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Select Findings from US News and World Report - Engineering Schools

Yearthatrankingwasreleased 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Rank 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

OverallScore 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100

PeerAssessmentScore(5.0highest) 5.0 4.9 5.0 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9 5.0 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9

RecruiterAssessmentScore(5.0

highest) 5.0 4.7 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.9 4.9 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.8

AverageQuantitativeGREScore 757 761 760 767 767 774 777 770 775 779 777 779 780 780 783 164 165 166

AcceptanceRate 2 8.3 0% 2 5. 4% 3 9.8 % 2 9 .3 % 3 2 .8 % 3 2 .1 % 3 0 .3 % 2 9 .5 % 2 9 .4 % 2 3 .6 % 2 4 .0 % 2 5 .3 % 2 5 .4 % 2 2 .2 % 2 3 .5 % 2 2 .9 % 1 7 .9 % 1 8 .0 % 1 7 .5 % 1 6 .4 % 1 5. 8% 1 7.8 %

DoctoralStudent/FacultyRatio 2.5 2.5 3.0 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.4 3.7 3.7 4.1 4.1 4.4 4.2 4.2 4.5 4.4 4.6 4.7 5.5 5.6 5.5

FacultyinNationalAcademyof

Engineering 12.5% 12 .2% 12.3 % 13.9% 13.4 % 13.1% 12.7 % 13.2% 12.7% 12.7% 13.1% 12.7% 13.0% 13.2% 13.2% 12.9% 12 .2%

EngineeringResearchExpenditures

(inmillions)

$147.4 $143.3 $131.5 $143.5 $161.4 $167.8 $177.0 $178.0 $189.7 $219.0 $241.0 $216.5 $224.8 $234.5 $237.7 $244.1 $266.3 $306.0 $332.5 $362.8 $387.2 $391.2

ResearchExpendituresperFaculty

Member(inthousands) $511.5 $528.4 $532.9 $556.3 $623.9 $684.7 $614.9 $622.7 $644.3 $642.5 $659.6 $727.5 $829.3 $901.0 $978.0 $1,018.9 $1,026.8

PhDsgranted 239 208 243 229 205 206 273 288 328 304 302 297 304 288 324 355

TotalEnrollment 2,393 2,364 2,368 2,363 2,350 2,727 2,717 2,662 2,636 2,706 2,702 2,677 2,818 3,163 3,174 3,143

AverageAnalyticGREScore 702 698 716 697 716 735

Rep.Rankbypracticing engineers 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Reputationrankbyacademics 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

StudentSelectivityRank 13 12 16 10 11

ResearchActivityRank 1 1 1 1 1

FacultyResourcesRank 4 5 4 2 3

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MIT 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0Stanford 2 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0

Univ.California Berkeley 5 2 3 3 2 5 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 0

CarnegieMellon 10 7 6 8 4 8 8 8 10 11 11 9 8 6 7 6 6 6 7 5 5 4 1

CalTech 6 5 8 6 8 7 6 7 7 7 6 8 10 7 6 7 7 7 5 4 4 5 1

GeorgiaInstituteofTechnology 11 11 9 5 4 3 4 5 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 6 0

Univ.Illinois UrbanaChampaign 4 3 4 3 4 6 6 6 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 0

Univ.Michigan AnnArbor 7 8 5 7 4 3 4 4 6 6 8 5 6 9 9 9 8 9 8 9 9 6 3

Purdue 3 10 10 10 8 9 9 13 12 9 8 10 6 12 15 12 13 11 10 8 8 8 0

USC 21 20 19 14 16 12 12 11 8 6 7 9 7 8 7 10 11 12 9 11 10 1

UTAustin 9 8 11 11 11 10 9 10 10 9 12 12 13 11 11 10 9 8 8 11 10 10 0

TexasA&M

College

Station 20 17 17 18 21 14 13 11 12 14 14 14 14 14 13 14 12 13 12 11 11 12

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Cornell 8 6 7 9 8 11 9 9 8 11 10 12 11 10 9 11 10 10 10 13 13 13 0

