National Research Council Report: Best Sociology Doctoral Programs (1995)

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University of Chicago

University of Wisconsin–Madison

University of California–Berkeley

University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

University of California–Los Angeles (UCLA)

University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill

Harvard University

Stanford University

Northwestern University

Washington University in St. Louis

Source: National Council Research Report

Methodology:

The NRC study is recognized by academics, higher education policymakers, and research foundations as the most reliable and comprehensive measure of university doctoral programs in the United States. The latest report, prepared by the Council’s Committee for the Study of Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States, is 740 pages long; it compared 3,634 areas of study in 41 fields at 274 universities, public and private. The study considered the views of nearly 8,000 distinguished faculty members nationwide and used multiple criteria to assess the quality of doctoral programs. Faculty achievements, research, and publications were evaluated, for example, as well as each institution’s effectiveness in educating future scholars and scientists.