2008 US News Rankings

Graduate School
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<p>Hi do u have the subscription for USnews.... I needed information for these universities for electrical Engineering department
The universities are:
Ohio university
Santa Clara university
California state university, Sacramento
university of Texas at Arlington
San Jose state university.
Thanks</p>

<p>Regards
Anand</p>

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<p>anand - here's the entire list:
Rank/School Average assessment
score (5.0=highest)
1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 5.0
2. Stanford University (CA) 4.9
University of California–Berkeley 4.9
4. University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign 4.7
5. California Institute of Technology 4.6
6. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 4.5
7. Georgia Institute of Technology 4.4
8. Cornell University (NY) 4.3
9. Carnegie Mellon University (PA) 4.2
10. Princeton University (NJ) 4.1
Purdue University–West Lafayette (IN) 4.1
University of Texas–Austin 4.1
13. University of California–Los Angeles (Samueli) 4.0
University of Southern California (Viterbi) 4.0
15. University of Wisconsin–Madison 3.9
16. University of Maryland–College Park (Clark) 3.8
17. University of California–San Diego (Jacobs) 3.7
18. Rice University (Brown) (TX) 3.6
University of California–Santa Barbara 3.6
University of Washington 3.6
21. Pennsylvania State University–University Park 3.5
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY) 3.5
Texas A&M University–College Station (Look) 3.5
University of Minnesota–Twin Cities 3.5
Virginia Tech 3.5
26. Arizona State University (Fulton) 3.4
Columbia University (Fu Foundation) (NY) 3.4
Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) (MD) 3.4
North Carolina State University 3.4
Ohio State University 3.4
31. Harvard University (MA) 3.3
Northwestern University (McCormick) (IL) 3.3
University of Florida 3.3
University of Pennsylvania 3.3
35. Brown University (RI) 3.2
Duke University (NC) 3.2
University of Arizona 3.2
University of Virginia 3.2
Yale University (CT) 3.2
40. University of California–Davis 3.1
University of Colorado–Boulder 3.1
Washington University in St. Louis (Sever) 3.1
43. Boston University 3.0
Iowa State University 3.0
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–New Brunswick 3.0
University of California–Irvine (Samueli) 3.0
University of Massachusetts–Amherst 3.0
University of Notre Dame (IN) 3.0
49. Auburn University (Ginn) (AL) 2.9
Case Western Reserve University (OH) 2.9
Dartmouth College (Thayer) (NH) 2.9
Northeastern University (MA) 2.9
Vanderbilt University (TN) 2.9
54. Michigan State University 2.8
Oregon State University 2.8
University of Rochester (NY) 2.8
57. Clemson University (SC) 2.7
Colorado State University 2.7
Drexel University (PA) 2.7
Lehigh University (Rossin) (PA) 2.7
Polytechnic University (NY) 2.7
SUNY–Stony Brook 2.7
University of Illinois–Chicago 2.7
University of Missouri–Rolla 2.7
University of New Mexico 2.7
University of Pittsburgh 2.7
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (MA) 2.7
68. University at Buffalo–SUNY 2.6
University of Central Florida 2.6
University of Delaware 2.6
University of Iowa 2.6
Washington State University 2.6
73. Stevens Institute of Technology (Schaefer) (NJ) 2.5
Texas Tech University 2.5
University of Connecticut 2.5
University of Kansas 2.5
University of Missouri–Columbia 2.5
University of Tennessee–Knoxville 2.5
University of Texas–Dallas (Jonsson) 2.5
University of Utah 2.5</p>

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<p>Can someone post rankings for Molecular Biology, or cell biology or developmental biology. Thanks</p>

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<p>Okay. Then how about just the biology rankings (grad schools)</p>

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<p>Could someone please post rankings for the top Physical Therapy schools? Thanks.</p>

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<p>The 2009 USNews Graduate School rankings are coming out on Friday, March 28th.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the heads up KUNRD07. Any way we could see the list for biological sciences without having to subscribe to anything?</p>

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<p>alright, who's got the latest list?!</p>

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<p>They didn't update the biological sciences rankings, so the rankings are the same as last year. Sad day.</p>

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<p>if you have access to it, do you mind sharing some of the other sections?..</p>

