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September 30, 2010

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Applied Mathematics

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
Brown U. Applied Mathematics	3	9	7	16	4	15	9	19	2	6
California Institute of Technology Applied and Computational Mathematics	8	19	10	20	5	23	23	30	4	15
Columbia U. Applied Mathematics	7	18	3	13	25	31	16	26	12	19
Cornell U. Applied Mathematics	3	10	3	12	3	15	8	19	3	12
Florida Institute of Technology Applied Mathematics	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R
Georgia Institute of Technology Algorithms, Combinatorics and Optimization	11	19	13	21	1	4	12	25	19	23
Harvard U. DEAS-Applied Mathematics	5	17	2	5	28	32	10	22	12	21
Iowa State U. Applied Mathematics	22	28	21	25	2	14	9	22	25	31
Massachu- setts Institute of Technology Applied Mathematics	2	5	2	8	9	21	16	26	5	17
New Jersey Institute of Technology Mathematical Sciences	18	23	17	23	3	12	2	8	20	25
New York U. Applied Mathematics	6	17	7	17	10	28	23	29	3	14
North Carolina State U. Applied Mathematics	21	28	21	26	16	29	4	10	21	25
North- western U. Applied Mathematics	4	12	3	12	6	20	29	32	4	16
Old Dominion U. Computational and Applied Mathematics	32	33	32	33	22	30	26	31	22	30
Princeton U. Applied and Computational Mathematics	1	1	1	1	1	6	7	16	1	3
Rice U. Computational & Applied Mathematics	15	22	14	22	5	19	9	19	8	18
State U. of New York at Stony Brook Applied Mathematics and Statistics	10	19	12	21	24	30	1	5	6	19
U. of Alabama at Birmingham and at Huntsville, and U. of Alabama Applied Mathematics (a joint program)	29	31	28	33	17	29	7	14	29	33
U. of Arizona Applied Mathematics	8	18	7	18	10	27	11	23	3	13
U. of California at Davis Applied Mathematics	4	15	4	15	9	24	17	26	5	16
U. of California at Los Angeles Applied Mathematics [Mathematics Program Specialization]	2	3	2	9	6	18	15	25	3	13
U. of Central Florida Mathematics	28	31	25	29	7	25	18	26	26	33
U. of Colorado at Boulder Applied Mathematics	6	17	9	20	4	15	29	32	10	19
U. of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center Applied Mathematics	32	33	27	32	32	33	24	29	26	31
U. of Iowa Applied Mathematical and Computational Sciences	21	27	22	26	13	28	6	13	18	23
U. of Louisiana at Lafayette Mathematics	25	28	28	31	2	10	4	9	25	33
U. of Maryland at College Park Applied Mathematics and Scientific Computation	18	24	12	20	31	32	16	25	4	15
U. of Maryland- Baltimore County Applied Mathematics	22	28	23	27	15	29	1	5	27	33
U. of New Mexico Main Campus Mathematics	21	27	22	27	8	20	1	4	22	26
U. of North Carolina at Charlotte Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics	29	31	28	32	14	29	2	7	24	29
U. of Southern California Applied Mathematics	11	20	9	19	14	28	10	23	7	19
U. of Texas at Austin Computational and Applied Mathematics	4	15	3	12	13	28	33	33	6	19
U. of Washing- ton Applied Mathematics	4	13	5	15	18	29	29	32	1	4
Washing- ton State U. Mathematics	21	27	28	32	1	4	10	21	26	33
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.