Columbia 23 24 24 23 20 19 21 21 18 16 15 15 14 14 0

UCLA 17 16 15 14 16 20 21 22 21 19 16 15 15 16 13 14 15 14 16 16 16 14 2

UnivWisconsin Madison 13 12 16 12 12 12 14 14 15 15 14 15 15 14 15 16 15 16 17 18 17 14 3

Univ.California SanDiego 23 21 20 15 16 14 11 13 11 11 13 11 12 13 14 14 14 14 17 3

Princeton 16 19 14 21 13 17 16 17 18 18 16 17 18 18 18 18 17 18 21 17 17 18 1

UniversityofPennsylvannia 30 27 23 22 23 22 19 19 0

Harvard 22 21 25 25 25 21 17 17 19 20 21 23 22 18 19 18 19 23 24 20 4

Northwestern 12 13 13 13 13 15 19 18 20 19 20 21 21 21 20 21 21 20 19 20 22 21 1

VirginiaTech 25 24 25 25 23 30 33 28 27 25 24 24 24 21 21 0

UnivMaryland CollegePark 25 18 13 17 17 18 19 16 16 17 15 16 17 17 22 22 18 19 22 23 1

Univ.California SantaBarbara 24 24 25 25 22 24 24 21 21 21 19 19 18 19 21 21 20 19 23 4

JohnsHopkins 25 23 17 21 25 24 24 22 21 21 26 27 25 25 26 26 25 27 25 2

PennState 14 15 18 16 18 15 17 14 15 21 21 19 19 21 23 23 23 25 25 25 25 25 0

Univ.Washington 24 22 25 24 21 23 24 27 28 27 26 25 26 27 1

DukeUniversity 35 35 33 31 28 28 29 28 1

NorthCarolinaState 30 31 30 31 31 29 29 28 1

Univ.Minnesota TwinCities 15 14 12 18 20 23 20 21 22 28 23 24 23 28 27 28 29 28 28 0

Rice 24 25 29 30 35 34 33 34 31 32 33 31 2

OhioState 19 18 20 22 25 20 22 24 24 26 26 29 27 25 29 30 29 31 32 1

UniversityofCaliforniaDavis 32 33 32 31 31 33 31 33 2

Univ.Colorado Boulder 22 39 40 39 40 39 36 35 34 34 34 0

Vanderbilt 37 37 35 34 34 35

1Yale 39 40 39 35 34 34 34 35 1

BostonUniversity 42 39 38 38 40 37 3

UniversityofCalifornia Irvine 37 35 36 39 39 37 38 37 1

Renesselaer 18 21 24 20 18 17 19 25 37 36 32 31 35 37 42 38 38 39 1

UniversityofRochester 32 38 37 42 41 38 37 39 2

UniversityofVirginia 38 37 39 39 39 38 40 39 1

ArizonaStateUniversity 44 44 43 44 43 42 1

IowaStateUniversity 45 45 43 43 46 43 3

Univ.Florida 23 25 26 26 24 25 30 30 35 38 42 43 1

UniversityofPittsburgh 48 52 47 45 43 43 0

PeerRankingsEngineering



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AeronauticsandAstronautics 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 0

Biological/Agricultural NR NR NR NR NR NR

BiomedicalEngineering 4 4 3 2 4 3 2 4 2 3 8 7 8 8 6 5 6 6 5 5 3 4 1

ChemicalEngineering 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0

CivilEngineering 2 1 2 3 3 3 2 4 3 3 5 5 4 6 4 3 7 7 6 7 6 8 2

ComputerEngineering

(norankingsin2010) 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0

ElectricalEngineering 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0

EnvironmentalEngineering NR NR 5 3 6 7 4 7 9 7 9 12 NR 11 10 9 10 10 9 9 11 10 1

Industrial/Manufacturing NR NR NR 3 6 6 0

MaterialsEngineering 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0

MechanicalEngineering

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 0

NuclearEngineering 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 NR 1 1 NR 1 2 1 2 2 3 3 2 1 1 2 1