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<p>I can't friggin' believe this *****. I paid for the 2007 online rankings, and now I can't even view that because the 2008 rankings just came out. Can anyone post the biological sciences rankings? Man, I still can't believe this company.</p>

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<p>alright time to post the 2009 US News Rankings =)</p>

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<p>Aerospace/Aeronautical/Astronautical
Ranked in 2008</p>

<p>1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 4.7
2 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA 4.6
Stanford University Stanford, CA 4.6
4 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 4.3
5 Purdue University--West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN 4.1
University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI 4.1
7 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL 4.0
8 Cornell University Ithaca, NY 3.7
Princeton University Princeton, NJ 3.7
Texas A&M University--College Station (Look) College Station, TX 3.7
University of Maryland--College Park (Clark) College Park, MD 3.7
University of Texas--Austin (Cockrell) Austin, TX 3.7
13 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 3.6
14 Pennsylvania State University--University Park University Park, PA 3.5
15 University of California--Los Angeles (Samueli) Los Angeles, CA 3.4
University of Colorado--Boulder Boulder, CO 3.4
17 University of Southern California (Viterbi) Los Angeles, CA 3.3
18 University of Minnesota--Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN 3.2
19 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY 3.1
University of Washington Seattle, WA 3.1
21 Iowa State University Ames, IA 3.0
Ohio State University Columbus, OH 3.0
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 3.0
24 North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 2.9
University of California--San Diego (Jacobs) La Jolla, CA 2.9
26 Air Force Institute of Technology WPAFB, OH 2.8
Arizona State University (Fulton) Tempe, AZ 2.8
28 University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 2.7
University of California--Irvine (Samueli) Irvine, CA 2.7
University of Florida Gainesville, FL 2.7
University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 2.7
Washington University in St. Louis (Sever) St. Louis, MO 2.7
33 Auburn University (Ginn) Auburn University, AL 2.6
Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH 2.6
University of California--Davis Davis, CA 2.6
University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH 2.6
University of Kansas Lawrence, KS 2.6
West Virginia University Morgantown, WV 2.6
39 Illinois Institute of Technology (Armour) Chicago, IL 2.5
Missouri University of Science & Technology Rolla, MO 2.5
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--New Brunswick Piscataway, NJ 2.5 </p>

<p>Chemical
Ranked in 2008</p>

<p>1 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA 4.8
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 4.8
University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA 4.8
4 University of Minnesota--Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN 4.7
5 Stanford University Stanford, CA 4.5
University of Wisconsin--Madison Madison, WI 4.5
7 Princeton University Princeton, NJ 4.4
8 University of Texas--Austin (Cockrell) Austin, TX 4.3
9 University of California--Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 4.2
10 University of Delaware Newark, DE 4.1
University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL 4.1
12 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI 4.0
13 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 3.9
Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 3.9
15 Cornell University Ithaca, NY 3.8
Northwestern University (McCormick) Evanston, IL 3.8
Purdue University--West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN 3.8
18 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 3.7
19 University of Colorado--Boulder Boulder, CO 3.5
20 North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 3.4
Pennsylvania State University--University Park University Park, PA 3.4
University of California--Davis Davis, CA 3.4
University of Florida Gainesville, FL 3.4
University of Washington Seattle, WA 3.4
25 Rice University (Brown) Houston, TX 3.3
University of California--Los Angeles (Samueli) Los Angeles, CA 3.3
27 Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) Baltimore, MD 3.2
Ohio State University Columbus, OH 3.2
University of Massachusetts--Amherst Amherst, MA 3.2
30 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY 3.1
Texas A&M University--College Station (Look) College Station, TX 3.1
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 3.1
33 Iowa State University Ames, IA 3.0
University of Houston (Cullen) Houston, TX 3.0
University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 3.0
36 University of Maryland--College Park (Clark) College Park, MD 2.9
University of Southern California (Viterbi) Los Angeles, CA 2.9
Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 2.9
39 Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH 2.8
Columbia University (Fu Foundation) New York, NY 2.8
Lehigh University (Rossin) Bethlehem, PA 2.8
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--New Brunswick Piscataway, NJ 2.8
University at Buffalo--SUNY Buffalo, NY 2.8
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 2.8
Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 2.8
46 Arizona State University (Fulton) Tempe, AZ 2.7
Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 2.7
University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 2.7
Washington University in St. Louis (Sever) St. Louis, MO 2.7
Yale University New Haven, CT 2.7
51 Auburn University (Ginn) Auburn University, AL 2.6
University of California--San Diego (Jacobs) La Jolla, CA 2.6
53 Clemson University Clemson, SC 2.5
Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO 2.5
Louisiana State University--Baton Rouge Baton Rouge, LA 2.5
University of California--Irvine (Samueli) Irvine, CA 2.5
University of California--Riverside (Bourns) Riverside, CA 2.5
University of South Carolina Columbia, SC 2.5 </p>

