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Rankings of graduate programs at Stanford University

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

Arts and Humanities
Classics
Ranked from 1–4 out of 31 peer programs
Comparative Literature
Ranked from 1–13 out of 46 peer programs
English
Ranked from 2–4 out of 119 peer programs
French
Ranked from 1–4 out of 43 peer programs
German Studies
Ranked from 3–15 out of 29 peer programs
History
Ranked from 9–20 out of 137 peer programs
Art History
Ranked from 20–47 out of 58 peer programs
Music
Ranked from 18–39 out of 62 peer programs
Philosophy
Ranked from 3–10 out of 90 peer programs
Religious Studies
Ranked from 9–22 out of 40 peer programs
Spanish
Ranked from 2–12 out of 60 peer programs
Drama
Ranked from 2–5 out of 27 peer programs

Communication
Communication
Ranked from 1–3 out of 83 peer programs

Engineering
Aeronautics and Astronautics
Ranked from 2–4 out of 31 peer programs
Chemical Engineering
Ranked from 4–18 out of 106 peer programs
Energy Resources Engineering
Ranked from 32–80 out of 106 peer programs
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Ranked from 3–15 out of 130 peer programs
Electrical Engineering
Ranked from 1–3 out of 136 peer programs
Materials Science and Engineering
Ranked from 4–21 out of 83 peer programs
Mechanical Engineering
Ranked from 2–5 out of 127 peer programs
Management Science and Engineering
Ranked from 1–6 out of 72 peer programs

Health Sciences
Immunology
Ranked from 2–9 out of 78 peer programs
Microbiology and Immunology
Ranked from 1–3 out of 74 peer programs
Chemical and Systems Biology
Ranked from 1–10 out of 116 peer programs

Life Sciences
Biochemistry
Ranked from 5–29 out of 157 peer programs
Biophysics
Ranked from 1–14 out of 157 peer programs
Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Ranked from 1–24 out of 157 peer programs
Biological Sciences
Ranked from 8–25 out of 121 peer programs
Cancer Biology
Ranked from 4–30 out of 122 peer programs
Developmental Biology
Ranked from 2–11 out of 122 peer programs
Genetics
Ranked from 1–5 out of 65 peer programs
Neurosciences
Ranked from 1–13 out of 94 peer programs

Physical Sciences and Mathematics
Chemistry
Ranked from 5–15 out of 178 peer programs
Computer Science
Ranked from 1–2 out of 127 peer programs
Geological and Environmental Sciences
Ranked from 4–15 out of 141 peer programs
Geophysics
Ranked from 6–23 out of 141 peer programs
Mathematics
Ranked from 2–5 out of 127 peer programs
Physics
Ranked from 7–35 out of 161 peer programs
Statistics
Ranked from 1–1 out of 61 peer programs

Social and Behavioral Sciences
Anthropological Sciences
Ranked from 3–8 out of 82 peer programs
Cultural and Social Anthropology
Ranked from 4–13 out of 82 peer programs
Economic Analysis and Policy
Ranked from 6–9 out of 117 peer programs
Economics
Ranked from 10–14 out of 117 peer programs
Linguistics
Ranked from 7–20 out of 52 peer programs
Political Science
Ranked from 1–1 out of 105 peer programs
Psychology
Ranked from 2–8 out of 236 peer programs
Sociology
Ranked from 9–23 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.