BiomedicalEngineering1. MIT2. UC San Diego3. Washington4. Duke5. Penn6. Johns Hopkins7. UCSF8. Berkeley9. Utah10. Rice

Cell andDevelopmental Biology1. MIT2. Rockefeller3. UCSF4. Caltech5. Harvard6. Stanford7. UC San Diego8. Washington9. Washington

University10. Yale13. Berkeley

Chemical Engineering1. Minnesota2. MIT3. Berkeley4. Wisconsin5. Illinois6. Caltech7. Stanford8. Delaware9. Princeton10. Texas (Austin)

Chemistry1. Berkeley2. Caltech3. Harvard3. Stanford5. MIT6. Cornell7. Columbia8. Illinois9. Wisconsin9. Chicago9. UCLA

Anthropology1. Michigan1. Chicago3. Berkeley4. Harvard5. Arizona6. Penn7. Stanford8. Yale8. UCLA8. UC San Diego

Art History1. Columbia2. NYU3. Berkeley4. Harvard5. Yale6. Princeton7. Johns Hopkins8. Northwestern9. Penn10. Chicago

Astrophysics/Astronomy1. Caltech2. Princeton3. Berkeley4. Harvard5. Chicago6. UC Santa Cruz7. Arizona8. MIT9. Cornell10. Texas (Austin)

Biochemistry andMolecular Biology1. UCSF2. MIT2. Stanford4. Berkeley5. Harvard6. Yale7. Caltech8. Wisconsin9. UC San Diego10. Johns Hopkins10. Columbia

Civil Engineering1. MIT2. Berkeley3. Stanford4. Texas (Austin)5. Illinois6. Cornell7. Caltech8. Princeton9. Northwestern10. Michigan

Classics1. Harvard2. Berkeley3. Michigan4. Princeton5. Yale6. Brown7. Chicago8. Texas (Austin)9. UCLA10. Columbia

ComparativeLiterature1. Yale2. Duke3. Columbia4. Harvard5. Princeton6. Cornell7. Johns Hopkins8. UC Irvine9. Stanford10. Berkeley

Computer Science1. Stanford2. MIT3. Berkeley4. Carnegie Mellon5. Cornell6. Princeton7. Texas (Austin)8. Illinois9. Washington10. Wisconsin

Ecology, Evolution,and Behavior1. Stanford2. Chicago3. Duke4. Cornell5. UC Davis6. Princeton7. Washington8. Berkeley9. Wisconsin10. Stony Brook10. Texas (Austin)

Economics1. Chicago2. Harvard3. MIT4. Stanford5. Princeton6. Yale7. Berkeley8. Penn9. Northwestern10. Minnesota

Electrical Engineering1. Stanford2. MIT3. Illinois4. Berkeley5. Caltech6. Michigan7. Cornell8. Purdue9. Princeton10. USC10. UCLA

English1. Berkeley1. Yale1. Harvard4. Virginia5. Duke5. Stanford7. Cornell8. Penn8. Columbia10. Chicago

French1. Yale2. Princeton3. Duke4. Columbia5. Penn6. Stanford7. Berkeley8. Cornell9. Michigan10. UC Irvine

Geography1. Penn State2. Wisconsin3. Minnesota4. UCSB5. Ohio State6. Berkeley6. Syracuse8. UCLA9. Clark10. Washington

Geosciences1. Caltech2. MIT3. Berkeley4. Columbia5. Stanford6. UC San Diego7. Chicago8. Harvard9. Stanford10. Cornell

German1. Berkeley2. Princeton3. Cornell4. Harvard5. Yale6. Stanford7. Washington

University8. Virginia9. Johns Hopkins10. Wisconsin

QUALITY IN PH.D. EDUCATION IN THE U.S.1995 National Research Council Report on

In the most recent National Research Council (NRC) study, 35 of Berkeleys 36 graduate programs ranked inthe top 10 in their fields in terms of faculty competence and achievement.

The NRC study is recognized by academics, higher education policymakers, and research foundationsas the most reliable and comprehensive measure of university doctoral programs in the United States. Thelatest report, prepared by the Councils Committee for the Study of Research-Doctorate Programs in theUnited States, is 740 pages long; it compared 3,634 areas of study in 41 fields at 274 universities, public andprivate. The study considered the views of nearly 8,000 distinguished faculty members nationwide and usedmultiple criteria to assess the quality of doctoral programs. Faculty achievements, research, and publicationswere evaluated, for example, as well as each institutions effectiveness in educating future scholars and scientists.