NR=NotRanked

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ComputerEngineering 2012 2013 2014 2015 Electrical/Electronic/Communications

Engineering

2012 2013 2014 2015

MIT 1 1 1 1 MIT 1 1 1 1

Stanford 2 1 Stanford 1 1 1 1

UnivCal Berkeley 3 2 2 1 UnivCal Berkeley 3 3 1 3

CarnegieMellon 5 3 4 4 UnivIllinois UrbanaChampaign 7 3 4 4

UnivIllinois UrbanaChampaign 4 4 5 5 CalTech 7 5 4 5

UnivMichigan AnnArbor 7 5 6 6 GeorgiaInstituteofTechnology 5 5 6 6

GeorgiaInstituteofTechnology 6 5 7 7 UnivMichigan AnnArbor 6 7 7 7

Cornell 9 5 8 9 CarnegieMellon 3 7 8 8

PrincetonUniversity 9 9 11 9 PrincetonUniversity 12 9 8

Universityof

Texas

Austin 11 5 9 9 Cornell 9 7 10 10

Purdue 12 10 9 12 Purdue 10 10 10 10

UniversityofCaliforniaLosAngeles 12 UniversityofTexas Austin 10 12 10

UnivCal SanDiego 16 12 11 13 UCLA 14 18 13

UniversityofSouthernCalifornia 14 12 13 13 UniversityofSouthernCalifornia 14 13 13

ColumbiaUniversity 18 16 17 16 ColumbiaUniversity 19 24 15

UniversityofWashington 14 12 15 16 UnivCal SanDiego 16 15 15

UniversityofWisconsin Madison 17 11 13 16 UniversityofMaryland CollegePark 16 15 15

UniversityofMaryland CollegePark 18 15 15 19 TexasA&M 25 13 18

Rice 23 16 18 20 UniversityofWashington 21 24 18

Harvard 26 22 27 21 Universityof

Wisconsin

Madison 16 15 18

JohnsHopkins 22 21 21 Harvard 25 27 21

TexasA&M 30 16 21 21 OhioState 25 18 21

UniversityofCaliforniaSantaBarbara 18 19 18 21 Rice 19 21 21

UniversityofPenn 21 21 JohnsHopkins 13 21 24

Northwestern 25 21 26 UniversityofCaliforniaSantaBarbara 21 18 24

OhioState 26 19 18 26 VirginiaTech 21 27 24

UniversityofMinnesotta TwinCities 22 21 26 ArizonaStateUniversity 27 27

VirginiaTech 23 19 27 26 Duke 27 27

DukeUniversity 25 27 30 NorthwesternUniversity 27

PennState 21 31 RPI 25 27 27

RPI 26 27 35 33 UniversityofPenn 27 27

BrownUniversity 31 38 PennState 25 24 32

UnivCal Irvine 31 38 UniversityofMinnesotaTwinCities 21 32

NorthCarolinaState 27 27 46 YaleUniversity 32

PeerRankingsComputerEngineering PeerRankingsElectrical/Electronic/CommunicationsEngineering



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Select Findings from US News and World Report - Business Schools

Year whendatawasreleased 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Rank 2 1 2 4 3 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 3 3 4 4 5 5

OverallScore 99.7 100 99.9 98.7 99 95 98 96 92 94 96 93 93 95 93 92 94 93 93 97 95 96

PeerAssessmentScore(5.0

highest) 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.8 4.7 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7

RecruiterAssessmentScore(5.0

highest) 4.4 4.4 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.5

AverageUndergradGPA 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.57 3.57 3.51 3.53 3.58 3.58

AverageGMATScore 650 650 650 650 675 690 700 710 703 707 710 697 700 702 705 708 711 718 710 710 713 713

AcceptanceRate 20.6% 23.2% 19.6% 15.1% 13.8% 13.4% 14.9% 17.5% 18.1% 13.7% 18.2% 20.8% 22.0% 20.1% 19.7% 15.0% 14.2% 13.0% 13.3% 15.6% 13.1% 13.8%

