8 . M I T
9 . C o rn ell
1 0 . Tex as A u sti n )
Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology
1 . U C SF
2 . M I T
2 . Stan fo rd
4. Berkeley
5 . H arvard
6 . Yale
7 . C altech
8 . Wi sco n si n
9 . U C San D i ego
1 0 . Jo h n s H o p k i n s
1 0 . C o lu m b i a
Civil Engineering
1 . M I T
2. Berkeley
3 . Stan fo rd
4 . Tex as A u sti n )
5 . I lli n o i s
6 . C o rn ell
7 . C altech
8 . P ri n ceto n
9 . N o rth western
1 0 . M i ch i gan
Classics
1 . H arvard
2. Berkeley
3 . M i ch i gan
4 . P ri n ceto n
5 . Yale
6 . B ro wn
7 . C h i cago
8 . Tex as A u sti n )
9 . U C L A
1 0 . C o lu m b i a
Comparative
Literature
1 . Yale
2 . D u k e
3 . C o lu m b i a
4 . H arvard
5 . P ri n ceto n
6 . C o rn ell
7 . Jo h n s H o p k i n s
8 . U C I rvi n e
9 . Stan fo rd
10. Berkeley
Computer Science
1 . Stan fo rd
2 . M I T
3. Berkeley
4 . C arn egi e M ello n
5 . C o rn ell
6 . P ri n ceto n
7 . Tex as A u sti n )
8 . I lli n o i s
9 . Wash i n gto n
1 0 . Wi sco n si n
Ecology, Evolution,
and Behavior
1 . Stan fo rd
2 . C h i cago
3 . D u k e
4 . C o rn ell
5 . U C D avi s
6 . P ri n ceto n
7 . Wash i n gto n
8. Berkeley
9 . Wi sco n si n
1 0 . Sto n y B ro o k
1 0 . Tex as A u sti n )
Economics
1 . C h i cago
2 . H arvard
3 . M I T
4 . Stan fo rd
5 . P ri n ceto n
6 . Yale
7. Berkeley
8 . P en n
9 . N o rth western
1 0 . M i n n eso ta
Electrical Engineering
1 . Stan fo rd
2 . M I T
3 . I lli n o i s
4. Berkeley
5 . C altech
6 . M i ch i gan
7 . C o rn ell
8 . P u rd u e
9 . P ri n ceto n
1 0 . U SC
1 0 . U C L A
English
1. Berkeley
1 . Yale
1 . H arvard
4 . Vi rgi n i a
5 . D u k e
5 . Stan fo rd
7 . C o rn ell
8 . P en n
8 . C o lu m b i a
1 0 . C h i cago
French
1 . Yale
2 . P ri n ceto n
3 . D u k e
4 . C o lu m b i a
5 . P en n
6 . Stan fo rd
7. Berkeley
8 . C o rn ell
9 . M i ch i gan
1 0 . U C I rvi n e
Geography
1 . P en n State
2 . Wi sco n si n
3 . M i n n eso ta
4 . U C SB
5 . O h i o State
6. Berkeley
6 . Syracu se
8 . U C L A
9 . C lark
1 0 . Wash i n gto n
Geosciences
1 . C altech
2 . M I T
3. Berkeley
4 . C o lu m b i a
5 . Stan fo rd
6 . U C San D i ego
7 . C h i cago
8 . H arvard
9 . Stan fo rd
1 0 . C o rn ell
German
1. Berkeley
2 . P ri n ceto n
3 . C o rn ell
4 . H arvard
5 . Yale
6 . Stan fo rd
7 . Wash i n gto n
U n i versi ty
8 . Vi rgi n i a
9 . Jo h n s H o p k i n s
1 0 . Wi sco n si n
QUALITY IN PH.D. EDUCATION IN THE U.S.
1995 National Research Council Report on
In th e m o st recen t N ati o n al R esearch C o u n ci l N R C ) stu d y, 3 5 o f B erk eley s 3 6 grad u ate p ro gram s ran k ed i n
th e to p 1 0 i n th ei r fi eld s i n term s o f facu lty co m p eten ce an d ach i evem en t.
