<p>Using Alexandre-style grouping for neuroscience,</p>
<p>Tier 1:
Columbia University
Harvard University
Johns Hopkins University
Stanford University
Yale University</p>
<p>Tier 2:
California Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
UC Berkeley
University of Pennsylvania
Washington University in St. Louis</p>
<p>Tier 3:
Brandeis University
Case Western
Cornell University
Duke University
Northwestern University
UCLA
University of Chicago
University of Michigan</p>
<p>Tier 4:
Emory University
UNC Chapel Hill
University of Virginia
Vanderbilt University</p>
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<p>For philosophy it depends on your interests (Classical vs. Continental, for example), but overall,</p>
<p>Tier 1:
Cornell University
Harvard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Princeton University
Stanford University
UC Berkeley
UCLA
University of Michigan</p>
<p>Tier 2:
Brown University
University of Chicago
UNC Chapel Hill</p>
<p>Tier 3:
Columbia University
Johns Hopkins University
Northwestern University
University of Pennsylvania</p>