StartingSalary

and

Bonus $65,000

$68,000

$75,000

$78,000

$75,000

$100,000

$101,323

$112,741

$118,381

$101,922

$99,539

$104,309

$112,632

$118,779

$127,839

$131,087

$125,707 $125,905 $132,618 $139,035 $137,057 $142,936

GraduatesEmployedat

Graduation 97.1% 97.2% 93.2% 85.1% 72.9% 77.0% 80.0% 77.9% 84.4% 86.9% 79.0% 69.5% 75.6% 80.8% 84.5% 80.9% 79.6%

Employed3monthsafter

graduation 98.0% 98.0% 100.0% 98.8% 97.7% 97.1% 98.4% 95.4% 90.1% 82.9% 88.3% 90.7% 91.3% 94.0% 94.6% 90.0% 83.4% 88.9% 93.5% 94.4% 87.4% 92.8%

OutofStateTuitionandFees $20,500 $21,690 $22,700 $23,900 $25,800 $27,100 $28,200 $29,860 $31,200 $32,470 $34,780 $37,050 $40,044 $42,564 $44,792 $47,034 $48,922 $50,625 $52,900 $58,200 $61,440 $63,750

TotalEnrollment 708 7 13 7 14 7 33 7 44 765 7 85 7 52 7 81 7 70 7 88 792 797 804 816 819 812

Reputationrankbyacademics 3 1 1 1 2 2 4

Rep.Rankbyrecruiters 8 3 7 4 5 10 6

StudentSelectivity

Rank 2 3 4 9 2

PlacementSuccessRank 1 1 1 3 7

GraduationRatioRank 1

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Stanford 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0

Harvard 3 4 5 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2

1Univ.Pennsylvania 4 2 3 3 3 2 3 4 3 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 5 3 3 3 1 3 2

Univ.Chicago 6 7 6 5 6 6 6 9 6 9 6 8 6 5 4 5 5 5 4 6 4 4 0

MIT 2 1 2 4 3 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 3 3 4 4 5 5 0Northwestern 5 5 4 6 6 2 5 3 5 4 5 4 4 5 4 3 4 5 4 4 6 6 0

Univ.California Berkeley 12 10 10 10 10 14 10 7 10 7 8 6 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 0

Columbia 11 12 8 7 3 7 6 6 8 6 6 9 7 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 0

Dartmouth 7 6 7 8 8 12 11 11 9 10 9 6 9 7 7 8 7 7 9 9 9 9 0

Univ.Virginia 13 9 11 11 10 11 11 15 10 11 12 14 13 12 14 15 13 13 13 12 11 10 1

NYU 17 17 13 13 14 13 14 12 13 12 14 13 13 10 10 11 9 10 11 10 10 11 1

Univ.Michigan AnnArbor 8 11 12 12 10 7 9 10 10 13 10 10 11 11 12 13 12 14 13 14 11 11 0

Duke 9 8 9 9 10 9 8 8 6 7 11 11 11 12 14 12 14 12 12 11 14 13 1

Yale 19 14 1 8 15 15 1 5 16 12 1 3 14 14 1 5 15 14 1 3 10 11 1 0 10 1 3 13 13 0

UCLA 10 13 1 6 17 8 1 0 11 12 1 5 14 12 1 1 10 16 1 1 14 1 5 14 15 1 4 16 15 1Cornell 15 14 15 20 19 16 15 16 16 16 14 15 16 14 14 17 18 16 16 16 17 16 1

UT Austin 18 19 18 18 15 18 16 18 18 17 23 18 18 18 18 18 16 17 17 17 15 17 2

UNC ChapelHill 16 18 17 16 15 16 18 18 17 21 21 21 20 18 19 20 21 19 19 20 19 18 1

WashingtonUniv. 25 26 29 25 22 19 20 22 21 22 19 3CarnegieMellon 13 14 14 14 15 18 19 17 18 17 17 17 16 17 17 15 16 18 18 19 18 20 2

Emory 21 23 22 23 21 21 21 23 22 21 19 18 18 20 24 22 27 23 19 18 20 21 1

IndianaUniv. Bloomington 21 21 20 19 21 21 20 20 21 23 23 23 24 20 22 23 23 23 22 21 21 0

