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Physiology

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 Molecular Physiology & Biophysics	5	31	8	40	9	32	3	7	15	46
Boston U. Physiology	48	59	45	60	51	61	5	17	15	55
Brown U. BIOMED: Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biotechnology	20	48	20	50	11	43	17	38	26	56
Case Western Reserve U. Physiology and Biophysics	8	40	7	42	22	48	49	60	4	32
Cornell U. Weill Grad School of Medical Sci - Physiology, Biophysics & Systems Bio	12	45	3	25	58	63	25	46	3	41
Cornell U. Molecular and Integrative Physiology	33	54	31	55	20	49	4	9	15	47
Dartmouth College Physiology	12	44	8	43	12	34	36	53	9	38
Georgetown U. Physiology	32	56	25	55	47	59	11	29	25	55
Howard U. Physiology	61	62	58	62	49	59	1	1	59	63
Indiana U.-Purdue U. Indianapolis Physiology	34	56	17	53	52	59	50	61	17	52
Johns Hopkins U. Cellular and Molecular Physiology	2	17	3	31	14	43	38	56	5	46
Johns Hopkins U. Functional Anatomy and Evolution	45	60	42	60	8	42	62	62	40	59
Kansas State U. Anatomy & Physiology	8	38	7	42	2	23	25	43	18	49
Kent State U. Main Campus Biological Sciences - Physiology	49	60	50	62	26	54	5	13	54	60
Loma Linda U. Physiology	52	61	32	58	51	61	3	6	59	63
Loyola U. Chicago Cell and Molecular Physiology	3	19	2	20	2	14	14	41	9	53
Michigan State U. Physiology	33	51	50	61	2	20	11	34	34	56
North Carolina State U. Physiology	48	60	50	62	3	30	9	21	39	59
Oregon Health and Science U. Physiology and Pharmacology	19	50	11	44	39	58	23	49	5	47
Pennsyl- vania State U. Physiology	8	34	9	40	13	39	41	54	2	23
Rutgers U. at New Brunswick and U. of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey at Piscataway Physiology and Integrative Biology	13	43	28	56	5	35	13	33	19	56
Southern Illinois U. at Carbondale Molecular, Cellular & Systemic Physiology	52	61	54	62	28	54	8	24	50	61
State U. of New York at Stony Brook Physiology and Biophysics	6	34	7	38	19	47	43	59	6	39
Temple U. Physiology	17	43	24	49	26	52	47	61	10	35
Texas A&M U. Veterinary Physiology	33	53	31	57	8	31	16	38	21	48
Tufts U. Cell and Molecular Biology, Other/Cellular and Molecular Physiology	20	49	8	38	39	55	34	54	15	51
U. of Alabama at Birmingham Cellular and Molecular Physiology	17	48	19	50	9	42	13	34	10	42
U. of Arizona Physiological Sciences	17	49	26	57	6	28	20	41	8	37
U. of California at Davis Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Physiology	19	48	19	49	18	46	19	42	3	27
U. of California at Los Angeles Molecular, Cell & Integrative Physiology	1	7	1	7	28	53	8	19	1	9
U. of Colorado at Boulder Integrative Physiology	4	24	8	38	1	9	29	47	5	29
U. of Florida Medical Sciences: Physiology and Pharmacology	6	26	10	42	2	14	35	56	2	22
U. of Georgia Physiology	48	60	44	61	21	44	13	40	43	58
U. of Hawaii- Manoa Physiology	63	63	63	63	18	47	35	57	60	63
U. of Illinois at Chicago Physiology & Biophysics	16	46	9	44	15	47	45	57	13	48
U. of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign Molecular and Integrative Physiology	5	30	4	28	56	63	13	34	3	41
U. of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign Veterinary Biosciences	10	37	6	34	53	62	2	2	15	57
U. of Iowa Integrative Physiology	39	56	39	59	16	40	63	63	22	54
U. of Iowa Molecular Physiology and Biophysics	7	32	2	18	37	57	48	60	4	38
U. of Kansas Molecular and Integrative Physiology	19	48	11	46	39	54	16	41	14	51
U. of Kentucky Physiology	11	42	6	36	17	47	11	33	11	44
U. of Louisville Physiology & Biophysics	30	56	31	56	4	17	15	39	22	59
U. of Miami Physiology and Biophysics	9	35	25	55	4	22	4	9	10	40
U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor Molecular and Integrative Physiology	2	13	3	23	9	35	11	29	1	12
U. of Missouri at Columbia Biomedical Sciences	18	49	19	49	2	27	28	48	27	52
U. of Missouri at Columbia Physiology (Medicine)	12	41	18	47	15	44	13	36	13	48
U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Cell & Molecular Physiology	3	21	2	22	15	45	17	41	5	31
U. of North Carolina at Charlotte Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Biology	10	42	4	34	22	43	12	32	21	50
U. of North Dakota Main Campus Pharmacology, Physiology & Therapeutics	17	46	29	55	1	3	55	61	38	58
U. of North Texas Health Science Center Integrative Physiology	23	51	9	44	10	36	11	30	35	60
U. of Oregon Human Physiology	39	58	16	49	57	63	54	61	17	53
U. of Southern California Physiology and Biophysics	14	44	5	35	59	63	21	44	16	53
U. of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and U. of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Cell and Regulatory Biology	6	35	4	35	13	43	4	10	7	48
U. of Utah Physiology	56	62	48	61	44	58	49	61	52	61
U. of Virginia Physiology	5	28	11	42	29	55	45	59	4	26
U. of Washing- ton Physiology and Biophysics	12	43	7	39	33	53	41	58	8	40
U. of Wisconsin at Madison Endocrinology-Reproductive Physiology	10	42	5	37	16	45	8	19	11	50
U. of Wisconsin at Madison Physiology	16	47	17	51	12	32	29	45	14	47
Vanderbilt U. Molecular Physiology & Biophysics	1	9	2	25	3	20	25	45	1	10
Virginia Common- wealth U. Physiology	45	59	45	61	7	35	46	60	27	56
Wake Forest U. Physiology Pharmacology	4	25	6	41	2	12	14	36	7	38
Wayne State U. Physiology	46	60	34	58	26	49	40	55	30	56
Yale U. Cellular & Molecular Physiology	1	4	1	3	30	50	22	43	1	19
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.

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Physiology