Philosophical Gourmet Report 2009
Brian Leiter's Ranking of Graduate Programs in Philosophy in the English-Speaking World
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Breakdown of Programs by Specialties
 

The rankings of programs in the specialty areas are based on surveys by experts in those specialties.  Because, in many cases, the ratings reflect the presence of only one or two faculty in a department, the Advisory Board decided that we would not publish the precise scores.  Programs are placed in “groupings” based on the rounded mean (rounded to the nearest .5).  Next to each grouping, you will find the rounded mean for that group; next to the name of each program within that group you will find the median score for that faculty in parentheses, and then the mode score:  where the mode and median are higher or lower than the mean, it is probably safe to assume that there was some notable divergence of opinion among evaluators.  (Where there was more than one mode, only the average of the two is listed, to simplify the presentation.)  Within a grouping, programs are listed alphabetically.  Only programs with a rounded mean of “3” (meaning “Good”) or higher are so grouped.   (In order to increase the pool of faculties a student should consider, any school with a mean of 2.5 or higher and either a median or mode of 3 was also rounded up to “3” and listed.) 

The Advisory Board has added to the specialty rankings two categories of programs.  Faculties ranked in 2004 or 2006, but not included in the 2008 survey, are marked with an #.  Faculties not rated in 2004 or 2006, but deemed by the Board strong in an area, are marked with an *. 

The purpose of the specialty rankings is to identify programs in particular fields that a student should investigate for himself or herself.  Because of the relatively small number of raters in each specialization, students are urged not to assign much weight at all to small differences (e.g., being in Group 2 versus Group 3).   More evaluators in the pool might well have resulted in changes of .5 in rounded mean in either direction; this is especially likely where the median score is either above or below the norm for the grouping.  Also bear in mind that (1) programs with more faculty specializing in an area tended to be rated more highly than those with just one philosopher in the field; and (2) programs with specialists on the regular full-time faculty rather than “cognates” or part-time faculty tend to be rated more highly in the field.

The lines between the specialty categories are not always hard-and-fast.  What one philosopher might call an issue in philosophy of language, another might call an issue in philosophical logic or philosophy of mind.  Students might look at the useful Blackwell Companions to Philosophy, or the equally valuable (albeit less detailed) Oxford volumes (ed. Grayling) on Philosophy:  A Guide Through the Subject, to get some sense of how the fields are customarily demarcated.

It is worth noting that the results were checked for evidence of strategic voting; there was none.  Evaluators were admirably responsible and honest in their assessments, and there were fairly high levels of consensus on the strengths of the faculties among the evaluators who completed the surveys.

Finally, some faculty moves took place since the time of the survey (but prior, obviously, to publication of the results) which are likely to affect the specialty rankings in some measure (and perhaps also the overall rankings):

Philosopher Areas Previously As of 2009-10
Marilyn Adams Medieval, Religion Oxford North Carolina
Robert Adams Metaphysics, Ethics, Religion, Early Modern Philosophy Oxford North Carolina
Jules Coleman Legal, Political Rutgers quarter-time No more Rutgers (he will continue, as before, to be cognate faculty at Yale)
Tim Crane Mind University College London Cambridge
Joshua Knobe Mind, Cognitive Science, Ethics, Experimental Philosophy North Carolina Yale
Angela Smith Ethics, Ancient Washington/Seattle Washington & Lee

In addition, William Wimsatt (philosophy of biology) at the University of Chicago who is, indeed, retiring at the end of the 2008-09 academic year, will be continuing on as an “Emeritus” faculty member still doing some teaching and research, a fact not captured in the surveys.

In addition, a number of tenured philosophers are currently entertaining offers (or entreaties that may yet turn into offers) from other departments, and their moves could well affect the specialty and overall rankings; these moves to watch for include:

Philosopher Areas Currently Offers or Possible Offers from:

David Chalmers

Mind/Language

ANU

NYU, Princeton, Rutgers

Daniel Jacobson

Ethics, Aesthetics

Bowling Green

UC San Diego

Gabriel Richardson Lear

Ancient

Chicago

Yale

Jonathan Lear

Ancient, Kierkegaard, Freud, Ethics, Philosophy of Mind

Chicago

Yale

John MacFarlane

Language/Logic, Ancient

Berkeley

Harvard, NYU

Calvin Normore

Medieval, Political, Logic

UCLA, McGill

May move full-time to one or the other (his current half-time status at each may explain the ‘medieval philosophy’ results this year)

Michael Otsuka

Political

University College London

Pittsburgh

Kieran Setiya

Ethics

Pittsburgh

Texas

Jeremy Waldron

Political, Legal

NYU

Oxford

Allen Wood

Kant, 19th-Century Continental

Indiana

Stanford

Rega Wood

Medieval

Indiana

Stanford

In the specialty rankings below, note the following symbols:
*inserted by Board
#based on  results from prior years, in some cases with modest adjustments by the Advisory Board to reflect changes in staff in the interim

Results are grouped into four broad areas, reflecting conventional demarcations: “Metaphysics and Epistemology”; “Philosophy of the Sciences and Mathematics”; “Theory of Value”; “History of Philosophy.”

Remember:  evaluators were not permitted to evaluate either their own department or the department from which they received their highest degree (PhD, DPhil, sometimes the BPhil).


 

METAPHYSICS & EPISTEMOLOGY

PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE
Group 1 (1) (rounded mean of 5.0) (median, mode)
Rutgers University, New Brunswick (5, 5)
Group 2 (2-4)  (rounded mean of 4.5) (median, mode)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (4.5, 5)
New York University (4.5, 5)
University of Southern California (4.5, 4)
Group 3 (5-9)  (rounded mean of 4.0) (median, mode)
City University of New York Graduate Center (4, 4)
Oxford University (4.25, 4.5)
Princeton University (4, 4)
University of California, Los Angeles (4, 4)
University of Texas, Austin (4, 4)
Group 4 (10-20)  (rounded mean of 3.5) (median, mode)
Birkbeck College, University of London (3.5, 3)
Columbia University (3, 3)
Stanford University (3.5, 3.5)
University of California, Berkeley (3.5, 3.5)
University of California, Davis (3.5, 3.75)
University of California, Santa Barbara (3.5, 4)
University of Maryland, College Park (3.5, 3.5)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (3.5, 3.5)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (3.5, 3)
University of Pittsburgh (3.5, 3.5)
University of St. Andrews/University of Stirling Joint Program (3.5, 4)
Yale University (3.5, 4)
Group 5 (21-36)  (rounded mean of 3.0) (median, mode)
Australian National University (3, 3.5)
Brown University (3, 3)
Cambridge University (3, 3)
Cornell University (3, 3)
King’s College, London (3.5, 3.5)
Northwestern University (3, 3)
Ohio State University (3, 3)
University at Buffalo, State University of New York (3, 3)
University of Arizona (2.5, 2)
University of California, Riverside (3.5, 3)
University of Colorado, Boulder (3, 3.5)
University of Massachusetts, Amherst (3, 3)
University of Nottingham (3, 3)
University of Reading (3, 3.25)
University of Sheffield (3, 3)
University of Toronto (3, 2)
Evaluators:  David Braun, Berit Brogaard, David Chalmers, Jonathan Cohen, Joshua Dever, Michael Devitt, Andy Egan, Graeme Forbes, Manuel Garcia-Carpintero, Christopher  Gauker, Anthony Gillies, Michael Glanzberg, Patrick Greenough, Anil Gupta, Jane Heal, James Higginbotham, Christopher Hookway, Henry Jackman, Robin Jeshion, Jeffrey King, Kathrin Koslicki, Frederick Kroon, Ernest LePore, Bernard Linsky, Barry Loewer, Peter Ludlow, Robert May, Brian McLaughlin, Alex Miller, Alex Oliver, Peter Pagin, Ian Proops, Denis Robinson, Daniel Rothschild, Ian Rumfitt, Mark Sainsbury, Nathan Salmon, Jennifer Saul, Mark Schroeder, Laura Schroeter, Ted Sider, Susanna Siegel, Scott Soames, David Sosa, Robert Stainton, Jason Stanley, Eric Swanson, Zoltan Szabo, Brian Weatherson, Timothy Williamson, Crispin Wright, Stephen Yablo.
 