<p>Computer Engineering
Ranked in 2008
1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 4.9
2 Stanford University Stanford, CA 4.8
University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA 4.8
4 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 4.7
5 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL 4.6
6 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI 4.5
7 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA 4.2
Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 4.2
9 University of Texas--Austin (Cockrell) Austin, TX 4.1
10 Cornell University Ithaca, NY 4.0
Princeton University Princeton, NJ 4.0
Purdue University--West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN 4.0
13 University of California--Los Angeles (Samueli) Los Angeles, CA 3.9
University of Southern California (Viterbi) Los Angeles, CA 3.9
University of Washington Seattle, WA 3.9
16 University of Wisconsin--Madison Madison, WI 3.8
17 University of Maryland--College Park (Clark) College Park, MD 3.7
18 Pennsylvania State University--University Park University Park, PA 3.6
University of California--San Diego (Jacobs) La Jolla, CA 3.6
University of Minnesota--Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN 3.6
21 Rice University (Brown) Houston, TX 3.5
22 Duke University Durham, NC 3.4
Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) Baltimore, MD 3.4
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 3.4
25 Columbia University (Fu Foundation) New York, NY 3.3
Northwestern University (McCormick) Evanston, IL 3.3
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY 3.3
Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 3.3
29 North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 3.2
Ohio State University Columbus, OH 3.2
Texas A&M University--College Station (Look) College Station, TX 3.2
University of California--Irvine (Samueli) Irvine, CA 3.2
University of California--Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 3.2
University of Colorado--Boulder Boulder, CO 3.2
University of Florida Gainesville, FL 3.2
University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 3.2
37 Arizona State University (Fulton) Tempe, AZ 3.1
Brown University Providence, RI 3.1
Harvard University Cambridge, MA 3.1
University of California--Davis Davis, CA 3.1
41 Iowa State University Ames, IA 3.0
University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 3.0
University of Massachusetts--Amherst Amherst, MA 3.0
Washington University in St. Louis (Sever) St. Louis, MO 3.0
Yale University New Haven, CT 3.0
46 Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 2.9
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--New Brunswick Piscataway, NJ 2.9
Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 2.9
49 Boston University Boston, MA 2.8
Northeastern University Boston, MA 2.8
SUNY--Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY 2.8
University of Rochester Rochester, NY 2.8
53 Dartmouth College (Thayer) Hanover, NH 2.7
University at Buffalo--SUNY Buffalo, NY 2.7
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 2.7
University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT 2.7
57 Auburn University (Ginn) Auburn University, AL 2.6
Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH 2.6
Clemson University Clemson, SC 2.6
Drexel University Philadelphia, PA 2.6
Lehigh University (Rossin) Bethlehem, PA 2.6
Missouri University of Science & Technology Rolla, MO 2.6
Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 2.6
Polytechnic University Brooklyn, NY 2.6
Syracuse University Syracuse, NY 2.6
University of California--Riverside (Bourns) Riverside, CA 2.6
University of Delaware Newark, DE 2.6
University of Illinois--Chicago Chicago, IL 2.6
University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 2.6
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 2.6
University of Tennessee--Knoxville Knoxville, TN 2.6
72 University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 2.5
University of Kansas Lawrence, KS 2.5
University of Missouri--Columbia Columbia, MO 2.5
University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 2.5
University of Texas--Dallas (Jonsson) Richardson, TX 2.5 </p>

