Rankings of Mathematics Programs

All the information used for these ratings has been derived from a 1994 National Research Council study entitled Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States: Continuity and Change. This is the most recent data available. Copies of the full report may be obtained from the National Academy Press online bookstore or by calling 1-800-624-6242. The tables used in generating these ratings were obtained from Excel 5.0 spreadsheets made available by the National Academy of Sciences. The Computing Research Association has placed additional background information about the National Research Council study online, including full field descriptions and study methodology. See in particular the caveat about the Median Years to Degree variable. Criterion Description Score Program ratings. The score for each program is a sum of points received for each criterion. For a criterion with importance I, a program receives I S points for being better than average by S standard deviations. FacQual Scholarly quality of program faculty, 1993. Scale of 0 to 5, with 0 denoting "not sufficient for doctoral education" and 5 denoting "Distinguished". EdEff Program effectiveness in educating research scholars and scientists, 1993. Scale of 0 to 5, with 0 denoting "Not Effective" and 5 denoting "Extremely Effective". NumPhDs The number of Ph.D.s produced by the program for the period academic year 1987-1988 to 1991-1992.     Green Green cells indicate programs that are one standard deviation or more better than average. Red Red cells indicate programs that are one standard deviation or more worse than average. Rankings of Mathematics Programs         Criteria and Importance Program Score FacQual (5) EdEff (5) NumPhDs (1) 1. University of California-Berkeley 25.8 4.9 4.4 159.0 2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 25.4 4.9 4.6 126.0 3. Princeton University 23.0 4.9 4.7 54.0 4. Harvard University 21.8 4.9 4.6 45.0 5. University of Chicago 21.3 4.7 4.6 52.0 6. New York University 19.9 4.5 4.3 88.0 7. Stanford University 19.6 4.7 4.4 41.0 8. Yale University 17.3 4.6 4.1 38.0 9. University of Wisconsin-Madison 15.8 4.1 3.8 92.0 10. Univ of California-Los Angeles 15.8 4.1 3.9 76.0 11. University of Michigan 15.5 4.2 3.8 67.0 12. Brown University (Program in Applied Mathematics) 15.2 4.0 4.1 57.0 13. Columbia University 14.7 4.2 3.9 37.0 14. University of Minnesota 14.4 4.1 3.7 82.0 15. Cornell University 14.3 4.1 4.0 46.0 16. California Institute Technology 13.7 4.2 3.9 23.0 17. Univ of California-San Diego 13.1 4.0 3.6 67.0 18. U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 12.5 3.9 3.6 59.0 19. Rutgers State Univ-New Brunswick 12.1 4.0 3.6 48.0 20. State U of New York-Stony Brook 11.6 3.9 3.6 40.0 Program Score FacQual (5) EdEff (5) NumPhDs (1) 21. University of Maryland College Park 11.6 4.0 3.6 32.0 22. Purdue University 11.5 3.8 3.5 59.0 23. Rice University (Program in Computational and Applied Mathematics) 11.2 3.8 3.8 17.0 24. University of Texas at Austin 11.2 3.9 3.5 58.0 25. University of Pennsylvania 10.1 3.9 3.5 24.0 26. Brown University 9.6 3.7 3.6 24.0 27. University of Washington 9.4 3.8 3.5 27.0 28. Northwestern University 9.3 3.7 3.4 36.0 29. Brandeis University 8.9 3.6 3.5 24.0 30. Ohio State University 8.6 3.7 3.1 60.0 31. University of Illinois at Chicago 8.5 3.6 3.3 48.0 32. Pennsylvania State University 8.3 3.5 3.4 44.0 33. Carnegie Mellon University 8.0 3.4 3.5 34.0 34. Washington University 7.9 3.4 3.5 28.0 35. Duke University 7.8 3.5 3.4 28.0 36. Johns Hopkins University 7.5 3.7 3.2 23.0 37. Indiana University 7.5 3.5 3.3 25.0 38. University of Utah 6.8 3.5 3.2 28.0 39. Rice University 6.7 3.5 3.3 12.0 40. CUNY - Grad Sch & Univ Center 6.7 3.7 3.1 23.0 Program Score FacQual (5) EdEff (5) NumPhDs (1) 41. University of Washington (Program in Applied Mathematics) 5.9 3.4 3.2 17.0 42. University of Virginia 5.0 3.2 3.2 28.0 43. University of Notre Dame 4.9 3.1 3.2 34.0 44. University of Southern California 4.3 3.2 3.1 19.0 45. Georgia Institute of Technology 4.2 3.2 3.1 20.0 46. U of North Carolina-Chapel Hill 3.8 3.2 3.0 14.0 47. