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Date:         Mon, 4 Jan 1993 21:53:43 -0600
From:         RICHARD JENSEN <CAMPBELLD@APSU.BITNET>
Subject:      Rankings of History Departments in USA, 1992

 US News and World Report rankings of PhD programs in History, 1992.
  137 History department heads and directors of graduate study ranked
  each program in terms of "reputation for scholarship, its curriculum
  and the quality of its faculty and graduate students." The highest
  score = 5 = "Distinguished"; "Strong" = 4; "Good" = 3; "Adequate" =
  2 "Marginal" = 1. (Bad schools presumably got a 1.) An abridged
  version of the report appeared in US News & World Report on March
  23, 1992. This listing comes from Change magazine (Nov/Dec 1992) pp
  20-45 esp pp 28-30 (see also some highly critical letters, pp 46-
  52.)  Economics, English, Political Science, Psychology and
  Sociology departments are also ranked. Departments that surged or
  fell 20 places or more from a similar survey in 1982 are noted.
  Richard Jensen CAMPBELLD@APSU.bitnet

Rankings (same score = tie, listed alphabetically)
      RANK    POINTS      SCHOOL         CHANGE since 1982
           1      4.9   Berkeley          (up or down 20+ places)
           1      4.9   Princeton
           1      4.9   Stanford
           1      4.9   Yale
           5      4.6   Chicago
           6      4.5   Harvard
           6      4.5   Johns Hopkins
           6      4.5   Michigan
           9      4.4   Columbia
           9      4.4   Cornell
           9      4.4   UCLA
           9      4.4   Wisconsin
          13      4.3   North Carolina
          14      4.2   Duke
          15      4.1   Penn
          16      4.0   Brown
          16      4.0   Indiana
          16      4.0   Northwestern
          16      4.0   Virginia
          20      3.9   Texas
          21      3.8   Illinois- Urbana
          21      3.8   Rutgers
          23      3.7   Minnesota
          23      3.7   Washington (Seattle)
          25      3.6   Emory
          26      3.5   Iowa
          27      3.4   Brandeis
          27      3.4   Cal-Irvine       up 43
          27      3.4   Cal-San Diego
          27      3.4   CUNY Graduate School
          27      3.4   Maryland
          27      3.4   Ohio State
          33      3.3   Cal/Davis
          33      3.3   Cal/Santa Barbara
          33      3.3   Claremont
          33      3.3   NYU
          33      3.3   Pitt
          33      3.3   Rice
          33      3.3   Rochester
          33      3.3   Vanderbilt
          33      3.3   Washington (St Louis)
          42      3.2   Florida          up 27
          42      3.2   William & Mary
          44      3.1   Binghamton
          44      3.1   Carnegie Mellon  up 21
          44      3.1   Kansas
          47      3.0   Arizona
          47      3.0   Colorado         up 21
          47      3.0   Stony Brook
          47      3.0   Tulane
          51      2.9   Boston U
          51      2.9   Georgetown       up 35
          51      2.9   Illinois-Chicago
          51      2.9   Michigan State
          51      2.9   Notre Dame       up 25
          51      2.9   Southern California
          57      2.8   SUNY Buffalo
          57      2.8   Cal/Riverside    up 26
          57      2.8   Cal/Santa Cruz
          57      2.8   Delaware
          57      2.8   Mass-Amherst
          57      2.8   Missouri         down 22
          57      2.8   Oregon
          57      2.8   Syracuse
          65      2.7   Boston College   up 21
          65      2.7   Connecticut
          65      2.7   Louisiana State
          65      2.7   Nebraska
          65      2.7   New Mexico
          65      2.7   Penn State
          71      2.6   Bryn Mawr
          71      2.6   Hawaii
          71      2.6   Kentucky
          71      2.6   Purdue
          71      2.6   Temple           down 23
          76      2.5   American
          76      2.5   Case Western Reserve
          76      2.5   Fordham
          76      2.5   George Washington
          76      2.5   Oklahoma
          76      2.5   South Carolina   down 21
          82      2.4   Cincinnati       down 21
          82      2.4   Miami (Ohio)
          82      2.4   New Hampshire
          82      2.4   Northern Illinois
          82      2.4   Tennessee
          82      2.4   Utah
          88      2.3   Alabama
          88      2.3   Arizona State
          88      2.3   Catholic
          88      2.3   Houston
          88      2.3   Kent State       down 26
          88      2.3   Texas A&M
          88      2.3   Washington State
          88      2.3   Wayne State
          96      2.2   Florida State    down 21
          96      2.2   Kansas State
          96      2.2   Loyola (Chicago)
          96      2.2   Marquette
          96      2.2   St Louis
         101      2.1   Brigham Young
         101      2.1   Howard
         103      2.0   Miami (Florida)
         103      2.0   West Virginia
         105      1.9   Arkansas
         105      1.9   Auburn
         105      1.9   Colorado-Denver
         105      1.9   Toledo           down 23
         109      1.8   Ball State
         109      1.8   Bowling Green
         109      1.8   Drew
         109      1.8   Texas Christian
         109      1.8   Texas tech
         114      1.7   Akron
         115      1.6   Illinois State
         115      1.6   Memphis State
         115      1.6   Mississippi State
         115      1.6   North Dakota
         115      1.6   North Texas      down 25
         120      1.5   Northern Arizona
         121      1.3   Southern Baptist Seminary
         121      1.3   Southwestern Baptist Seminary
         123      1.1   Middle Tennessee
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