E 6.18 Ratings of Seven Major Graduate Schools, 1925–1982

 

Institution

1925

1934

1959

1966

1970

1979

1982

Change

Chicago

1

5

6

9

7

6

7

-6

Harvard

2

1

1

2

2

1

3

-1

Columbia

3

3

3

7

12

11

11

-8

Yale

4

7

4

6

5

4

3

+1

Wisconsin

5

4

8

3

6

7

8

-3

Princeton

6

11

7

10

8

8

6

-

Johns Hopkins

7

9

16

13

19

17

30

-23

Michigan

8

8

5

4

4

5

8

-

UCal/Berk

9

1

2

1

1

2

1

+8

Cornell

10

6

9

11

11

12

11

-1

Illinois

11

11

10

8

9

10

13

-2

Pennsylvania

12

14

11

15

14

15

14

-2

Minnesota

13

10

12

12

16

 

16

-3

Stanford

14

13

13

5

3

3

2

+12

MIT

19

16

-

21

15

9

5

+14

CalTech

18

17

-

18

20

13

15

+3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Source: David S. Webster, “America’s Highest Ranked Graduate Schools, 1925-1982, “ Change, 15 (May/June, 1983), 23.