PHILOSOPHY OF MIND
Group 1 (1-3) (mean of 4.5) (median, mode)
Australian National University (4.5, 5)
New York University (4.5, 5)
Rutgers University, New Brunswick (5, 5)
Group 2 (4-8) (mean of 4.0) (median, mode)
City University of New York Graduate Center (4, 4)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (4, 4)
Oxford University (4, 4)
University of California, Berkeley (4, 4)
University of Pittsburgh (4, 3.5)
Group 3 (9-23) (mean of 3.5)(median, mode)
Brown University (3.75, 4)
Columbia University (3.5, 3.5)
Harvard University (3.5, 3)
King’s College, London (3.5, 4)
Princeton University (3.5, 4)
University College London (3.75, 4.5)
University of Arizona (4, 4)
University of California, Los Angeles (4, 4)
University of California, San Diego (3.5, 4)
University of Maryland, College Park (3.5, 3.5)
University of Massachusetts, Amherst (3.5, 3.5)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (4, 4)
University of Texas, Austin (4, 4)
University of Toronto (3.5, 3.75)
Washington University, St. Louis (3.5, 3.5)
Group 4 (24-51) (mean of 3.0)(median, mode)
Birkbeck College, University of London (3.25, 3.5)
Cambridge University (3, 2)
Cornell University (3, 3)
Duke University (3, 3.5)
Indiana University, Bloomington (3, 3)
Ohio State University (3, 3.5)
Stanford University (3, 3)
Syracuse University (3, 3)
University of Alberta (2.5, 3)
University of British Columbia (3, 3)
University of California, Riverside (3.5, 3.5)
University of California, Santa Barbara (2.5, 3)
University of Cincinnati (2.75, 3)
University of Colorado, Boulder (2.5, 3)
University of Connecticut, Storrs (3, 3)
University of Edinburgh (3.5, 3.5)
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (2.5, 3)
University of Miami (3, 3)
University of Notre Dame (3, 2)
University of Nottingham (2.5, 3)
University of Reading (3, 2.5)
University of Sheffield (3, 3)
University of Southern California (3, 3)
University of St. Andrews/University of Stirling Joint Program (3, 3)
University of Sydney (3, 3)
University of Warwick (3, 4)
University of Wisconsin, Madison (3, 3)
Yale University (3.5, 3.5)
Evaluators:  Murat Aydede, Lynne Rudder Baker, William Bechtel, Jose Bermudez, Ned Block, Bill Brewer, Alex Byrne, Peter Carruthers, Quassim Cassam, David Chalmers, Jonathan Cohen, Gregory Currie, Michael Devitt, Owen Flanagan, Manuel Garcia-Carpintero, Christopher Gauker, Tamar Gendler, Alvin Goldman, Gilbert Harman, Jane Heal, James Higginbotham, David Hilbert, Benjamin Hellie, Henry Jackman, Peter Kail, Sean Kelly, Patricia Kitcher, Joe Lau, Ernest LePore, Barry Loewer, Peter Ludlow, Edouard Machery, Ron Mallon, Mohan Matthen, Brian McLaughlin, Alfred Mele, Shaun Nichols, Paul Noordhof, James O’Shea, David Papineau, Adam Pautz, Derk Pereboom, Diana Raffman, Denis Robinson, Mark Sainsbury, Laura Schroeter, Susanna Siegel, David Sosa, Ernest Sosa, Robert Stainton, Stephen Stich, Michael Tye, Ted Warfield, Robert Wilson, Aaron Zimmerman.
 
METAPHYSICS
Group 1 (1) (mean of 5.0)(median, mode)
New York University (5, 5)
Group 2 (2-4) (mean of 4.5)(median, mode)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (4.5, 5)
Oxford University (4.5, 5)
Rutgers University, New Brunswick (4.5, 4)
Group 3 (5-7) (mean of 4.0)(median, mode)
Australian National University (4, 4)
Princeton University (4, 4)
University of Notre Dame (4, 4)
Group 4 (8-17) (mean of 3.5)(median, mode)
City University of New York Graduate Center (3.5, 3.5)
Columbia University (3.5, 3.5)
Cornell University (3.5, 3.5)
Syracuse University (3.5, 4)
University of Colorado, Boulder (3.5, 3.5)
University of Leeds (3.5, 3)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (3.5, 4)
University of Nottingham (3.5, 3.5)
University of St. Andrews/University of Stirling Joint Program (3.5, 4)
Yale University (3.5, 3.5)
Group 5 (18-47) (mean of 3.0)(median, mode)
Brown University (3, 3)
Cambridge University (3.5, 3.5)
Harvard University (3, 3.5)
Indiana University, Bloomington (2.5, 2.5)
King’s College, London (2.5, 3)
Monash University (3, 3)
Ohio State University (3, 3)
Stanford University (3, 3)
*Trinity College Dublin
University College London (3, 2)
University of Arizona (3, 3)
University of Auckland (2.5, 3)
University of Bristol (2.5, 3.25)
University of California, Los Angeles (3, 3)
University of California, Santa Barbara (3, 3)
University of Durham (2.75, 3)
University of Massachusetts, Amherst (3, 3)
University of Miami (3, 3.5)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (3, 3)
University of Otago (3, 3)
University of Pittsburgh (3.5, 4)
University of Reading (2.5, 3)
University of Sheffield (3, 3)
University of Southern California (3, 3)
University of Sydney (3.5, 3.25)
University of Texas, Austin (3, 3)
University of Toronto (3, 2.75)
University of Virginia (3, 3)
University of Wisconsin, Madison (3, 3)
Washington University, St. Louis (3, 3)
Evaluators:  Lynne Rudder Baker, Jose Bermudez, Alex Byrne, Quassim Cassam, David Chalmers, Mark Colyvan, Jan Cover, Andy Egan, Michael Della Rocca, Michael Devitt, John Martin Fischer, Graeme Forbes, Richard Fumerton, Tamar Gendler, Sally Haslanger, Hud Hudson, Douglas Jesseph, Peter Kail, Dan Kaufman, Kathrin Koslicki, Frederick Kroon, Bernard Linsky, E.J. Lowe, Michael Lynch, Alex Miller, Daniel Nolan, Paul Noordhof, Timothy O’Connor, Alex Oliver, Laurie Paul, Adam Pautz, Huw Price, Michael Rea, Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra, Denis Robinson, Ian Rumfitt, Nathan Salmon, Carolina Sartorio, Jonathan Schaffer, Christopher Shields, Susanna Siegel, Ted Sider, Ernest Sosa, Michael Tye, Gabriel Uzquiano,Ted Warfield, Brian Weatherson, Timothy Williamson, Crispin Wright, Stephen Yablo, Aaron Zimmerman, Dean Zimmerman.
 
EPISTEMOLOGY
Group 1 (1-2) (mean of 5.0)(median, mode)
Oxford University (5, 5)
Rutgers University, New Brunswick (5, 5)
Group 2 (3) (mean of 4.5)(median, mode)
New York University (5, 5)
Group 3 (4-6) (mean of 4.0)(median, mode)
Princeton University (4, 4)
University of Arizona (4, 4)
Yale University (4, 4.5)
Group 4 (7-16) (mean of 3.5)(median, mode)
Australian National University (3.5, 3.5)
Columbia University (3.5, 4)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (3, 3)
University of California, Berkeley (3.5, 3.5)
University of Massachusetts, Amherst (3.5, 4)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (3.5, 3.5)
University of Notre Dame (3.5, 3.5)
University of Pittsburgh (4, 4)
University of Rochester (3.5, 3.5)
University of St. Andrews/University of Stirling Joint Program (3, 3)
Group 5 (17-44) (mean of 3.0)(median, mode)
*Baylor University
Birkbeck College, University of London (2.5, 3)
Brown University (3, 3.25)
Carnegie-Mellon University (2.5, 2)
City University of New York Graduate Center (3, 3.5)
Cornell University (2.75, 3)
*Fordham University
Indiana University, Bloomington (3.5, 4)
Johns Hopkins University (3, 3)
*Loyola University, Chicago
Northwestern University (3, 3)
Purdue University (3, 3)
St. Louis University (3, 3)
University College London (3, 4)
University of California, Los Angeles (3, 3)
University of Colorado, Boulder (2.5, 3)
University of Edinburgh (3, 3)
#University of Iowa
University of Miami (3, 3)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (3, 3)
University of Missouri, Columbia (2.5, 2.5)
University of Nebraska, Lincoln (3, 3)
University of Oklahoma, Norman (2.5, 2.5)
University of Sheffield (3, 3.25)
University of Southern California (3, 3)
University of Texas, Austin (3, 3)
University of Warwick (3, 3)
University of Washington, Seattle (3, 3)
University of Wisconsin, Madison (3, 3)
Evaluators:  Brad Armendt, Jeffrey Barrett, Michael Bergmann, Bill Brewer, Berit Brogaard, Quassim Cassam, David Christensen, Juan Comesana, Jonathan Dancy, Keith DeRose, Jeremy Fantl, Richard Fumerton, Tamar Gendler, Anthony Gillies, Alvin Goldman, Patrick Greenough, Anil Gupta, Gilbert Harman, Alan Hajek, David Hilbert, Christopher Hookway, Henry Jackman, Robin Jeshion, Douglas Jesseph, Peter Klein, Hilary Kornblith, Jon Kvanvig, Jennifer Lackey, Michael Lynch, Ram Neta, James O’Shea, George Pappas, Duncan Pritchard, Jonathan Schaffer, Mark Schroeder, Brian Skyrms, David Sosa, Ernest Sosa, Jason Stanley, Robert Stern, Mathias Steup, Stephen Stich, Eric Swanson, J.D. Trout, Ted Warfield, Brian Weatherson, Ralph Wedgwood, Timothy Williamson, Aaron Zimmerman, Dean Zimmerman.
 
