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September 30, 2010

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Chemistry

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
Arizona State U. Chemistry	31	86	19	87	35	132	57	115	27	71
Auburn U. Chemistry	91	151	112	168	7	102	8	21	136	174
Baylor U. Chemistry and Biochemistry	98	160	131	175	2	11	32	81	83	167
Bingham- tonton U. (SUNY) Chemistry	76	136	93	159	51	153	44	98	80	133
Boston College Chemistry	28	83	17	69	62	159	134	169	20	58
Boston U. Chemistry	113	159	117	164	92	165	62	121	65	124
Bowling Green State U. Photochemical Sciences	91	146	130	169	3	36	37	96	118	172
Brandeis U. Chemistry	13	46	11	46	16	98	8	26	31	86
Brigham Young U. Chemistry and Biochemistry	62	119	75	148	3	53	130	168	66	144
Brown U. Chemistry	34	101	39	128	15	94	51	112	33	84
California Institute of Technology Chemistry	2	5	1	5	8	73	118	164	2	9
Carnegie Mellon U. Chemistry	18	58	21	75	7	69	46	105	38	85
Case Western Reserve U. Chemistry	27	75	45	123	33	119	48	100	52	120
City U. of New York Graduate Center Chemistry	101	155	104	160	99	164	4	10	108	170
Clark U. Chemistry	93	147	153	175	42	146	5	13	150	178
Clemson U. Chemistry	52	128	32	116	17	101	60	114	47	112
Cleveland State U. Bio-analytical Chemistry	101	165	58	137	170	176	64	118	114	170
Colorado State U. Chemistry	67	141	24	101	67	151	92	150	91	153
Columbia U. Chemistry	4	13	4	17	7	74	87	141	7	30
Cornell U. Chemistry and Chemical Biology	15	52	15	75	8	73	82	140	12	41
Dartmouth College Chemistry	68	133	78	155	4	69	93	150	65	131
Drexel U. Chemistry	105	158	110	159	65	164	60	119	104	154
Duke U. Chemistry	18	59	19	78	6	62	58	123	21	59
Duquesne U. Chemistry	85	152	107	167	2	88	34	99	92	169
Emory U. Chemistry	20	62	15	57	13	96	51	110	27	79
Florida Atlantic U. Chemistry	80	153	103	172	12	86	14	42	104	173
Florida Institute of Technology Chemistry	103	160	98	159	36	168	1	4	142	175
Florida Inter- national U. Chemistry	15	61	31	116	1	1	5	15	67	161
Florida State U. Chemistry	72	138	45	121	70	161	63	119	53	104
George Washing- ton U. Chemistry	81	160	31	127	86	159	90	151	75	137
Georgetown U. Chemistry	86	148	91	157	115	170	8	25	76	143
Georgia Institute of Technology Chemistry	9	29	8	32	32	122	38	88	11	38
Georgia State U. Chemistry	37	89	46	130	4	52	7	20	82	136
Harvard U. Chemical Physics	1	2	1	3	2	35	158	173	2	26
Harvard U. Chemistry	2	4	2	8	8	76	155	172	2	8
Howard U. Chemistry	106	166	91	159	98	168	1	2	105	178
Illinois Institute of Technology Chemistry	60	132	73	155	95	172	5	14	140	177
Indiana U. at Blooming- ton Chemistry	69	129	67	129	38	133	136	168	29	68
Indiana U.-Purdue U. Indianapolis Chemistry	107	158	131	172	7	105	164	174	124	168
Iowa State U. Analytical Chemistry	14	44	15	66	6	75	22	66	30	91
Iowa State U. Chemistry	54	126	62	145	45	145	23	60	66	132
Iowa State U. Inorganic Chemistry	35	88	45	112	4	101	148	173	43	111
Iowa State U. Organic Chemistry	21	76	17	82	19	107	84	132	40	104
Iowa State U. Physical Chemistry	39	109	34	111	3	68	104	155	51	109
Johns Hopkins U. Chemistry	18	64	25	96	28	114	104	158	48	119
Kansas State U. Chemistry	52	117	44	123	92	168	108	158	55	115
Kent State U. Main Campus Chemistry	139	170	109	161	126	171	31	98	103	156
