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September 30, 2010

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Pharmacology, Toxicology and Environmental Health

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. Pharmaceutical Sciences	83	111	69	114	2	42	16	55	35	97
Baylor College of Medicine Pharmacology	4	48	32	103	1	30	84	107	71	109
Boston U. Pharmacology	14	78	10	68	79	106	65	97	24	73
Case Western Reserve U. Pharmacology	21	79	27	96	9	52	14	46	10	50
Clemson U. Environmental Toxicology	68	109	34	104	19	75	74	107	53	101
Colorado State U. Environmental Health	110	116	93	115	89	111	81	108	48	106
Columbia U. Pharmacology	4	40	1	27	95	113	24	67	10	59
Cornell U. Environmental Toxicology	85	108	91	113	7	67	5	25	41	98
Cornell U. Pharmacology	84	107	95	114	20	90	26	61	15	75
Cornell U. Weill Grad School of Medical Sci - Pharmacology	6	52	6	52	47	94	30	69	2	28
Dartmouth College Pharmacology & Toxicology	3	45	9	63	3	35	43	83	2	30
Duke U. Pharmacology	3	33	5	41	22	68	48	92	7	36
Emory U. Molecular and Systems Pharmacology (MSP)	7	52	2	34	37	82	10	37	6	31
Georgetown U. Pharmacology	24	84	28	95	13	78	50	93	15	64
Howard U. Pharmacology	66	104	48	108	110	116	1	1	44	110
Indiana U.-Purdue U. Indianapolis Pharmacology	37	96	28	96	36	98	9	34	56	105
Iowa State U. Toxicology	55	101	28	96	45	96	7	26	94	114
Johns Hopkins U. Environmental Health Sciences	22	82	23	92	73	103	8	35	3	27
Johns Hopkins U. Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences	1	17	2	35	15	80	44	83	4	40
Loyola U. Chicago Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics	9	56	10	62	3	43	40	91	9	67
Massachu- setts Institute of Technology Applied Biosciences	1	21	2	23	48	93	76	103	1	9
Michigan State U. Environmental Toxicology	6	37	17	74	15	57	39	76	16	58
Michigan State U. Pharmacology and Toxicology	39	91	28	94	14	69	16	48	42	93
New York U. Environmental Health Science	15	74	12	80	94	111	6	26	23	75
New York U. Molecular Pharmacology/ Sackler	12	71	8	72	15	83	29	72	18	78
North Carolina State U. Toxicology	61	103	37	100	72	108	28	70	38	99
North Dakota State U. Main Campus Pharmaceutical Sciences	45	100	39	108	1	21	42	91	64	111
Ohio State U. Main Campus Pharmacy	16	61	34	90	9	53	33	72	3	24
Oregon State U. Pharmacy	96	112	90	115	78	103	3	15	73	108
Oregon State U. Toxicology	96	111	87	113	96	110	25	66	37	85
Pennsyl- vania State U. Pharmacology	13	64	29	96	1	14	113	115	38	102
Rutgers U. at New Brunswick Pharmaceutical Sciences	45	99	10	71	97	109	18	53	71	108
Rutgers U. at New Brunswick and U. of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey at Piscataway Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology	51	101	29	94	25	101	8	28	58	108
Rutgers U. at New Brunswick and U. of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey at Piscataway Toxicology	80	110	26	94	105	115	25	69	24	85
Southern Illinois U. at Carbondale Pharmacology	102	116	44	107	107	116	110	114	109	116
Stanford U. Chemical & Systems Biology	1	12	1	15	61	110	74	101	2	45
State U. of New York at Stony Brook Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology	53	99	38	95	21	79	9	29	15	57
State U. of New York Upstate Medical U. Pharmacology	21	79	23	96	32	85	41	89	81	110
Temple U. Pharmacology	66	104	42	96	38	102	25	61	29	100
