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Rankings of graduate programs at Duke University

Rankings of graduate programs from the latest National Research Council study.

Arts and Humanities
Classical Studies
Ranked from 2–11 out of 31 peer programs
Literature
Ranked from 5–15 out of 46 peer programs
English
Ranked from 5–22 out of 119 peer programs
Romance Studies - French
Ranked from 1–7 out of 43 peer programs
German Studies
Ranked from 2–12 out of 29 peer programs
History
Ranked from 22–43 out of 137 peer programs
Art History
Ranked from 3–16 out of 58 peer programs
Music
Ranked from 11–25 out of 62 peer programs
Philosophy
Ranked from 12–31 out of 90 peer programs
Religion
Ranked from 1–4 out of 40 peer programs
Romance Studies - Spanish
Ranked from 19–45 out of 60 peer programs

Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Ranked from 4–25 out of 74 peer programs
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Ranked from 36–85 out of 130 peer programs
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ranked from 11–39 out of 136 peer programs
Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Ranked from 13–37 out of 127 peer programs

Health Sciences
Immunology
Ranked from 7–46 out of 78 peer programs
Pathology
Ranked from 7–45 out of 78 peer programs
Genetics
Ranked from 6–28 out of 65 peer programs
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Ranked from 4–26 out of 74 peer programs
Pharmacology
Ranked from 2–25 out of 116 peer programs
Psychology
Ranked from 11–32 out of 236 peer programs

Life Sciences
Biochemistry
Ranked from 20–77 out of 157 peer programs
Biology
Ranked from 11–31 out of 121 peer programs
Cell Biology
Ranked from 21–82 out of 122 peer programs
Molecular Cancer Biology
Ranked from 3–27 out of 122 peer programs
Ecology
Ranked from 2–10 out of 94 peer programs
Neurobiology
Ranked from 16–61 out of 94 peer programs

Physical Sciences and Mathematics
Chemistry
Ranked from 20–67 out of 178 peer programs
Computer Science
Ranked from 8–36 out of 127 peer programs
Earth and Ocean Sciences
Ranked from 26–84 out of 141 peer programs
Environment
Ranked from 21–52 out of 141 peer programs
Mathematics
Ranked from 11–31 out of 127 peer programs
Physics
Ranked from 17–74 out of 161 peer programs
Statistics and Decision Sciences
Ranked from 5–11 out of 61 peer programs

Social and Behavioral Sciences
Anthropology
Ranked from 1–2 out of 82 peer programs
Cultural Anthropology
Ranked from 31–52 out of 82 peer programs
Economics
Ranked from 20–33 out of 117 peer programs
Political Science
Ranked from 10–26 out of 105 peer programs
Sociology
Ranked from 3–13 out of 118 peer programs

The graduate school rankings on PhDs.org have been made possible by grants from The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and The Burroughs Wellcome Fund.
The National Postdoctoral Association and The Center for Science and the Media have served as the project's fiscal sponsors.