PHILOSOPHICAL LOGIC
Group 1 (1) (mean of 5.0)(median, mode)
Oxford University (5, 5)
Group 2 (2-4) (mean of 4.5)(median, mode)
City University of New York Graduate Center (4.25, 5)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (4.5, 4.75)
New York University (5, 5)
Group 3 (5-8) (mean of 4.0)(median, mode)
Ohio State University (4, 4)
Princeton University (4, 4)
University of California, Los Angeles (4, 4)
University of Pittsburgh (4.25, 5)
Group 4 (9-21) (mean of 3.5)(median, mode)
Brown University (3.5, 4)
Carnegie-Mellon University (3.5, 3)
Columbia University (3.5, 3.5)
Monash University (3.5, 3)
Stanford University (4, 4)
University of Bristol (4, 4)
University of California, Berkeley (3.5, 3)
University of California, Irvine (4, 4)
University of California, Santa Barbara (3.5, 3.5)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (3.5, 3)
University of Notre Dame (3.75, 4)
University of St. Andrews/University of Stirling Joint Program (3.75, 4)
University of Texas, Austin (3.5, 3)
Group 5 (22-50) (mean of 3.0)(median, mode)
Australian National University (2.75, 3.5)
Birkbeck College, University of London (3.25, 4)
Cambridge University (3, 2.75)
Cornell University (3.25, 3.5)
Harvard University (3, 2)
Indiana University, Bloomington (3, 3)
Rice University (3, 3)
Rutgers University, New Brunswick (3.5, 4)
University of Arizona (3, 2.5)
University of Auckland (3, 3)
University of Calgary (3, 3.5)
University of California, Davis (3.5, 3.5)
University of California, San Diego (2.5, 2.75)
University of Colorado, Boulder (3.5, 4)
University of Connecticut, Storrs (3.5, 4)
University of Glasgow (2.5, 3)
University of Illinois, Chicago (2.5, 3)
University of Maryland, College Park (3, 4)
University of Massachusetts, Amherst (3, 3)
University of Melbourne (3.5, 4)
University of Miami (3, 3)
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul (3, 4)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (3, 3)
University of Sheffield (3, 3)
University of Southern California (3, 3)
University of Sydney (3, 3)
University of Toronto (3, 3)
University of Western Ontario (3, 3.5)
Yale University (3, 3.5)
Evaluators:  J.C. Beall, Joshua Dever, Graeme Forbes, Anthony Gillies, Michael Glanzberg, Warren Goldfarb, Anil Gupta, Volker Halbach, John Kearns, Frederick Kroon, Bernard Linsky, Jose Martinez-Fernandez, Robert May, Daniel Nolan, Alex Oliver, Peter Pagin, Graham Priest, Ian Rumfitt, Mark Sainsbury, Nathan Salmon, Jason Stanley, Michael Tye, Gabriel Uzquiano, Brian Weatherson, Timothy Williamson, Crispin Wright, Stephen Yablo.
 
PHILOSOPHY OF ACTION (incl. free will)
Group 1 (1) (mean of 4.5) (median, mode)
Florida State University (4.5, 4.5)
Group 2 (2-6) (mean of 4.0) (median, mode)
New York University (4, 3.5)
Stanford University (4, 4)
University of California, Riverside (4, 4)
University of Notre Dame (4, 4)
University of Southern California (4.5, 4.5)
Group 3 (7-10) (mean of 3.5) (median, mode)
Birkbeck College, University of London (3, 3.5)
Cornell University (3.75, 4)
Indiana University, Bloomington (3.5, 3.5)
University of Calgary (3.5, 3.5)
Group 4 (11-23) (mean of 3.0) (median, mode)
Brown University (3, 3)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (3, 3)
Ohio State University (3, 3)
Oxford University (3, 3)
Princeton University (3, 3.5)
St. Louis University (3, 2.5)
University of Arizona (3, 3)
University of Auckland (2.5, 2.25)
University of California, Berkeley (3, 3)
University of Leeds (2.25, 2.5)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (3, 3)
University of Pittsburgh (3, 3)
University of Reading (3, 3.5)
Evaluators:  Michael Bratman, John Martin Fischer, Margaret Gilbert, Paul Katsafanas, Ron Mallon, Michael McKenna, Alfred Mele, Timothy O’Connor, Derk Pereboom, Manuel Vargas, Ted Warifeld.
 
PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
Group 1 (1) (mean of 4.5)(median, mode)
University of Notre Dame (5, 5)
Group 2 (2-3) (mean of 4.0)(median, mode)
Oxford University (4, 4.5)
St. Louis University (4.5, 4.5)
Group 3 (4-5) (mean of 3.5)(median, mode)
Cornell University (3, 4)
Purdue University (4, 4)
Group 4 (6-15) (mean of 3.0)(median, mode)
*Baylor University
*Claremont Graduate School
*Fordham University
Indiana University, Bloomington (3, 3)
University of Colorado, Boulder (2.5, 2.75)
*University of New England (Australia)
University of Oklahoma, Norman (3, 3)
University of Texas, Austin (2.5, 3)
University of Virginia (2.25, 3)
Yale University (3, 3.25)
Evaluators:  Lynne Rudder Baker, Michael Bergmann, Jeff Brower, Jan Cover, Keith DeRose, John Martin Fischer, Jon Kvanvig, Brian Leftow, Scott MacDonald, Timothy O’Connor, Derk Pereboom, Michael Rea, Eleanore Stump, Dean Zimmerman.
 

PHILOSOPHY OF THE SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS

GENERAL PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE (excluding philosophy of the specific sciences)
Be sure to see, under “Advice on Choosing Programs,” the discussion of the choice between Philosophy and History & Philosophy of Science programs.
Group 1 (1) (mean of 4.5)(median, mode)
University of Pittsburgh (4.5, 5)
Group 2 (2-11) (mean of 4.0)(median, mode)
Carnegie-Mellon University (4, 4)
Columbia University (4, 4.25)
London School of Economics (4, 4)
Oxford University (4, 4.5)
Rutgers University, New Brunswick (4, 3.5)
University of California, Irvine (4.5, 4)
University of California, San Diego (4, 4)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (4.25, 4.25)
University of Western Ontario (4, 4)
University of Wisconsin, Madison (4, 4)
Group 3 (12-22) (mean of 3.5)(median, mode)
Australian National University (3, 3)
Cambridge University (3.5, 4)
Harvard University (3.5, 3.75)
Indiana University, Bloomington (3.5, 3.5)
New York University (3.5, 4)
Stanford University (3.5, 3)
University of Bristol (3.5, 4)
University of Maryland, College Park (3.5, 3.5)
University of Notre Dame (3.5, 3.5)
University of Sydney (3.75, 4)
University of Toronto (3.5, 3.75)
Group 4 (23-44) (mean of 3.0)(median, mode)
Boston University (2.5, 3)
Cornell University (3, 3)
Duke University (3, 3)
Florida State University (2.5, 3)
King’s College, London (3, 3)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (3, 3)
Princeton University (3.5, 4)
University of Arizona (3, 3)
University of British Columbia (3, 3)
University of California, Berkeley (3, 3)
University of California, Davis (2.75, 3)
University of Exeter (3, 3)
University of Illinois, Chicago (3, 3)
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (2.5, 2.5)
University of Leeds (3, 3)
University of Miami (3, 3)
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul (3, 3)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (3, 3)
University of Pennsylvania (3, 2.75)
University of South Carolina (3, 2)
University of Texas, Austin (3, 3.5)
University of Washington, Seattle (3, 3)
Evaluators:  Roger Ariew, Jeffrey Barrett, William Bechtel, Alexander Bird, Craig Callender, David Christensen, Mark Colyvan, John Dupre, Marc Ereshefsky, Ken Gemes, Peter Godfrey-Smith, Paul Griffiths, Alan Hajek, William Harper, Christopher Hitchcock, Jim Joyce, James Ladyman, Barry Loewer, John Norton, David Papineau, Huw Price, Alexander Rosenberg, Paul Roth, Laura Ruetsche, Howard Sankey, Simon Saunders, Jonathan Schaffer, Lawrence Sklar, Brian Skyrms, Elliott Sober, Kyle Stanford, Michael Strevens, J.D. Trout, Eric Watkins, William Wimsatt, Alison Wylie.
 
PHILOSOPHY OF PHYSICS
Group 1 (1) (rounded mean of 5.0) (median, mode)
Oxford University (5, 5)
Group 2 (2-5) (rounded mean of 4.5) (median, mode)
University of California, Irvine (4.5, 4.5)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (4.5, 4.5)
University of Pittsburgh (4.5, 4.5)
University of Western Ontario (4, 4)
Group 3 (6-13) (rounded mean of 3.5) (median, mode)
Cambridge University (3.75, 4)
Columbia University (3.5, 3)
London School of Economics (3.5, 3.5)
Princeton University (4, 4)
Rutgers University, New Brunswick (3.5, 3)
University of California, San Diego (4, 4)
University of Maryland, College Park (3.5, 3.25)
University of South Carolina (3.5, 3)
Group 4 (14-20) (rounded mean of 3.0) (median, mode)
University of Arizona (3.5, 3.5)
University of Illinois, Chicago (3.25, 3.5)
University of Leeds (3, 3)
University of Miami (3, 3.5)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (3, 2.5)
University of Notre Dame (3.5, 3.5)
University of Sydney (3.25, 3.75)
Evaluators:  Jeffrey Barrett, Craig Callender, Christopher Hitchcock, Nicholas Huggett, Barry Loewer, John Norton, Huw Price, Laura Ruetsche, Simon Saunders, Lawrence Sklar.
 
