Top 25 Undergraduate Universities

<p>thejoker, I have never seen a ranking that places Notre Dame within 10 spots of #1 in Philosophy. I have only seen three Philosophy rankings, and they tend to agree with each other:</p>

<p>Gourman Report:
Although I do not have access to a link, I clearly remember that the top 15 departments were:

  1. Princeton University
  2. University of pittsburgh
  3. Harvard University
  4. University of California-Berkeley
  5. University of Chicago
  6. Stanford University
  7. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
  8. University of California-Los Angeles
  9. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  10. Cornell University
  11. Yale University
  12. Brown University
  13. Columbia University
  14. University of Notre Dame
  15. Boston University</p>

<p>National Research Council

  1. Princeton University<br>
  2. University of Pittsburgh<br>
  3. Harvard University<br>
  4. University of California-Berkeley<br>
  5. University of California-Los Angeles<br>
  6. Stanford University<br>
  7. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor<br>
  8. Cornell University<br>
  9. Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
  10. University of Arizona<br>
  11. University of Chicago<br>
  12. Rutgers University<br>
  13. Brown University<br>
  14. University of California-San Diego<br>
  15. Notre Dame </p>

<p>[NRC</a> Rankings in Each of 41 Areas](<a href=“NRC Rankings in Each of 41 Areas”>NRC Rankings in Each of 41 Areas)</p>

<p>Philosophical Gourmet

  1. New York University
  2. Rutgers University-New Brunswick<br>
  3. Princeton University
  4. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor<br>
  5. University of Pittsburgh<br>
  6. Stanford University
  7. Harvard University
  8. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  9. University of California-Los Angeles
  10. Columbia University
  11. University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
  12. University of California-Berkeley
  13. University of Arizona
  14. University of Notre Dame
  15. University of Texas-Austin </p>

<p>[The</a> Philosophical Gourmet Report 2006 - 2008 :: Overall Rankings](<a href=“http://www.philosophicalgourmet.com/overall.asp]The”>http://www.philosophicalgourmet.com/overall.asp)</p>

<p>Of course, those are rankings of graduate programs. There are no undergraduate rankings. However, Notre Dame is generally not considered #1 in Philosophy, at least not according to the rankings I have seen.</p>