US News 2009 Rankings

jessiehl · April 3, 2008, 2:48pm

I don’t know if they come out for everybody simultaneously, but they came out for computer science (both general and specialty), so I figured I’d post them here. They’re currently available for free, even.

Computer Science (General)

1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1 Stanford University
1 University of California–Berkeley
4 Carnegie Mellon University
5 University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign
6 Cornell University
6 Princeton University
6 University of Washington
9 Georgia Institute of Technology
9 University of Texas–Austin
11 California Institute of Technology
11 University of Wisconsin–Madison
13 University of California–Los Angeles
13 University of Maryland–College Park
13 University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
16 Columbia University
16 Harvard University
16 University of California–San Diego
19 Purdue University–West Lafayette
20 Brown University
20 Duke University
20 Rice University
20 University of Massachusetts–Amherst
20 University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill
20 University of Pennsylvania
20 University of Southern California
20 Yale University
28 Johns Hopkins University
29 Pennsylvania State University–University Park
29 University of Virginia
31 New York University
31 Ohio State University
31 Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–New Brunswick
31 SUNY–Stony Brook
31 University of California–Irvine
31 University of Minnesota–Twin Cities
37 University of California–Davis
37 University of California–Santa Barbara
39 Northwestern University
39 University of Arizona
39 University of Chicago
39 University of Colorado–Boulder
39 University of Florida
39 University of Utah
39 Washington University in St. Louis
46 Texas A&M University–College Station
46 Virginia Tech
48 Boston University
48 Dartmouth College
48 Indiana University–Bloomington
48 North Carolina State University
48 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
48 University of Pittsburgh
48 University of Rochester
55 Arizona State University
55 Michigan State University
55 University at Buffalo–SUNY
58 University of California–Santa Cruz
58 University of Illinois–Chicago
58 Vanderbilt University
61 Iowa State University
61 Northeastern University
61 University of Iowa
61 University of Tennessee–Knoxville
65 CUNY Graduate School and University Center
65 Case Western Reserve University
65 George Mason University
65 Syracuse University
65 University of California–Riverside
65 University of Notre Dame
65 University of Oregon
72 Brandeis University
72 Oregon State University
72 Polytechnic University
72 University of Maryland–Baltimore County

Computer Science: Artificial Intelligence

1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2 Carnegie Mellon University
3 Stanford University
4 University of California–Berkeley
5 University of Texas–Austin
5 University of Washington
7 Georgia Institute of Technology
7 University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign
9 University of Maryland–College Park
10 University of Massachusetts–Amherst

Computer Science: Systems

1 University of California–Berkeley
2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3 Stanford University
4 Carnegie Mellon University
5 University of Washington
6 University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign
7 University of Wisconsin–Madison
8 University of Texas–Austin
9 University of California–San Diego
10 Georgia Institute of Technology

Computer Science: Programming Languages

1 Carnegie Mellon University
2 University of California–Berkeley
3 Stanford University
4 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
5 Cornell University
6 Princeton University
6 University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign
8 University of Texas–Austin
9 Rice University
10 University of Wisconsin–Madison

Computer Science: Theory

1 University of California–Berkeley
2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3 Stanford University
4 Cornell University
4 Princeton University
6 Carnegie Mellon University
7 University of Washington
8 Harvard University
9 Georgia Institute of Technology
10 University of Texas–Austin

wampa · April 3, 2008, 6:04pm

thanks man, do you have info for biological sciences and its subfields? Thanks.

Heliosphan · April 4, 2008, 9:48am

Ohhhh that’s great, thanks for sharing. I got into Stonybrook (interesting that it’s on the same level as NYU). Is there a ranking for Networking/Security/Cryptography?

jessiehl · April 4, 2008, 10:19am

Heliosphan: Sorry, no. I gave the rankings for all the specialties they had.

wampa: Yes…since bio has a lot of specialty rankings, I’ll do a post for general and a post for specialties.

