| THE TOP SCHOOLS | Overall Score |
Peer accessment score (5.0 highest) |
Superintenent assessment score (5.0 highest) |
'06
mean GREscore sverbal/ quantitative1 |
'06 Ph.D. &. Ed.D. acceptance rate |
'06 student/ faculty ratio2 |
Ph.D's&Ed.D's granted 2005-06 |
'06 % Ph.D.&Ed.D students |
'06 funded research (millions) |
'06 funded research faculty member (thousands) |
| Rank/School | ||||||||||
| 1. Teachers College, Columbia University (NY) | 100 |
4.2 |
4.7 |
555/667 |
22.1% |
11.5 |
231 |
35.4% |
$37.5 |
$273.8 |
| 2. Stanford University (CA) | 98 |
4.6 |
4.8 |
629/708 |
9.1% |
9.6 |
28 |
47.3% |
$16.2 |
$377.5 |
| 3. Harvard University (MA) | 96 |
4.4 |
4.8 |
623/669 |
12.1% |
17.6 |
70 |
35.1% |
$14.8 |
$352.6 |
| Vanderbilt University (Peabody) ) (TN) | 96 |
4.3 |
4.6 |
627/713 |
10.3% |
6.9 |
52 |
47.3% |
$25.5 |
$299.7 |
| 5. University of California-Los Angeles | 95 |
4.1 |
4.2 |
539/611 |
32.8% |
15.8 |
66 |
45.3% |
$31.6 |
$659.1 |
| 6. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 90 |
4.3 |
4.6 |
609/676 |
21.8% |
9.6 |
38 |
58.3% |
$17.9 |
$344.2 |
| 7. Northwestern University (IL) | 85 |
3.8 |
4.6 |
649/714 |
11.0% |
6.2 |
7 |
25.4% |
$9.0 |
$407.3 |
| 8. University of California-Berkeley | 84 |
4.3 |
4.3 |
589/621 |
23.9% |
13.6 |
28 |
61.9% |
$15.2 |
$433.3 |
| University of Washington | 84 |
3.8 |
4.1 |
543/592 |
43.6% |
8.7 |
41 |
44.8% |
$28.9 |
$506.7 |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison | 84 |
4.3 |
4.5 |
509/621 |
38.7% |
4.5 |
66 |
51.8% |
$24.8 |
$156.1 |
| 11. University of Pennsylvania | 83 |
3.9 |
4.4 |
602/652 |
22.2% |
10.3 |
43 |
32.0% |
$16.2 |
$393.9 |
| 12. University of Oregon | 81 |
3.4 |
4.0 |
530/660 |
13.1% |
16.5 |
32 |
29.1% |
$28.5 |
$711.8 |
| 13. University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 80 |
3.8 |
3.9 |
533/609 |
47.5% |
6.7 |
137 |
51.5% |
$29.2 |
$230.0 |
| 14. Michigan State University | 77 |
4.2 |
3.9 |
538/627 |
51.3% |
6.0 |
80 |
55.2% |
$24.7 |
$218.9 |
| New York University (Steinhardt) | 77 |
3.6 |
4.1 |
602/655 |
15.5% |
12.1 |
106 |
16.5% |
$21.3 |
$129.9 |
| University of Texas-Austin | 77 |
3.8 |
4.4 |
532/609 |
39.4% |
6.8 |
117 |
62.8% |
$27.7 |
$228.5 |
| 17. Indiana University-Bloomington | 76 |
3.9 |
4.3 |
545/648 |
47.6% |
4.9 |
100 |
54.6% |
$19.0 |
$193.7 |
| Ohio Sate University | 76 |
3.9 |
4.3 |
511/600 |
50.6% |
4.0 |
112 |
43.4% |
$25.0 |
$217.7 |
| 19. University of Southern California (Rossier) | 73 |
3.7 |
4.6 |
493/537 |
54.2% |
39.6 |
166 |
56.9% |
$11.3 |
$432.8 |
| 20. University of Kansas | 72 |
3.6 |
4.1 |
500/590 |
41.6% |
N/A |
70 |
35.4% |
$25.3 |
$308.8 |
| 21. University of Maryland-College Park | 71 |
3.9 |
3.9 |
562/657 |
33.1% |
7.7 |
62 |
55.5% |
$14.1 |
$142.4 |
| 22. Boston College (Lynch) | 70 |
3.6 |
4.0 |
567/608 |
14.6% |
11.9 |
29 |
31.6% |
$12.5 |
$214.9 |
| University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill | 70 |
3.8 |
4.4 |
575/586 |
36.0% |
6.9 |
28 |
45.3% |
$11.5 |
$234.2 |
| 24. University of Virginia (Curry) | 69 |
4.0 |
4.2 |
548/597 |
50.3% |
8.4 |
83 |
46.7% |
