Biological Sciences Ranked in 2002*

Biological Sciences Ranked in 2002* Rank/School Average assessment score (5 = highest) 1. Stanford University (CA) 4.9 2. Harvard University (MA) 4.8 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4.8 University of California–Berkeley 4.8 5. California Institute of Technology 4.7 Johns Hopkins University (MD) 4.7 University of California–San Francisco 4.7 8. Rockefeller University (NY) 4.6 9. Princeton University (NJ) 4.5 Scripps Research Institute (CA) 4.5 Yale University (CT) 4.5 12. Duke University (NC) 4.4 University of Wisconsin–Madison 4.4 14. Columbia University (NY) 4.3 Cornell University (NY) 4.3 University of California–San Diego 4.3 University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 4.3 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center–Dallas 4.3 Washington University in St. Louis 4.3 20. University of California–Los Angeles 4.2 University of Chicago 4.2 University of Washington 4.2 23. University of Pennsylvania 4.1 24. Baylor College of Medicine (TX) 4.0 University of California–Davis 4.0 University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign 4.0 27. University of Colorado–Boulder 3.9 University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill 3.9 29. Cornell University (Weill) (NY) 3.7 Emory University (GA) 3.7 Mayo Medical School (MN) 3.7 University of Minnesota–Twin Cities 3.7 University of Texas–Austin 3.7 Vanderbilt University (TN) 3.7 Yeshiva University (Albert Einstein) (NY) 3.7 36. Brandeis University (MA) 3.6 Northwestern University (IL) 3.6 Purdue University–West Lafayette (IN) 3.6 University of California–Irvine 3.6 University of Virginia 3.6 41. Case Western Reserve University (OH) 3.5 Indiana University–Bloomington 3.5 University of Arizona 3.5 University of Colorado Health Sciences Center 3.5 45. Brown University (RI) 3.4 Dartmouth College (NH) 3.4 Michigan State University 3.4 Pennsylvania State University–University Park 3.4 Rice University (TX) 3.4 SUNY–Stony Brook 3.4 University of Alabama–Birmingham 3.4 University of Iowa 3.4 University of Maryland–College Park 3.4 54. Carnegie Mellon University (PA) 3.3 Ohio State University 3.3 Rutgers State University–New Brunswick (NJ) 3.3 University of Florida 3.3 University of Georgia 3.3 University of Oregon 3.3 60. Texas A&M University–College Station 3.2 Tufts University (MA) 3.2 University of California–Santa Barbara 3.2 University of Massachusetts–Amherst 3.2 University of Pittsburgh 3.2 University of Rochester (NY) 3.2 University of Texas Health Science Center–Houston 3.2 University of Utah 3.2 68. Georgia Institute of Technology 3.1 Iowa State University 3.1 New York University 3.1 North Carolina State University 3.1 University of Illinois–Chicago 3.1 University of Massachusetts Medical Center–Worcester 3.1 University of Texas Health Science Center–San Antonio 3.1 75. Arizona State University 3.0 Boston University 3.0 OGI School of Sci. & Engineering–Oregon Health & Sci. U. 3.0 Oregon State University 3.0 UMDNJ–New Jersey Medical School 3.0 University of California–Riverside 3.0 University of Connecticut 3.0 University of Kansas 3.0 University of Miami (FL) 3.0 University of Southern California 3.0 University of Texas Medical Branch–Galveston 3.0 Washington State University 3.0 87. Baylor University (TX) 2.9 Florida State University 2.9 Georgetown University (DC) 2.9 Tulane University 2.9 University of California–Santa Cruz 2.9 University of Cincinnati 2.9 University of Missouri–Columbia 2.9 Virginia Tech 2.9 95. Colorado State University 2.8 Kansas State University 2.8 Medical College of Wisconsin 2.8 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY) 2.8 Syracuse University (NY) 2.8 University of Kentucky 2.8 University of Notre Dame (IN) 2.8 University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center 2.8 University of Tennessee–Knoxville 2.8 104. Boston College 2.7 Finch University of Health Sciences–Chicago Medical School 2.7 George Washington University (DC) 2.7 SUNY–Buffalo 2.7 Thomas Jefferson University (PA) 2.7 University of Nebraska–Lincoln 2.7 University of Nebraska Medical Center 2.7 University of Oklahoma 2.7 Wake Forest University (NC) 2.7 113. Auburn University (AL) 2.6 College of William and Mary (VA) 2.6 CUNY Graduate School and University Center 2.6 Rutgers State University–Newark (NJ) 2.6 SUNY–Albany 2.6 Temple University (PA) 2.6 University of Maryland–Baltimore 2.6 Wayne State University (MI) 2.6 121. Clemson University (SC) 2.5 Louisiana State University–Baton Rouge 2.5 Louisiana State University School of Medicine–New Orleans 2.5 Medical College of Georgia 2.5 Medical College of Pennsylvania 2.5 Medical University of South Carolina 2.5 New York Medical College 2.5 St. Louis University 2.5 Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (MD) 2.5 University of Delaware 2.5 University of Hawaii 2.5 University of Maryland–Baltimore County 2.5 University of New Mexico 2.5 University of Texas–Dallas 2.5 University of Vermont 2.5 Virginia Commonwealth University 2.5 Wesleyan University (CT) 2.5 *This ranking was computed in January of the year cited, based on data from a survey sent out in the fall of the previous year.