Academic Quality Index

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<p>A statistician at Texas A&M already calculated the overall lists based on a) all 41 fields b) all nonzero fields. His results look a bit different.</p>

<p>[Top</a> 60 Universities](<a href=“NRC Rankings”>NRC Rankings)</p>

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@Tarhunt

I continue to maintain that ranking systems are useful but ONLY in the context of the methods used to do the ranking. Without at least a working understanding of those methods, the rankings are meaningless.

True. That’s why I always suggest <a href=“http://www.phds.org/rankings/[/url]”>http://www.phds.org/rankings/&lt;/a&gt; if someone wants to see the NRC rankings. The site allows you to put your own weight on each factor. </p>

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@darkhope

O.o lol i want the nrc data to come out those give specific major ratings =D

Patience. The new NRC rankings will be out by December and will include quite a few [new</a> fields](<a href=“http://www.vpresearch.iastate.edu/nrc/taxonomy.html]new”>http://www.vpresearch.iastate.edu/nrc/taxonomy.html).</p>

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@redcrimblue

given the torpid movement of such things, still relevant tho it would be interesting to assess changes

I wouldn’t be surprised to see changes. The NRC rankings rely heavily on faculty quality, and many of the professors in the '95 survey have retired or switched schools.</p>