$10.8 |
$128.6 |
| 25. University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign | 78 |
4.1 |
4.2 |
510/620 |
30.8% |
4.5 |
74 |
50.0% |
$7.3 |
$75.7 |
| 26. University of Georgia | 66 |
3.7 |
4.0 |
508/594 |
21.2% |
4.8 |
116 |
38.5% |
$17.0 |
$99.0 |
| Utah State University | 66 |
2.8 |
3.9 |
521/608 |
40.2% |
2.4 |
25 |
29.8% |
$31.9 |
$277.8 |
| 28. George Washington University (DC) | 65 |
3.3 |
4.0 |
529/586 |
55.4% |
9.9 |
63 |
34.3% |
$15.3 |
$356.5 |
| University of Iowa | 65 |
3.5 |
3.9 |
511/591 |
46.1% |
6.2 |
48 |
55.2% |
$15.4 |
$184.9 |
| University of Missouri-Columbia | 65 |
3.5 |
4.1 |
514/610 |
34.6% |
8.0 |
62 |
29.7% |
$12.4 |
$141.3 |
| 31. Arizona State University- Main Campus | 64 |
3.7 |
3.5 |
527/603 |
27.0% |
9.0 |
89 |
43.0% |
$13.2 |
$153.7 |
| Pennsylvania State University-University Park | 64 |
3.8 |
3.9 |
515/574 |
47.6% |
4.9 |
125 |
54.5% |
$9.9 |
$98.1 |
| University of Connecticut (Neag) | 64 |
3.6 |
3.7 |
571/N/A |
29.5% |
6.9 |
39 |
29.7% |
$14.4 |
$239.4 |
| 34. Texas A&M University-College Station | 63 |
3.4 |
4.2 |
484/543 |
50.8% |
4.8 |
75 |
60.7% |
$19.6 |
$169.3 |
| 35. University of Delaware | 62 |
3.1 |
3.6 |
613/735 |
33.6% |
2.8 |
24 |
38.1% |
$10.8 |
$230.3 |
| University of Illinois-Chicago | 62 |
3.4 |
4.1 |
513/554 |
52.2% |
3.2 |
15 |
39.1% |
$12.6 |
$263.5 |
| University of Pittsburgh | 62 |
3.4 |
3.8 |
488/543 |
83.5% |
7.3 |
54 |
36.9% |
$15.6 |
$236.1 |
| 38. Drexel University (PA) | 61 |
2.4 |
3.4 |
690/688 |
10.2% |
15.7 |
5 |
7.4% |
$3.3 |
$826.6 |
| University of Colorado-Boulder | 61 |
3.6 |
4.0 |
605/691 |
41.3% |
3.5 |
11 |
22.8% |
$4.0 |
$127.8 |
| 40. University of Oklahoma | 60 |
3.1 |
3.9 |
567/478 |
11.5% |
8.3 |
29 |
49.0% |
$11.9 |
$217.1 |
| 41. Rutgers, the State Univ. of N.J.-New Brunswick | 59 |
3.4 |
3.9 |
553/607 |
31.6% |
6.4 |
24 |
32.0% |
$10.3 |
$213.6 |
| University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 59 |
3.2 |
4.2 |
487/578 |
75.0% |
3.1 |
41 |
36.7% |
$19.9 |
$170.4 |
| Washington University in St. Louis | 59 |
3.2 |
4.2 |
590/705 |
25.0% |
2.4 |
2 |
30.0% |
$1.6 |
$149.5 |
| 44. Cornell?University (NY) | 58 |
3.4 |
4.4 |
568/580 |
25.5% |
4.7 |
8 |
42.3% |
$0.9 |
$74.9 |
| University of Florida | 58 |
3.5 |
4.1 |
534/639 |
39.0% |
7.5 |
41 |
38.6% |
$5.6 |
$68.2 |
| 46. Purdue University-West Lafayette (IN) | 57 |
3.4 |
4.3 |
478/620 |
42.0% |
2.3 |
40 |
68.4% |
$3.9 |
$59.6 |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 57 |
3.5 |
3.9 |
480/614 |
50.7% |
7.4 |
34 |
41.7% |
$8.6 |
$159.6 |
| 48. University of South Florida | 56 |
2.8 |
4.0 |
492/534 |
48.7% |
5.4 |
43 |
23.8% |
$24.1 |
$193.1 |
| 49. College of William and Mary (VA) | 55 |
3.1 |
4.1 |
540/664 |
58.4% |
5.5 |
24 |
37.7% |
$6.1 |
$173.8 |
| Temple University (PA) | 55 |
3.0 |
3.9 |
550/590 |
44.4% |
2.8 |
58 |
40.7% |
$8.3 |
$106.0 |
| University of California-Santa Barbara (Gevirtz) | 55 |
3.4 |
3.9 |
513/566 |
21.6% |
9.6 |
50 |
60.8% |
$4.0 |
$82.1 |
| Virginia Commonwealth University | 55 |
3.0 |
3.9 |
487/528 |
66.7% |
7.1 |
9 |
19.0% |
$20.0 |
$487.4 |