Thomas Jefferson U. Molecular Pharmacology and Structural Biology	6	49	1	19	86	111	86	108	26	89
Tufts U. Pharmacology, Drug Design, Experimental Therapeutics	14	68	15	80	3	32	7	31	37	95
U. at Buffalo (SUNY) Pharmaceutical Sciences	13	71	14	84	5	48	61	99	47	97
U. at Buffalo (SUNY) Pharmacology	28	87	31	93	37	87	34	75	23	70
U. of Alabama at Birmingham Pharmacology and Toxicology	25	88	22	98	30	87	29	74	35	87
U. of Arizona Medical Pharmacology	5	44	4	49	2	39	32	70	66	107
U. of Arizona Pharmaceutical Sciences	14	69	29	96	10	48	52	87	8	40
U. of California at Davis Pharmacology & Toxicology	19	77	15	75	35	83	49	89	23	72
U. of California at Irvine Pharmacology and Toxicology	41	96	21	90	80	104	33	74	31	81
U. of California at Los Angeles Molecular and Medical Pharmacology	5	42	4	34	78	104	38	75	3	32
U. of California at Riverside Environmental Toxicology	10	65	7	55	16	77	19	52	24	81
U. of California at San Francisco Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmaco- genomics	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R
U. of Cincinnati Main Campus Environmental Health	21	82	23	91	25	75	45	83	32	88
U. of Cincinnati Main Campus Molecular, Cellular and Biochemical Pharmacology	33	94	16	89	18	62	46	87	48	90
U. of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center Pharmaceutical Sciences	45	95	62	109	6	54	99	111	46	97
U. of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center Pharmacology	28	88	19	86	4	55	99	111	16	65
U. of Connec- ticut Biomed Sci: Cell, Molecular Pharmacology	72	112	29	105	56	114	70	106	94	116
U. of Connec- ticut Pharmaceutical Science Ph.D. Pharmacology and Toxicology	94	111	89	113	57	96	49	87	85	110
U. of Florida Pharmaceutical Sciences: Medicinal Chemistry	19	79	22	85	3	46	20	51	52	100
U. of Florida Pharmaceutical Sciences: Pharmaco- dynamics	40	96	36	102	10	78	6	33	34	96
U. of Florida Pharmaceutical Sciences: Pharmacy	5	51	8	65	1	21	33	73	20	75
U. of Georgia Pharmacy	40	87	83	112	5	39	3	11	12	62
U. of Georgia Toxicology	36	96	20	85	107	116	3	12	34	100
U. of Houston main campus Pharmaceutics	20	87	37	108	1	23	10	34	96	114
U. of Houston main campus Pharmacology	68	103	56	105	54	97	69	103	111	116
U. of Illinois at Chicago Pharmacology	9	66	5	50	16	84	24	69	11	57
U. of Illinois at Chicago Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacognosy, Biopharma- ceutical Sciences	29	78	53	104	72	103	53	92	15	65
U. of Iowa Pharmacology	57	98	48	100	68	101	72	98	38	86
U. of Kansas Pharmacology and Toxicology	66	106	55	109	64	103	16	46	70	109
U. of Kansas Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics	43	100	13	78	51	99	70	100	20	74
U. of Kentucky Molecular & Biomedical Pharmacology	26	90	26	100	15	74	18	52	44	93
U. of Kentucky Pharmaceutical Sciences	46	95	50	107	16	56	67	97	56	93
U. of Kentucky Toxicology	28	84	40	102	10	68	3	16	41	96
U. of Louisville Pharmacology and Toxicology	33	91	36	101	1	27	32	69	73	107
U. of Miami Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology	16	73	30	98	45	88	7	30	11	62
U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor Medicinal Chemistry	31	81	26	83	69	104	69	96	14	67
U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor Pharmaceutical Sciences	12	64	23	90	34	83	73	104	25	79
U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor Pharmacology	9	53	14	69	19	67	21	58	3	26
