E 6.15 Rating of Columbia Arts & Sciences Departments, 1970

 

Departments

1969 Ranking

1966 Ranking

Change in Rank

Program Effectiveness

 

 

 

 

 

Anthropology

7

7

-

12

Economics

12

8

-4

18

History

5

4

-1

11

Political Science

11

5

-6

20+

Sociology

43

3

-1

25+

All Social Sciences

8

5

-3

19+

 

 

 

 

 

Art History

3

 

 

5

Classics

12

6

-6

12+

English

6

5

-1

27

French

2

2

-

3

German

16

9

-7

17

Linguistics

14

12

-2

12+

Philosophy

8

7

-1

18

Slavic

2

2

-

3

Spanish

14

11

-3

17

All Humanities

9

7

-2

14+

 

 

 

 

 

Astronomy

11

12

+1

13

Biological Sciences*

20+

14

-5

20+

Chemistry

8

8

-

12

Geology

9

4

-5

16

Mathematics

10

9

-1

18

Physics

7

7

-

15

Psychology

27

14

-13

28+

All Sciences

 

10

-2

 

 

 

 

 

 

All Ranked Departments

13

7

-6

19+

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   * Rating represents approximation, due to classification changes between surveys.

   Source: Kenneth D. Roose and Charles J. Anderson, A Rating of Graduate Programs, (Washington:

    American Council on Education, 1970). Ratings based on surveys administered in 1969.