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September 30, 2010

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French and Francophone Language and Literature

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
Boston College French and Francophone Language and Literature	31	40	36	41	25	38	1	9	30	40
Boston U. French Language and Literature	32	40	13	26	31	40	17	33	33	42
Brown U. French Studies	13	23	31	39	9	29	17	32	10	28
City U. of New York Graduate Center French	26	37	15	27	38	41	5	15	9	26
Columbia U. French and Romance Philology	10	22	6	14	24	37	23	35	9	22
Cornell U. Romance Studies-French	16	30	34	40	1	18	13	28	12	30
Duke U. Romance Studies - French	1	4	2	6	1	23	25	37	1	4
Emory U. French	10	20	12	24	9	28	16	32	12	27
Harvard U. Romance Languages and Literature	3	11	4	11	5	24	1	9	5	13
Indiana U. at Blooming- ton French	19	31	27	36	28	39	32	40	7	18
Johns Hopkins U. French	8	20	11	23	2	20	10	26	11	28
Louisiana State U. at Baton Rouge French	11	23	8	20	21	33	21	35	26	40
New York U. French	15	27	9	19	27	38	11	25	5	17
North- western U. French and Italian	5	13	6	14	1	13	3	14	14	33
Ohio State U. Main Campus French and Italian	18	33	23	37	3	22	9	21	16	34
Pennsyl- vania State U. French	4	15	25	36	2	24	2	12	10	30
Princeton U. French and Italian	4	13	12	24	1	17	35	41	1	4
Rice U. French	42	43	43	43	37	41	1	13	34	43
Rutgers U. at New Brunswick French	24	37	19	31	27	37	1	9	30	40
Stanford U. French	1	8	1	4	5	33	11	24	8	29
U. of California at Berkeley French	22	34	17	29	16	31	31	39	10	28
U. of California at Davis French	22	34	37	41	12	28	26	37	24	35
U. of California at Irvine French	18	30	18	30	19	35	25	37	13	30
U. of California at Los Angeles French & Francophone Studies	16	28	9	18	31	40	14	31	12	31
U. of Chicago Romance Languages and Literatures	20	35	5	12	42	43	20	34	6	14
U. of Colorado at Boulder French	24	36	18	29	3	20	27	39	21	37
U. of Connec- ticut French Ph.D.	1	6	2	8	2	23	1	8	20	39
U. of Florida Romance Languages: French	32	40	30	39	4	19	11	25	40	43
U. of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign French	12	24	15	28	3	21	15	30	17	35
U. of Iowa French	27	40	26	38	20	33	3	13	21	40
U. of Louisiana at Lafayette Francophone Studies	32	40	22	34	25	40	12	27	27	42
U. of Maryland at College Park Modern French Studies	28	40	15	28	32	41	1	11	39	43
U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor Romance Languages and Literature - French	4	13	19	30	3	24	1	10	6	17
U. of Minnesota- Twin Cities French	40	42	42	42	24	38	17	34	32	40
U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Romance Languages - French	40	42	29	39	42	43	34	40	13	32
U. of Pennsyl- vania French	4	12	1	7	1	17	43	43	1	4
U. of Pittsburgh Main Campus French and Italian Languages and Literatures	21	33	29	37	2	15	18	34	14	32
U. of Texas at Austin French	33	41	40	41	6	23	38	42	12	31
U. of Virginia French Language & Literature	20	32	27	36	18	31	12	27	13	29
U. of Wisconsin at Madison French	7	17	14	25	2	23	40	42	5	8
Vanderbilt U. French	1	6	1	7	1	29	13	33	5	22
Washing- ton U. in St. Louis French Language and Literatures	9	24	2	11	18	33	10	24	31	41
Yale U. French	7	17	8	17	4	24	38	42	1	3
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.