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

Note:

* inserted by Board
# based on 2004 results, in some cases with modest adjustments by the Advisory Board to reflect changes in staff in the interim

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.


 

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