PHILOSOPHY OF BIOLOGY
Group 1 (1-2) (rounded mean of 4.5) (median, mode)
Duke University (4.75, 5)
University of Wisconsin, Madison (4.5, 4)
Group 2 (3-8) (rounded mean of 4.0) (median, mode)
Australian National University (4.25, 4.5)
Columbia University (4, 4)
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul (4, 4)
University of Pittsburgh (4, 3.75)
University of Sydney (4, 4.5)
University of Toronto (4, 4)
Group 3 (9-16)  (rounded mean of 3.5) (median, mode)
Arizona State University (3.5, 3.5)
Florida State University (3, 3)
Harvard University (4, 4)
Indiana University, Bloomington (3.5, 4)
University of Bristol (3.5, 3.5)
University of California, Davis (4, 4)
University of Exeter (4, 4)
University of Utah (3.5, 3.5)
Group 4 (17-27)  (rounded mean of 3.0) (median, mode)
Cambridge University (3, 3)
King’s College, London (3, 3)
University of Alberta (3, 3.25)
University of British Columbia (3.5, 4)
University of Calgary (3, 3.25)
University of California, Irvine (3, 4)
University of California, San Diego (2.75, 2.75)
University of Cincinnati (3, 3)
University of Maryland, College Park (3, 3.25)
University of Missouri, Columbia (3, 3.25)
University of Texas, Austin (3.5, 3.5)
Evaluators:  John Dupre, Marc Ereshefsky, Peter Godfrey-Smith, Paul Griffiths, Edouard Machery, Mohan Matthen, David Papineau, Alexander Rosenberg, Elliott Sober, Kyle Stanford, William Wimsatt.
 
PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
Group 1 (1) (rounded mean of 4.5) (median, mode)
London School of Economics (4.5, 4.5)
Group 2 (2-5) (rounded mean of 4.0) (median, mode)
Duke University (4, 4)
Oxford University (4, 4.25)
University of California, Irvine (4, 3.5)
University of Wisconsin, Madison (4, 4)
Group 3 (6-13) (rounded mean of 3.5)
Columbia University (3.75, 3.5)
Princeton University (3.75, 4)
Rutgers University, New Brunswick (3.5, 3.5)
Stanford University (4, 4.25)
University of Arizona (3.25, 3.25)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (3, 3.25)
University of Pennsylvania (3.5, 3.5)
University of Washington, Seattle (3.75, 4)
Group 4 (14-32)  (rounded mean of 3.0)
Australian National University (3.5, 4)
Birkbeck College, University of London (3, 3.25)
Cambridge University (3, 3.5)
Carnegie-Mellon University (3, 3)
City University of New York Graduate Center (2.5, 2)
Cornell University (2.5, 2.75)
Florida State University (3.0, 3.0)
Indiana University, Bloomington (2.5, 2.5)
New York University (3, 3)
St. Louis University (3.25, 3.5)
University of Bristol (2.75, 3.25)
University of California, Berkeley (3, 3.25)
University of California, San Diego (3, 2.5)
University of California, Santa Cruz (3.25, 3.5)
University of Exeter (3.5, 3.5)
*University of Kentucky
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (3, 2.5)
University of Pittsburgh (3, 2.75)
University of Western Ontario (2.5, 3.25)
Evaluators:  James Bohman, Cristina Bicchieri, Margaret Gilbert, Ron Mallon, Alan Nelson, Alexander Rosenberg, Paul Roth, Brian Skyrms, Alison Wylie.
 
PHILOSOPHY OF COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Group 1 (1) (mean of 4.5) (median, mode)
Rutgers University, New Brunswick (5, 5)
Group 2 (2-5) (mean of 4.0) (median, mode)
City University of New York Graduate Center (4, 3.75)
University of Arizona (4, 4)
University of California, San Diego (4, 5)
Washington University, St. Louis (4, 4)
Group 3 (6-12) (mean of 3.5) (median, mode)
Australian National University (4, 4)
Indiana University, Bloomington (3.5, 3.25)
New York University (4, 4.25)
Ohio State University (3.5, 3.0)
Oxford University (3.5, 3)
University of California, Berkeley (3.5, 4)
University of Edinburgh (4, 4)
Group 4 (13-32) (mean of 3.0)(median, mode)
Birkbeck College, University of London (2.5, 3)
Carnegie-Mellon University (3.5, 3.5)
Columbia University (3, 3)
Duke University (3, 3.25)
King's College, London (3, 3.5)
Princeton University (3, 3.0)
Syracuse University (2.5, 3.0)
*University of Adelaide
University of British Columbia (3.5, 3.5)
University of California, Riverside (3, 3.5)
University of Cincinnati (2.75, 3.5)
University of Maryland, College Park (3.5, 3.75)
University of Massachusetts, Amherst (3, 3)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (3, 3)
University of Pittsburgh (3, 3)
University of Sheffield (3, 3)
University of Sydney (3.5, 3.5)
University of Toronto (3.5, 2.75)
University of Wisconsin, Madison (3, 3)
Yale University (3, 2)
Evaluators:  Murat Aydede, William Bechtel, Jose Bermudez, Ned Block, Alex Byrne, Peter Carruthers, David Chalmers, John Doris, Owen Flanagan, Tamar Gendler, Alvin Goldman, Paul Griffiths, Gilbert Harman, David Hilbert, Sean Kelly, Patricia Kitcher, Joe Lau, Peter Ludlow, Edouard Machery, Shaun Nichols, David Papineau, Diana Raffman, Stephen Stich, Michael Strevens, Michael Tye, Robert Wilson, William Wimsatt.
 
DECISION, RATIONAL CHOICE & GAME THEORY
Group 1 (1-2) (mean of 4.5)(median, mode)
University of California, Irvine (4.5, 5)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (4.75, 5)
Group 2 (3-4) (mean of 4.0)(median, mode)
London School of Economics (4, 4.25)
University of Pennsylvania (4, 3.75)
Group 3 (5-9) (mean of 3.5)(median, mode)
Australian National University (3.5, 3.5)
Carnegie-Mellon University (4, 4.5)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (4, 4)
Oxford University (3.5, 3.5)
Rutgers University, New Brunswick (3.5, 4)
Group 4 (10-27) (mean of 3.0)(median, mode)
Arizona State University (3.25, 3.25)
Brown University (2.5, 2.75)
City University of New York Graduate Center (3, 3.5)
Columbia University (3, 3)
Harvard University (3, 3)
Indiana University, Bloomington (3, 3.5)
New York University (3, 3.25)
Princeton University (2.5, 2.5)
Stanford University (3.25, 3.25)
University of Bristol (3.25, 4)
University of California, Berkeley (3.5, 3.5)
University of Missouri, Columbia (3.5, 3.5)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (3, 3.25)
University of Sydney (3, 3)
University of Texas, Austin (3, 3)
University of Toronto (2.5, 2.5)
University of Western Ontario (2.75, 4)
University of Wisconsin, Madison (3, 3)
Evaluators:  Brad Armendt, Cristina Bicchieri, David Christensen, Ken Gemes, Anthony Gillies, Alan Hajek, William Harper, Christopher Hitchcock, Jim Joyce, Wlodek Rabinowicz, Mathias Risse, David Schmidtz, Brian Skyrms.
 
PHILOSOPHY OF MATHEMATICS
Group 1 (1) (rounded mean of 5.0) (median, mode)
New York University (5, 5)
Group 2 (2) (rounded mean of 4.5) (median, mode)
Ohio State University (4.5, 4.75)
Group 3 (3-15)  (rounded mean of 4.0) (median, mode)
Brown University (4, 4.25)
Carnegie-Mellon University (4.25, 4.5)
Oxford University (4, 4.5)
Princeton University (4, 4)
Stanford University (3.75, 3.75)
University of California, Berkeley (4, 4)
University of California, Irvine (4, 4)
University of California, Los Angeles (4, 3.75)
University of Notre Dame (4, 4)
University of Pittsburgh (4, 3)
University of Sheffield (4, 4)
University of St. Andrews/University of Stirling Joint Program (4, 4)
University of Western Ontario (4, 4)
Group 4 (16-26)  (rounded mean of 3.5) (median, mode)
Cambridge University (3.5, 3.5)
City University of New York Graduate Center (3.5, 3.75)
Columbia University (3.25, 2.75)
Harvard University (3.75, 4)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (4, 4)
McGill University (4, 4)
University of Arizona (3, 3)
University of Bristol (3.75, 3.25)
University of California, Davis (3.5, 3.5)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (3.75, 4)
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul (3.5, 3.5)
Group 5 (27-41)  (rounded mean of 3.0) (median, mode)
Boston University (2.5, 2.5)
Cornell University (3, 3)
Indiana University, Bloomington (2.5, 2.5)
University College London (3.25, 3.5)
University of British Columbia (2.75, 2.5)
University of California, Riverside (3.25, 3.5)
University of Connecticut, Storrs (3, 3.5)
University of Glasgow (3, 2.5)
University of Illinois, Chicago (3, 3)
University of Melbourne (3, 2.75)
University of Miami (2.75, 3)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (2.5, 2.5)
University of Texas, Austin (3, 3)
University of Toronto (2.75, 2.75)
University of York (2.75, 2.5)
Evaluators:  Aldo Antonelli, Mark Colyvan, Robin Jeshion, Penelope Maddy, Gabriel Uzquiano, Crispin Wright.
 
