UChicago #4 tied with Columbia

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I’m wondering the same myself. Chicago and Columbia are absolutely great colleges. Top 10, definitely. Top 5, maybe. Above Stanford, though?</p>

<p>US News rankings</p>

<p>Engineering #2 Stanford > #20 Columbia
Biology #1 Stanford > #13 Chicago, #15 Columbia
Chemistry #4 Stanford > #10 Columbia, #13 Chicago
Computer Science #1 Stanford > #17 Columbia, #35 Chicago
Earth Science #4 Stanford > #5 Columbia, #17 Chicago
Math #2 Stanford > #6 Chicago, #10 Columbia
Physics #5 Stanford > #7 Chicago, #11 Columbia
Statistics #1 Stanford > #6 Chicago, #22 Columbia
Economics #1 Chicago > #5 Stanford, #10 Columbia
English #2 Stanford > #4 Columbia, #7 Chicago
History #1 Stanford > #5 Chicago, #7 Columbia
Political Science #1 Stanford > #7 Columbia, #11 Chicago
Psychology #1 Stanford > #17 Columbia, #23 Chicago</p>

<p>Business #1 Stanford > #4 Chicago, #8 Columbia
Law #2 Stanford > #4 Columbia, #5 Chicago
Medicine #4 Stanford > #8 Columbia, #10 Chicago</p>

<p>Every single program at Stanford is ranked in the top 5. Some programs at Chicago and Columbia aren’t in the top 10 or even top 20.</p>

<p>**National Research Council rankings **</p>

<p>Programs in top 20: 27 Stanford > 24 Columbia, 18 Chicago
Programs in top 10: 22 Stanford > 14 Columbia, 11 Chicago
Programs in top 5: 12 Stanford > 7 Columbia, 6 Chicago
Programs in top 2: 7 Stanford > 2 Columbia, 2 Chicago</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/princeton-university/1006939-princeton-2010-national-research-council-nrc-rankings-news-item.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/princeton-university/1006939-princeton-2010-national-research-council-nrc-rankings-news-item.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Peer Assessment</p>

<p>4.9 Stanford > 4.6 Columbia, 4.6 Chicago</p>

<p>National Academies</p>

<p>AAAS (2003-2012) 244 Stanford > 154 Chicago, 132 Columbia
NAE 90 Stanford > 17 Columbia
NAS 133 Stanford > 49 Columbia, 41 Chicago</p>

<p>**Graduate placement **</p>

<p>Yale Law 34 Stanford > 15 Columbia, 13 Chicago
JHU Med 24 Stanford > 12 Chicago, 8 Columbia
PhD programs #6 Stanford > #7 Chicago, #15 Columbia</p>

<p>[Yale</a> University Bulletin | Yale Law School 2012?2013 | Law School Students](<a href=“Welcome | Office of the University Printer”>Welcome | Office of the University Printer)
<a href=“http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/som/students/academics/catalog/SOMCtlg1011.pdf[/url]”>http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/som/students/academics/catalog/SOMCtlg1011.pdf&lt;/a&gt;
[National</a> University Rankings 2012 | Washington Monthly](<a href=“http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/college_guide/rankings_2012/national_university_rank.php]National”>http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/college_guide/rankings_2012/national_university_rank.php)</p>

<p>Awards production</p>

<p>Rhodes (2003-2012) 21 Stanford > 13 Chicago, 7 Columbia
Marshall (1954-2012) 87 Stanford > 30 Columbia, 23 Chicago
Marshall (2003-2012) 27 Stanford > 7 Chicago, 5 Columbia
Truman (1977-2012) 61 Stanford > 27 Chicago, 26 Columbia
Truman (2003-2012) 14 Stanford > 10 Chicago, 4 Columbia
Fulbright (2005-2012) 148 Chicago > 142 Stanford, 138 Columbia
NSF (2001-2010) 320 Stanford > 124 Chicago, 94 Columbia</p>

<p>[Northwestern</a> Data Book: *Administration and Planning - Northwestern University](<a href=“http://www.adminplan.northwestern.edu/ir/data-book/index.htm]Northwestern”>http://www.adminplan.northwestern.edu/ir/data-book/index.htm)</p>