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Comparing NC State to Research Peer Institutions

US News Ranking of Top Graduate Programs
2008 Edition
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Brandeis University
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51
Brown University
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41
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27
34
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California Institute of Technology
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7
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Carnegie Mellon University
17
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6
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10
8
Case Western Reserve
59
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45
53
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28
21
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Columbia University
9
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19
5
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57
10
21
21
Cornell University
14
44
10
13
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15
45
35
Duke University
12
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30
10
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34
8
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10
Emory University
20
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22
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38
23
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Georgia Institute of Technology
25
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4
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57
Harvard University
1
3
23
2
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13
1
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2
Indiana University-Bloomington
24
17
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36
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44
13
3
Iowa State University
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45
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74
92
Johns Hopkins University
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26
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28
2
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26
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
4
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1
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.
Michigan State University
29
14
55
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18
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74
57
New York University
10
14
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4
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34
45
17
North Carolina State University
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34
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115
51
Northwestern University
5
7
21
12
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44
21
90
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Ohio State University
22
17
26
31
.
38
31
28
42
Penn State University-Main Campus
34
31
21
91
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61
57
Purdue University-Main Campus
22
46
12
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Princeton
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18
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5
Rice University
48
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30
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.
Rutgers State University
61
41
47
70
6
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34
51
Stanford
2
2
2
2
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7
61
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SUNY-Buffalo
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77
19
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90
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SUNY-Stoney Brook
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55
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63
54
74
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Syracuse University
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58
70
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3
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.
34
1
Texas A & M University
29
34
14
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35
Tulane University
45
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47
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56
105
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UC-Irvine
53
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37
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50
41
34
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UC-Berkeley
8
8
3
8
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.
45
5
UC-Los Angeles
16
5
16
15
13
18
13
6
21
UC-San Diego
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13
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.
38
14
34
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UC-Santa Barbara
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49
19
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74
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University of Arizona
59
56
55
44
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63
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34
46
UC-Davis
46
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34
34
.
30
49
28
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University of Chicago
5
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6
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53
15
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17
University of Colorado-Boulder
55
38
40
36
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54
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University of Florida
37
44
26
47
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45
48
74
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University of Georgia
46
26
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36
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21
3
University of Illinois - Urbana / Champaign
37
25
5
25
1
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21
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University of Iowa
50
28
61
24
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18
30
10
.
University of Kansas
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20
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66
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63
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54
10
University of Maryland
25
21
16
36
13
30
41
90
21
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
11
6
9
8
5
45
10
34
8
University of Minnesota
25
13
23
20
.
13
39
61
21
University of Missouri-Columbia
63
28
.
66
24
18
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.
35
University of NC-Chapel Hill
18
22
66
36
1
2
20
61
10
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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53
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77
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10
.
74
26
University of Oregon
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12
.
82
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74
92
University of Pennsylvania
3
11
29
6
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16
3
34
42
University of Pittsburgh
51
35
50
57
7
18
15
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21
University of Rochester
36
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30
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13
34
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University of Southern California
21
19
7
16
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38
54
7
University of Texas-Austin
18
14
11
18
7
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.
21
10
University of Virginia
12
24
37
10
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38
23
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University of Washington
29
8
23
28
4
1
27
28
26
University of Wisconsin-Madison
29
8
14
31
11
9
27
13
17
Vanderbilt University
34
3
42
16
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30
18
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.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
63
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33
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26
Washington University-St. Louis
29
41
42
19
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38
4
21
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Yale University
14
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37
1
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8
1
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Source: US News & World Report, America's Best Graduate Schools, 2008 Edition

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