Biological Sciences (General)

1 Stanford University
2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2 University of California–Berkeley
4 California Institute of Technology
4 Harvard University
6 Johns Hopkins University
7 Rockefeller University
7 Scripps Research Institute
7 University of California–San Francisco
7 Washington University in St. Louis
7 Yale University
12 Cornell University
12 Duke University
12 Princeton University
15 Columbia University
15 University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
15 University of Wisconsin–Madison
18 University of California–San Diego
18 University of Chicago
18 University of Washington
21 University of Pennsylvania
21 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center–Dallas
23 University of California–Davis
23 University of California–Los Angeles
23 University of Texas–Austin
26 Baylor College of Medicine
26 Cornell University (Weill)
26 University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill
29 Indiana University–Bloomington
29 Mayo Medical School
29 Northwestern University
29 University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign
33 University of Colorado–Boulder
34 Brown University
34 Carnegie Mellon University
34 Dartmouth College
34 Emory University
34 Michigan State University
34 University of California–Irvine
34 University of Minnesota–Twin Cities
34 Vanderbilt University
42 Case Western Reserve University
42 Ohio State University
42 Pennsylvania State University–University Park
42 Purdue University–West Lafayette
42 University of Arizona
42 University of Virginia
48 Brandeis University
48 Rice University
48 Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–New Brunswick
48 SUNY–Stony Brook
48 University of Colorado–Denver
48 University of Florida
48 University of Iowa
48 University of Maryland–College Park
48 University of Oregon
48 Yeshiva University (Einstein)
58 Arizona State University
58 Mount Sinai School of Medicine
58 New York University
58 University of Alabama–Birmingham
58 University of California–Santa Barbara
58 University of Georgia
58 University of Kansas
58 University of Massachusetts Medical Center–Worcester
58 University of Pittsburgh
58 University of Utah
68 Georgia Institute of Technology
68 Iowa State University
68 Oregon State University
68 Texas A&M University–College Station
68 Tufts University
68 University of California–Riverside
68 University of California–Santa Cruz
68 University of Massachusetts–Amherst
68 University of Texas Medical Branch–Galveston
77 Baylor University
77 Colorado State University
77 Georgetown University
77 North Carolina State University
77 OGI School of Science and Engineering–Oregon Health and Science University
77 University of Connecticut
77 University of Illinois–Chicago
77 University of Missouri–Columbia
77 University of Rochester
77 University of Texas Health Science Center–Houston
77 Virginia Tech
77 Washington State University
89 Boston University
89 Florida State University
89 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
89 Syracuse University
89 UMDNJ–New Jersey Medical School
89 University of Southern California
95 CUNY Graduate School and University Center
95 George Washington University
95 Kansas State University
95 Ohio University
95 Thomas Jefferson University
95 University of Delaware
95 University of Maryland–Baltimore
95 University of Notre Dame
95 University of Tennessee–Knoxville
95 Wake Forest University
105 Auburn University
105 Claremont Graduate University
105 Louisiana State University–Baton Rouge
105 Medical College of Wisconsin
105 Oklahoma State University
105 San Diego State University
105 St. Louis University
105 Temple University
105 Tulane University
105 University at Buffalo–SUNY
105 University of Kentucky
105 University of Miami
105 University of Nebraska–Lincoln
105 University of New Mexico
105 University of Oklahoma
105 University of Texas Health Science Center–San Antonio
105 University of Texas–San Antonio
122 Boston College
122 Brigham Young University
122 College of William and Mary
122 Drexel University
122 Northeastern University
122 SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
122 SUNY–Albany
122 Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
122 University of Alaska–Fairbanks
122 University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
122 University of Missouri–St. Louis
122 University of Nebraska Medical Center
122 University of Tennessee Health Science Center
122 University of Vermont
136 Clemson University
136 Drexel University (College of Medicine)
136 Loyola University Chicago
136 Marquette University
136 Medical University of South Carolina
136 Miami University–Oxford
136 Northern Arizona University
136 Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–Newark
136 SUNY–Upstate Medical Center
136 University of Cincinnati
136 University of New Hampshire
136 University of Rhode Island
136 University of Texas–Dallas
136 Utah State University
136 Wayne State University
136 West Virginia University
152 George Mason University
152 Indiana State University
152 New York Medical College
152 SUNY–Binghamton
152 Southern Methodist University
152 Teachers College, Columbia University
152 University of Arkansas–Fayetteville
152 University of Hawaii–Manoa
152 University of Maryland–Baltimore County
152 University of Montana
152 University of South Carolina
152 University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
152 Virginia Commonwealth University
152 Wesleyan University