MATHEMATICAL LOGIC
Group 1 (1) (rounded mean of 5.0) (median, mode)
City University of New York Graduate Center (5, 5)
Group 2 (2-3)  (rounded mean of 4.5) (median, mode)
Carnegie-Mellon University (5, 5)
Stanford University (4.5, 4.75)
Group 3 (4-15)  (rounded mean of 4.0) (median, mode)
Harvard University (4, 4.5)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (4, 4)
New York University (4.5, 5)
Ohio State University (4, 4)
Princeton University (4, 4)
University of Bristol (4, 4)
University of California, Berkeley (4, 3)
University of California, Irvine (4.25, 5)
University of California, Los Angeles (4.25, 5)
University of Melbourne (4, 5)
University of Notre Dame (4, 4.25)
University of Pittsburgh (3.5, 3)
Group 4 (16-31)  (rounded mean of 3.5) (median, mode)
Cambridge University (3, 3)
Columbia University (3.75, 4)
Cornell University (4, 4.25)
King’s College, London (3.25, 3.25)
Monash University (4, 3.5)
Oxford University (4, 4)
University of Alberta (3, 3)
University of Calgary (3.5, 3)
University of California, Davis (3.5, 3.25)
University of Illinois, Chicago (3, 3)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (3.5, 3.5)
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul (3.5, 3.5)
University of Sheffield (3.5, 4)
University of St. Andrews/University of Stirling Joint Program (3.5, 3.5)
University of Toronto (3, 3)
University of Western Ontario (3.5, 4)
Group 5 (32-40)  (rounded mean of 3.0) (median, mode)
Boston University (3, 2.5)
Indiana University, Bloomington (3, 3)
Simon Fraser University (2.75, 2.75)
*University of Adelaide
University of Arizona (3, 2.75)
University of California, Santa Barbara (2.5, 2.5)
University of Connecticut, Storrs (2.75, 2.5)
University of Maryland, College Park (3.5, 2)
University of Southern California (3, 3)
Evaluators:  Aldo Antonelli, Jeffrey Barrett,  J.C. Beall, Graeme Forbes, Warren Goldfarb, Anil Gupta, Volker Halbach, John Kearns, Frederick Kroon, Penelope Maddy, Calvin Normore, Peter Pagin, Graham Priest, Gabriel Uzquiano.
Note: Much work in mathematical logic goes on in Mathematics and Computer Science departments. Students primarily interested in Mathematical Logic would do well to explore those programs also, as well as specialized interdisciplinary programs like Berkeley's Program in Logic & Methodology of Science or Amsterdam's Institute for Logic, Language & Computation.
 

THEORY OF VALUE

ETHICS (incl. normative ethics, practical reasoning, and moral psychology, but excluding applied and meta-ethics)
Group 1 (1) (rounded mean of 5.0) (median, mode)
Harvard University (5, 5)
Group 2 (2-5)  (rounded mean of 4.5) (median, mode)
New York University (5, 5)
Oxford University (4.5, 5)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (4.5, 4.5)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (4.5, 4.5)
Group 3 (6-11)  (rounded mean of 4.0) (median, mode)
Princeton University (4, 4)
Rutgers University, New Brunswick (4, 4.5)
University of Arizona (4, 4)
University of California, Los Angeles (4, 4)
University of Toronto (4, 4)
Yale University (4.25, 4)
Group 4 (12-28)  (rounded mean of 3.5) (median, mode)
Brown University (3.5, 4)
Cambridge University (3.5, 3.5)
Georgetown University (3.5, 3)
Indiana University, Bloomington (3.5, 3.5)
Ohio State University (3.5, 4)
Stanford University (4, 4)
University of California, Berkeley (3.5, 3.5)
University of California, Davis (3.5, 3)
University of California, San Diego (3.5, 4)
University of Chicago (3.5, 3)
University of Colorado, Boulder (3.5, 3.5)
University of Notre Dame (3.5, 3.5)
University of Pittsburgh (3.5, 4)
University of Reading (3.5, 4)
University of St. Andrews/University of Stirling Joint Program (3.5, 3.5)
University of Wisconsin, Madison (3.5, 3)
Washington University, St. Louis (3.5, 3)
Group 5 (29-53)  (rounded mean of 3.0) (median, mode)
Arizona State University (3, 3)
Australian National University (3, 3)
*Bowling Green State University
Cornell University (3, 3.5)
Duke University (3, 3)
Florida State University (3, 3)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (3, 3)
McGill University (3, 3)
Queen’s University (Canada) (3, 3)
Rice University (3, 3)
Syracuse University (3.5, 3.5)
University College London (3, 2.75)
University of Auckland (3, 3)
University of California, Riverside (3, 3)
University of Edinburgh (3.5, 3)
University of Maryland, College Park (3, 3)
University of Massachusetts, Amherst (3, 3)
University of Miami (3, 3)
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul (3, 3.25)
University of Nebraska, Lincoln (3, 3)
University of Pennsylvania (3, 3)
University of Southern California (3.5, 3.5)
University of Texas, Austin (3, 3)
University of Utah (3, 3.25)
University of Virginia (3, 3.25)
Evaluators:  Julia Annas, Christopher Bobonich, Michael Bratman, David Brink, Thomas Carson, Ruth Chang, Roger Crisp, Garrett Cullity, Jonathan Dancy, Justin D’Arms, John Deigh, John Doris, James Dreier, Julia Driver, Gerald Dworkin, John Martin Fischer, Owen Flanagan, Richard Fumerton, Gerald Gaus, Berys Gaut, Brad Hooker, Terence Irwin, P.J. Ivanhoe, Shelly Kagan, Paul Katsafanas, Nico Kolodny, Colin Macleod, Ron Mallon, Jeff McMahan, David McNaughton, Christopher Morris, Shaun Nichols, Alastair Norcross, Martha Nussbaum, Michael Otsuka, Thomas Pogge, C.D.C. Reeve, Bernard Reginster, Arthur Ripstein, Carolina Sartorio, Geoffrey  Sayre-McCord, David Schmidtz, Mark Schroeder, Stephen Stich, Wayne Sumner, John Tasioulas, Valerie Tiberius, Peter Vallentyne, Bryan van Norden, Ralph Wedgwood, Catherine Wilson, Jonathan Wolff, David Wong.
 
METAETHICS (metaphysics, epistemology & semantics of morality)
Group 1 (1-2) (rounded mean of 4.5) (median, mode)
Princeton University (4.5, 5)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (5, 5)
Group 2 (3-7)  (rounded mean of 4.0) (median, mode)
Cambridge University (4, 4)
Harvard University (4, 4)
New York University (4, 5)
Oxford University (4, 4)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (4, 4)
Group 3 (8-15)  (rounded mean of 3.5) (median, mode)
Brown University (4, 4)
Cornell University (3.5, 3.5)
Ohio State University (3.5, 3.5)
University of Arizona (4, 4)
University of Pittsburgh (4, 4)
University of Southern California (3.5, 3.75)
University of Wisconsin, Madison (3.25, 3)
Yale University (3.5, 4)
Group 4 (16-35)  (rounded mean of 3.0) (median, mode)
*Bowling Green State University
Florida State University (2.5, 2.5)
Georgetown University (2.5, 4)
Rutgers University, New Brunswick (3, 3)
Stanford University (3, 2)
University of California, Berkeley (3, 3)
University of California,Davis (3, 3.5)
University of California, Los Angeles (3, 3)
University of California, San Diego (3, 3.25)
University of Chicago (2.5, 3)
University of Colorado, Boulder (2.5, 2)
University of Edinburgh (3, 3.25)
University of Nebraska, Lincoln (3, 2.75)
University of Notre Dame (3, 2.5)
University of Reading (3, 3)
University of Sheffield (2.75, 3)
University of St. Andrews/University of Stirling Joint Program (3, 2.5)
University of Sydney (3, 4)
University of Texas, Austin (2.5, 2.5)
University of Toronto (3, 3.25)
Evaluators:  David Brink, Thomas Carson, Garrett Cullity, Ruth Chang, Jonathan Dancy, Justin D’Arms, John Doris, James Dreier, Owen Flanagan, Gilbert Harman, Shelly Kagan, Nico Kolodny, Brian Leiter, David McNaughton, Alex Miller, Daniel Nolan, Paul Noordhof, Connie Rosati, Geoffrey Sayre-McCord, Mark Schroeder, David Sosa, Valerie Tiberius, Ralph Wedgwood, David Wong.
 