Univ.Washington 18 29 29 34 26 33 37 35 23 25 23 2

GeorgetownUniv 25 22 25 22 24 24 34 25 22 19 24 25 24 25 23 24 1UniversityofNotreDame 31 37 25 27 23 25 2

USC 20 21 23 22 21 20 20 18 29 21 21 20 20 21 21 26 27 25 2

TexasA&M 23 31 29 29 33 33 32 32 35 37 27 10

Univ.Minnesota

Twin

Cities 24 21 23 23 25 27 33 24 21 30 23 33 27 6

VanderbiltUniv. 25 25 24 49 34 44 33 36 28 25 30 25 27 2

ArizonaState 22 29 27 27 30 30 27 30 3

GeorgiaInst.ofTech. 29 22 26 28 32 27 27 30 3

OhioState 25 22 25 25 23 24 19 19 21 22 22 27 26 21 25 25 27 27 30 3

BrighamYoung 29 29 33 32 34 30 27 33 6RiceUniversity 40 38 39 34 25 30 33 33 0

UniversityofTexas Dallas 50 40 37 37 37 33 4

MichiganStateU 24 23 29 40 40 46 49 44 43 35 36 1

PennState 40 40 48 40 44 49 41 36 5

Univ.Rochester 23 24 23 20 20 23 25 23 23 26 36 25 29 27 45 37 37 37 36 1UniversityofFlorida 44 36 41 36 5

Univof

Maryland

Coll.

Park 24 25 38 25 39 40 45 45 44 37 41 40 1BostonUniversity 40 46 31 34 37 40 45 42 3

UniversityofIowa 42 40 49 44 51 42 9BostonCollege 39 34 37 40 45 44 1

UofIll UrbanaChampaign 23 28 37 38 38 42 37 37 47 35 46 11

UniversityofCalifornia Davis 42 28 36 40 41 47 6

Purdue 23 20 21 24 24 20 23 23 24 23 21 22 33 32 36 49 42 44 40 52 12

UniversityofCalifornia Irvine 36 40 49 49 45 52 7UniversityWisconsin 29 28 27 28 25 34 27 27

UArkansas Fayettville 50 51 51 66 55 55 0

WakeForestUniversity 46 47 44 47 58 58 0

TulaneUniversity 40 43 67 63 63 0

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Accounting NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 24 29 19 22 14 19 18 26 8

Entrepreneurship NR NR NR NR 9 6 6 5 5 6 5 5 5 3 3 4 3 3 3 0

ExecutiveMBA NR NR NR NR 18 14 12 NR 20 NR 17 NR 15

Finance 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 6 6 6 6 4 6 6 5 6 5 6 1

InformationSystems 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0

International NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 20 19 22 NR 20 15 19 13 6

Management NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 11 12 10 13 11 12 13 13 12 1

Marketing NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 10 NR NR 13 13 13 14 13 18 13 14 16 2

Nonprofit NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

Production/Operations 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0

SupplyChain/Logistics 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0

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Rank(Yearindicateswhendata

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Harvard 1 1 2 3 1 1 0

MIT 1 1 1 1 1 1 0

Princeton 1 4 2 3 1 1 0

UnivofChicago 1 4 2 1 1 1 0

Stanford 1 1 2 3 5 5 0

Univ.ofCal Berkeley 6 4 6 3 6 5 1

Northwestern 8 8 8 8 8 7 1

Yale 6 7 7 7 6 7 1

UnivofPennsylvania 8 9 9 9 9 9 0

Columbia 12 14 14 11 10 10 0

NYU 25 21 19 15 12 11 1UnivMinnesota TwinCities 10 10 11 15 10 11 1

UnivMichigan AnnArbor 10 12 11 11 12 13 1

UnivWisconsin Madison 12 10 10 11 14 13 1

CalTech 17 14 14 17 14 15 1

UCLA 12 12 11 11 14 15 1

UnivCal SanDiego 17 14 17 10 14 15 1

Cornell 15 18 17 17 18 18 0

Brown 21 21 21 21 19 19 0

CarnegieMellon 19 19 19 20 19 19 0

Duke 20 19 21 21 19 19 0

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Maryland

College

Park 23 24 24 21 22 22 0

UnivRochester 15 14 14 19 22 22 0

BostonUniv 25 25 24 24 0

JohnsHopkins 21 21 24 24 25 24 1

UTAustin 25 21 25 25 26 1

UnivofVirginia 25 25 28 30 2

PeerRankingsEconomics



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Select Findings from US News and World Report - Economics Programs

