Ranking of Chemistry Graduate Schools

1 PROGRAM RANKINGS (/) RESOURCES (/career-resources) ABOUT US (/about)The Top PhD Resource on the Web(/)Data SourcesIntegrated Postsecondary EducationData SystemIPEDS is an annual, comprehensive set ofsurveys of all colleges and universities in theUnited States. The surveys are conducted bythe National Center for Education Research CouncilThe National Research Council conductsperiodic assessments of doctoral programsin the United States. Our data comes fromthe most recent assessment in of Earned DoctoratesThe NSF/NIH/NEH/USED/USDA/NASAS urvey of Earned Doctorates is an annualsurvey of all new recipients of doctoratesfrom US universities at graduation. Theaverage of the response rates for the 2000-2004 surveys was 92%.Survey of Graduate Students andPostdoctorates in Science andEngineeringThe Survey is an annual assessment of thenumber and characteristics of graduatestudents and postdoctoral researchers inscience, engineering, and health-relatedfields It is conducted by the National (/) > Rankings (/rankings) > ChemistryRanking of Chemistry Graduate SchoolsQuick RankLarger ProgramsSmaller ProgramsPrograms with More Funded StudentsPrograms with Lower TuitionPrograms with More Female Students andFacultyPrograms with More Minority Students andFacultyRank the top 180 Chemistry Graduate programs in the US using the latest National Research Council the rankings Quick StartUpdate the rankings table below based on priority.

2 Use our rankings tool to edit your own priorities orselect one of the following pre-selected quick start options: Ranking OF Chemistry PHD PROGRAMSEDIT PRIORITIESCOMPARE Harvard UniversityChemical Physics(/university/harvard/program/rank ing/ Chemistry /236/)Harvard UniversityChemistry(/university/harvard/ program/ Ranking / Chemistry /7679/)Universi ty of California-BerkeleyChemistry(/university /berkeley/program/ Ranking / Chemistry /4975 /)California Institute of TechnologyChemistry(/university/caltech/ program/ Ranking / Chemistry /2134/)Northwes tern UniversityChemistry(/university/northwes tern/program/ Ranking / Chemistry /525/)Univ ersity of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignChemistry(/university/il linois/program/ Ranking / Chemistry /5620/)S tanford UniversityRANKSCHOOL & PROGRAMREGRES QUALITYSURVEY QUALITY1-91-21-41-31-33-82-52-54-243-103 -85-17 Chemistry (/university/stanford/program/r anking/ Chemistry /1953/)Yale UniversityChemistry(/university/yale/pro gram/ Ranking / Chemistry /764/)Massachusett s Institute of TechnologyChemistry(/university/mit/prog ram/ Ranking / Chemistry /3432/)

3 Columbia University in the City of New YorkChemistry(/university/columbia/progr am/ Ranking / Chemistry /5154/)University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChemistry(/university/unc/program/ra nking/ Chemistry /6368/)Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusChemistry(/university/psu/program/ Ranking / Chemistry /3094/)Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusChemistry(/university/gatech/progr am/ Ranking / Chemistry /3346/)The University of Texas at AustinChemistry(/university/utexas/progr am/ Ranking / Chemistry /7687/)University of California-Los AngelesChemistry(/university/ucla/progra m/ Ranking / Chemistry /4384/)University of California-San DiegoChemistry and Biochemistry(/university/ucsd/program/ra nking/ Chemistry /1715/)University of California-San FranciscoChemistry and Chemical Biology(/university/ucsf/program/ Ranking / Chemistry /3257/)Princeton UniversityChemistry(/university/princeto n/program/ Ranking / Chemistry /5501/)Purdue University-Main CampusChemistry(/university/purdue/progr am/ Ranking / Chemistry /621/)University of ChicagoChemistry(/university/uchicago/pr ogram/ Ranking / Chemistry /3834/)University of Wisconsin-MadisonChemistry(/university/w isc/program/ Ranking / Chemistry /3771/)Univ ersity of California-Irvine5-195-157-264-135-166-1 86-295-185-167-256-2410-3810-417-277-251 3-5110-318-328-2511-3818-675-2017-499-31 7-2619-6012-3612-398-3315-52 Chemistry (/university/uci/program/rankin g/ Chemistry /3228/)University of California-Santa BarbaraChemistry(/university/ucsb/progra m/ Ranking / Chemistry /3605/)University of Colorado at BoulderChemistry and Biochemistry(/university/colorado/progra m/ Ranking / Chemistry /5356/)University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesChemistry(/university/umn/program/ Ranking / Chemistry /1471/)Cornell UniversityChemistry and Chemical Biology(/university/cornell/program/rank ing/ Chemistry /2405/)

4 University of Michigan-Ann ArborChemistry(/university/umich/program / Ranking / Chemistry /705/)University of Washington-Seattle CampusChemistry(/university/washington/p rogram/ Ranking / Chemistry /3881/)Michigan State UniversityChemistry(/university/msu/prog ram/ Ranking / Chemistry /2322/)Rice UniversityChemistry(/university/rice/pro gram/ Ranking / Chemistry /5788/) DescriptionsRankA range indicating how this program ranked in 500 simulated rankings based on your priorities. Programs aresorted by their median rank. Learn more. (/about/ranges)NRC survey-based quality measure (Survey Quality)The NRC's measurements of overall program quality are based on 20 key variables (19 in the humanities) suchas GRE scores, student support and faculty publications. To calculate the survey-based quality measure(/about/quality-scores), evaluators in each field identified the variables that they considered to be the mostimportant indicators of program quality. Learn more. (/about/quality-scores)Overall research productivity (Research Product)This variable shows a composite measure of research productivity, based on publications per faculty member,citations per publication, percent of faculty holding grants, and awards per faculty member.

5 The relativeimportance of these variables was determined by the direct assessments of some 50 faculty in each support and outcomes (Student Outcomes)This variable is a composite of other measures of student support and outcomes, including 6-year or 8-yeargraduation rates (for non-humanities programs and humanities programs, respectively), time to degree, jobplacement within academia, percentage of first-year students with full financial support, and whether a programAbout Us ( ) copyright 1997-2015. All rights data about the employment outcomes of its graduates. The relative importance of these variables wasdetermined by the direct assessments of some 50 faculty in each development (Profes Devel)This measure indicates the number of professional-development opportunities and oversight mechanisms forgraduate students. In a 2006 questionnaire, programs indicated how many, out of a possible 18, resourcesexisted for the support of doctoral students or doctoral education.

6 Not used in Ranking % tenured faculty (Tenured Faculty)This variable shows the percentage of tenured faculty members in 2006, based on responses from thedepartment questionnaire.