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Comparing NC State to Research Peer Institutions

US News Ranking of Top Ph.D Programs for 2008

University
Biological Sciences (2007)
Chemistry (2007)
Computer Science (2006)
Economics
-2005
Mathematics
 (2006)
Physics (2006)
Psychology
-2005
Sociology
-2005
Brandeis University
48
68
.
.
42
62
123
49
Brown University
34
59
22
21
15
29
36
27
California Institute of Technology
4
1
11
17
7
3
.
.
Carnegie Melon University
34
50
1
20
29
29
9
.
Case Western Reserve
42
68
67
.
94
50
123
.
Columbia University
15
11
18
11
11
11
16
11
Cornell University
12
9
5
17
12
7
28
14
Duke University
12
43
25
21
21
29
36
14
Emory University
34
36
.
.
73
74
47
38
Georgia Tech
68
26
11
.
35
35
77
.
Harvard University
4
5
15
3
2
4
5
8
Indiana University-Bloomington
29
34
47
36
29
35
28
11
Iowa State University
68
36
60
55
63
55
107
58
Johns Hopkins University
6
28
28
24
21
22
22
22
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2
1
1
1
1
1
12
.
Michigan State University
34
36
51
34
42
29
66
42
NC State University
77
50
47
48
52
55
166
46
New York University
58
74
29
15
7
35
36
22
Northwestern University
29
9
40
8
21
29
55
11
Ohio State
42
28
34
28
29
85
189
20
Penn State-University Park
42
16
33
28
29
24
36
17
Princeton University
12
16
8
3
2
4
5
6
Purdue University
42
22
18
36
26
35
6
58
Rice University
48
28
22
48
26
27
99
.
Rutgers State University
136
68
29
48
21
24
77
31
Stanford
1
1
1
3
2
1
1
6
SUNY-Buffalo
105
68
58
.
73
85
99
.
SUNY-Stony Brook
46
50
34
.
26
22
66
38
Syracuse University
89
81
67
55
73
67
136
.
Texas A & M University
68
22
51
44
47
49
107
49
Tulane University
105
.
.
.
73
.
166
.
UC-Berkley
2
1
1
3
2
4
2
2
UC-Davis
23
34
40
28
38
35
47
29
UC-Irvine
34
22
29
48
42
29
16
27
UC-Los Angeles
23
12
15
11
12
16
5
8
UC-San Diego
18
20
13
10
21
16
16
34
UC-Santa Barbara
58
26
34
36
42
10
47
29
University of Arizona
42
36
40
41
42
35
55
17
University of Chicago
18
12
34
1
6
8
28
4
University of Colorado-Boulder
33
28
34
48
47
16
28
55
University of Florida
48
36
47
44
56
35
66
46
University of Georgia
58
50
.
.
47
74
89
55
University of Illinois-Urbana
29
7
5
28
17
8
55
34
University of Iowa
48
62
67
34
56
62
47
34
University of Kansas
58
62
.
.
67
81
107
58
University of Maryland-College Park
48
36
13
21
20
15
55
25
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
15
16
15
11
7
13
55
3
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
34
22
34
15
17
27
12
22
University of Missouri-Columbia
77
81
.
.
56
85
77
.
University of NC-Chapel Hill
26
16
22
28
29
45
22
4
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
105
74
.
.
67
81
123
.
University of Oregon
48
59
60
.
56
55
47
55
University of Pennsylvania
21
20
18
9
17
16
16
10
University of Pittsburgh
58
43
51
44
63
50
55
49
University of Rochester
77
50
40
19
80
35
47
.
University of Southern California
89
43
25
41
47
50
55
42
University of Texas-Austin
23
12
9
25
15
11
66
14
University of Virginia
42
50
29
27
38
35
28
38
University of Washington
18
28
7
28
29
16
22
17
University of Wisconsin-Madison
15
7
9
11
14
16
9
1
Vanderbilt University
34
59
67
41
56
62
36
31
Virginia Tech
77
68
47
.
56
67
136
.
Washington University-St. Louis
7
43
40
36
38
45
36
.
Yale University
7
15
18
7
7
13
4
20

Source: US News & World Report, 2008 Graduate Guide

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