Lehigh U. Chemistry	173	178	153	176	160	175	31	93	118	172
Louisiana State U. at Baton Rouge Chemistry	58	129	50	134	133	172	7	22	47	122
Loyola U. Chicago Chemistry	155	175	162	177	7	70	30	86	102	164
Marquette U. Chemistry	60	145	26	114	101	166	132	168	67	145
Massachu- setts Institute of Technology Chemistry	6	16	5	19	49	137	102	151	3	13
Miami U. (Ohio) Chemistry	141	172	128	171	60	147	86	152	111	162
Michigan State U. Chemistry	16	50	24	84	21	111	35	89	21	59
Michigan Technological U. Chemistry	69	131	76	144	95	164	17	50	92	152
Mississippi State U. Chemistry	121	169	79	153	146	173	94	147	101	164
Montana State U. at Bozeman Chemistry	116	168	32	109	176	178	176	178	141	177
New Jersey Institute of Technology Chemistry	135	169	151	175	70	133	4	15	146	176
New Mexico State U. at Las Cruces Chemistry and Biochemistry	128	169	112	167	150	176	16	39	130	172
New York U. Chemistry	25	70	19	81	48	137	57	117	32	80
North Carolina State U. Chemistry	42	108	20	80	68	148	58	117	30	84
North Carolina State U. Fiber and Polymer Science	87	157	102	171	14	89	17	46	82	159
North Dakota State U. Main Campus Chemistry	97	166	47	135	166	176	160	174	104	165
North Dakota State U. Main Campus Coatings & Polymeric Materials	80	156	71	165	29	139	169	176	79	148
North- eastern U. Chemistry & Chemical Biology	66	129	42	125	33	135	111	165	37	89
Northern Illinois U. Chemistry & Biochemistry	116	160	125	168	10	83	92	145	102	154
North- western U. Chemistry	3	9	2	9	6	61	134	168	2	17
Ohio State U. Main Campus Chemistry	43	101	27	98	71	156	57	113	21	54
Ohio U. Main Campus Chemistry and Biochemistry	153	173	152	174	66	151	16	47	161	177
Oklahoma State U. Main Campus Chemistry	156	175	126	172	171	177	62	133	169	178
Oregon State U. Chemistry	84	155	66	157	84	157	57	109	72	131
Pennsyl- vania State U. Chemistry	10	32	8	33	33	122	103	158	4	17
Princeton U. Chemistry	8	25	11	48	4	47	109	162	14	41
Purdue U. Main Campus Chemistry	20	59	24	89	88	158	19	49	10	32
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Chemistry	56	110	64	143	70	155	15	42	95	154
Rice U. Chemistry	9	32	7	37	31	117	43	92	22	70
Rutgers U. at New Brunswick Chemistry and Chemical Biology	69	139	41	115	87	161	46	98	63	128
San Diego State U. and U. of California at San Diego Chemistry	124	170	101	167	76	165	50	111	132	169
Southern Illinois U. at Carbondale Chemistry	105	168	90	164	76	174	10	30	126	172
Stanford U. Chemistry	5	13	4	15	78	158	128	167	4	14
State U. of New York at Albany Chemistry	75	147	54	148	141	174	2	5	110	175
State U. of New York at Stony Brook Chemistry	20	68	24	92	13	88	24	68	27	82
Syracuse U. Main Campus Chemistry	77	147	58	134	62	148	27	74	62	126
Temple U. Chemistry	81	143	81	147	139	174	24	63	84	141
Tennessee Technological U. Environmental Sciences	168	177	159	177	37	133	113	159	173	178
Texas A&M U. Chemistry	41	97	30	106	99	163	53	108	26	68
Texas Christian U. Chemistry	138	172	125	173	39	139	37	103	136	173
Texas Tech U. Chemistry	102	159	110	168	99	160	72	136	81	150
Tufts U. Chemistry	80	149	60	138	96	162	32	86	49	110
Tulane U. Chemistry	106	163	82	159	55	146	20	61	111	159
U. at Buffalo (SUNY) Chemistry	93	151	62	138	59	145	83	139	55	103