<p>Environmental/Environmental Health
Ranked in 2008
1 Stanford University Stanford, CA 4.6
2 University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA 4.5
3 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL 4.3
4 University of Texas--Austin (Cockrell) Austin, TX 4.2
5 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI 4.1
6 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 4.0
Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) Baltimore, MD 4.0
8 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA 3.9
Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 3.9
10 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 3.8
University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 3.8
Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 3.8
13 Cornell University Ithaca, NY 3.7
University of California--Davis Davis, CA 3.7
15 University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 3.6
University of Wisconsin--Madison Madison, WI 3.6
17 Rice University (Brown) Houston, TX 3.5
University of Minnesota--Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN 3.5
19 Northwestern University (McCormick) Evanston, IL 3.4
Pennsylvania State University--University Park University Park, PA 3.4
Purdue University--West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN 3.4
University of Colorado--Boulder Boulder, CO 3.4
University of Washington Seattle, WA 3.4
24 Duke University Durham, NC 3.3
Princeton University Princeton, NJ 3.3
26 Arizona State University (Fulton) Tempe, AZ 3.2
Clarkson University Potsdam, NY 3.2
Clemson University Clemson, SC 3.2
Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI 3.2
University of Florida Gainesville, FL 3.2
31 Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO 3.1
Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 3.1
North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 3.1
University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 3.1
University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH 3.1
University of Massachusetts--Amherst Amherst, MA 3.1
Yale University New Haven, CT 3.1
38 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY 3.0
39 Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 2.9
Ohio State University Columbus, OH 2.9
University of California--Irvine (Samueli) Irvine, CA 2.9
Washington University in St. Louis (Sever) St. Louis, MO 2.9
43 Drexel University Philadelphia, PA 2.8
Harvard University Cambridge, MA 2.8
OGI School of Science and Engineering--Oregon Health and Science University Beaverton, OR 2.8
Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 2.8
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--New Brunswick Piscataway, NJ 2.8
Tufts University Medford, MA 2.8
University at Buffalo--SUNY Buffalo, NY 2.8
50 Columbia University (Fu Foundation) New York, NY 2.7
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse, NY 2.7
University of California--Riverside (Bourns) Riverside, CA 2.7
University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 2.7
University of Delaware Newark, DE 2.7
55 Lehigh University (Rossin) Bethlehem, PA 2.6
Texas A&M University--Kingsville (Dotterweich) Kingsville, TX 2.6
University of Southern California (Viterbi) Los Angeles, CA 2.6
58 Illinois Institute of Technology (Armour) Chicago, IL 2.5
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 2.5
University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT 2.5
Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 2.5 </p>

<p>Civil
Ranked in 2008
1 University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA 4.7
University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL 4.7
3 Stanford University Stanford, CA 4.5
4 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 4.4
University of Texas--Austin (Cockrell) Austin, TX 4.4
6 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 4.3
7 Purdue University--West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN 4.2
8 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA 4.1
University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI 4.1
10 Cornell University Ithaca, NY 4.0
Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 4.0
12 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 3.9
13 Northwestern University (McCormick) Evanston, IL 3.8
Texas A&M University--College Station (Look) College Station, TX 3.8
University of Wisconsin--Madison Madison, WI 3.8
16 Princeton University Princeton, NJ 3.6
University of California--Davis Davis, CA 3.6
University of California--San Diego (Jacobs) La Jolla, CA 3.6
University of Minnesota--Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN 3.6
University of Washington Seattle, WA 3.6
21 Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) Baltimore, MD 3.5
Pennsylvania State University--University Park University Park, PA 3.5
University of Maryland--College Park (Clark) College Park, MD 3.5
24 Lehigh University (Rossin) Bethlehem, PA 3.4
North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 3.4
University of Colorado--Boulder Boulder, CO 3.4
27 Duke University Durham, NC 3.3
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY 3.3
University of California--Los Angeles (Samueli) Los Angeles, CA 3.3
30 Columbia University (Fu Foundation) New York, NY 3.2
Rice University (Brown) Houston, TX 3.2
University at Buffalo--SUNY Buffalo, NY 3.2
University of Florida Gainesville, FL 3.2
University of Southern California (Viterbi) Los Angeles, CA 3.2
35 Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 3.1
Iowa State University Ames, IA 3.1
University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 3.1
38 Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 3.0
Missouri University of Science & Technology Rolla, MO 3.0
Ohio State University Columbus, OH 3.0
University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 3.0
University of California--Irvine (Samueli) Irvine, CA 3.0
43 Arizona State University (Fulton) Tempe, AZ 2.9
Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI 2.9
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--New Brunswick Piscataway, NJ 2.9
University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 2.9
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 2.9
Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 2.9
49 Auburn University (Ginn) Auburn University, AL 2.8
Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH 2.8
Clemson University Clemson, SC 2.8
Drexel University Philadelphia, PA 2.8
University of Massachusetts--Amherst Amherst, MA 2.8
University of Tennessee--Knoxville Knoxville, TN 2.8
Washington State University Pullman, WA 2.8
Washington University in St. Louis (Sever) St. Louis, MO 2.8
57 Louisiana State University--Baton Rouge Baton Rouge, LA 2.7
Northeastern University Boston, MA 2.7
Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 2.7
University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH 2.7
University of Delaware Newark, DE 2.7
62 Clarkson University Potsdam, NY 2.6
Kansas State University Manhattan, KS 2.6
Tufts University Medford, MA 2.6
University of Kansas Lawrence, KS 2.6
University of Nevada--Reno Reno, NV 2.6
University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT 2.6
Utah State University Logan, UT 2.6
69 New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ 2.5
Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK 2.5
Syracuse University Syracuse, NY 2.5
University of Illinois--Chicago Chicago, IL 2.5
University of Missouri--Columbia Columbia, MO 2.5
University of Nebraska--Lincoln Lincoln, NE 2.5
University of North Carolina--Charlotte (Lee) Charlotte, NC 2.5
University of Oklahoma Norman, OK 2.5
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 2.5 </p>

