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Ranking of Philosophy Graduate Schools

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Your Ranking of Philosophy PhD Programs

Programs 1–30

Rank	Program	Regres Quality	Survey Quality	Student Outcomes	Jobs at Grad	Diversity	In-State Tuition	Room Board
1-4	Princeton University Philosophy	2-12	1-2	2-16	89%	29-53	$35,340	NA
1-5	University of California-Berkeley Philosophy	2-10	3-11	7-45	92%	60-74	$7,836	$10,036
2-8	Rutgers University-New Brunswick Philosophy	1-8	2-8	3-29	93%	22-42	$13,848	$14,409
1-7	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Philosophy	1-7	2-10	15-62	79%	55-75	$17,286	$8,924
2-10	University of Chicago Philosophy	1-5	1-7	14-56	82%	46-68	$40,428	NA
3-14	University of Memphis Philosophy	22-66	13-36	4-36	86%	1-2	$6,246	$8,002
5-15	University of California-San Diego Philosophy	11-28	9-19	5-38	77%	21-43	$7,836	$10,052
5-17	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus History and Philosophy of Science	3-12	12-29	5-47	78%	46-71	$16,402	$8,900
6-18	Carnegie Mellon University Philosophy	13-40	2-9	1-2	66%*	73-84	$33,141	NA
5-18	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Philosophy	6-20	4-11	2-15	64%	4-11	$37,510	NA
6-16	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Philosophy	10-26	15-33	7-41	75%	13-26	$5,413	$8,670
6-19	Stanford University Philosophy	12-32	3-10	4-36	76%	7-16	$37,380	NA
6-19	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Philosophy	2-9	17-38	24-69	78%	28-52	$16,402	$8,900
8-20	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus Philosophy	22-43	8-14	4-35	66%	7-17	$15,446	NA
8-22	University of Arizona Philosophy	18-39	13-34	5-46	92%	28-50	$7,330	$11,234
Rank	Program	Regres Quality	Survey Quality	Student Outcomes	Jobs at Grad	Diversity	In-State Tuition	Room Board
10-24	Columbia University in the City of New York Philosophy	15-41	2-10	52-81	64%	3-7	$35,396	NA
11-24	University of California-Los Angeles Philosophy	9-28	17-36	31-69	75%	26-52	$7,836	$10,241
10-27	New York University Philosophy	1-9	6-15	2-23	66%*	33-60	$30,528	$13,228
11-31	University of Connecticut Philosophy PhD	12-37	28-48	2-31	82%	31-53	$9,450	$10,120
15-27	Indiana University-Bloomington Philosophy	26-48	35-49	17-57	67%	25-52	$7,007	$6,800
14-33	Duke University Philosophy	8-25	12-31	9-55	71%	13-28	$37,700	$8,200
15-31	University of Pennsylvania Philosophy	27-52	10-22	9-48	68%	10-22	$24,720	NA
16-35	University of California-Riverside Philosophy	14-38	21-42	3-31	67%	72-79	$7,836	$9,460
17-37	Cornell University Philosophy	5-14	22-42	45-74	100%	11-22	$29,500	$12,160
16-39	Brown University Philosophy	9-25	12-29	3-38	67%	52-71	$38,048	NA
19-39	Harvard University Philosophy	12-30	15-37	13-57	78%	19-39	$33,696	$11,042
18-38	University of Notre Dame Philosophy	8-22	12-31	3-36	74%	77-83	$37,870	NA
20-41	Ohio State University-Main Campus Philosophy	10-28	50-72	17-63	94%	68-77	$9,990	NA
21-44	University of Miami Philosophy	30-58	13-34	12-58	67%	29-51	$26,640	NA
22-44	Johns Hopkins University Philosophy	16-34	25-45	14-58	92%	24-47	$39,150	NA

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Item Descriptions

Rank: A range indicating how this program ranked in 500 simulated rankings based on your priorities. Programs are sorted by their median rank. Learn more.
NRC regression-based quality measure (Regres Quality): The NRC's measurements of overall program quality are based on 20 key variables (19 in the humanities) such as GRE scores, student support and faculty publications. To calculate the regression-based quality measure, the relative importance, or weight, of a variable was set by the extent that it correlated with programs viewed most favorably by evaluators in each field. Learn more. Your weight = 3. Larger values are better. (Source: NRC, 2010)
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) such as GRE scores, student support and faculty publications. To calculate the survey-based quality measure, evaluators in each field identified the variables that they considered to be the most important indicators of program quality. Learn more. Your weight = 5. Larger values are better. (Source: NRC, 2010)
Student support and outcomes (Student Outcomes): This variable is a composite of other measures of student support and outcomes, including 6-year or 8-year graduation rates (for non-humanities programs and humanities programs, respectively), time to degree, job placement within academia, percentage of first-year students with full financial support, and whether a program collects data about the employment outcomes of its graduates. The relative importance of these variables was determined by the direct assessments of some 50 faculty in each field. Your weight = 2. Larger values are better. (Source: NRC, 2010)
Placement Rate (Jobs at Grad): This variable shows the percentage of students with definite plans at graduation (either a job or a postdoctoral position), based on data from the student questionnaire. Your weight = 2. Larger values are better. (Source: SED, 2000–2004)
Diversity in the academic environment (Diversity): This variable shows a composite measure of diversity generated by the National Research Council. It includes data on percent of faculty and students from underrepresented minorities, percent of female faculty and students, and percent of international faculty and students. The relative importance of these variables was determined by the direct assessments of some 50 faculty in each field. Your weight = 1. Larger values are better. (Source: NRC, 2010)
In-State Graduate Tuition (In-State Tuition): This variable shows the amount of tuition paid by graduate students who are permanent residents of the same state in which the program is based. Your weight = -2. Smaller values are better. (Source: IPEDS, 2009)
Off Campus Room and Board (Room Board): This variable shows the estimated cost of housing and meals for a typical student sharing a room with one other student over the course of one academic year. Your weight = -2. Smaller values are better. (Source: IPEDS, 2009)

Data Sources

Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System: IPEDS is an annual, comprehensive set of surveys of all colleges and universities in the United States. The surveys are conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics. Learn more
National Research Council: The National Research Council conducts periodic assessments of doctoral programs in the United States. Our data comes from the most recent assessment in 2010. Learn more
Survey of Earned Doctorates: The NSF/NIH/NEH/USED/USDA/NASA Survey of Earned Doctorates is an annual survey of all new recipients of doctorates from US universities at graduation. The average of the response rates for the 2000–2004 surveys was 92%. Learn more
Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering: The Survey is an annual assessment of the number and characteristics of graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in science, engineering, and health-related fields It is conducted by the National Science Foundation. Learn more

* Value is missing. The value shown is based on the average for other programs in the same field. Learn more.

The graduate school rankings on PhDs.org have been made possible by grants from The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and The Burroughs Wellcome Fund.
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