U. of Akron Chemistry	79	149	64	147	57	153	30	75	121	165
U. of Akron Polymer Science	25	84	24	106	10	113	87	142	70	146
U. of Alabama Chemistry	43	104	26	98	12	88	72	129	46	105
U. of Alabama at Birmingham Chemistry	176	178	176	178	143	173	139	169	97	167
U. of Arizona Chemistry	27	76	25	99	133	172	54	112	24	67
U. of Arkansas Main Campus Chemistry	73	152	53	142	67	163	89	144	78	138
U. of California at Berkeley Chemistry	3	8	2	10	17	89	122	163	1	2
U. of California at Davis Agricultural & Environmental Chemistry	31	90	24	102	11	83	34	91	35	86
U. of California at Davis Chemistry	30	88	23	97	76	156	52	106	16	59
U. of California at Irvine Chemistry	15	55	15	70	10	81	98	149	13	45
U. of California at Los Angeles Chemistry	8	28	5	25	85	160	69	124	11	33
U. of California at Riverside Chemistry	51	113	39	109	119	169	46	97	52	111
U. of California at San Diego Chemistry and Biochemistry	12	35	10	37	13	94	78	138	10	31
U. of California at San Francisco Chemistry and Chemical Biology	6	20	6	24	8	141	103	152	14	65
U. of California at Santa Barbara Chemistry	14	48	12	48	11	91	115	160	17	50
U. of California at Santa Cruz Chemistry and Biochemistry	79	151	40	125	129	170	19	65	91	151
U. of Chicago Chemistry	14	41	16	55	16	92	114	157	12	39
U. of Cincinnati Main Campus Chemistry	85	148	72	148	9	82	45	101	80	133
U. of Colorado at Boulder Chemistry and Biochemistry	19	67	13	63	69	150	98	153	12	36
U. of Connec- ticut Chemistry Ph.D.	77	142	66	149	40	133	37	86	76	134
U. of Delaware Chemistry and Biochemistry	87	155	64	145	68	150	81	138	56	111
U. of Florida Chemistry	30	77	31	96	10	82	39	93	17	56
U. of Georgia Chemistry	29	80	27	94	19	106	98	148	20	56
U. of Hawaii- Manoa Chemistry	150	174	135	175	78	158	131	166	146	175
U. of Houston main campus Chemistry	55	119	45	121	53	137	22	61	65	128
U. of Idaho Chemistry	112	161	128	170	23	115	144	171	111	161
U. of Illinois at Chicago Chemistry	56	121	41	117	130	172	70	128	39	92
U. of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign Chemistry	5	15	5	18	13	91	149	172	2	8
U. of Iowa Chemistry	41	104	39	123	61	142	32	77	37	92
U. of Kansas Chemistry	43	105	48	137	18	106	20	67	47	115
U. of Kansas Medicinal Chemistry	18	65	29	120	15	121	28	73	71	167
U. of Kansas Pharmaceutical Chemistry	37	102	23	106	6	83	89	139	58	116
U. of Kentucky Chemistry	31	88	31	106	3	51	89	140	29	82
U. of Louisville Chemistry	74	136	122	172	5	86	17	49	87	164
U. of Maryland at Baltimore and Baltimore County Biochemistry	51	118	45	126	4	48	12	44	88	154
U. of Maryland at College Park Chemistry	30	85	21	89	21	101	44	103	30	78
U. of Maryland- Baltimore County Chemistry	116	166	95	159	98	168	7	25	98	155
U. of Massachu- setts at Amherst Chemistry	30	85	29	100	31	122	20	58	37	87
U. of Memphis Chemistry	171	176	173	178	69	149	92	153	145	173
U. of Miami Chemistry	47	95	48	109	73	159	143	170	35	119
U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor Chemistry	18	59	25	96	18	105	26	75	11	38
U. of Minnesota- Twin Cities Chemistry	19	58	15	56	65	151	124	165	16	45
U. of Minnesota- Twin Cities Medicinal Chemistry	68	145	52	145	32	127	19	62	72	134
U. of Mississippi Chemistry	129	168	128	172	21	127	14	42	108	160