<p>Electrical/Electronic/Communications
Ranked in 2008
1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 5.0
2 Stanford University Stanford, CA 4.9
University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA 4.9
4 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL 4.7
5 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA 4.6
6 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 4.5
University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI 4.5
8 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 4.3
9 Cornell University Ithaca, NY 4.2
10 Princeton University Princeton, NJ 4.1
Purdue University--West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN 4.1
12 University of Southern California (Viterbi) Los Angeles, CA 4.0
University of Texas--Austin (Cockrell) Austin, TX 4.0
14 University of California--Los Angeles (Samueli) Los Angeles, CA 3.8
University of Maryland--College Park (Clark) College Park, MD 3.8
University of Wisconsin--Madison Madison, WI 3.8
17 University of California--San Diego (Jacobs) La Jolla, CA 3.7
18 Columbia University (Fu Foundation) New York, NY 3.6
Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) Baltimore, MD 3.6
Pennsylvania State University--University Park University Park, PA 3.6
Rice University (Brown) Houston, TX 3.6
Texas A&M University--College Station (Look) College Station, TX 3.6
University of California--Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 3.6
University of Washington Seattle, WA 3.6
Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 3.6
26 Ohio State University Columbus, OH 3.5
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY 3.5
University of Minnesota--Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN 3.5
29 North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 3.4
University of Florida Gainesville, FL 3.4
31 Arizona State University (Fulton) Tempe, AZ 3.3
Duke University Durham, NC 3.3
Harvard University Cambridge, MA 3.3
34 Northwestern University (McCormick) Evanston, IL 3.2
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 3.2
Washington University in St. Louis (Sever) St. Louis, MO 3.2
37 Iowa State University Ames, IA 3.1
University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 3.1
University of California--Davis Davis, CA 3.1
University of California--Irvine (Samueli) Irvine, CA 3.1
University of Colorado--Boulder Boulder, CO 3.1
University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 3.1
Yale University New Haven, CT 3.1
44 Boston University Boston, MA 3.0
Brown University Providence, RI 3.0
Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH 3.0
Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 3.0
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--New Brunswick Piscataway, NJ 3.0
University of Massachusetts--Amherst Amherst, MA 3.0
50 Auburn University (Ginn) Auburn University, AL 2.9
Missouri University of Science & Technology Rolla, MO 2.9
Northeastern University Boston, MA 2.9
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 2.9
Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 2.9
55 Dartmouth College (Thayer) Hanover, NH 2.8
Lehigh University (Rossin) Bethlehem, PA 2.8
Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 2.8
SUNY--Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY 2.8
University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 2.8
60 Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 2.7
Drexel University Philadelphia, PA 2.7
University of Illinois--Chicago Chicago, IL 2.7
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 2.7
University of Tennessee--Knoxville Knoxville, TN 2.7
65 Clemson University Clemson, SC 2.6
Illinois Institute of Technology (Armour) Chicago, IL 2.6
Mississippi State University (Bagley) Mississippi State, MS 2.6
Polytechnic University Brooklyn, NY 2.6
Syracuse University Syracuse, NY 2.6
Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX 2.6
University at Buffalo--SUNY Buffalo, NY 2.6
University of Central Florida Orlando, FL 2.6
University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH 2.6
University of Delaware Newark, DE 2.6
University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 2.6
University of Kansas Lawrence, KS 2.6
University of Missouri--Columbia Columbia, MO 2.6
University of Rochester Rochester, NY 2.6
University of Texas--Dallas (Jonsson) Richardson, TX 2.6
University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT 2.6
Washington State University Pullman, WA 2.6
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA 2.6
83 CUNY--City College (Grove) New York, NY 2.5
Kansas State University Manhattan, KS 2.5
Louisiana State University--Baton Rouge Baton Rouge, LA 2.5
New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ 2.5
Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 2.5
Stevens Institute of Technology (Schaefer) Hoboken, NJ 2.5
University of California--Santa Cruz (Baskin) Santa Cruz, CA 2.5
University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 2.5
University of Kentucky Lexington, KY 2.5 </p>