APPLIED ETHICS
Group 1 (1-2) (rounded mean of 4.5) (median, mode)
Georgetown University (4.5, 5)
Harvard University (4.5, 5)
Group 2 (3-7)  (rounded mean of 4.0) (median, mode)
Oxford University (4, 4)
Princeton University (4, 4)
Rice University (3.75, 3.25)
Rutgers University, New Brunswick (4.5, 4.75)
University of Toronto (3.75, 3.75)
Group 3 (8-23)  (rounded mean of 3.5) (median, mode)
Arizona State University (3.5, 3.25)
*Bowling Green State University
Duke University (3.5, 3.5)
New York University (3.75, 4.25)
Queen’s University, Ontario (3.75, 4)
University of Arizona (3.5, 3.5)
University of Chicago (3.25, 2.75)
University of Colorado, Boulder (3.75, 4)
University of Maryland, College Park (4, 4)
University of Melbourne (3.5, 3.5)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (3.25, 2.5)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (3.5, 3.5)
University of Notre Dame (3.25, 2.75)
University of Pennsylvania (3.5, 3.5)
University of Virginia (3.5, 3.5)
Washington University, St. Louis (3.25, 3)
Group 4 (24-44)  (rounded mean of 3.0)
Australian National University (2.75, 3.5)
Brown University (3, 3)
Carnegie-Mellon University (2.5, 2.5)
City University of New York Graduate Center (2.5, 2.5)
Cornell University (3, 2.75)
Florida State University (3, 2.5)
Indiana University, Bloomington (2.5, 2.5)
*Loyola University, Chicago
Stanford University (3, 3)
Syracuse University (3, 3)
#Texas A&M University
#University at Albany, State University of New York
University of Auckland (2.5, 2.5)
University of California, Los Angeles (3.25, 3.25)
University of California, San Diego (2.75, 3)
*University of North Texas
University of Reading (3, 3)
University of St. Andrews/University of Stirling Joint Program (2.75, 4)
University of Utah (3, 3)
University of Wisconsin, Madison (3.5, 3.5)
Yale University (2.5, 2.5)
Evaluators:  Donald Ainslie, Thomas Carson, Garrett Cullity, Julia Driver, Jeff McMahan, Christopher Morris, Alastair Norcross, Thomas Pogge, David Schmidtz.
 
POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Group 1 (1-3) (mean of 4.5) (median, mode)
Harvard University (5, 5)
New York University (5, 5)
University of Arizona (4.5, 4.5)
Group 2 (4-9) (mean of 4.0) (median, mode)
Brown University (4, 4)
Oxford University (4.25, 4.5)
Princeton University (4, 5)
Stanford University (4.5, 4.5)
University College London (3.75, 3.75)
Yale University (4, 4.25)
Group 3 (10-22) (mean of 3.5) (median, mode)
Australian National University (3.5, 3.5)
Cambridge University (3.5, 4)
Duke University (3.5, 3.5)
Queen’s University, Ontario (4, 4)
Rutgers University, New Brunswick (3.5, 4.25)
University of California, Los Angeles (3.5, 3)
University of California, San Diego (3.5, 4)
University of Chicago (3.5, 3.5)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (4, 4)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (3.5, 4)
University of Pennsylvania (3.5, 4)
University of Toronto (3.5, 4)
University of Virginia (4, 4)
Group 4 (23-46) (mean of 3.0)(median, mode)
Arizona State University (3.5, 3.5)
*Bowling Green State University
City University of New York Graduate Center (3, 3)
Columbia University (3, 3.25)
Cornell University (3, 3)
Georgetown University (3.5, 3.5)
Indiana University, Bloomington (2.75, 3)
London School of Economics (3, 2.75)
*National University of Singapore
Northwestern University (2.5, 3)
Rice University (3, 3)
University of California, Davis (3, 3)
University of Colorado, Boulder (3, 3)
University of Manchester (3, 3.5)
University of Maryland, College Park (3, 3.25)
University of Missouri, Columbia (3, 3)
University of Notre Dame (3, 3)
University of Southern California (3, 3)
University of St. Andrews/University of Stirling Joint Program (3, 3)
University of Texas, Austin (2.5, 3)
University of Warwick (3, 3)
University of Washington, Seattle (2.5, 3)
University of Wisconsin, Madison (3, 3.5)
Washington University, St. Louis (3, 3)
Evaluators:  Kenneth Baynes, Christopher Bertram, Cristina Bicchieri, Brian Bix, Christopher Bobonich, James Bohman, David Brink, Andrew Chitty, Roger Crisp, Stephen Davies, John Deigh, Julia Driver, Gerald Dworkin, William Edmundson, Gerald Gaus, Margaret Gilbert, Brad Hooker, Shelly Kagan, Matthew Kramer, Colin Macleod, Jeff McMahan, Christopher Morris, Alastair Norcross, Calvin Normore, Martha Nussbaum, Michael Otsuka, Thomas Pogge, Arthur Ripstein, Mathias Risse, Michael Rosen, Geoffrey Sayre-McCord, David Schmidtz, A. John Simmons, Wayne Sumner, Robert Talisse, John Tasioulas, Peter Vallentyne, W.J. Waluchow, Georgia Warnke, Andrew Williams, Jonathan Wolff.
 
PHILOSOPHY OF LAW
Group 1 (1-2) (rounded mean of 4.5) (median, mode)
New York University (4.5, 5)
Oxford University (4.5, 5)
Group 2 (3-5)  (rounded mean of 4.0) (median, mode)
University of California, Los Angeles (4, 4.25)
University of Pennsylvania (4, 4)
Yale University (4.25, 5)
Group 3 (6-13)  (rounded mean of 3.5) (median, mode)
Columbia University (3.5, 3.25)
Georgetown University (3.5, 3.5)
*McMaster University
Rutgers University, New Brunswick (3.25, 3)
University of Chicago (3.75, 4.5)
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (3.5, 3.75)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (4, 4)
University of Southern California (3.5, 3.25)
University of Toronto (3.25, 2.5)
Group 4 (14-19)  (rounded mean of 3.0) (median, mode)
Cambridge University (3, 2.5)
King’s College, London (2.75, 3.5)
University of Arizona (3, 3)
University of California, Berkeley (3, 3)
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul (2.75, 3)
University of St. Andrews/University of Stirling Joint Program (3.5, 3.5)
Evaluators:  Brian Bix, David Brink, Ruth Chang, John Deigh, Gerald Dworkin, William Edmundson, Alvin Goldman, Matthew Kramer, Brian Leiter, Dennis Patterson, Arthur Ripstein, Connie Rosati, A. John Simmons, John Tasioulas, W.J. Waluchow.
 
PHILOSOPHY OF ART
Group 1 (1-3) (rounded mean of 4.5) (median, mode)
City University of New York Graduate Center (5, 5)
University of Auckland (4.5, 4.5)
University of Maryland, College Park (4, 4)
Group 2 (4-16)  (rounded mean of 4.0) (median, mode)
Rutgers University, New Brunswick (4, 4)
University of British Columbia (4, 4.25)
University of Cincinnati (4, 4.25)
University of Durham (4, 4)
University of Leeds (4, 4)
University of Manchester (4, 4)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (4.5, 5)
University of Nottingham (4, 3.75)
University of Sheffield (4, 4)
#University of Southampton
University of St. Andrews/University of Stirling Joint Program (4.5, 4.5)
University of Warwick (3.75, 3.75)
University of York (4, 4)
Group 3 (17)  (rounded mean of 3.5) (median, mode)
University of Chicago (3.75, 4)
Group 4 (18-28)  (rounded mean of 3.0) (median, mode)
*Bowling Green State University
Cambridge University (3, 3.5)
Columbia University (2.75, 3)
McGill University (4, 4)
Oxford University (3.5, 3.5)
Princeton University (2.75, 3)
*Temple University
University at Buffalo, State University of New York (3.25, 3.5)
University of Miami (3.5, 3.5)
University of Oklahoma, Norman (3, 3)
University of Pennsylvania (3.5, 4)
Yale University (3.25, 3.25)
Evaluators:  Gregory Currie, David Davies, Stephen Davies, Berys Gaut, Paul Guyer, Robert Hopkins, Christopher Janaway, Peter Lamarque, Patrick Maynard, Diana Raffman, Robert Wicks.
 

HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY

ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY
Group 1 (1) (mean of 5.0) (median, mode)
Oxford University (5, 5)
Group 2 (2-4) (mean of 4.5) (median, mode)
Cambridge University (4.5, 4.75)
Princeton University (5, 5)
University of Toronto (4.5, 4.5)
Group 3 (5-7) (mean of 4.0) (median, mode)
Cornell University (4, 4)
University of Arizona (4, 4)
University of Chicago (4, 4)
Group 4 (8-12) (mean of 3.5) (median, mode)
King’s College, London (3.5, 3 & 4)
Rutgers University, New Brunswick (3.5, 4)
University of Pittsburgh (3.5, 3.5)
University of Texas, Austin (4, 4)
Yale University (4, 4)
Group 5 (13-22) (mean of 3.0) (median, mode)
Brown University (3.5, 4)
Harvard University (3, 3)
McGill University (3.5, 3.5)
Northwestern University (3.5, 3.5)
Stanford University (3, 4)
University of California, Berkeley (3, 3.5)
University of California, Los Angeles (3, 4)
University of Pennsylvania (3, 4)
University of St. Andrews/University of Stirling Joint Program (3.5, 3.5)
University of Virginia (3, 3)
Note that Northwestern, Chicago, and Illinois/Chicago cooperate in the supervision of graduate students in ancient philosophy; for more details, students should talk to faculty and students involved in their "Consortium."
Evaluators:  Julia Annas, Rachel Barney, Hugh Benson, Tad Brennan, Christopher Bobonich, Victor Caston, Daniel Devereux, Gail Fine, Mark Gifford, Brad Inwood, Terence Irwin, Christopher Janaway, Thomas Johansen, Lindsay Judson, Mohan Matthen, Martha Nussbaum, C.D.C. Reeve, David Sedley, Christopher Shields, Allan Silverman, Nicholas Smith, Gisela Striker.
 
MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY
Group 1 (1-4) (rounded mean of 4.5) (median, mode)
Oxford University (4.5, 4.5)
St. Louis University (4.5, 4.5)
University of Notre Dame (5, 5)
University of Toronto (4.75, 5)
Group 2 (5-6)  (rounded mean of 4.0) (median, mode)
Cornell University (4.25, 4.5)
University of Colorado, Boulder (4, 4 )
Group 3 (7-9)  (rounded mean of 3.5) (median, mode)
Georgetown University (3.5, 3.5)
Indiana University, Bloomington (3.5, 3)
University of South Florida (3.5, 3.5)
Group 4 (10-19) (rounded mean of 3.0) (median, mode)
Cambridge University (3, 3)
*Catholic University
#Emory University
*Fordham University
King’s College, London (3, 2.5)
McGill University (2.75, 2)
Purdue University (3.5, 3.5)
University of California, Irvine (3, 3)
University of California, Los Angeles (2.5, 2.5)
University of St. Andrews/University of Stirling Joint Program (3.5, 3.5)
Evaluators:  Jeff Brower, Dan Kaufman, Brian Leftow, Scott MacDonald, Calvin Normore, Robert Pasnau, Eleonore Stump.
 
EARLY MODERN PHILOSOPHY:  17TH-CENTURY
Group 1 (1) (mean of 4.5)(median, mode)
Yale University (4.5, 5)
Group 2 (2-9) (mean of 4.0)(median, mode)
Duke University (3.5, 3.5)
Harvard University (4, 4)
New York University (4, 4)
Ohio State University (4, 4)
Princeton University (4, 4)
Rutgers University, New Brunswick (4, 3.5)
University of Pennsylvania (4, 4)
University of Wisconsin, Madison (4, 3.75)
Group 3 (10-21) (mean of 3.5)(median, mode)
Columbia University (3.75, 3.5)
Oxford University (3.5, 3.5)
Purdue University (3, 3)
University of California, Berkeley (3.5, 3.25)
University of California, Irvine (3.5, 3)
University of California, Los Angeles (3.5, 4)
University of California, San Diego (4, 4)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (4, 3)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (3.5, 3.75)
University of Southern California (3.25, 3)
University of Toronto (3.5, 3)
University of Western Ontario (3.25, 3)
Group 4 (22-44) (mean of 3.0)(median, mode)
Birkbeck College, University of London (3.25, 3)
Brown University (2.75, 2.75)
Cornell University (2.5, 3)
#Emory University
King’s College, London (3, 3)
McGill University (3.25, 3)
Rice University (3, 3)
Simon Fraser University (2.5, 2.5)
University of Bristol (3, 3)
University of California, Riverside (3, 3)
University of Colorado, Boulder (3, 3)
University of Edinburgh (2.75, 3)
University of Notre Dame (3.5, 3.75)
University of Otago (3, 3)
University of Pittsburgh (2.75, 3)
University Reading (3, 3)
University of South Florida (3, 3)
University of St. Andrews/Stirling University Joint Program (2.5, 2.5)
University of Sydney (3.5, 3.5)
University of Utah (3, 3)
University of Virginia (3, 3)
University of Washington, Seattle (3, 3)
Washington University, St. Louis (3, 3)
Evaluators:   Roger Ariew, John Carriero, Andrew Chignell, Jan Cover, Michael Della Rocca, Lisa Downing, Don Garrett, Douglas Jesseph, Sukjae Lee, E.J. Lowe, Edwin McCann, Steven Nadler, Alan Nelson, Eileen O’Neill, David Owen, Dan Kaufman, Tad Schmaltz, Lisa Shapiro, Alison Simmons, Catherine Wilson, Kenneth Winkler.
 
EARLY MODERN PHILOSOPHY:  18TH CENTURY
Group 1 (1) (mean of 4.5)(median, mode)
Yale University (4.5, 5)
Group 2 (2-3) (mean of 4.0)(median, mode)
New York University (4, 4.25)
Oxford University (4, 4.75)
Group 3 (4-10) (mean of 3.5)(median, mode)
University of Arizona (3.75, 4)
University of California, San Diego (3.5, 3.5)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (3.75, 3.75)
University of Pennsylvania (3.5, 3)
University of Southern California (4, 3.5)
University of Toronto (3.5, 3.5)
University of Western Ontario (3.5, 4)
Group 4 (11-33) (mean of 3.0)(median, mode)
Boston University (3, 3)
Brown University (3, 3)
Columbia University (3, 3)
Duke University (3, 2.75)
Harvard University (3, 4)
Indiana University, Bloomington (3, 4)
Ohio State University (3.5, 3.75)
Princeton University (3.5, 4)
Purdue University (3, 3)
Rutgers University, New Brunswick (3, 3)
Stanford University (3, 2.75)
Syracuse University (2.5, 3)
University of British Columbia (2.5, 3)
University of California, Berkeley (3.5, 3.75)
University of California, Los Angeles (3, 3.25)
University of Connecticut, Storrs (2.5, 3)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (3, 3)
University of Notre Dame (3, 2.5)
University of Pittsburgh (2.25, 2.5)
University of Reading (3, 3)
University of South Florida (3, 3)
University of St. Andrews/University of Stirling Joint Program (3, 3.5)
University of Wisconsin, Madison (3, 3)
Evaluators:  Donald Ainslie, Roger Ariew, Frederick Beiser, John Carriero, Andrew Chignell, Jonathan Dancy, Michael Della Rocca, Lisa Downing, Don Garrett, Paul Guyer, Douglas Jesseph, Peter Kail, Sukjae Lee, Edwin McCann, Steven Nadler, Alan Nelson, Eileen O’Neill, James O’Shea, David Owen, George Pappas, Tad Schmaltz, Lisa Shapiro, Alison Simmons, Eric Watkins, Catherine Wilson, Kenneth Winkler, Aaron Zimmerman
 
KANT
Group 1 (1-3) (rounded mean of 4.5) (median, mode)
Indiana University, Bloomington (4.25, 4)
University of Notre Dame (4.5, 5)
University of Pennsylvania (5, 5)
Group 2 (4-6) (rounded mean of 4.0) (median, mode)
New York University (4, 4.5)
Stanford University (4.5, 4.5)
University of Chicago (4, 4)
Group 3 (7-17)  (rounded mean of 3.5) (median, mode)
Columbia University (4, 4)
Cornell University (3.5, 4)
Harvard University (4, 4.5)
Johns Hopkins University (3.5, 3.25)
Oxford University (4, 4)
University of California, Berkeley (4, 4)
University of California, Los Angeles (4, 4)
University of California, Riverside (3.5, 3.5)
University of California, San Diego (3.5, 3.5)
University of Pittsburgh (3.5, 4)
University of Southern California (3.5, 4.5)
Group 4 (18-33)  (rounded mean of 3.0) (median, mode)
Boston University (3.25, 3.5)
Georgetown University (3, 3)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (3.5, 3.5)
McGill University (2.75, 3)
Northwestern University (3, 3.5)
Syracuse University (3, 2.75)
*University at Albany, State University of New York
University College London (3, 2.75)
University of Arizona (3, 4)
University of Colorado, Boulder (3, 3)
University of Illinois, Chicago (3, 3.25)
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (3, 2.5)
University of Sheffield (3, 3)
University of St. Andrews/University of Stirling Joint Program (2.5, 2.5)
University of Toronto (3, 2.5)
University of Warwick (3, 2)
University of Western Ontario (3, 2.5)
Evaluators:  Kenneth Baynes, Frederick Beiser, Quassim Cassam, Andrew Chignell, Andrew Chitty, Paul Guyer, William Harper, Stephen Houlgate, Pierre Keller, Patricia Kitcher, Michelle Kosch, James O’Shea, Derk Pereboom, Peter Poellner, Thomas Pogge, Ian Proops, Michael Rosen, Robert Stern, Daniel Sutherland, Eric Watkins, Robert Wicks.
 