Geez, the bio people get a long list.

jessiehl · April 4, 2008, 10:30am

Biological Sciences: Biochem/Biophys/Structural Bio

1 Harvard University
2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3 Stanford University
4 California Institute of Technology
4 University of California–San Francisco
4 Yale University
7 University of California–Berkeley
8 Johns Hopkins University
9 Rockefeller University
10 Duke University
10 University of California–San Diego
10 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center–Dallas
10 Washington University in St. Louis

Biological Sciences: Ecology/Evolutionary

1 University of Chicago
2 Harvard University
2 University of California–Berkeley
4 University of California–Davis
5 Duke University
6 Cornell University
7 Stanford University
8 Princeton University
8 University of Texas–Austin
10 University of Georgia

Biological Sciences: Immunology/Infectious Disease

1 Harvard University
2 Stanford University
3 University of California–San Francisco
4 Yale University
5 Johns Hopkins University
5 Washington University in St. Louis
7 Rockefeller University
7 University of Pennsylvania

Biological Sciences: Molecular

1 Harvard University
2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3 Stanford University
4 University of California–San Francisco
5 University of California–Berkeley
6 California Institute of Technology
6 Rockefeller University
8 Johns Hopkins University
8 Princeton University
8 Yale University

Biological Sciences: Cell Bio

1 Harvard University
2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3 Stanford University
4 University of California–San Francisco
5 University of California–Berkeley
5 Yale University
7 Johns Hopkins University
7 Rockefeller University
9 Washington University in St. Louis
10 California Institute of Technology

Biological Sciences: Genetics/Genomics/Bioinformatics

1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1 Stanford University
3 Harvard University
4 University of California–Berkeley
4 Washington University in St. Louis
6 California Institute of Technology
6 University of California–San Francisco
8 Johns Hopkins University
9 University of Washington
9 Yale University

Biological Sciences: Microbiology

1 Harvard University
2 Stanford University
3 University of Wisconsin–Madison
4 Washington University in St. Louis
5 University of California–Berkeley
6 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
7 University of California–San Francisco
8 Johns Hopkins University
8 University of California–Los Angeles
8 University of Pennsylvania

Biological Sciences: Neuroscience/Neurobio

1 Harvard University
2 Stanford University
3 Johns Hopkins University
4 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
5 University of California–San Diego
6 University of California–San Francisco
7 Rockefeller University
7 Yale University
9 Washington University in St. Louis
10 California Institute of Technology
10 Columbia University

ovaldia · April 4, 2008, 11:39am

Jessiehl - Thank you very much. That is great!!
Could you please tell me where Duke is ranked for cell, molecular and genetics.

Thank you so much.

dobby · April 4, 2008, 11:41am

could you post psychology rankings? thanks!

jessiehl · April 4, 2008, 11:47am

I posted the rankings as far as they went. If it’s not listed, the rankings for that field aren’t given deep enough to include it.

I kind of think that the specialty ranking methodology is sketchy. It’s based entirely on the opinions of department heads and directors of graduate studies, and which schools they can think of that are good (they aren’t given a list, they each get to pick ten, and whichever ten get the most picks are the ones that get ranked). At least for the general rankings, the survey is sent to a broad range of academics, and they have to consider all of them.

jessiehl · April 4, 2008, 12:10pm

Psychology (General)