<p>Industrial/Manufacturing
Ranked in 2008
1 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 4.8
2 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI 4.4
3 University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA 4.3
4 Stanford University Stanford, CA 4.1
5 Northwestern University (McCormick) Evanston, IL 4.0
Pennsylvania State University--University Park University Park, PA 4.0
7 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 3.9
8 Purdue University--West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN 3.8
9 Cornell University Ithaca, NY 3.7
Texas A&M University--College Station (Look) College Station, TX 3.7
University of Wisconsin--Madison Madison, WI 3.7
12 Columbia University (Fu Foundation) New York, NY 3.6
13 North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 3.4
University of Florida Gainesville, FL 3.4
University of Southern California (Viterbi) Los Angeles, CA 3.4
16 Lehigh University (Rossin) Bethlehem, PA 3.2
University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL 3.2
18 Arizona State University (Fulton) Tempe, AZ 3.1
Ohio State University Columbus, OH 3.1
University of Texas--Austin (Cockrell) Austin, TX 3.1
21 Auburn University (Ginn) Auburn University, AL 3.0
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--New Brunswick Piscataway, NJ 3.0
23 Iowa State University Ames, IA 2.9
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY 2.9
University at Buffalo--SUNY Buffalo, NY 2.9
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 2.9
27 University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 2.8
University of Arkansas--Fayetteville Fayetteville, AR 2.8
29 University of Washington Seattle, WA 2.7
30 Clemson University Clemson, SC 2.6
Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX 2.6
University of Minnesota--Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN 2.6
University of Oklahoma Norman, OK 2.6
34 Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK 2.5
University of Illinois--Chicago Chicago, IL 2.5 </p>

<p>Biomedical/Bioengineering
Ranked in 2008
1 Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) Baltimore, MD 4.7
2 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 4.6
University of California--San Diego (Jacobs) La Jolla, CA 4.6
4 Duke University Durham, NC 4.5
5 University of Washington Seattle, WA 4.3
6 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 4.2
7 Boston University Boston, MA 4.0
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 4.0
9 Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH 3.9
Rice University (Brown) Houston, TX 3.9
11 University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA 3.8
University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI 3.8
13 Northwestern University (McCormick) Evanston, IL 3.7
Stanford University Stanford, CA 3.7
15 University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 3.6
University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 3.6
17 Washington University in St. Louis (Sever) St. Louis, MO 3.5
18 Columbia University (Fu Foundation) New York, NY 3.4
University of Texas--Austin (Cockrell) Austin, TX 3.4
20 Purdue University--West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN 3.3
University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT 3.3
University of Wisconsin--Madison Madison, WI 3.3
Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 3.3
24 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA 3.2
25 Cornell University Ithaca, NY 3.1
University of Minnesota--Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN 3.1
27 Pennsylvania State University--University Park University Park, PA 3.0
Texas A&M University--College Station (Look) College Station, TX 3.0
University of California--Davis Davis, CA 3.0
University of Southern California (Viterbi) Los Angeles, CA 3.0
31 North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 2.9
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY 2.9
33 Arizona State University (Fulton) Tempe, AZ 2.8
CUNY--City College (Grove) New York, NY 2.8
Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 2.8
Drexel University Philadelphia, PA 2.8
Marquette University Milwaukee, WI 2.8
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--New Brunswick Piscataway, NJ 2.8
Yale University New Haven, CT 2.8
40 University of California--Irvine (Samueli) Irvine, CA 2.7
University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 2.7
University of Maryland--College Park (Clark) College Park, MD 2.7
University of Rochester Rochester, NY 2.7
44 Brown University Providence, RI 2.6
Clemson University Clemson, SC 2.6
SUNY--Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY 2.6
University of Alabama--Birmingham Birmingham, AL 2.6
University of California--Los Angeles (Samueli) Los Angeles, CA 2.6
University of Illinois--Chicago Chicago, IL 2.6
50 University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 2.5 </p>

