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Doctoral Programs by the Numbers

September 30, 2010

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Aerospace Engineering | Agricultural and Resource Economics | American Studies | Animal Sciences | Anthropology | Applied Mathematics | Astrophysics and Astronomy | Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology | Biology/Integrated Biology/Integrated Biomedical Sciences | Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering | Celland Developmental Biology | Chemical Engineering | Chemistry | Civil and Environmental Engineering | Classics | Communication | Comparative Literature | Computer Engineering | Computer Sciences | Earth Sciences | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | Economics | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Engineering Science and Materials | English Language and Literature | Entomology | FoodScience | Forestry and Forest Sciences | French and Francophone Language and Literature | Genetics and Genomics | Geography | German Language and Literature | History | History of Art, Architecture and Archaeology | Immunology and Infectious Disease | Kinesiology | Languages, Societies and Cultures | Linguistics | Materials Science and Engineering | Mathematics | Mechanical Engineering | Microbiology | Music | Neuroscience and Neurobiology | Nursing | Nutrition | Oceanography, Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology | Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering | Pharmacology, Toxicology and Environmental Health | Philosophy | Physics | Physiology | Plant Sciences | Political Science | Psychology | Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration | Public Health | Religion | Sociology | Spanish and Portuguese Language and Literature | Statistics and Probability | Theatre and Performance Studies

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Aerospace Engineering | Agricultural and Resource Economics | American Studies | Animal Sciences | Anthropology | Applied Mathematics | Astrophysics and Astronomy | Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology | Biology/Integrated Biology/Integrated Biomedical Sciences | Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering | Celland Developmental Biology | Chemical Engineering | Chemistry | Civil and Environmental Engineering | Classics | Communication | Comparative Literature | Computer Engineering | Computer Sciences | Earth Sciences | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | Economics | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Engineering Science and Materials | English Language and Literature | Entomology | FoodScience | Forestry and Forest Sciences | French and Francophone Language and Literature | Genetics and Genomics | Geography | German Language and Literature | History | History of Art, Architecture and Archaeology | Immunology and Infectious Disease | Kinesiology | Languages, Societies and Cultures | Linguistics | Materials Science and Engineering | Mathematics | Mechanical Engineering | Microbiology | Music | Neuroscience and Neurobiology | Nursing | Nutrition | Oceanography, Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology | Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering | Pharmacology, Toxicology and Environmental Health | Philosophy | Physics | Physiology | Plant Sciences | Political Science | Psychology | Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration | Public Health | Religion | Sociology | Spanish and Portuguese Language and Literature | Statistics and Probability | Theatre and Performance Studies

Aerospace Engineering

The National Research Council assessed programs according to 21 different criteria. Here are the NRC’s five major ratings summarizing those criteria. For a detailed explanation, see our FAQ.

S-Rank: Programs are ranked highly if they are strong in the criteria that scholars say are most important.
Research: Derived from faculty publications, citation rates, grants, and awards.
Students: Derived from students’ completion rates, financial aid, and other criteria.
Diversity: Reflects gender balance, ethnic diversity, and the proportion of international students.
R-Rank: Programs are ranked highly if they have similar features to programs viewed by faculty as top-notch.
Institution, program S-Rank High S-Rank Low Research High Research Low Students High Students Low Diversity High Diversity Low R-Rank High R-Rank Low
Auburn U.
Aerospace Engineering
21 30 22 31 1 9 13 24 27 31
California Institute of Technology
Aeronautics
1 1 1 2 1 3 16 25 2 7
Cornell U.
Aerospace Engineering
5 14 3 12 13 24 12 22 10 23
Georgia Institute of Technology
Aerospace Engineering
5 12 6 22 10 17 4 10 3 12
Iowa State U.
Aerospace Engineering
24 31 22 31 21 27 4 13 27 31
Massachu-
setts Institute of Technology

Aeronautics and Astronautics
7 16 8 23 10 18 1 3 2 5
North Carolina State U.
Aerospace Engineering
17 29 12 28 14 24 24 28 13 25
Ohio State U. Main Campus
Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
19 31 26 31 29 31 7 20 19 28
Old Dominion U.
Aerospace Engineering
21 30 19 31 10 25 13 24 25 30
Pennsyl-
vania State U.

Aerospace Engineering
9 19 7 22 19 23 4 11 7 21
Purdue U. Main Campus
Aeronautics & Astronautics
7 16 8 23 4 11 7 14 6 16
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Aeronautical Engineering
20 30 6 22 29 31 31 31 10 24
Stanford U.
Aeronautics and Astronautics
2 3 1 3 24 27 17 26 1 1
Texas A&M U.
Aerospace Engineering
5 13 7 21 6 15 3 12 11 24
U. at Buffalo (SUNY)
Aerospace Engineering
12 22 20 31 1 5 20 28 9 22
U. of Arizona
Aerospace Engineering
20 29 20 29 2 13 18 27 28 31
U. of California at Los Angeles
Aerospace Engineering
15 27 5 19 28 30 11 20 6 17
U. of Cincinnati Main Campus
Aerospace Engineering
18 27 20 30 15 23 1 5 20 27
U. of Colorado at Boulder
Aerospace Engineering Sciences
4 12 4 16 10 17 16 26 2 6
U. of Florida
Aerospace Engineering
11 21 6 22 24 27 1 6 9 22
U. of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign

Aerospace Engineering
6 15 8 23 12 22 11 21 12 25
U. of Kansas
Aerospace Engineering
29 31 22 31 28 31 17 27 26 31
U. of Maryland at College Park
Aerospace Engineering
4 11 5 18 2 9 2 7 5 15
U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Aerospace Engineering
2 5 3 8 6 12 4 12 2 9
U. of Minnesota-
Twin Cities

Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics
3 7 2 5 2 7 8 17 4 15
U. of Notre Dame
Aerospace Engineering
11 22 6 22 5 13 28 30 9 22
U. of Southern California
Aerospace Engineering
18 26 17 28 5 14 11 19 18 26
U. of Texas at Austin
Aerospace Engineering
15 26 8 24 23 26 27 30 6 17
U. of Washing-
ton

Aeronautics and Astronautics
10 21 6 22 17 24 27 29 12 24
Virginia Tech
Aerospace Engineering
8 18 10 26 11 19 17 24 8 21
Wright State U. Main Campus
Engineering
16 28 8 26 12 20 5 15 18 27
Methodology: This interactive tool is based on rankings developed by the NRC. For a complete explanation of the methods the research council used, go to its site; registration may be required.
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