US School Rankings

Except for the Section 4.8, the statistics shown below have obtained form "US NEWS & WORLD REPORT", 21 March 1994. The initials used are C= California, I=Institute, M=Massachusetts, T=Technology and U=University.

Law Schools

  1. Yale U.
  2. Harvard U.
  3. Stanford U.
  4. U. of Chicago
  5. Columbia U.
  6. New York U.
  7. Duke U.
  8. U. of Michigan Ann Arbor
  9. U. of Chicago
  10. U.C. Berkeley
  11. Cornell U.
  12. Northwestern U.
  13. Georgetown U.
  14. U. of Virginia
  15. Vanderbilt U.
  16. U.C. Los Angeles
  17. U. of Minnesota, Twin Cities
  18. U. of Southern California
  19. U. of Iowa
  20. U.C. Hastings
  21. U. of Texas, Austin
  22. Emory U.
  23. Washington & Lee U.
  24. Boston College
  25. U. of Washington
  26. U. of Georgia
  27. U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  28. College of Williams & Mary
  29. U.C. Davis
  30. U. of Arizona
  31. U. of N. Carolina, Chapel Hill
  32. Fordham U.
  33. Indiana U., Bloomington
  34. U. of Colorado Boulder
  35. Wake Forest U.
  36. U. of Wisconsin-Madison
  37. Boston U.
  38. U. of Florida
  39. U. of Connecticut
  40. Tulane U.
  41. Case Western Reserve U.
  42. Brigham Young U.
  43. George Washington U.
  44. U. of Maryland, Baltimore
  45. Ohio State U.
  46. Rutgers U., Newark
  47. Washington U. (Mo)
  48. U. of Houston
  49. Southern Methodist U.

Clinical Training

  1. New York U.
  2. Georgetown U. (D.C.)
  3. U. of Maryland, Baltimore
  4. CUNY Queens College
  5. American University (D.C.)

Environment

Health

Intellectual Property

International

  1. Columbia U.
  2. Harvard U.
  3. Yale U.
  4. U. of Virginia
  5. Georgetown U. (D.C.)

Tax

  1. New York U.
  2. U. of Florida
  3. Georgetown U. (D.C.)
  4. Harvard U.
  5. U. of Miami

M.B.A. Programs

  1. Stanford U.
  2. M.I.T.
  3. Harvard U.
  4. U. of Pennsylvania
  5. Northwestern U.
  6. U. of Chicago
  7. Dartmouth College
  8. U. of Michigan Ann Arbor
  9. Duke U.
  10. U.C. Los Angeles
  11. Columbia U.
  12. U.C. Berkeley
  13. U. of Virginia
  14. Carnegie Mellon U.
  15. Cornell U.
  16. U. of N. Carolina, Chapel Hill
  17. New York U.
  18. U. of Texas, Austin
  19. Yale U.
  20. U. of Southern California
  21. Indiana U., Bloomington
  22. Emory U.
  23. U. of Rochester
  24. Purdue U.
  25. Georgetown U.
  26. Georgia I. of Technology
  27. Washington U.
  28. Venderbilt U.
  29. U. of Maryland, College Park
  30. U. of Pittsburgh
  31. Arizona State U.
  32. Brigham Young U.
  33. U. of Wisconsin-Madison
  34. Ohio State U.
  35. U. of Illionis Urbana-Champaign
  36. U. of Tennessee, Knoxville
  37. U. of Washington
  38. U. of Georgia
  39. U. of Florida
  40. U. of Minnesota, Twin Cities
  41. Claremont Graduate School
  42. Michigan State U.
  43. Case Western Reserve U.
  44. Texas A.&M. U.
  45. Penn. State U.
  46. U. Arizona
  47. Boston U.
  48. U. of Iowa
  49. Tulane U.
  50. Southern Methodist U.

Accounting

  1. Stanford U.
  2. U. of Illionis Urbana-Champaign
  3. U. of Texas, Austin
  4. U. of Chicago
  5. U. of Pennsylvania

Communications

  1. Dartmouth College
  2. Harvard U.
  3. Northwestern U.
  4. U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  5. Stanford U.

