Program Rankings
DOCTORATE PROGRAMS
National Doctoral Program Survey
Over 32,000 graduate students and recent Ph.D.'s responded to a
survey on the web, related to educational practices in doctoral
programs. Responses were indicated using a four-point Likert scale.
A letter grade based on a point system indicates the quality of
the program.
- Information for Prospective Students
- Preparation for a Broad Range of Careers
- Teaching and Teaching Assistant Preparation
- Professional Development
- Career Guidance and Placement Services
- Time to Degree
- Faculty Mentoring
- Program Climate
- Overall Satisfaction
National
Research Council-Doctorate Programs in the United States
Covers 3,634 programs at over 270 institutions in 41 fields. The
rankings are based on reputational measures collected through the
use of a survey and program characteristics. Programs are ranked
in broad disciplinary areas according to the "average rating
of the scholarly quality of program faculty." The rankings
are based on a five-point scale ranging from 0 to 5, with 0 signifying
"not sufficient for doctoral education" and 5 signifying
"distinguished." This site also provides an individualized
ranking based on importance of criteria, selected by the user.
- Faculty Quality Rating
- Arts/Humanities
- Bio-Sciences
- Engineering
- Physical Science/Math
- Social/Behavioral Sciences
- Effectiveness Rating
- Arts/Humanities
- Bio-Sciences
- Engineering
- Physical Science/Math
- Sociology/Behavioral Sciences
Selected characteristics of programs: rankings are according to
scholarly quality of faculty, number of "distinguished"
ratings, total number of awards and honors to program faculty, citation
density for program faculty and visibility of the program among
scholars.
- Programs in Arts/Humanities
- Programs in Bio-Sciences
- Programs in Engineering
- Programs in Physical Science/Math
- Programs in Sociology/Behavioral Sciences
DOCTORATE PROGRAMS-EDUCATION
US
News and World Report-Graduate School Rankings - Education
Doctoral granting schools were surveyed (182)
- Reputation (40%)
- Student Selectivity (18%)
- Mean GRE score (Verbal/quantitative)
- Acceptance rate (for Ph.D. applicants)
- Faculty Resources (12%)
- Full time students/full time faculty ratio
- Percent of faculty holding awards in the past two years
- Number of doctoral degrees awarded in the last two years
- Proportion of fall 2000 students who were in doctoral programs
- Research Activity (30%)
- Total research expenditures
- Expenditures per faculty member
- Percent of full time faculty in funded research
- Specialty Ranking
Deans selected up to 10 schools with top programs in each area
GRADUATE PROGRAMS - BUSINESS
Business
Week Best B-Schools - 2000
The rankings use two main surveys to determine results. The first,
a 39-question student-satisfaction survey was sent to over 9,500
graduates at 651 top schools. Completion of the survey was either
by paper or the Internet. The response rate was 63%. The second
survey focused on recruiters attitudes about MBA programs. A total
of 350 company's recruiters were polled with a 74% response rate.
- Graduates
- Teaching quality
- Program content
- Career placement
- Recruiters
- Rank top 20 schools in order
- Quality of students
- Company's experience with graduates
Computerworld Top Techno
- MBA Survey
Top 25 MBA programs. Over 1,000 campus recruiters surveyed initially.
The top 63 schools were surveyed to determine additional information
about the program.
- Faculty to Student Ratio
- Curriculum
- Special Feature
- Getting in
Financial Times MBA Annual Rankings
Top 100 MBA programs in the world. User can customize ranking based
on 20 criteria. In total, 20,700 questionnaires were sent out, of
which 5,918 were returned, a response rate of 28.6 percent.
- Value
- Alumni survey
- Salary and Salary increases
- Career progression
- Career services
- Alumni recommends
- International mobility
- Diversity
- Internationally mobile alumni
- International experience
- Percentage of students who carry out overseas projects
of longer than one month's duration
- Percentage of students who carry out overseas projects
of less than one month
- Percentage of students who carry out overseas study
tours
- Percentage of students who take part in exchange programs
with overseas business schools
- Percentage of international and women members on the school's
advisory board
- Percentage of international and women students and faculty
at the school
- Language requirements
- Research (25%)
- Amount of publications in a group of 35 journals
- Absolute number of publications
- Publications adjusted for faculty size
Forbes National Programs-The
Best Bang for the Buck
Questionnaires sent to 20,000 graduates receiving MBA in 1996. Top
25 in both large and small institutions are included in the final
ranking.