1 Stanford University
2 University of California–Berkeley
2 University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
4 Yale University
5 Harvard University
5 Princeton University
5 University of California–Los Angeles
5 University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign
9 Carnegie Mellon University
9 Harvard University (Programs in Human Development and Psychology)
9 University of Wisconsin–Madison
12 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
12 Stanford University (Psychological Studies in Education)
12 University of Minnesota–Twin Cities (Institute of Child Development)
12 University of Texas–Austin
16 Columbia University
16 Cornell University
16 University of California–Irvine(Department of Neurobiology and Behavior)
16 University of California–San Diego
16 University of Minnesota–Twin Cities
16 University of Pennsylvania
22 Indiana University–Bloomington
22 Johns Hopkins University
22 Northwestern University
22 University of California–Irvine (Cognitive Sciences Department)
22 University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill
22 University of Washington
28 Cornell University (Department of Human Development)
28 Duke University
28 Indiana University–Bloomington (Cognitive Science Program)
28 University of California–Berkeley (School of Education)
28 University of Chicago
28 University of Colorado–Boulder
28 University of Michigan–Ann Arbor (Combined Program in Education and Psychology)
28 University of Virginia
36 Brown University
36 Carnegie Mellon University (Graduate School of Industrial Administration)
36 Duke University (Dept. of Psychological & Brain Sciences)
36 New York University
36 Ohio State University
36 Penn State University–University Park (Program in Human Dev)
36 Pennsylvania State University–University Park
36 University of Iowa (Psychological and Quantitative Foundations)
36 University of Wisconsin–Madison (Dept. of Educational Psychology)
36 Vanderbilt University
36 Washington University in St. Louis
47 Arizona State University
47 Emory University
47 University of California–Davis
47 University of California–Irvine (Psychology and Social Behavior Department)
47 University of California–Santa Barbara
47 University of Iowa
47 University of Oregon
47 University of Rochester (Brain & Cognitive Sciences)
55 Dartmouth College
55 Northwestern University (Department of Organization Behavior)
55 University of Arizona
55 University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign (Department of Educational Psychology)
55 University of Maryland–College Park
55 University of Michigan–Ann Arbor (Social Work & Social Science)
55 University of Michigan–Ann Arbor(Organizational Behavior and Human Resources)
55 University of Minnesota–Twin Cities (Educational Psychology)
55 University of Pittsburgh
55 University of Southern California
55 Vanderbilt University (Peabody)
66 Michigan State University
66 Purdue University–West Lafayette
66 SUNY–Stony Brook
66 University of California–San Francisco
66 University of Chicago (Educational and Developmental Psychology)
66 University of Florida
66 University of Florida (Dept. of Clinical & Health Psychology)
66 University of Massachusetts–Amherst
66 University of Rochester
66 University of Southern California (School of Medicine)
66 University of Texas–Austin(Child Development and Family Relations)
77 Georgia Institute of Technology
77 Northwestern University Medical School
77 Oregon Health and Science University
77 Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–New Brunswick
77 Teachers College Columbia University
77 Teachers College Columbia University(Dept.of Counsel. and Clinic.Psych.)
77 University of Connecticut
77 University of Kansas
77 University of Missouri–Columbia
77 University of Texas–Austin (Department of Educational Psychology)
77 University of Wisconsin–Madison (Human Development & Family Studies)
77 Vanderbilt University (Peabody) (Human & Organizational Development)
89 Boston University
89 CUNY Graduate School and University Center
89 Cornell University (Department of Education)
89 San Diego State University/University of California–San Diego
89 Teachers College Columbia University(Dept.of Health and Behavior Studies)
89 Tufts University (Eliot-Pearson Dept.of Child Development)
89 Univ of Maryland–College Park (Department of Human Development and Institute for Child Study)
89 University of California–Santa Barbara (Counseling/Clinical/School Psych)
89 University of Georgia
89 University of Virginia (Programs in Clinical & School Psychology)
99 Florida State University
99 Pennsylvania State University–University Park (Program in Educational Psych)
99 Rice University
99 University at Buffalo–SUNY
99 University of California–Santa Cruz
99 University of Illinois–Chicago
99 University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign (Human and Community Development)
99 University of Miami
107 Boston College
107 Boston College (Dept.of Counseling, Developmental, and Ed.Psychology)
107 Claremont Graduate University
107 Iowa State University
107 SUNY–Albany
107 Temple University
107 Texas A&M University–College Station
107 University of Alabama–Birmingham
