NRC Rankings of Top Universities in Neurosciences:
1 Cal San Diego 4.82
2 Yale 4.76
3 Harvard 4.73
4 Cal San Francisco 4.66
5 Stanford 4.64
6 Columbia 4.58
7 Johns Hopkins 4.47
8 Washington (St. Louis) 4.43
9 Cal Berkeley 4.32
10 Penn 4.30
11 Cal Tech 4.30
12 Washington 4.28
13 Rockefeller 4.23
14 MIT 4.21
15 UCLA 3.91
16 Duke 3.83
17 Case Western 3.83
18 Michigan 3.79
19 Brandeis 3.75
20 Baylor College of Medicine 3.75
21 Cal Irvine 3.72
22 Chicago 3.63
23 Northwestern 3.60
24 Cornell 3.59
25 Wisconsin 3.58
26 North Carolina 3.57
27 Albert Einstein College of Med 3.57
28 SUNY Stony Brook 3.54
29 Vanderbilt 3.49
30 Virginia 3.46
31 Oregon 3.46
32 Iowa 3.46
33 Emory 3.45
34 Minnesota 3.43
35 Mayo Graduate School 3.42
36 Texas Southwestern Med Ctr 3.41
37 Southern Cal 3.41
38 Colorado 3.40
39 Pittsburgh 3.36
40 Illinois 3.33
41 Texas Medical Galveston 3.31
42 Rochester 3.30
43 Colorado State 3.25
44 Rutgers 3.22
45 Arizona 3.20
46 Connecticut 3.14
47 Texas 3.08
48 Georgetown 3.08
49 Texas Health Sci Ctr Houston 3.05
50 Medical College of Pensylvania 3.04
51 Tennessee Memphis 3.03
52 Brown 2.98
53 Ohio State 2.97
54 NYU 2.96
55 Rutgers Newark 2.93
56 Tufts 2.88
57 Florida 2.84
58 Massachusetts 2.80
59 Wake Forest 2.79
60 Florida State 2.70
61 Michigan State 2.64
62 Hahnemann 2.64
63 SUNY Buffalo 2.51
64 Penn State 2.50
65 Wayne State 2.47
66 SUNY Health Brooklyn 2.47
67 CUNY 2.43
68 Syracuse 2.38
69 Purdue 2.31
70 Uniformed Services U of Hlth Sci 2.23
71 SUNY Albany 2.21
72 Miami 2.14
73 New Mexico 2.08
74 Albany Medical College 2.08
75 Kent State 2.03
76 George Washington 2.00
77 Oregon State 1.96
78 Oklahoma 1.93
79 Missouri 1.92
80 Medical College of Ohio 1.86
81 Ohio 1.77
82 Louisville 1.69
83 LSU 1.47
84 Georgia State 1.45
85 Wyoming 1.42
86 East Carolina Medicine 1.21
87 Loma Linda 1.17
88 Montana State 1.04
89 Kansas State 0.91
90 Cal Santa Cruz 0.89
91 Cal Santa Barbara 0.84
92 Texas Woman’s 0.72
93 Clark 0.72
94 Boston Univ 0.67
95 Idaho 0.59
96 Puerto Rico Rio Piedras 0.58
97 Northern Arizona 0.48
98 Miami 0.39
Source: National Research Council 2007
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1 Cal San Diego 4.82
2 Yale 4.76
3 Harvard 4.73
4 Cal San Francisco 4.66
5 Stanford 4.64
6 Columbia 4.58
7 Johns Hopkins 4.47
8 Washington (St. Louis) 4.43
9 Cal Berkeley 4.32
10 Penn 4.30
11 Cal Tech 4.30
12 Washington 4.28
13 Rockefeller 4.23
14 MIT 4.21
15 UCLA 3.91
16 Duke 3.83
17 Case Western 3.83
18 Michigan 3.79
19 Brandeis 3.75
20 Baylor College of Medicine 3.75
21 Cal Irvine 3.72
22 Chicago 3.63
23 Northwestern 3.60
24 Cornell 3.59
25 Wisconsin 3.58
26 North Carolina 3.57
27 Albert Einstein College of Med 3.57
28 SUNY Stony Brook 3.54
29 Vanderbilt 3.49
30 Virginia 3.46
31 Oregon 3.46
32 Iowa 3.46
33 Emory 3.45
34 Minnesota 3.43
35 Mayo Graduate School 3.42
36 Texas Southwestern Med Ctr 3.41
37 Southern Cal 3.41
38 Colorado 3.40
39 Pittsburgh 3.36
40 Illinois 3.33
41 Texas Medical Galveston 3.31
42 Rochester 3.30
43 Colorado State 3.25
44 Rutgers 3.22
45 Arizona 3.20
46 Connecticut 3.14
47 Texas 3.08
48 Georgetown 3.08
49 Texas Health Sci Ctr Houston 3.05
50 Medical College of Pensylvania 3.04
51 Tennessee Memphis 3.03
52 Brown 2.98
53 Ohio State 2.97
54 NYU 2.96
55 Rutgers Newark 2.93
56 Tufts 2.88
57 Florida 2.84
58 Massachusetts 2.80
59 Wake Forest 2.79
60 Florida State 2.70
61 Michigan State 2.64
62 Hahnemann 2.64
63 SUNY Buffalo 2.51
64 Penn State 2.50
65 Wayne State 2.47
66 SUNY Health Brooklyn 2.47
67 CUNY 2.43
68 Syracuse 2.38
69 Purdue 2.31
70 Uniformed Services U of Hlth Sci 2.23
71 SUNY Albany 2.21
72 Miami 2.14
73 New Mexico 2.08
74 Albany Medical College 2.08
75 Kent State 2.03
76 George Washington 2.00
77 Oregon State 1.96
78 Oklahoma 1.93
79 Missouri 1.92
80 Medical College of Ohio 1.86
81 Ohio 1.77
82 Louisville 1.69
83 LSU 1.47
84 Georgia State 1.45
85 Wyoming 1.42
86 East Carolina Medicine 1.21
87 Loma Linda 1.17
88 Montana State 1.04
89 Kansas State 0.91
90 Cal Santa Cruz 0.89
91 Cal Santa Barbara 0.84
92 Texas Woman’s 0.72
93 Clark 0.72
94 Boston Univ 0.67
95 Idaho 0.59
96 Puerto Rico Rio Piedras 0.58
97 Northern Arizona 0.48
98 Miami 0.39
Source: National Research Council 2007
* Suggested Reading:
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