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September 30, 2010

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Immunology and Infectious Disease

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
Baylor College of Medicine Immunology	3	24	5	45	28	68	1	5	15	51
Boston U. Immunology, Pathology, & Microbiology	52	75	39	72	68	76	16	41	37	67
Brown U. BIOMED: Pathobiology	11	49	24	67	9	42	4	12	10	36
Case Western Reserve U. Pathology	5	32	7	43	19	54	34	59	10	34
Cornell U. Immunology	31	66	38	72	17	54	17	37	41	67
Cornell U. Weill Grad School of Medical Sci - Immunology	15	60	8	51	21	70	27	53	8	38
Drexel U. Microbiology and Immunology	39	71	37	73	3	37	27	59	60	77
Duke U. Immunology	8	45	8	52	11	54	32	57	28	61
Duke U. Pathology	6	40	8	54	5	45	13	32	22	65
Emory U. Immunology and Molecular Pathogenesis (IMP)	5	33	3	35	6	30	60	73	4	12
George Washing- ton U. Microbiology and Immunology	26	73	6	51	14	77	75	78	13	62
Harvard U. DMS- Immunology	2	19	2	17	39	66	39	62	1	6
Indiana U.-Purdue U. Indianapolis Microbiology and Immunology	11	49	11	58	10	42	14	33	11	35
Iowa State U. Immunobiology	26	65	45	74	3	24	12	32	42	68
Iowa State U. Veterinary Pathology	69	77	77	78	6	39	38	66	60	74
Johns Hopkins U. Immunology	27	68	12	57	12	61	52	69	11	38
Johns Hopkins U. Molecular Microbiology and Immunology	24	64	13	56	45	74	16	36	12	53
Johns Hopkins U. Pathobiology	9	52	4	40	35	74	17	38	21	60
Kansas State U. Pathobiology	66	77	69	77	14	51	70	77	70	78
Michigan State U. Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation	62	77	67	77	30	71	2	10	62	78
Montana State U. at Bozeman VTMB	48	76	7	57	70	77	42	66	44	74
New York U. Medical Parisitology/ Sackler	21	64	21	68	6	47	1	6	20	60
North Carolina State U. Immunology	57	77	52	76	12	70	11	28	63	77
Oregon Health and Science U. Molecular Microbiology and Immunology	41	72	18	65	48	73	47	68	26	58
Purdue U. Main Campus Veterinary Pathobiology	41	71	18	64	77	78	50	70	69	78
Stanford U. Immunology	2	7	2	13	34	74	12	30	2	11
Thomas Jefferson U. Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis	31	69	12	58	45	72	70	77	36	64
Tufts U. Immunology	17	58	17	64	24	61	19	48	18	53
U. of Alabama at Birmingham Pathology	4	34	5	43	16	50	33	57	9	27
U. of Arizona Immunobiology	20	59	40	73	5	36	35	60	31	65
U. of California at Berkeley Immunology	4	28	2	23	29	72	26	53	3	13
U. of California at Berkeley Infectious Diseases and Immunity	7	43	3	35	60	76	14	37	8	27
U. of California at Davis Comparative Pathology	24	63	32	72	16	55	19	39	16	50
U. of California at Davis Immunology	17	56	26	68	15	47	3	10	25	58
U. of California at Los Angeles Immunology & Infectious Disease	2	20	2	24	45	72	38	60	2	10
U. of Chicago Immunology	5	33	5	39	13	54	38	60	3	11
U. of Chicago Pathology	5	38	9	52	6	58	7	19	8	28
U. of Cincinnati Main Campus Pathobiology and Molecular Medicine	15	57	9	55	1	11	10	25	16	46
U. of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center Immunology	23	64	11	62	34	65	30	53	16	44
U. of Connec- ticut Biomed Sci: Immunology	28	66	19	62	14	62	54	71	37	64
U. of Florida Medical Sciences: Immunology and Microbiology	30	66	18	63	11	41	44	67	19	49
U. of Georgia Infectious Diseases	33	66	34	71	1	15	13	31	33	64
U. of Georgia Veterinary Pathology	8	40	35	73	1	9	20	44	53	72
U. of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign Pathobiology	54	77	59	76	53	72	1	7	58	75
U. of Iowa Immunology	28	66	15	58	24	69	73	78	20	55
U. of Louisville Microbiology & Immunology	13	50	36	72	1	8	7	16	25	60
U. of Massachu- setts at Worcester Immunology and Virology	13	53	7	49	33	70	57	74	12	39
U. of Miami Microbiology and Immunology	9	42	17	62	14	52	6	16	29	64
U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor Immunology	3	27	3	30	3	38	66	77	10	39
U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor Molecular and Cellular Pathology	2	12	4	33	1	14	46	70	12	37
U. of Minnesota- Twin Cities Comparative and Molecular Biosciences	19	61	18	65	7	35	35	59	39	68
U. of Minnesota- Twin Cities Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology	16	54	9	51	15	54	40	65	9	30
U. of Missouri at Columbia Pathobiology Area Program	63	76	67	77	36	67	8	19	64	77
U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Pathology	29	64	28	69	9	40	44	66	28	58
U. of North Texas Health Science Center Microbiology and Immunology	40	72	48	76	15	63	1	5	68	78
U. of Pennsyl- vania Biomed Grad Studies-Immunology	4	29	4	39	9	44	50	70	2	10
U. of Pittsburgh Main Campus Immunology	13	53	9	56	3	30	49	71	15	51
U. of Pittsburgh Main Campus Infectious Diseases and Microbiology	16	50	20	64	19	57	17	42	12	48
U. of Rochester Pathology	56	75	55	75	27	68	49	67	54	76
U. of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and U. of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Immunology	13	51	8	48	26	64	56	72	24	56
U. of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and U. of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Molecular Pathology	11	47	11	54	15	69	6	15	31	63
U. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Immunology	18	60	20	66	42	71	13	32	12	40
U. of Utah Experimental Pathology	40	68	46	74	5	33	65	75	35	65
U. of Washing- ton Immunology	9	45	4	37	42	72	68	77	16	48
U. of Washing- ton Pathobiology	14	56	14	61	43	71	14	35	13	44
U. of Washing- ton Pathology	17	53	13	57	32	69	67	76	16	44
U. of Wisconsin at Madison Cellular and Molecular Pathology	33	69	22	69	23	57	30	52	38	68
Uniformed Services U. of the Health Sciences Emerging Infectious Diseases	66	77	46	74	37	66	31	57	55	73
Vanderbilt U. Microbiology & Immunology	5	31	6	43	6	33	33	56	8	28
Virginia Common- wealth U. Pathology	77	78	61	77	62	78	24	51	41	76
Virginia Tech Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences	13	51	32	70	1	17	21	43	30	65
Wake Forest U. Microbiology and Immunology	26	66	19	67	22	64	15	39	24	59
Washing- ton State U. Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology	39	71	14	59	74	77	28	51	45	71
Washing- ton U. in St. Louis Immunology	2	23	2	24	30	67	38	64	3	10
Wayne State U. Immunology and Microbiology	56	77	40	75	9	40	15	38	39	69
Wayne State U. Pathology	52	74	61	76	37	74	5	14	68	78
Yale U. Experimental Pathology	38	69	29	69	3	59	46	66	35	66
Yale U. Immunobiology	1	1	1	1	19	67	63	75	1	2
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.