T h e N R C stu d y i s reco gn i zed b y acad em i cs, h i gh er ed u cati o n p o li cym ak ers, an d research fo u n d ati o n s
as th e m o st reli ab le an d co m p reh en si ve m easu re o f u n i versi ty d o cto ral p ro gram s i n th e U n i ted States. T h e
latest rep o rt, p rep ared b y th e C o u n ci l s C o m m i ttee fo r th e Stu d y o f R esearch -D o cto rate P ro gram s i n th e
U n i ted States, i s 7 4 0 p ages lo n g; i t co m p ared 3 , 6 3 4 areas o f stu d y i n 4 1 fi eld s at 2 7 4 u n i versi ti es, p u b li c an d
p ri vate. T h e stu d y co n si d ered th e vi ews o f n early 8 , 0 0 0 d i sti n gu i sh ed facu lty m em b ers n ati o n wi d e an d u sed
m u lti p le cri teri a to assess th e q u ali ty o f d o cto ral p ro gram s. F acu lty ach i evem en ts, research , an d p u b li cati o n s
were evalu ated, for exam ple, as well as each i n sti tu ti on s effecti ven ess i n ed u cati n g fu tu re sch o lars an d sci en ti sts.
National Rankings by Department
So u rce: 1 9 9 5 N ati o n al R esearch C o u n ci l R ep o rt o n Q u ali ty i n P h . D . E d u cati o n i n th e U . S.
History
1 . Yale
2. Berkeley
3 . P ri n ceto n
4 . H arvard
5 . C o lu m b i a
6 . U C L A
7 . Stan fo rd
8 . C h i cago
9 . Jo h n s H o p k i n s
1 0 . Wi sco n si n
Industrial
Engineering
1 . G eo rgi a Tech
2. Berkeley
3 . P u rd u e
4 . M i ch i gan
5 . Tex as A & M
6 . N o rth western
7 . Stan fo rd
8 . Vi rgi n i a P o ly
9 . P en n State
1 0 . Wi sco n si n
Linguistics
1 . M I T
2 . Stan fo rd
3 . U C L A
4 . U M ass A m h erst)
5 . P en n
6. Berkeley
6 . C h i cago
8 . O h i o State
9 . C o rn ell
1 0 . U C San ta C ru z
Materials Science
1 . M I T
2 . N o rth western
3 . C o rn ell
4. Berkeley
5 . I lli n o i s
6 . Stan fo rd
7 . U M ass A m h erst)
8 . U C SB
9 . P en n State
1 0 . P en n
Mathematics
1. Berkeley
1 . P ri n ceto n
3 . M I T
4 . H arvard
5 . C h i cago
6 . Stan fo rd
7 . Yale
8 . N YU
9 . M i ch i gan
9 . C o lu m b i a
Mechanical
Engineering
1 . Stan fo rd
2 . M I T
3. Berkeley
4 . C altech
5 . M i ch i gan
6 . P ri n ceto n
7 . C o rn ell
8 . M i n n eso ta
9 . I lli n o i s
1 0 . U C San D i ego
1 0 . P u rd u e
Molecular/
General Genetics
1 . M I T
2 . U C SF
3 . H arvard
4 . C altech
5 . Stan fo rd
6 . U C San D i ego
7 . Wi sco n si n
8 . Yale
9 . Jo h n s H o p k i n s
10. Berkeley
Music
1 . H arvard
2 . C h i cago
3. Berkeley
4 . C U N Y
5 . Yale
6 . P ri n ceto n
7 . P en n
8 . R o ch ester
9 . M i ch i gan
1 0 . I lli n o i s
Neurosciences
1 . U C San D i ego
2 . Yale
3 . H arvard
4 . U C SF