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DevelopmentEconomics 3 2 2 0

Econometrics 1 2 1 1

IndustrialOrganization 1 1 1 3 5 6

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LaborEconomics 4 4 3 1

Macroeconomics 2 3 3 1 1 2 1

Microeconomics 2 2 1 3 1 2 1

PublicFinance 1 3 2 1 1 2 1

MITSpecialtieswithinEconomics



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Harvard 1 1 1 1 1 0

Princeton 6 6 4 1 2 1

Stanford 3 2 2 1 2 1

UnivMichigan AnnArbor 2 2 3 4 4 0

Yale 6 5 5 5 4 1

Univ.ofCal Berkeley 3 2 5 6 6 0

Columbia 17 11 10 7 7 0

MIT 8 11 10 9 8 1

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Diego 14 7 7 7 8

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Duke 12 8 8 9 10 1

UCLA 9 8 10 11 10 1

UnivofChicago 5 8 8 11 12 1

UNC ChapelHill 16 15 13 13 13 0

WashingtonUniv 20 18 16 13 13 0

NYU 18 17 15 2

OhioState 17 15 13 17 15 2

UnivRochester 9 11 13 15 15 0

UnivWisconsin Madison 9 11 16 15 15 0

Cornell 14 20 18 20 19 1

Univ

Minnesota

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Cities 12 15 18 17 19

2Northwestern 20 20 21 21 21 0

UTAustin 22 23 25 21 21 0

UnivIllinois UrbanaChampaign 22 23 22 21 23 2

IndianaUniv Bloomington 17 18 25 26 25 1

TexasA&M 22 24 25 1

UnivWashington 23 25 26 28 2

MichiganState 25 22 22 28 32 4

UnivIowa 25 25 32

PeerRankingsPoliticalScience



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MITSpecialtieswithinPoliticalScience


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AmericanPolitics NR NR NR 12 NR

ComparativePolitics NR NR NR 14 12 2

InternationalPolitics NR NR NR 10 12 2

PoliticalMethodology NR 10 10 0

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Stanford 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0

Harvard 1 1 2 2 4 2 1 1

MIT 1 3 2 2 2 2 1 1

UnivCalBerkeley 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 2

CalTech 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 0

JohnsHopkins 6 6 5 5 6 5 5 0

Princeton 6 7 9 9 12 7 9 2

ScrippsResearch 10 9 7 7 9 2

UnivCalSanFrancisco 9 7 5 9 7 7 7 0

Yale

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Cornell 11 12 14 7 12 11 11 0

WashingtonUniv 15 12 14 9 7 11 11 0

Duke 11 12 12 12 12 13 11 2

UnivofChicago 11 12 20 19 18 13 14 1

Columbia 19 17 14 19 15 15 14 1

Rockefeller 6 10 8 12 7 15 14 1

UnivCal SanDiego 15 17 14 12 18 15 14 1

UnivWashington 15 20 20 17 18 15 19 4

UnivWisconsin Madison 11 12 12 12 15 15 18 3

UnivCal Davis 20 20 24 17 23 20 19 1

UnivMichigan

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Arbor 18 17 14 12 15 20 19 1

