E 6.17 Ratings of Select Graduate Programs,

by Faculty Quality, 1982

 

 

 

Institution

Physical Sciences

Biological Sciences

Humanities

Social
Sciences

Engineering

**

1

UCal/Berk

6*

4

9

7

4

30

2

Stanford

6

4

9

7

4

24

3

Harvard

5

4

5

6

-

20

3

Yale

6

3

7

6

-

22

5

MIT

5

3

2

3

4

17

6

Princeton

5

-

7

5

4

21

7

Chicago

5

4

4

7

-

20

8

UCLA

5

6

5

6

2

24

9

Michigan

2

4

6

6

3

21

10

Wisconsin

5

5

3

6

2

21

11

Columbia

5

4

6

6

-

21

11

Cornell

6

4

6

3

3

22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Number of departments within the field that rank in uppermost two tiers of ranked
   departments.

** Cumulative count of quality departments; where overall ranking departs from cumulative score, rank is based on

departments in topmost tier.

Sources: National Academy of Science, Assessment of Research-Doctorate programs in the United States (Washington:

National Research Council, 1982), as adapted by David S. Webster, “America’s Highest Ranked Graduate Schools, 1925-

1982, Change, 15 (May/June, 1983), 18.

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