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 3.5 3.0 3.1 24.0 48. U of Massachusetts at Amherst 3.3 2.9 3.1 32.0 49. Michigan State University 3.3 3.1 3.0 30.0 50. University of Oregon 3.1 3.1 3.0 24.0 51. Boston University 2.9 3.0 2.9 27.0 52. Dartmouth College 2.8 3.0 3.1 11.0 53. Johns Hopkins University (Program in Mathematical Sciences) 2.8 3.0 3.0 16.0 54. University of Colorado 2.6 2.8 3.1 28.0 55. Univ of California-Santa Barbara 2.5 3.0 2.9 25.0 56. North Carolina State University 2.1 2.9 2.9 32.0 57. University of Houston 1.8 2.8 3.0 21.0 58. University of Iowa 1.4 2.9 2.7 40.0 59. University of Rochester 1.2 2.9 2.8 23.0 60. University of Arizona 1.0 3.0 2.7 15.0 Program Score FacQual (5) EdEff (5) NumPhDs (1) 61. Virginia Polytech Inst & State University 0.9 2.8 2.8 24.0 62. University of California-Irvine 0.7 2.8 2.8 16.0 63. University of Florida 0.6 3.0 2.6 18.0 64. Iowa State University 0.3 2.6 2.8 31.0 65. Louisiana State University & A&M College 0.0 2.7 2.7 23.0 66. University of Pittsburgh -0.1 2.9 2.6 17.0 67. Texas A&M University -0.4 2.8 2.6 15.0 68. State Univ of New York-Buffalo -0.4 2.8 2.6 24.0 69. Syracuse University -0.4 2.6 2.8 18.0 70. Northeastern University -0.8 2.5 2.8 17.0 71. State Univ of New York-Binghamton -1.1 2.7 2.6 12.0 72. Tulane University -1.2 2.6 2.7 17.0 73. University of South Carolina -1.2 2.6 2.6 20.0 74. Temple University -1.2 2.7 2.6 15.0 75. University of Kentucky -1.3 2.7 2.5 20.0 76. University of Georgia -1.5 2.9 2.4 7.0 77. University of Tennessee-Knoxville -1.9 2.6 2.5 16.0 78. University of Nebraska-Lincoln -2.0 2.4 2.7 13.0 79. Claremont Graduate School -2.0 2.6 2.5 9.0 80. Univ of California-Riverside -2.6 2.6 2.5 8.0 Program Score FacQual (5) EdEff (5) NumPhDs (1) 81. Clemson University -2.6 2.3 2.6 20.0 82. Univ of California-Santa Cruz -2.9 2.9 2.1 10.0 83. State Univ of New York-Albany -2.9 2.5 2.5 15.0 84. Vanderbilt University -3.2 2.4 2.5 18.0 85. University of Delaware -3.2 2.5 2.3 21.0 86. Florida State University -3.2 2.5 2.4 11.0 87. Wesleyan University -3.6 2.1 2.7 13.0 88. Kent State University -3.7 2.4 2.4 10.0 89. Washington State University -3.8 2.1 2.5 27.0 90. Colorado State University -3.8 2.3 2.5 15.0 91. Arizona State University -3.9 2.4 2.3 13.0 92. Polytechnic University -4.1 2.2 2.5 16.0 93. University of California-Davis -4.3 2.5 2.2 16.0 94. Kansas State University -4.4 2.4 2.3 14.0 95. University of Missouri-Columbia -4.4 2.3 2.4 6.0 96. Oregon State University -4.6 2.4 2.3 11.0 97. Auburn University -4.6 2.3 2.3 19.0 98. University of Hawaii at Manoa -4.8 2.2 2.4 7.0 99. Western Michigan University -4.8 1.9 2.7 18.0 100. New Mexico State University -5.0 2.0 2.6 16.0 Program Score FacQual (5) EdEff (5) NumPhDs (1) 101. University of Connecticut -5.5 2.2 2.2 23.0 102. University of Miami -5.8 2.1 2.3 4.0 103. Wayne State University -6.0 2.3 2.1 11.0 104. Texas Tech University -6.1 2.0 2.3 17.0 105. Lehigh University -6.3 2.2 2.1 13.0 106. University of Oklahoma -6.3 2.2 2.1 10.0 107. Case Western Reserve University -6.7 2.4 2.0 0.0 108. University of Texas at Arlington -7.0 2.0 2.0 32.0 109. University of North Texas -7.2 2.1 2.0 19.0 110. University of South Florida -7.6 1.9 2.1 19.0 111. University of Cincinnati -7.7 2.1 2.0 12.0 112. Southern Methodist University -8.2 1.8 2.1 9.0 113. Bowling Green State University -9.5 1.9 1.8 17.0 114. Southern Illinois University -9.8 2.0 1.6 18.0 115. University of Maryland Baltimore County -9.9 1.7 1.9 9.0 116. Clarkson University -10.5 1.7 1.8 11.0 117. Drexel University -10.6 2.0 1.6 6.0 118. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee -11.0 1.8 1.5 12.0 119. Stevens Inst of Technology -11.7 1.6 1.7 7.0 120. University of Wyoming -12.2 1.5 1.6 14.0 Program Score FacQual (5) EdEff (5) NumPhDs (1) 121. Ohio University -12.2 1.6 1.6 14.0 122. Illinois Institute of Technology -12.5 1.5 1.7 7.0 123. Howard University -12.9 1.8 1.3 6.0 124. Old Dominion University -13.0 1.4 1.5 19.0 125. Northern Illinois University -13.0 1.7 1.3 8.0 126. Saint Louis University -14.2 1.6 1.2 3.0 127. University of Rhode Island -14.2 1.6 1.3 4.0 128. University of Alabama -14.5 1.5 1.3 7.0 129. University of Alabama-Huntsville -15.8 1.3 1.3 2.0 130. University of Missouri-Rolla -17.0 1.3 0.9 6.0 131. Univ of Southwestern Louisiana -17.7 1.1 0.9 16.0 132. George Washington University -18.3 1.3 0.8 2.0 133. Adelphi University -18.8 1.2 0.7 7.0 134. Colorado School of Mines -19.0 1.3 0.6 5.0 135. Florida Institute of Technology -19.5 1.1 0.7 3.0 136. University of Mississippi -20.8 1.0 0.6 5.0 137. University of Texas at Dallas -22.1 0.8 0.5 10.0 138. Idaho State University -23.0 0.7 0.4 4.0 139. 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