Entrepreneurship

  1. Babson College
  2. U. of Pennsylvania
  3. Harvard U.
  4. Stanford U.
  5. U.C. Los Angeles

Finance

  1. U. of Pennsylvania
  2. U. of Chicago
  3. Stanford U.
  4. New York U.
  5. M.I.T. (Sloan)

General Management

  1. Harvard U.
  2. Stanford U.
  3. Northwestern U.
  4. U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  5. Dartmouth College

Global Management

  1. U. of S. Carolina
  2. U. of Pennsylvania
  3. New York U.
  4. Harvard U
  5. Columbia U.

Human Resources Management

  1. Harvard U.
  2. Stanford U.
  3. U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  4. Cornell U.
  5. Northwestern U.

Management Information Systems

  1. M.I.T. (Sloan)
  2. U. of Minnesota
  3. Carnegie Mellon U.
  4. U. of Arizona
  5. U. of Texas, Austin

Marketing

  1. Northwestern U.
  2. Stanford U.
  3. U. of Pennsylvania
  4. Harvard U.
  5. U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Nonprofit Organisations

  1. Yale U.
  2. Stanford U.
  3. Harvard U.
  4. Northwestern U.
  5. U. of Pennsylvania

Production/Operations Management

Quantitative Analysis

  1. M.I.T. (Sloan)
  2. Carnegie Mellon U.
  3. U. of Chicago
  4. Stanford U.
  5. U. of Pennsylvania
The following is an alternative ranking scheme for MBA programs, obtained from Business Week (the rankings come out apparently every 2 weeks), and provided by Eldon Bennett Thomas (thomas57@equity.wharton.upenn.edu) :

Click here for a text-only version.

Rank School Corp. Poll % accept Salary
1 Wharton 1 23 89,930
2 Kellogg 2 20 84,640
3 Chicago 4 33 83,210
4 Stanford 5 10 100,800
5 Harvard 3 16 102,630
6 Michigan 6 35 67,820
7 Indiana 8 48 58,520
8 Columbia 7 25 100,480
9 UCLA 16 23 74,010
10 MIT 9 25 80,500
11 Duke 14 26 70,490
12 Virginia 15 27 74,280
13 Dartmouth 12 17 95,410
14 Carnegie 18 35 69,890
15 Cornell 17 37 71,970
16 New York U. 13 40 70,660
17 Texas 11 35 61,890
18 U. North Carolina 19 22 69,880
19 Berkeley 21 20 71,970
20 Purdue 10 32 54,720

Medicine & Primary Care Programs

Research Oriented School Ranking

  1. Harvard U.
  2. John Hopkins U.
  3. Yale U.
  4. U.C. San Francisco
  5. Washington U. (Mo.)
  6. Duke U.
  7. U. of Pennsylvania
  8. Columbia U.
  9. Stanford U.
  10. U. of Washington
  11. U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  12. U.C. Los Angeles
  13. U.C. San Diego
  14. Vanderbilt U.
  15. Baylor College of Medicine
  16. U. of Chicago
  17. Cornell U.
  18. U. of Pittsburgh
  19. Case Western Reserve U.
  20. New York U.

Comprehensive School Ranking

  1. Oregon Health Sciences U.
  2. George Washington U.
  3. Thomas Jefferson U.
  4. U.C. Davis
  5. Ohio State U.
  6. Brown U.
  7. New York State U., Buffalo
  8. U. of Kentucky
  9. U. of Med./Dent. Robert Wood Johnson (N.J.)
  10. U. of Kansa
  11. St. Louis U.s Medic
  12. Medical College of Georgiaa
  13. U. of New Mexicol Centre
  14. U. of Nebra
  15. U. of Tennessee, Memphisska
  16. U.C. Irvine
  17. SUNY Health Science
  18. Tulane U. Centre, S
  19. Michigan State U.yracuse
  20. U. of Oklahoma

Primary Care

  1. U. of Washington
  2. U. of Iowa
  3. U.C. San Francisco
  4. U. of N. Carolina, Chapel Hill
  5. U. of Rochester

Aids

  1. U.C. San Francisco
  2. Harvard U.
  3. John Hopkins U.
  4. U.C. Los Angeles
  5. U. of Washington

Drug & Alcohol Abuse

  1. John Hopkins U.
  2. Yale U.
  3. Harvard U.
  4. U.C. San Francisco
  5. U. of Pennsylvania

Family Medicine

  1. U. of Washington
  2. U. of N. Carolina, Chapel Hill
  3. U. of Iowa
  4. U. of Colorado Health Science Centre
  5. U. of Alabama, Birmingham