U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor Toxicology	9	63	11	67	23	93	14	44	9	60
U. of Minnesota- Twin Cities Pharmaceutics	33	92	28	100	20	79	84	108	63	103
U. of Minnesota- Twin Cities Pharmacology	48	94	30	91	37	82	6	26	27	70
U. of Mississippi Medicinal Chemistry	97	114	67	113	12	65	100	111	57	106
U. of Mississippi Pharmaceutics	110	116	115	116	18	101	57	92	86	115
U. of Mississippi Pharmacognosy	32	96	28	100	6	64	26	76	74	110
U. of Mississippi Pharmacology	58	99	72	110	24	99	2	2	94	115
U. of Missouri at Columbia Pharmacology	109	116	87	113	112	116	98	111	74	111
U. of Missouri at Kansas City Pharmaceutical Sciences	109	116	103	115	107	115	116	116	71	111
U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Pharmaceutical Sciences	8	55	9	70	21	75	41	78	5	45
U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Pharmacology	1	27	1	24	39	87	19	55	2	22
U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Toxicology	82	104	88	111	42	90	22	62	4	35
U. of North Texas Health Science Center Pharmacology	14	73	17	83	1	62	3	14	59	111
U. of Pennsyl- vania Biomed Grad Studies-Pharmacological Sciences	1	13	1	21	7	46	43	83	1	18
U. of Pittsburgh Main Campus Molecular Pharmacology	5	48	2	35	7	45	79	102	2	15
U. of Rhode Island Pharmaceutical Sciences	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R
U. of Rochester Pharmacology	34	98	25	99	6	52	84	105	36	93
U. of Rochester Toxicology	9	66	14	81	3	35	25	64	22	71
U. of South Carolina at Columbia Pharmacy	20	84	58	111	23	82	4	19	31	96
U. of Southern California Molecular Pharmacology & Toxicology	35	88	30	90	31	84	73	104	75	110
U. of Southern California Pharmaceutical Sciences	13	65	19	88	31	78	37	79	24	67
U. of Texas at Austin Pharmacy	53	99	59	110	63	100	33	76	12	61
U. of Toledo Medicinal Chemistry	103	116	88	115	47	109	111	114	96	115
U. of Utah Medicinal Chemistry	18	79	8	74	4	73	112	115	22	95
U. of Utah Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry	5	51	5	52	11	67	100	112	56	104
U. of Utah Pharmacology and Toxicology	64	107	69	114	4	52	47	88	12	59
U. of Virginia Pharmacology	3	41	4	47	21	86	86	108	16	76
U. of Washing- ton Pharmacology	21	75	6	52	78	105	92	110	14	58
U. of Washing- ton Pharmacy	28	89	25	92	31	78	82	108	59	100
U. of Washing- ton Pharmacy - Medicinal Chemistry	7	56	6	56	25	96	95	111	26	93
U. of Washing- ton Pharmacy - Pharmaceutics	11	68	12	76	6	84	49	95	26	92
U. of Wisconsin at Madison Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology	30	90	31	98	41	94	61	98	12	62
U. of Wisconsin at Madison Molecular and Environmental Toxicology	18	78	10	77	84	106	38	81	27	65
U. of Wisconsin at Madison Pharmaceutical Sciences	28	84	21	87	65	102	27	66	32	83
Vanderbilt U. Pharmacology	5	39	4	41	23	77	48	88	2	19
Virginia Common- wealth U. Pharmaceutical Sciences	91	110	70	112	107	115	71	98	60	104
Virginia Common- wealth U. Pharmacology and Toxicology	63	103	52	106	21	77	43	86	15	60
Washing- ton State U. Pharmacology and Toxicology	86	110	71	111	81	108	14	43	49	104
Wayne State U. Pharmacology	56	102	38	102	13	79	98	112	71	108
Wayne State U. Pharmaceutical Sciences	102	114	106	115	36	96	20	62	109	116
Yale U. Pharmacology	1	14	1	20	22	74	4	21	1	12
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.