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Rankings of graduate programs at Vanderbilt University

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

Arts and Humanities
English
Ranked from 5–18 out of 119 peer programs
French
Ranked from 1–7 out of 43 peer programs
History
Ranked from 24–43 out of 137 peer programs
Philosophy
Ranked from 18–40 out of 90 peer programs
Religion
Ranked from 11–21 out of 40 peer programs
Spanish
Ranked from 4–17 out of 60 peer programs

Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Ranked from 28–59 out of 74 peer programs
Chemical Engineering
Ranked from 27–62 out of 106 peer programs
Civil Engineering
Ranked from 62–111 out of 130 peer programs
Environmental Engineering
Ranked from 43–102 out of 130 peer programs
Electrical Engineering
Ranked from 16–51 out of 136 peer programs
Int. Material Science
Ranked from 4–23 out of 83 peer programs
Mechanical Engineering
Ranked from 33–77 out of 127 peer programs

Health Sciences
Microbiology and Immunology
Ranked from 5–36 out of 78 peer programs
Nursing Science
Ranked from 9–29 out of 52 peer programs
Pharmacology
Ranked from 3–32 out of 116 peer programs
Psychological Sciences
Ranked from 19–51 out of 236 peer programs

Life Sciences
Biochemistry
Ranked from 12–54 out of 157 peer programs
Biological Sciences
Ranked from 21–56 out of 121 peer programs
Cancer Biology
Ranked from 7–51 out of 122 peer programs
Cell and Developmental Biology
Ranked from 26–86 out of 122 peer programs
Pathology
Ranked from 36–97 out of 122 peer programs
Neuroscience
Ranked from 9–42 out of 94 peer programs
Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Ranked from 1–15 out of 63 peer programs

Physical Sciences and Mathematics
Physics
Ranked from 63–126 out of 161 peer programs
Chemistry
Ranked from 27–85 out of 178 peer programs
Computer Science
Ranked from 30–75 out of 127 peer programs
Mathematics
Ranked from 14–37 out of 127 peer programs

Social and Behavioral Sciences
Economics
Ranked from 39–56 out of 117 peer programs
Political Science
Ranked from 23–42 out of 105 peer programs
Sociology
Ranked from 80–101 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.