Geriatric Care

  1. John Hopkins U.
  2. Yale U.
  3. Harvard U.
  4. U.C. San Francisco
  5. U. of Pennsylvania

Internal Medicine

  1. Harvard U.
  2. John Hopkins U.
  3. Duke U.
  4. U.C. San Francisco
  5. Washington U. (Mo.)

Pediatrics

Rural Medicine

  1. U. of Washington
  2. U. of N. Carolina, Chapel Hill
  3. U. of Iowa
  4. U. of Vermont
  5. Washington U. (Mo.)

Women's Health

  1. Harvard U.
  2. John Hopkins U.
  3. U. of Washington
  4. U.C. San Francisco
  5. Yale U.

Top Graduate Programs of Engineering

Aerospace

  1. M.I.T.
  2. C.I.T.
  3. Stanford U.
  4. U. of Michigan Ann Arbor
  5. Georgia I. of Technology

Agriculture

  1. U. of Illionis Urbana-Champaign
  2. Cornell U.
  3. Purdue U.
  4. Texas A&M U.
  5. U.C. Davis

Biomedical

  1. John Hopkins U.
  2. Duke U.
  3. Case Western Reserve U.
  4. M.I.T.
  5. U.C. San Diego

Chemical

  1. M.I.T.
  2. U.C. Berkeley
  3. U. of Minnesota
  4. U. of Wisconsin-Madison
  5. Stanford U.

Civil

  1. U.C. Berkeley
  2. M.I.T.
  3. U. of Illionis Urbana-Champaign
  4. Stanford U.
  5. U. of Texas, Austin

Computer

  1. M.I.T.
  2. Carnegie Mellon U.
  3. Stanford U.
  4. U.C. Berkeley
  5. U. of Illionis Urbana-Champaign

Electrical/Electronic

  1. M.I.T.
  2. U. of Illionis Urbana-Champaign
  3. Stanford U.
  4. U.C. Berkeley
  5. U. of Michigan Ann Arbor

Environmental

  1. Stanford U.
  2. U. of Michigan Ann Arbor
  3. U. of Illionis Urbana-Champaign
  4. U.C. Berkeley
  5. U. of Texas, Austin

Industrial/Manufacturing

  1. Georgia I. of Technology
  2. Purdue U.
  3. U. of Michigan Ann Arbor
  4. U.C. Berkeley
  5. Penn. State U.

Materials/Metallurgical

  1. M.I.T.
  2. U. of Illionis Urbana-Champaign
  3. U.C. Berkeley
  4. Stanford U.
  5. Northwestern U.

Mechanical

  1. M.I.T.
  2. Stanford U.
  3. U.C. Berkeley
  4. U. of Illionis Urbana-Champaign
  5. Purdue U.

Nuclear

  1. M.I.T.
  2. U.C. Berkeley
  3. U. of Illionis Urbana-Champaign
  4. U. of Michigan Ann Arbor
  5. U. of Wisconsin-Madison

Arts & Architecture Rankings

Film (Master of Fine Arts)

Music (Master of Music)

Fine Arts (Master of Fine Arts)

Drama/Theatre (Master of Fine Arts)

Architecture (Master of Architecture)

Social Work & Public Health Programs

Social Work (Master of Social Work)

Public Health (Master of Public Health)

Best Schools in Artificial Intelligence and its branches

The following information has been obtained from the comp.ai FAQ, whose author is Mark Kantrowitz :

The answer to this question is not intended to be a ranking and should not be interpreted as such. There are several major problems with ratings like the Gourman Report and the US News and World Report. Such rankings are often unsubstantiated and anecdotal, their accuracy is questionable, and they do not focus on the subfields of an area. When selecting a graduate school, students should look for schools which not only have excellent programs in their general area of research but also at least one faculty member whose research interests mesh well with the student's. Accordingly, we've broken down this list according to topic, and sorted the schools within each topic in ALPHABETICAL ORDER.