19TH-CENTURY CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY
Group 1 (1-2) (mean of 4.5) (median, mode)
New York University (4.5, 5)
University of Chicago (5, 5)
Group 2 (3-10) (mean of 4.0) (median, mode)
Brown University (4, 4)
Columbia University (4, 4)
Georgetown University (4.25, 5)
Indiana University, Bloomington (4, 4)
Syracuse University (4, 3)
University of California, Riverside (4, 4)
#University of Southampton
University of Warwick (4, 4.25)
Group 3 (11-18)  (mean of 3.5) (median, mode)
Boston University (4, 3.5 & 4.5)
Cambridge University (3.5, 4)
Princeton University (3.5, 4)
Stanford University (3.75, 4)
*University of Essex
University of Notre Dame (3.5, 3 & 3.5)
University of Sheffield (4, 4)
University of Toronto (4, 4.5)
Group 4 (19-31)  (mean of 3.0) (median, mode)
#Emory University
Johns Hopkins University (3.5, 3.5)
Northwestern University (3, 3)
#University at Stony Brook, State University of New York
University College London (3.5, 3.75)
University of California, San Diego (3, 3)
University of Auckland (2.75, 3.5)
University of Illinois, Chicago (3, 3)
*University of Kentucky
*University of New Mexico
University of Pennsylvania (3.5, 4)
University of Pittsburgh (3.25, 4)
University of Texas, Austin (2.75, 3)
Evaluators:  Kenneth Baynes, Frederick Beiser, Taylor Carman, Thomas Carson, Andrew Chitty, David Dudrick, Ken Gemes, Beatrice Han-Pile, Stephen Houlgate, Christopher Janaway, Peter Kail, Paul Katsafanas, Pierre Keller, Michelle Kosch, Brian Leiter, Stephen Mulhall, Brian O’Connor, Peter Poellner, Paul Redding, Bernard Reginster, Mathias Risse, Michael Rosen, Robert Stern, Iain Thomson, Robert Wicks, Jonathan Wolff, Mark Wrathall, Julian Young.
 
20TH-CENTURY CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY
Group 1 (1-3) (rounded mean of 4.0) (median, mode)
Georgetown University (4, 4.5)
University of California, Riverside (4, 4)
University of Chicago (4, 5)
Group 2 (4-10)  (rounded mean of 3.5) (median, mode)
Cambridge University (3.75, 3)
Columbia University (4, 4.25)
#University at Stony Brook, State University of New York
*University College Dublin
#University of Essex
University of Notre Dame (4, 4.5)
University of Warwick (3.5, 4)
Group 3 (11-31) (rounded mean of 3.0) (median, mode)
*Boston College
Boston University (3, 3)
Harvard University (3, 3)
*Loyola University, Chicago
*New School University
New York University (3, 3)
Northwestern University (3, 3)
Oxford University (3.5, 3)
#Pennsylvania State University
Stanford University (3, 3)
Syracuse University (3.25, 3)
University College London (3, 3)
University of Auckland (3, 3)
University of California, Berkeley (3, 3)
University of California, Santa Cruz (3, 3.25)
*University of Kentucky
*University of New Mexico
University of South Florida (3, 2)
*University of Sussex
University of Toronto (3, 3)
*Vanderbilt University
Evaluators:  Kenneth Baynes, James Bohman, Taylor Carman, David Dudrick, Gary Gutting, Beatrice Han-Pile, Pierre Keller, Sean Kelly, Michelle Kosch, Brian Leiter, Stephen Mulhall, Brian O’Connor, Peter Poellner, Bernard Reginster, Michael Rosen, Iain Thomson, Georgia Warnke, Robert Wicks, Mark Wrathall, Julian Young.
 
HISTORY OF ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY (including Wittgenstein)
Group 1 (1-2) (rounded mean of 4.5) (median, mode)
University of St. Andrews/University of Stirling Joint Program (4.5, 5)
University of Texas, Austin (4.25, 4.5)
Group 2 (3-10)  (rounded mean of 4.0) (median, mode)
Birkbeck College, University of London (4, 3.75)
Brown University (3.75, 5)
Harvard University (4, 4.5)
New York University (4, 4.25)
University of Chicago (4, 5)
University of Illinois, Chicago (4, 4)
University of Pittsburgh (4.25, 4.5)
University of York (4, 4)
Group 3 (11-20)  (rounded mean of 3.5) (median, mode)
Cambridge University (3.5, 3.75)
City University of New York Graduate Center (3.5, 3.5)
Oxford University (4, 4)
Stanford University (2.5, 2.5)
University of California, Berkeley (3.5, 3.5)
University of California, Los Angeles (3.75, 3.5)
University of California, Riverside (3.5, 3.75)
University of  Notre Dame (3, 3)
University of Sheffield (3.5, 4)
University of Western Ontario (3, 3)
Group 4 (21-34)  (rounded mean of 3.0) (median, mode)
Boston University (3.25, 4)
Johns Hopkins University (2, 2)
King’s College, London (3, 3.5)
McGill University (3, 3)
*McMaster University
Ohio State University (3, 2.5)
*Trinity College Dublin
University of Alberta (3, 3.5)
University of British Columbia (3, 3)
University of California, Davis (3, 3)
University of California, Irvine (3, 3)
University of Massachusetts, Amherst (3, 3)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (3, 3)
University of Southern California (3.5, 3.5)
Evaluators:   Warren Goldfarb, Jane Heal, Robin Jeshion, Bernard Linsky, Robert May, Stephen Mulhall, Peter Pagin, Ian Proops, Thomas Ricketts, Ian Rumfitt, Mark Sainsbury, Scott Soames, Jason Stanley.
 
AMERICAN PRAGMATISM
Group 1 (1) (rounded mean of 4.5) (median, mode)
University of Miami (4.25, 4.5)
Group 2 (2-4)  (rounded mean of 4.0) (median, mode)
University of Pittsburgh (5, 5)
University of Sheffield (4.25, 5)
University of Toronto (4, 3.5)
Group 3 (5-6)  (rounded mean of 3.5) (median, mode)
*Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
*Vanderbilt University
Group 4 (7-14)  (rounded mean of 3.0) (median, mode)
Georgetown University (2.5, 3)
*New School University
University at Buffalo, State University of New York (3, 3)
University of Alberta (3, 3)
University of Calgary (2.5, 3.5)
*University of New Mexico
University of Sydney (2.5, 2)
York University, Toronto (3, 3)
Evaluators:  Christopher Hookway, Henry Jackman, Cheryl Misak, Paul Redding, Robert Stern, Robert Talisse.
 

OTHER AREAS

CHINESE PHILOSOPHY
Group 1 (1) (rounded mean of 4.5) (median, mode)
University of Utah (4.5, 4.75)
Group 2 (2-5) (rounded mean of 4.0) (median, mode)
Duke University (4, 4)
University of California, Riverside (3.75, 3.75)
University of Connecticut, Storrs (4, 4)
*University of Hawaii, Manoa
Group 3 (6-7)  (rounded mean of 3.5) (median, mode)
*National University of Singapore
University at Buffalo, State University of New York (3.25, 3.25)
Group 4 (8-10)  (rounded mean of 3.0) (median, mode)
University of Oklahoma, Norman (3, 3)
*University of Oregon
University of Toronto (3, 3)
Evaluators:  P.J. Ivanhoe, Bryan van Norden, David Wong.
 
FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY
Group 1 (1) (rounded mean of 5.0) (median, mode)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (5, 5)
Group 2 (2-4) (rounded mean of 4.5) (median, mode)
Birkbeck College, University of London (4.75, 5)
Stanford University (4.5, 4.5)
University of Massachusetts, Amherst (4.25, 4.5)
Group 3 (5-14)  (rounded mean of 4.0) (median, mode)
Arizona State University (3.75, 3)
Indiana University, Bloomington (4, 4)
Monash University (4, 4)
University of Chicago (4, 4)
University of Colorado, Boulder (4, 4)
University of Melbourne (3.5, 3.25)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (4, 4)
University of Sheffield (4.75, 5)
University of Washington, Seattle (4.25, 4.5)
Washington University, St. Louis (4, 4)
Group 4 (15-20)  (rounded mean of 3.5) (median, mode)
City University of New York Graduate Center (3.5, 3)
Northwestern University (3, 3)
University of Connecticut, Storrs (3.75, 4)
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul (3.25, 3)
University of South Florida (3.25, 3.5)
University of Wisconsin, Madison (4, 4)
Group 5 (21-38)  (rounded mean of 3.0) (median, mode)
Georgetown University (2.75, 2.5)
McGill University (3.25, 3.5)
Oxford University (3, 2)
Queen’s University, Ontario (3.5, 3.5)
University at Buffalo, State University of New York (2.5, 2.25)
#University at Stony Brook, State University of New York
University of Alberta (3.25, 2.5)
University of Arizona (3, 3)
University of Auckland (3, 3)
University of California, Los Angeles (3.5, 3.5)
University of California, Riverside (2.75, 2.75)
University of Illinois, Chicago (2, 2)
University of Kansas (3, 3.5)
University of Notre Dame (3, 3)
University of Sydney (3.5, 3.5)
University of Toronto (3.25, 2)
University of Utah (2.75, 2)
University of Western Ontario (4, 4)
Evaluators:  Sally Haslanger, Martha Nussbaum, Eileen O’Neill, Jennifer Saul, Lisa Shapiro, Georgia Warnke, Alison Wylie.
 
 

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