UnivPennsylvania 20 23 23 24 21 20 19 1

UnivTexasSouthwestMedicalCente 25 20 14 19 21 20 19 1

UCLA 20 23 20 22 23 24 19 5

UNC ChapelHill 25 24 26 24 26 2

Baylor 20 23 24 22 26 26 25 1

CornellMedicalCollege 25 28 26 26 26 0

Northwestern 26 26 0

UniversityofTexasAustin 26 30 4

UnivColorado Boulder 20 28 33 30 30 0

UnivIllinois UrbanaChampaign 25 24 24 29 30 30 0

PeerRankingsBiologicalSciences



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CellBiology NR 3 4 2 7 NR

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Immunology/InfectiousDisease NR NR NR NR

Microbiology 4 NR NR 6 7 NR

MolecularBiology 3 4 2 2 4 2

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CalTech 2 2 2 3 1 1 1 0

MIT 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 0

UnivCal Berkeley 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0

Harvard 2 2 2 3 5 4 4 0

Stanford 2 2 5 3 1 4 4 0

UnivIllinois UrbanaChampaign 8 6 6 6 7 6 6 0

Northwestern 12 11 12 9 9 7 7 0

ScrippsResearch 8 6 6 7 7 0

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Cornell 6 6 8 9 9 10 10 0

UTAustin 16 11 12 9 12 12 12 0

UNC ChapelHill 15 15 14 14 16 13 15 2

UnivChicago 8 11 14 14 12 13 12 1

Yale 12 15 14 12 15 13 12 1

Princeton 12 17 14 14 16 16 15 1

UCLA 10 11 11 12 12 16 15 1

UnivMichigan AnnArbor 20 20 21 17 16 16 15 1

TexasA&M 19 18 22 18 22 19 19 0


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PennState 20 18 22 16 21 21 0

Purdue 16 18 18 22 22 21 21 0

UnivCal SanDiego 20 22 18 20 21 21 0

UnivMinnesota TwinCities 20 20 22 24 22 21 24 3

GeorgiaTech 26 24 2

IndianaUniv Bloomington 16 20 24 34 26 24 2

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UniversityofCaliforniaIrvine 26 24 2

UniversityofWashington 26 24 2

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Inorganic 2 1 1 1 1 1 0

Organic NR 4 5 4 5 4 1

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Cornell 5 5 6 5 6 5 6 1

UnivWashington 7 7 7 7 6 7 6 1

Princeton 7 8 9 8 6 8 8 0

GeorgiaTech 18 13 12 11 9 10 9 1

UTAustin 9 9 7 9 9 8 9 1

CalTech 11 11 10 11 11 11 11 0


UCLA 12 13 14 15 13 14 13 1


Columbia 18 21 20 18 16 17 15 2


UnivMaryland CollegePark 12 11 12 13 13 14 15 1

Harvard 16 17 20 15 16 17 18 1


Brown 12 13 14 22 20 20 20 0

Purdue 22 17 20 18 19 20 20 0

Rice 16 17 17 22 20 20 20 0

USC 21 25 20 20 20 0

Yale 12 17 25 18 20 20 20 0

Duke 25 20 25 20 27 25 2

UNC ChapelHill 18 21 17 22 20 20 25 5

UnivMassachusetts Amherst 22 21 25 25 20 20 25 5

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Columbia 6 5 5 5 5 0

PennState UniversityPark 16 7 7 6 6 0

UnivArizona 9 7 8 7 7 0

Harvard 7 7 9 8 8 0


UTAustin 9 11 9 9 8 1

Princeton 9 11 11 9 11 2

UnivWashington 16 18 11 13 11 2

UnivCal LosAngeles 9 11 11 17 13 4


Yale 9 20 11 12 13 1

Brown 20 18 19 17 16 1

Cornell 9 11 15 13 16 3

UnivCal SanDiego 16 11 15 17 16 1

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UnivChicago 7 10 15 17 20 3

UnivCal SantaBarbara 21 21 21 23 23 0

UnivColorado Boulder 25 23 23 0

ColoradoSchoolofMines 25 25 0

Rice 25 25 25 25 0

UnivMinnesota TwinCities 22 21 21 28 25 3

UniversityofSourthernCal 25 25 0

WashingtonUniv 22 23 25 28 25 3

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UnivofChicago 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 1