5 . Stan fo rd
6 . C o lu m b i a
7 . Jo h n s H o p k i n s
8 . Wash i n gto n
U n i versi ty
9. Berkeley
1 0 . C altech
1 0 . P en n
Philosophy
1 . P ri n ceto n
2 . P i ttsb u rgh
3 . H arvard
4. Berkeley
5 . P i ttsb u rgh H i st/
P h i l o f Sci )
6 . U C L A
7 . Stan fo rd
8 . M i ch i gan
9 . C o rn ell
1 0 . M I T
Physics
1 . H arvard
2 . P ri n ceto n
3. Berkeley
3 . M I T
5 . C altech
6 . C o rn ell
7 . C h i cago
8 . I lli n o i s
9 . Stan fo rd
1 0 . U C SB
Political Science
1 . H arvard
2. Berkeley
3 . Yale
4 . M i ch i gan
5 . Stan fo rd
6 . C h i cago
7 . P ri n ceto n
8 . U C L A
9 . U C San D i ego
1 0 . Wi sco n si n
Psychology
1 . Stan fo rd
2 . M i ch i gan
3 . Yale
4 . U C L A
5 . I lli n o i s
6 . H arvard
7 . M i n n eso ta
8 . P en n
9. Berkeley
1 0 . U C San D i ego
Sociology
1 . C h i cago
2 . Wi sco n si n
3. Berkeley
4 . M i ch i gan
5 . U C L A
6 . N o rth C aro li n a
7 . H arvard
8 . Stan fo rd
9 . N o rth western
1 0 . Wash i n gto n
Spanish and
Portuguese
1 . C o lu m b i a
2 . D u k e
3 . B ro wn
4 . P ri n ceto n
5 . Vi rgi n i a
6 . P en n
7 . Wi sco n si n
8 . C o rn ell
9. Berkeley
1 0 . H arvard
Statistics/Biostatistics
1. Berkeley Stat)
1 . Stan fo rd
3. Berkeley B i o stat)
4 . C o rn ell
5 . C h i cago
6 . Wash i n gto n
B i o stat)
7 . H arvard
8 . Wi sco n si n
9 . Wash i n gto n Stat)
1 0 . P u rd u e
So u rce: 1 9 9 5 N ati o n al R esearch C o u n ci l R ep o rt o n Q u ali ty i n P h . D . E d u cati o n i n th e U . S.
Arts and Humanities
1. Berkeley
2. P ri n ceto n
3. H arvard
4. C o lu m b i a
5. Yale
5. C o rn ell
Biological Sciences
1 . U C SF
2. M I T
2. U C SD
4. Stan fo rd
4. Yale
4. H arvard
7. Berkeley
Engineering
1 . M I T
2. Berkeley
3. C altech
4. Stan fo rd
5. C o rn ell
Ranking of Program Faculty
Physical Sciences
and Mathematics
1. Berkeley
2. M I T
2. C altech
4. H arvard
4. P ri n ceto n
6. C o rn ell
Social and
Behavioral Sciences
1 . H arvard
2. C h i cago
3. Berkeley
3. M i ch i gan
5. Stan fo rd
Universities with Highest
Number of Programs in the Top 10
1. Berkeley 35
2. Stan fo rd 31
3. H arvard 26
4. P ri n ceto n 22
5. M I T 20
6. C o rn ell 1 9
6. Yale 1 9
7. C h i cago 1 8
8. P en n 1 5
1 0. U C San D i ego 1 4
1 0. C o lu m b i a 1 4
1 0. M i ch i gan 1 4
1 0. Wi sco n si n 1 4
Universities with Highest
Number of Distinguished Programs
1. Berkeley 32
2. Stan fo rd 28
3. H arvard 25
4. P ri n ceto n 24
5. M I T 20
6. C o rn ell 1 9
6. Yale 1 9
8. C o lu m b i a 1 8
9. M i ch i gan 1 5
1 0. C altech 1 4
1 0. U C San D i ego 1 4
1 0. P en n 1 4
1 0. U C L A 1 4