For a school to be added to a topic area, there should at least two faculty actively conducting research in that area and the school should have a "good" reputation in that area. Exceptions are made for schools which only have one faculty member in the area, but that professor is a "leader" of the area, or for fields where the total number of people working in the area is small in the first place. The general idea behind these criteria is to ensure that a school has enough activity in the area that a student who considers one of these schools won't be disappointed if one of the faculty in that area is on sabbatical or isn't taking students. Note that the research need not be conducted in the school's computer science department for the school to be listed -- in some cases we've included schools where the research is being conducted in a different department or special laboratory.

The best way for students to discover which schools are good in a field is to ask professors (and graduate students) in their undergraduate school for suggestions on where to apply. Reading the research journals in the field is another good method (see part 3 of the FAQ).

A genealogy of AI thesis-advising relationships is available by anonymous ftp as:
cs.ucsd.edu:/pub/rik/aigen.rpt
Although intended to complement citation analysis and free-text information retrieval as tools for understanding the AI community and their connections to other disciplines, it may be useful to prospective graduate students. For example, it may help you understand the historical context of a given professor's perspective. 2,600 MS and PhD theses have been tabulated so far. If you'd like to contribute additional listings (including year, title, abstract, school, advisor, committee members, and subsequent employment), write to Rik Belew or fax 619-534-7029, for the questionnaire. A copy of the questionaire and more information is available in
cs.ucsd.edu:/pub/rik/announce.t

A list of email addresses for CS departments is posted once a month to the newsgroup soc.college.gradinfo.

The Association for Computational Linguistics publishes a directory of graduate programs in Computational Linguistics ($15 for members, $30 for others). It includes several useful indices (e.g., index of faculty and a list of references). Contact Association for Computational Linguistics, Walker, C. N. 925, Bernardsville, NJ 07924-0925, phone/fax 908-204-1337, or send email to acl@bellcore.com.

NOTE THAT THIS LIST IS PRELIMINARY AND BY NO MEANS COMPLETE.

Please feel free to suggest schools that are particularly strong in any of these areas, or to suggest new areas to be listed.

Schools with excellent programs in most fields:

Universities with 2 or more AAAI Fellows:

Note: Some Fellows have changed their affiliation since being named, so this list isn't completely accurate.

Universities with only one AAAI Fellow include: Columbia University, George Mason, Georgia Tech, Imperial College, New Mexico State, Ohio State, Oregon State University, Oxford, P. and M. Curie University, SUNY/Binghamton, SUNY/Buffalo, Saint Joseph, San Jose State, Syracuse, Tufts, UC Irvine, UC/Santa Cruz, UCSD, Univ. of Birmingham, Univ. of British Columbia, Univ. of Cambridge, Univ. of Linkoeping, Univ. of Marseille, Univ. of Minnesota, Univ. of Sussex, Wellesley, Yale

The full list of AAAI Fellows and their affiliations is available by anonymous ftp as
ftp.cs.cmu.edu:/user/ai/pubs/faqs/ai/aifellow.txt

AI and Manufacturing:

AI and Medicine:

AI and Legal Reasoning:

Artificial Life:

Automated Deduction/Theorem Proving:

Case-Based Reasoning/Analogical Reasoning:

Cognitive Modelling:

Cognitive Science:

Computational Biology:

Connectionism/Neural Networks:

Decision Theory and AI:

Distributed AI:

Emotion:

Fuzzy Logic:

Genetic Algorithms:

Intelligent Tutoring, AI & Education:

Knowledge Representation:

Logic Programming and Logic-based AI:

Machine Discovery:

Machine Learning:

Natural Language Processing (NLU, NLG, Parsing, NLI, Speech):

Nonmonotonic Reasoning:

Philosophy of AI:

Planning:

Production Systems/Expert Systems:

Qualitative Physics and Model Based Reasoning:

Reasoning Under Uncertainty (Probabilistic Reasoning, Approximate Reasoning, etc.):

Search:

Temporal Reasoning:

Virtual Reality:

Vision:

jmankoff@cs.oberlin.edu, csmc@cs.oberlin.edu