Philosophical Gourmet Report 2002-2004
Brian Leiter's Ranking of Graduate Programs in Philosophy in the English-Speaking World
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PHILOSOPHY OF THE SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS

 
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PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE

Group 1 (1-5) (mean of 4.5)

Carnegie-Mellon University (4.5)
Duke University (4.5)
Columbia University (4.5)
London School of Economics (4.5)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (4.25)

Group 2 (6-9) (mean of 4.0)

Oxford University (3.75)
University of California, Irvine (4.0)
University of Notre Dame (3.75)
University of Wisconsin, Madison (3.5)

Group 3 (10-20) (mean of 3.5)

Cambridge University (3.0)
Cornell University (4.0)
New York University (4.0)
Princeton University (4.0)
Rutgers University, New Brunswick (3.75)
Syracuse University (3.5)
University of Arizona (3.5)
University of British Columbia (3.0)
University of California, San Diego (3.0)
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (3.0)
University of Pennsylvania (3.5)

Group 4 (21-43) (mean of 3.0)

Australian National University (3.0)
Boston University (3.0)
Georgetown University (3.0)
Harvard University (3.25)
King's College, London (2.75)
Northwestern University (3.5)
Ohio State University (3.0)
Rice University (2.75)
Stanford University (3.25)
State University of New York, Stony Brook (3.0)
Temple University (3.0)
University of California, Berkeley (3.25)
University of California, Davis (3.25)
University of Chicago (3.5)
University of Connecticut, Storrs (3.0)
University of Exeter (3.5)
University of Maryland, College Park (3.0)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (3.25)
University of Pittsburgh (3.0)
University of Toronto (3.0)
University of Virginia (2.75)
University of Western Ontario (3.0)
York University, Toronto (3.0)

Also Notable (median of 3.0): Birkbeck College, University of London; University of Florida, Gainesville ; University of Melbourne.

In addition, the aggregated faculties of the colleges making up the University of London received a rounded mean score of 4.5 and a median score of 4.5.

In the judgment of the Advisory Board, the following programs that were not part of the survey ought to be considered by students interested in this area: University of Kentucky.

Evaluators: John Dupre, Daniel Hausman, Alan Nelson, Alexander Rosenberg. (Remember: Evaluators were not permitted to evaluate their own department or the department from which they received their graduate degree.)


 

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