CalTech 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 0

UCLA 12 12 10 12 12 8 7 1

Columbia 11 12 13 11 9 10 9 1

NYU 9 9 10 7 9 10 9 1


Yale 6 6 7 7 7 10 9 1Cornell 12 9 10 12 13 13 13 0

Brown 16 16 21 15 14 14 14 0

UnivTexas Austin 16 14 15 15 14 14 14 0


Duke 25 25 21 21 24 17 7

Northwestern 24 21 21 21 18 16 17 1


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JohnsHopkins 25 21 21 24 25 1

SUNY StonyBroo 19 21 21 26 24 24 25 1

UnivWashington 24 25 29 24 27 25 2

GeorgiaTech 30 28 2

OhioStateUniversity 30 28 2

PennState 28 27 28 1

Purdue 24 25 26 28 27 28 1

Rice 25 26 28 30 28 2

IndianaUniversityBloomington 28 30 34 4

PeerRankingMathematics



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UnivChicago 8 7 7 8 8 7 7 0


UnivCal SantaBarbara 13 10 10 10 10 10 10 0

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UnivColorado Boulder 25 20 16 20 19 18 1


UnivWashington 14 14 16 16 20 19 22 3

OhioState 23 25 24 24 26 23 23 0

PennState 23 23 23 0

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NorthwesternUniversity 26 30 26 4

Rice 26 26 0


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Duke 30 29 1

GeorgiaTech 30 29 1

Rutgers NewBrunswic 22 21 24 24 26 26 29 3

UCalDavis 26 29 3

UCalIrvine 30 29 1

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Yale 3 4 3 4 1

Princeton 11 5 8 7 1

UnivIllinois UrbanaChampaign 3 5 7 7 0

MIT 11 12 11 9 2

UnivMinnesota TwinCities 11 16 8 9 1

UnivWisconsin Madison 9 9 8 9 1

UnivNorthCarolina ChapelHill 17 22 13 12 1

UnivPennsylvannia 15 16 11 12 1

Columbia 11 16 17 14 3

Cornell 15 16 17 14 3

Northwestern 17 22 17 14 3

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CarnegieMellon 9 9 17 21 4

Duke 24 16 23 21 2

OhioState 24 9 17 21 4

UnivCal Davis 61 47 23 21 2

UnivChicago 30 28 23 21 2

BrownUniv 30 36 29 26 3

IndianaUniv Bloomington 17 22 23 26 3

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NYU 30 36 29 30 1

PennState 39 36 29 30 1

UnivCal Irvine 30 22 29 30 1

UnivColorado Boulder 30 28 29 30 1

UnivIowa 45 47 29 30 1

Vanderbilt 39 36 29 30 1

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CognitivePsychology 9 6 5 10 5

DevelopmentalPsychology NR NR NR NR

ExperimentalPsychology NR NR 5

IndustrialandOrganizationalPsychology NR NR NR NR

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Princeton 1 1 2 1 1 0

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Yale 1 1 1 1 1 0

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UnivChicago 4 5 4 5 4 1

Columbia 7 5 7 7 7 0


UCLA 7 9 9 9 9 0

UnivPennsylvania 14 13 13 9 9 0

Cornell 10 10 11 12 11 1JohnsHopkins 10 10 9 9 11 2

UnivNorthCarolina ChapelHill 13 13 13 12 11 1

Duke 14 15 15 14 14 0

Northwestern 18 15 17 14 14 0


UnivTexas Austin 18 22 19 17 17 0

Brown 16 15 15 17 18 1

NYU 24 22 17 18 1

Rutgers 21 19 17 20 20 0

UnivIllinois UrbanaChampaign 18 22 22 22 20 2

UnivVirginia 21 15 19 20 20 0

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UnivMinnesota TwinCities 23 19 22 24 24 0

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Emory 25 25 28 27 1

MIT 28 27 1

UnivCal Davis 28 27 1

CUNYGradSchool&UnivCenter 25 28 30 2

Georgetown 30

RiceUniversity 30

UnivCal SanDiego 30

UnivWashington 24 26 30 4

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