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Ranking of US Psychology Ph.D. Programs by Area
"This page contains links to U.S. psychology Ph.D. programs grouped by research area and ranked in quality according to the Princeton Review's 'Gourman Report of Graduate Programs'"
Cooking the School Books: How U.S. News cheats in picking its 'best American colleges.'
by Bruce Gottleib, Slate, August 31, 1999. A caveat about the US News rankings.
NRC Rankings
The National Research Council's 1994 ratings of graduate programs are available as Excel 5.0 spreadsheets. (This is part of the information used in the PhDs.org rankings)
New PhDs.org Graduate School Rankings
All new rankings of nearly 6000 graduate programs at 418 universities. Rankings include new data from NSF on where recent PhDs got jobs, how they were funded, and more.
Graduate Programs in Statistics
A list compiled by Mitchell Watnik
Top Ranked Graduate Schools in the Biomedical Sciences
This website provides advice and guidance for prospective graduate students in the biomedical and biological sciences. Because of the importance of funding in graduate education, this website concentrates on schools and programs that are well-funded by the National Institutes of Health.
Graduate Programs in Mathematics
A list of links to mathematics departments in the US, courtesy of Harvey Mudd College.
World University Rankings by the Times Higher Education Supplement
The top 20 American research universities according to the 2005 (London) Times Higher Education Supplement
National Doctoral Program Survey rankings
Rank Ph.D. programs in all subjects based on student satisfaction and implementation of recommended educational practices.
Peterson's Guide to Graduate and Professional Programs
Comprehensive set of overviews of graduate programs in all of the sciences.
The Top American Research Universities
"TheCenter determines the Top American Research Universities by their rank on nine different measures: Total Research, Federal Research, Endowment Assets, Annual Giving, National Academy Members, Faculty Awards, Doctorates Granted, Postdoctoral Appointees, and Median SAT Scores."
Princeton Review College Ratings
These rankings provide a somewhat less academic perspective. They cover everything from academics and athletics to politics and parties and give a sense of what life on campus is like. You have to leave the office every once in awhile!
Midwestern Research Institutions
Statistics on research institutions in the midwest courtesy of the Midwest Research University Network.
Mathematics Information Servers
An extensive list of math department home pages, journals, and pre-print sources.
Chemistry and Biochemistry Departments in the U. S.
A list of departments provided by UCSB.
Another Rankings Fiasco at 'U.S. News'
"How did Portland State and Arlington get their incorrect ranks? Robert J. Morse, director of data research for U.S. News, blamed technology errors by the company hired by the magazine to conduct its surveys for the graduate rankings. 'There was an error in data output,' he said."
Gradschools.com
Bare-bones listings of 30,000+ graduate programs in the US and abroad.
Webometrics Ranking of World Universities
An interesting ranking of world universities based on their web presences.
Graduate Programs in Physics
A handy list of links to most (if not all) of the graduate programs physics in the US and Canada, courtesy of Duke University.
Academic Ranking of World Universities
Rankings from the Academic Rankings of World Universities Project at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China.
Ranking of PhD Programs in Communication
"The NCA 2004 Doctoral Reputational Study invited the participation of all programs that offer the Ph.D. in communication. The study evaluated programs and organized them by rankings in the following specialty areas: communication and technology, critical-cultural communication, health communication, intercultural-international communication, interpersonal- small group communication, mass communication, organizational communication, political communication, and rhetorical communication."
Rating Doctoral Programs
November 23, 2005, Inside Higher Ed "The National Research Council formally got under way on Tuesday with its new assessment of doctoral programs, which has had a makeover since the heavily used and widely respected review was last conducted in 1995."
US News Rankings
US News and World Report lists the top 25 programs in a variety of disciplines. They have additional rankings for subspecialties.
Editorial: NRC Ratings of Research Doctoral Programs
by Saunders Mac Lane, Notices of the AMS, April, 1996. Comments on the NRC's methodology. (Requires Adobe Acrobat)
College Rankings: Graduate and Research Programs
A collection of rankings assembled by the UIUC library.
Acceptance, Attrition, and Support Data for Graduate Programs in Psychology
Results of a 1996-97 APA survey.
Psychology Departments
A list of psychology graduate programs assembled by Hanover College.
StudentsReview : Over 32400 College Reviews!
Get the inside scoop on graduate and (primarily) undergraduate programs.
Caveat Emptor: The Gourman Report
"Upon retrieving The Gourman Report from the LSU library, I was informed by the reference librarian on duty that this volume was provided to patrons upon request, but only with a standard warning reflected in the concluding statement of a review of the Report that appeared in the Wilson Library Bulletin, 'Only an irresponsible reference librarian would add [the Gourman Report] to a collection'"