107 University of California–Davis (Dept. of Human & Community Development)
107 University of California–Riverside
107 University of Colorado–Boulder (Educational Psychology Program)
107 University of Georgia (Department of Educational Psychology)
107 University of Kansas (Department of Human Development and Family Life)
107 University of Missouri–Columbia(Dept.of Ed. and Counseling Psychology)
107 University of Pennsylvania (Psychology in Education Division)
107 University of Utah
123 Arizona State University
123 Brandeis University
123 Case Western Reserve University
123 Clark University
123 Michigan State University (Health Education & Counseling Psychology)
123 Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–Newark
123 Tufts University
123 University of Delaware
123 University of Denver
123 University of Kansas (Psychology and Research in Education)
123 University of Nebraska–Lincoln
123 University of Nebraska–Lincoln (Dept. of Educational Psychology)
123 University of Washington (Area of Educational Psychology)
136 Georgetown University
136 New York University (Dept. of Applied Psychology)
136 Northeastern University
136 Purdue University–West Lafayette(Organizational Behavior and HR Mgment)
136 Syracuse University
136 Texas A&M University–College Station (Dept. of Educational Psychology)
136 Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
136 University of Kentucky
136 University of New Mexico
136 University of North Carolina–Greensboro
136 University of Notre Dame
136 University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
136 University of South Florida
136 University of Virginia (Curry)
136 Virginia Tech
151 Binghamton University
151 CUNY Graduate School and University Center
151 Colorado State University
151 Fordham University (Division of Psychological and Educational Services)
151 George Mason University
151 George Washington University
151 Purdue University–West Lafayette (Department of Child Development)
151 SUNY–Albany
151 Temple University (Educational Psychology)
151 Uniformed Services University of Health Science
151 University of Pittsburgh (Department of Psychology in Education)
151 University of South Carolina–Columbia
151 University of Tennessee–Knoxville
151 University of Vermont
151 Virginia Commonwealth University
166 Auburn University–Main Campus
166 Bowling Green State University
166 CUNY–City College
166 College of William and Mary
166 Fordham University
166 Georgia State University
166 Indiana University–Bloomington (Counseling and Educational Psychology)
166 Kansas State University
166 Loyola University Chicago
166 New School
166 North Carolina State University
166 Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–New Brunswick
166 SUNY–Downstate Medical Center
166 Tulane University
166 University of Arizona (Dept. of Educational Psychology)
166 University of Connecticut
166 University of Connecticut (Department of Educational Psychology)
166 University of Georgia (Dept. of Child and Family Development)
166 University of Houston
166 University of Massachusetts–Boston
166 University of New Hampshire
166 University of Oklahoma
166 Wayne State University
189 Auburn University–Main Campus
189 Baylor University
189 DePaul University
189 Kansas State University(Human Development and Family Studies)
189 Kent State University
189 Lehigh University
189 Louisiana State University–Baton Rouge
189 Miami University–Oxford
189 Ohio University
189 Pepperdine University
189 Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–New Brunswick
189 Southern Illinois University–Carbondale
189 University of Alabama
189 University of Arizona (Family Studies Division)
189 University of Arkansas–Fayetteville
189 University of Delaware (Dept. of Educational Studies)
189 University of Houston (Dept. of Educational Psychology)
189 University of Louisville
189 University of Memphis
189 Virginia Tech (Family and Child Development)
189 Washington State University

nicholjs · April 4, 2008, 5:03pm

is there a ranking for cognitive psychology?

zemookmook · April 4, 2008, 5:47pm

international relations or econ general, please?

red_dragone · April 5, 2008, 9:39am

biomedical eng?

GoldenBeaR6 · April 6, 2008, 5:53pm

+1 for biomedical engineering

wilwn · April 6, 2008, 8:03pm

for how long are these going to be free on the website?

dc17h21o4n · April 6, 2008, 8:20pm

chemical engineering grad rankings please

austin · April 6, 2008, 8:46pm

yah, ChemE would be great.

wilwn · April 6, 2008, 8:52pm

everyone just go to the website. all the rankings are up for free.

<a href=“http://rankings.usnews.com/grad[/url]”>http://rankings.usnews.com/grad</a>

jessiehl · April 7, 2008, 9:49am

Yeah, at this point, since they are free this year for some reason (not that I am complaining), I am just going to point people at the website. :)

waterlogged · April 7, 2008, 12:09pm

All rankings are not free. Just overall. You can’t find the department rankings for free.

jessiehl · April 7, 2008, 1:07pm

What? No, everything I’ve posted so far (the department and specialty rankings) is absolutely free this year. I don’t have a subscription.

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