Philosophical Gourmet Report 2006-2008
Brian Leiter's Ranking of Graduate Programs in Philosophy in the English-Speaking World
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Group 1 (1-6) (mean of 4.5) (median, mode)

Massachussetts Institute of Technology (4.5, 5)
New York University (4.5, 5)
Oxford University (4.5, 5)
Rutgers University, New Brunswick (5, 5)
University of California, Los Angeles (4.5, 5)
University of Southern California (4.5, 5)

Group 2 (7-9) (mean of 4.0) (median, mode)

Stanford University (4, 4.5)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (4, 4)
University of Texas, Austin (4, 4)

Group 3 (10-23) (mean of 3.5) (median, mode)

Birkbeck College, University of London (3.5, 3.5)
City University of New York Graduate Center (3.5, 3)
Columbia University (3.5, 3 & 4)
King's College, London (3.5, 3.5)
Princeton University (4, 4)
University of California, Berkeley (3.5, 4)
University of California, Davis (3.5, 4)
University of California, Santa Barbara (3.5, 4)
University of Maryland, College Park (3.5, 3.5)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (3.5, 3.5)
University of Pittsburgh (4, 4)
University of Sheffield (3.5, 3 & 4)
University of St. Andrews (4, 4) (same score for Joint Program with Stirling )
Yale University (3.5, 4)

Group 4 (24-36) (mean of 3.0) (median, mode)

Australian National University (3.5, 4)
Brown University (3.5, 4)
Cambridge University (3, 3.5)
Cornell University (3, 3)
Ohio State University (3, 3.5)
University College London (3, 3)
University of Arizona (3, 4)
University of California, Riverside (3.25, 3.5)
University of Colorado, Boulder (3, 3 & 3.5)
University of Florida, Gainesville (3, 3)
University of Rochester (3, 3)
University of Toronto (3, 3)
University of Western Ontario (3, 3)

Evaluators: Torin Alter, Jose Bermudez, David Braun, Jonathan Cohen, Joshua Dever, Michael Devitt, Graeme Forbes, Manuel Garcia-Carpintero, Christopher Gauker, Anthony Gillies, Michael Glanzberg, Mark Greenberg, Patrick Greenough, Anil Gupta, Jane Heal, James Higginbotham, Richard Holton, Christopher Hookway, Henry Jackman, Frank Jackson, Robin Jeshion, Jeffrey King, Kathrin Koslicki, Frederick Kroon, Peter Lamarque, Ernest LePore, Bernard Linsky, Barry Loewer, Peter Ludlow, Robert May, Alex Miller, Alex Oliver, Peter Pagin, Jeff Pelletier, Mark Richard, Denis Robinson, Ian Rumfitt, Mark Sainsbury, Nathan Salmon, Ted Sider, Susanna Siegel, Scott Soames, David Sosa, Robert Stainton, Jason Stanley, Zoltan Szabo, Brian Weatherson, Timothy Williamson, George Wilson, Crispin Wright, Stephen Yablo.

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).


 

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