- 5-Year MBA Gain
- Total ($thou)
- As percent of expenses
Years to Break Even
- Class of 1996 Salary
- Pre-MBA ($thou)
- 2000 ($thou)
- Class of 2002 Tuition
- Median GMAT 2002
Marr/Kirkwood Side
by Side Comparison of US Business Schools
Provides a side by side comparison of published rankings of
the best business schools in the US. Comparison includes top 30
programs.
Official MBA
Guide: MBA Program Ranking and Screening
Web page allows prospective MBA students to choose their own
variables for ranking and screening 780 MBA programs and includes
three main parts.
- Defaults for program location and type
- Location of the program by region or state
- Type of program including enrollment options (i.e. full-time
or distance learning)
- Major fields of study and joint degrees
- 20 Attributes
- GMAT score
- Average starting salary
- Percentage of students with work experience
- Percentage of new applicants rejected
- Computer use in curriculum
- Number of computers per business student
- Student/faculty ratio
- Number of companies recruiting on campus
- Percentage of MBA graduates getting jobs
- Program desirability
- Undergraduate/graduate business student ratio
- Percentage of faculty who publish articles/textbooks/online
- Size of entering class
- Percent of courses taught in MBA-dedicated rooms
- Percentage of senior faculty
- Percentage of doctorate faculty
- Percentage of faculty who publish articles
- Percentage of faculty who publish textbooks
- Percentage of faculty who publish on-line
- Articles published per faculty
- Textbooks published per faculty
- Supplementary Criteria
- Tuition requirements
- Housing
- Women/men ratio
- Percentage of minority students
- Computer use
- Style of teaching and educational philosophy
US
News and World Report - Graduate School Rankings - Business
Reputation surveys are mailed to departmental deans, associate deans,
and a nationwide random sample of school superintendents in districts
with over 5000 students. US News gathers the statistical and reputational
data by surveying programs and academics and professionals.
- Reputation (40% weight)
- Placement Success: (35%)
- Mean salary and bonus
- Employment rates for graduates at graduation
- Employment rates for graduates three months after graduation
- Student Selectivity (25%)
- Mean GMAT
- Mean Undergraduate GPA
- Acceptance Rate
Specialty Rankings
US News asked business school deans and program heads to vote for
up to 10 schools offering the best programs in each area.
Wall Street Journal -
Guide to Business Schools (E-book)
An online interview was conducted with 1,600 corporate recruiters
who were asked to rate 188 US and 56 non-US business schools on
27 different attributes. In addition to the overall ranking, the
guide ranks public and private schools, the top schools by region,
the top large and small schools, the top schools on top attributes,
schools that are "hidden gems" and business schools by
industry.
- Variables that drive a recruiter to hire particular graduate
- Company's long term success with a school's MBA graduates
- Students communication and interpersonal skills
- Analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Leadership potential
- Academic Excellence
- The collegiality and competitiveness
- Most important school attributes
- Mass appeal based on the number of recruiters who rated it
GRADUATE PROGRAMS - ENGINEERING
- Reputation (40%) - Engineering school deans and deans of graduate
studies
- Student Selectivity (10%)
- Mean GRE - quantitative/analytical
- Acceptance rate
- Faculty Resources (25%)
- Full-time Ph.D. students/full-time faculty
- Full-time master's students/full-time faculty
- Full-time faculty in the National Academy of Engineering
- Full-time faculty with doctorates
- Number of Ph.D. degrees granted in last year
- Research Activity (25%)
- Total research expenditures
- Research dollars per faculty member engaged in research
Specialty Rankings
Engineering deans selected up to 10 schools offering the best programs. |
