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National Research Council (NRC) Graduate Program Rankings
- Released September 2010, based upon data gathered in 2006
- Chronicle of Higher Education's interactive NRC tool (free trial)
- Link to the report, rankings, and tables at the National Academies
2009 U.S. News & World Report Ranking Ph.D. Programs in the U.S.
| 2009 Rank |
Institution | 2005 Rank |
| 1 | Harvard University (dept, phd program) | 3
 |
| 1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (dept, phd program) | 1 - |
| 1 | Princeton University (dept, phd program) | 3
|
| 1 | University of Chicago (dept, phd program) | 1 - |
| 5 | Stanford University (dept, phd program) | 3
 |
| 6 | UC-Berkeley (dept, phd program) | 3
|
| 6 | Yale University (dept, phd program) | 7
|
| 8 | Northwestern University (dept, phd program) | 8 - |
| 9 | University of Pennsylvania (dept, phd program) | 9 - |
| 10 | Columbia University (dept, phd program) | 11
|
| 10 | University of Minnesota (dept, phd program) | 15
|
| 12 | New York University (dept, phd program) | 15
|
| 12 | University of Michigan (dept, phd program) | 11
|
| 14 | California Institute of Technology (dept, phd program) | 17
|
| 14 | UC-Los Angeles (dept, phd program) | 11
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| 14 | UC-San Diego (dept, phd program) | 10
|
| 14 | University of Wisconsin (dept, phd program) | 11
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| 18 | Cornell University (dept, phd program) | 17
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| 19 | Brown University (dept, phd program) | 21
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| 19 | Carnegie Mellon University (dept, phd program) | 20
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| 19 | Duke University (dept, phd program) | 21
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| 22 | University of Maryland (dept, phd program) | 21
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| 22 | University of Rochester (dept, phd program) | 19
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| 24 | Boston University (dept, phd program) | 25
|
| 25 | Johns Hopkins University (dept, phd program) | 24
|
| 25 | University of Texas (dept, phd program) | 25 - |
| 27 | Pennsylvania State University (dept, phd program) | 28
|
| 28 | Ohio State University (dept, phd program) | 28 - |
| 28 | University of Virginia (dept, phd program) | 27
|
| 28 | Washington University in St. Louis (dept, phd program) | 36
|
| 31 | Boston College (dept, phd program) | 36
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| 31 | Michigan State University (dept, phd program) | 34
|
| 31 | University of Illinois (dept, phd program) | 28
|
| 34 | UC-Davis (dept, phd program) | 28
|
| 34 | University of Iowa (dept, phd program) | 34 - |
| 34 | University of North Carolina (dept, phd program) | 28
|
| 34 | University of Washington (dept, phd program) | 28
|
| 34 | Vanderbilt University (dept, phd program) | 41
|
| 39 | Arizona State University (dept, phd program) | 44
|
| 39 | University of Arizona (dept, phd program) | 41
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| 39 | University of Pittsburgh (dept, phd program) | 44
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| 42 | Purdue University (dept, phd program) | 36
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| 42 | Texas A&M (dept, phd program) | 44
|
| 42 | UC-Irvine (dept, phd program) | 48
|
| 42 | UC-Santa Barbara (dept, phd program) | 36
|
| 46 | Georgetown University (dept, phd program) | 48
|
| 46 | Indiana University (dept, phd program) | 36
|
| 48 | Rice University (dept, phd program) | 48 - |
| 48 | University of Florida (dept, phd program) | 44
|
| 50 | North Carolina State University (dept, phd program) | 48
|
| 50 | Rutgers University (dept, phd program) | 48
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| 50 | University of Colorado (dept, phd program) | 48
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| 50 | University of Southern California (dept, phd program) | 41
|
| 54 | Iowa State University (dept, phd program) | 55
|
| 54 | Syracuse University (dept, phd program) | 55
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