U. of Missouri at Columbia Chemistry	92	150	80	150	93	164	45	95	89	151
U. of Missouri at Kansas City Chemistry	115	164	111	166	66	166	174	178	105	161
U. of Missouri at Rolla Chemistry	78	146	92	164	18	97	33	80	124	170
U. of Missouri at Saint Louis Chemistry	95	156	87	160	92	164	2	5	126	169
U. of Montana at Missoula Chemistry	79	152	102	170	2	63	157	173	73	169
U. of Nebraska at Lincoln Chemistry	109	162	104	163	93	162	124	165	63	115
U. of Nevada at Reno Chemical Physics	165	178	137	171	176	178	172	176	147	177
U. of Nevada at Reno Chemistry	111	165	93	159	22	150	53	114	81	140
U. of New Hampshire Chemistry	122	168	110	167	98	166	176	178	85	145
U. of New Mexico Main Campus Chemistry	50	129	72	157	5	129	18	49	73	155
U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chemistry	8	23	8	33	49	133	85	145	4	14
U. of North Dakota Main Campus Chemistry	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R
U. of North Texas Chemistry	144	175	106	171	116	169	48	114	125	171
U. of Notre Dame Chemistry	54	123	34	109	54	150	112	159	42	92
U. of Oklahoma Norman Campus Chemistry	56	116	80	149	45	134	44	99	53	108
U. of Oregon Chemistry	68	135	51	128	109	171	111	159	56	109
U. of Pennsyl- vania Chemistry	20	59	18	67	36	123	91	155	12	39
U. of Pittsburgh Main Campus Chemistry	38	89	27	88	60	146	106	157	22	60
U. of Rhode Island Chemistry	163	176	164	178	68	153	138	166	133	171
U. of Rochester Chemistry	69	120	55	122	46	141	68	128	69	116
U. of South Carolina at Columbia Chemistry	25	81	15	64	25	113	38	95	26	70
U. of South Florida Chemistry	30	94	19	90	21	98	7	26	51	116
U. of Southern California Chemistry	47	109	33	111	90	162	88	141	32	81
U. of Southern Mississippi Chemistry	56	141	52	145	39	127	11	33	77	157
U. of Tennessee Chemistry	80	139	74	140	29	116	117	161	48	116
U. of Texas at Austin Chemistry	16	59	9	36	26	111	155	173	9	35
U. of Texas at Dallas Chemistry	102	161	80	157	111	167	19	58	88	151
U. of Toledo Chemistry	119	165	133	174	15	121	26	82	112	166
U. of Utah Chemistry	18	61	21	88	15	94	64	129	18	55
U. of Vermont Chemistry	137	173	111	165	78	163	161	174	77	135
U. of Virginia Chemistry	53	102	39	100	32	120	94	155	41	91
U. of Washing- ton Chemistry	28	74	27	95	47	131	89	152	11	32
U. of Wisconsin at Madison Chemistry	16	50	20	77	15	94	73	138	8	37
U. of Wisconsin at Milwaukee Chemistry	136	171	104	164	132	172	131	170	67	130
Utah State U. Chemistry, Bio Chemistry (SCI)	91	152	97	166	2	56	51	115	130	174
Vanderbilt U. Chemistry	28	87	30	118	7	80	116	165	32	79
Virginia Common- wealth U. Chemistry	147	173	112	165	106	167	17	45	117	172
Virginia Tech Chemistry	60	128	87	160	33	114	93	144	66	132
Virginia Tech Macromolecular Science and Engineering	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R
Wake Forest U. Chemistry	163	174	170	177	110	170	19	55	129	169
Washing- ton State U. Chemistry	75	147	63	145	43	137	41	108	51	113
Washing- ton U. in St. Louis Chemistry	27	78	40	120	5	68	66	128	25	79
Wayne State U. Chemistry	32	87	31	101	8	73	40	94	35	96
Western Michigan U. Chemistry	54	137	52	130	2	126	121	165	49	134
Yale U. Chemistry	5	15	4	15	48	136	83	146	6	24
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.