National Rankings by Department

Source: 1995 National Research Council Report on Quality in Ph.D. Education in the U.S.

History1. Yale2. Berkeley3. Princeton4. Harvard5. Columbia6. UCLA7. Stanford8. Chicago9. Johns Hopkins10. Wisconsin

IndustrialEngineering1. Georgia Tech2. Berkeley3. Purdue4. Michigan5. Texas A&M6. Northwestern7. Stanford8. Virginia Poly9. Penn State10. Wisconsin

Linguistics1. MIT2. Stanford3. UCLA4. UMass (Amherst)5. Penn6. Berkeley6. Chicago8. Ohio State9. Cornell10. UC Santa Cruz

Materials Science1. MIT2. Northwestern3. Cornell4. Berkeley5. Illinois6. Stanford7. UMass (Amherst)8. UCSB9. Penn State10. Penn

Mathematics1. Berkeley1. Princeton3. MIT4. Harvard5. Chicago6. Stanford7. Yale8. NYU9. Michigan9. Columbia

MechanicalEngineering1. Stanford2. MIT3. Berkeley4. Caltech5. Michigan6. Princeton7. Cornell8. Minnesota9. Illinois10. UC San Diego10. Purdue

Molecular/General Genetics1. MIT2. UCSF3. Harvard4. Caltech5. Stanford6. UC San Diego7. Wisconsin8. Yale9. Johns Hopkins10. Berkeley

Music1. Harvard2. Chicago3. Berkeley4. CUNY5. Yale6. Princeton7. Penn8. Rochester9. Michigan10. Illinois

Neurosciences1. UC San Diego2. Yale3. Harvard4. UCSF5. Stanford6. Columbia7. Johns Hopkins8. Washington

University9. Berkeley10. Caltech10. Penn

Philosophy1. Princeton2. Pittsburgh3. Harvard4. Berkeley5. Pittsburgh(Hist/

Phil of Sci)6. UCLA7. Stanford8. Michigan9. Cornell10. MIT

Physics1. Harvard2. Princeton3. Berkeley3. MIT5. Caltech6. Cornell7. Chicago8. Illinois9. Stanford10. UCSB

Political Science1. Harvard2. Berkeley3. Yale4. Michigan5. Stanford6. Chicago7. Princeton8. UCLA9. UC San Diego10. Wisconsin

Psychology1. Stanford2. Michigan3. Yale4. UCLA5. Illinois6. Harvard7. Minnesota8. Penn9. Berkeley10. UC San Diego

Sociology1. Chicago2. Wisconsin3. Berkeley4. Michigan5. UCLA6. North Carolina7. Harvard8. Stanford9. Northwestern10. Washington

Spanish andPortuguese1. Columbia2. Duke3. Brown4. Princeton5. Virginia6. Penn7. Wisconsin8. Cornell9. Berkeley10. Harvard

Statistics/Biostatistics1. Berkeley (Stat)1. Stanford3. Berkeley (Biostat)4. Cornell5. Chicago6. Washington

(Biostat)7. Harvard8. Wisconsin9. Washington (Stat)10. Purdue

Source: 1995 National Research Council Report on Quality in Ph.D. Education in the U.S.

Arts and Humanities1. Berkeley2. Princeton3. Harvard4. Columbia5. Yale5. Cornell

Biological Sciences1. UCSF2. MIT2. UCSD4. Stanford4. Yale4. Harvard7. Berkeley

Engineering1. MIT2. Berkeley3. Caltech4. Stanford5. Cornell

Ranking of Program Faculty

Physical Sciencesand Mathematics1. Berkeley2. MIT2. Caltech4. Harvard4. Princeton6. Cornell

Social andBehavioral Sciences1. Harvard2. Chicago3. Berkeley3. Michigan5. Stanford

Universities with HighestNumber of Programs in the Top 10

1. Berkeley 352. Stanford 313. Harvard 264. Princeton 225. MIT 206. Cornell 196. Yale 197. Chicago 188. Penn 1510. UC San Diego 1410. Columbia 1410. Michigan 1410. Wisconsin 14

Universities with HighestNumber of Distinguished Programs

1. Berkeley 322. Stanford 283. Harvard 254. Princeton 245. MIT 206. Cornell 196. Yale 198. Columbia 189. Michigan 1510. Caltech 1410. UC San Diego 1410. Penn 1410. UCLA 14