<p>Materials
Ranked in 2008
1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 4.8
2 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL 4.6
3 Northwestern University (McCormick) Evanston, IL 4.5
University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA 4.5
5 University of California--Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 4.4
6 Stanford University Stanford, CA 4.3
7 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI 4.2
8 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 4.1
University of Florida Gainesville, FL 4.1
10 Cornell University Ithaca, NY 4.0
Pennsylvania State University--University Park University Park, PA 4.0
12 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 3.9
13 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA 3.8
14 Ohio State University Columbus, OH 3.7
Purdue University--West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN 3.7
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 3.7
17 University of Wisconsin--Madison Madison, WI 3.5
18 Lehigh University (Rossin) Bethlehem, PA 3.4
19 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY 3.3
University of Minnesota--Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN 3.3
University of Texas--Austin (Cockrell) Austin, TX 3.3
22 Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH 3.2
Harvard University Cambridge, MA 3.2
University of California--Davis Davis, CA 3.2
University of California--Los Angeles (Samueli) Los Angeles, CA 3.2
University of Washington Seattle, WA 3.2
Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 3.2
28 Iowa State University Ames, IA 3.1
Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) Baltimore, MD 3.1
North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 3.1
University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 3.1
32 Brown University Providence, RI 3.0
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--New Brunswick Piscataway, NJ 3.0
University of California--San Diego (Jacobs) La Jolla, CA 3.0
University of Maryland--College Park (Clark) College Park, MD 3.0
University of Southern California (Viterbi) Los Angeles, CA 3.0
37 Arizona State University (Fulton) Tempe, AZ 2.9
Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO 2.9
39 Drexel University Philadelphia, PA 2.8
Missouri University of Science & Technology Rolla, MO 2.8
41 Columbia University (Fu Foundation) New York, NY 2.7
Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 2.7
Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI 2.7
Rice University (Brown) Houston, TX 2.7
University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 2.7
Washington State University Pullman, WA 2.7
47 Alfred University--New York State College of Ceramics (Inamori) Alfred, NY 2.6
Clemson University Clemson, SC 2.6
SUNY--Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY 2.6
University of California--Irvine (Samueli) Irvine, CA 2.6
University of Delaware Newark, DE 2.6
52 Dartmouth College (Thayer) Hanover, NH 2.5
University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH 2.5
University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 2.5
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 2.5 </p>

