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PH.D. PROGRAMS RANKED BEST BY DEANS AND DEPARTMENT CHAIRS
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Ranked in 2014
CHEMISTRY Ranked in 2014
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Rank School
Average assessment score (5.0=highest)
1. Harvard University (MA)
4.9
1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
4.9
1. Stanford University (CA)
4.9
4. University of California–Berkeley
4.8
5. California Institute of Technology
4.7
5. Johns Hopkins University (MD)
4.7
7. University of California–San Francisco
4.6
7. Yale University (CT)
4.6
9. Princeton University (NJ)
4.5
9. Scripps Research Institute (CA)
4.5
11. Cornell University (NY)
4.4
11. Duke University (NC)
4.4
11. Washington University in St. Louis
4.4
14. Columbia University (NY)
4.3
14. Rockefeller University (NY)
4.3
14. University of California–San Diego
4.3
14. University of Chicago
4.3
18. University of Wisconsin–Madison
4.2
19. University of California–Davis
4.1
19. University of California–Los Angeles
4.1
19. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
4.1
19. University of Pennsylvania
4.1
19. University of Washington
4.1
19. U. of Texas Southwest. Med. Ctr.–Dallas
4.1
25. Baylor College of Medicine (TX)
4.0
26. Cornell University (Weill) (NY)
3.9
26. Northwestern University (IL)
3.9
26. University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill
3.9
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California Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of California–Berkeley
Harvard University (MA)
Stanford University (CA)
University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign
Northwestern University (IL)
Scripps Research Institute (CA)
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Columbia University (NY)
Cornell University (NY)
University of Chicago
University of Texas–Austin
Yale University (CT)
Princeton University (NJ)
University of California–Los Angeles
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill
Texas A&M University–College Station
University of Pennsylvania
Penn. State University–University Park
Purdue University–West Lafayette (IN)
University of California–San Diego
Georgia Institute of Technology
Indiana University–Bloomington
Johns Hopkins University (MD)
University of California–Irvine
University of Colorado–Boulder
University of Minnesota–Twin Cities
University of Washington
Ohio State University
Average assessment score (5.0=highest)
5.0
5.0
5.0
4.9
4.9
4.7
4.6
4.6
4.5
4.4
4.4
4.3
4.3
4.3
4.2
4.2
4.2
4.2
4.0
4.0
3.9
3.9
3.9
3.8
3.8
3.8
3.8
3.8
3.8
3.8
3.7
CHEMISTRY SPECIALTIES
BIOCHEMISTRY
1.University of California–Berkeley
2.Scripps Research Institute (CA)
2.University of Wisconsin–Madison
4.Harvard University (MA)
5.University of California–
San Francisco
6.Stanford University (CA)
7.Mass. Institute of Technology
ORGANIC
1.Harvard University (MA)
2.California Institute of Technology
3.University of California–Berkeley
4.Mass. Institute of Technology
5.Stanford University (CA)
6.Scripps Research Institute (CA)
7.Princeton University (NJ)
8.University of Wisconsin–Madison
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