E 6.14 Rating of Columbia Arts & Sciences

 Departments, 1966

 

Departments

1966 Ranking

1957 Ranking

Change in Rank

 

 

 

 

Anthropology

7

3

-4

Economics

8

4

-4

History

4

2

-2

Political Science

5

4

-1

Sociology

3

2

-1

All Social Sciences

5

3

-2

 

 

 

 

Classics

6

5

-1

English

5

3

-2

French

2

2

-

German

9

4

-5

Linguistics

12

9

-3

Philosophy

7

4

-3

Slavic

2

2

-

Spanish

11

2

-9

All Humanities

7

4

-3

 

 

 

 

Astronomy

12

12

-

Biological Sciences*

14

9

-5

Chemistry

7

8

+1

Geology

4

1

-3

Mathematics

9

7

-2

Physics

7

3

-4

Psychology

14

11

-3

All Sciences

10

8

-2

 

 

 

 

All Ranked Departments

7

5

-2

 

 

 

 

 

  *Ranking represents approximations, due to changes in survey designations for the

  biological sciences.


  Source: Allan M. Cartter, An Assessment of Quality in Graduate Education (Washington:

  American Council on Education, 1966). Rankings based on surveys conducted in 1964.