<p>Mechanical
Ranked in 2008
1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 4.9
2 Stanford University Stanford, CA 4.8
3 University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA 4.7
4 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA 4.6
University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI 4.6
6 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL 4.5
7 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 4.4
Purdue University--West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN 4.4
9 Cornell University Ithaca, NY 4.2
10 Princeton University Princeton, NJ 4.0
University of Texas--Austin (Cockrell) Austin, TX 4.0
12 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 3.9
Northwestern University (McCormick) Evanston, IL 3.9
14 Pennsylvania State University--University Park University Park, PA 3.8
University of California--Los Angeles (Samueli) Los Angeles, CA 3.8
University of Minnesota--Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN 3.8
University of Wisconsin--Madison Madison, WI 3.8
18 Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) Baltimore, MD 3.7
Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 3.7
20 Ohio State University Columbus, OH 3.6
Texas A&M University--College Station (Look) College Station, TX 3.6
University of California--San Diego (Jacobs) La Jolla, CA 3.6
University of Maryland--College Park (Clark) College Park, MD 3.6
24 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY 3.5
University of California--Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 3.5
26 Duke University Durham, NC 3.4
Rice University (Brown) Houston, TX 3.4
University of Florida Gainesville, FL 3.4
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 3.4
University of Southern California (Viterbi) Los Angeles, CA 3.4
31 Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH 3.3
Columbia University (Fu Foundation) New York, NY 3.3
Harvard University Cambridge, MA 3.3
University of Washington Seattle, WA 3.3
35 University of California--Davis Davis, CA 3.2
University of California--Irvine (Samueli) Irvine, CA 3.2
University of Colorado--Boulder Boulder, CO 3.2
38 Arizona State University (Fulton) Tempe, AZ 3.1
Lehigh University (Rossin) Bethlehem, PA 3.1
Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 3.1
North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 3.1
University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 3.1
Yale University New Haven, CT 3.1
44 Iowa State University Ames, IA 3.0
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--New Brunswick Piscataway, NJ 3.0
University of Delaware Newark, DE 3.0
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 3.0
48 Drexel University Philadelphia, PA 2.9
Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI 2.9
Missouri University of Science & Technology Rolla, MO 2.9
University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 2.9
Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 2.9
Washington University in St. Louis (Sever) St. Louis, MO 2.9
54 University at Buffalo--SUNY Buffalo, NY 2.8
University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 2.8
56 Boston University Boston, MA 2.7
Clemson University Clemson, SC 2.7
Dartmouth College (Thayer) Hanover, NH 2.7
Illinois Institute of Technology (Armour) Chicago, IL 2.7
Northeastern University Boston, MA 2.7
SUNY--Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY 2.7
University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 2.7
University of Illinois--Chicago Chicago, IL 2.7
University of Massachusetts--Amherst Amherst, MA 2.7
Washington State University Pullman, WA 2.7
66 Auburn University (Ginn) Auburn University, AL 2.6
Brigham Young University (Fulton) Provo, UT 2.6
Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 2.6
University of Kentucky Lexington, KY 2.6
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 2.6
University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT 2.6
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA 2.6
73 Kansas State University Manhattan, KS 2.5
Louisiana State University--Baton Rouge Baton Rouge, LA 2.5
Mississippi State University (Bagley) Mississippi State, MS 2.5
Tufts University Medford, MA 2.5
University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH 2.5
University of Houston (Cullen) Houston, TX 2.5
University of Rochester Rochester, NY 2.5
University of Tennessee--Knoxville Knoxville, TN 2.5
University of Texas--Arlington Arlington, TX 2.5 </p>

<p>Nuclear
Ranked in 2008
1 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI 4.5
2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 4.2
University of Wisconsin--Madison Madison, WI 4.2
4 Texas A&M University--College Station (Look) College Station, TX 3.9
5 Pennsylvania State University--University Park University Park, PA 3.8
University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA 3.8
7 North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 3.5
8 Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 3.4
9 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 3.3
10 University of Florida Gainesville, FL 3.2
11 University of Tennessee--Knoxville Knoxville, TN 3.0
12 Purdue University--West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN 2.9
13 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL 2.8
14 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY 2.6 </p>

<p>Petroleum
Ranked in 2008
1 University of Texas--Austin (Cockrell) Austin, TX 4.6
2 Stanford University Stanford, CA 4.2
Texas A&M University--College Station (Look) College Station, TX 4.2
4 University of Tulsa Tulsa, OK 4.0
5 Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO 3.4
Pennsylvania State University--University Park University Park, PA 3.4
University of Oklahoma Norman, OK 3.4
8 Louisiana State University--Baton Rouge Baton Rouge, LA 3.3
9 University of Southern California (Viterbi) Los Angeles, CA 3.1
10 New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Socorro, NM 2.8
Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX 2.8
12 University of Kansas Lawrence, KS 2.7
West Virginia University Morgantown, WV 2.7</p>

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<p>Biology and subspecialties, please.</p>

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<p>Hi,
As I am an international student and am unfamiliar with US's college processes, I would like to ask if anyone understands how private, Christian colleges (as in colleges with a strong Christian presence and biases) are assessed and ranked in the States? Beyond visiting their websites and talking to their students, what ways could one get a more objective assessment as to the school's quality? And how does one fine their graduate programs in the humanities and social sciences to be like in general?</p>

<p>I've a number of friends who are bent on attending such schools and most information written about them in the sites I've seen always seems to be skewed in their favour and written by their strong advocates. TIA</p>

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<p>Rankings for Molecular Biology and Cell Biology please =)</p>