Rankings for the Top 20 Statistics Departments in the U.S.
The following table lists the top 20 ranked programs in Statistics in the United States. The table was compiled with information from Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States, authored by the National Research Council (1995). Abbreviations for the rankings are defined at the bottom of the table.
| Institution | 93Q1 | 93E1 | % D1 | % D-S1 | 93Q T1 | 93E T1 | VIS1 | TC2 | C/F2 | 82Q3 | 82E3 |
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| Stanford University | 1.5* | 1 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 1 |
| University of California-Berkeleya | 1.5* | 2 | 1.5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 24 | 1 | 2 |
| University of California-Berkeleyb | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 10 | - | - |
| Cornell University | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4.5 | 3 | 3 | 7.5 | 16 | 29 | 6 | 7 |
| University of Chicago | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4.5 | 5 | 4 | 44 | 41 | 3 | 4 |
| University of Washingtonb | 6 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 |
| Harvard University | 7 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 7.5 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 18 |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison | 8 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 8.5 | 7 | 7.5 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 3 |
| University of Washingtona | 9 | 9 | 9 | 12.5 | 8.5 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 8 | - | - |
| Purdue University | 10 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 35 | 44 | 9 | 12 |
| U of North Carolina-Chapel Hilla | 11 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 25 | 25 | 5 | 10 |
| Univ of California-Los Angeles | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 13 |
| University of Minnesotaa | 13 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 27 | 35 | 14 | 11 |
| Iowa State University | 14 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 30 | 49 | 8 | 5 |
| Texas A&M University | 15 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 24 | 7.5 | 24 | 36 | 24 | 21 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | 16 | 10 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 17 | 26 | 23 | 17 | 15 |
| Rutgers State Univ-New Brunswick | 17 | 28 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 25 | 24 | 50 | 55 | 19 | 25 |
| U of North Carolina-Chapel Hillb | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 16 | 13 | 7 |
| Pennsylvania State University | 19 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 47 | 51 | 31 | 29 |
| Yale University | 20 | 21 | 18 | 21 | 16 | 17 | 25 | 53 | 31 | 15 | 16 |
Sources:
- National Survey of Graduate Faculty
- Institute of Scientific Information
- 1982 Survey of Graduate Faculty
- Institutional Coordinator Data
- 93Q
- Rank order of "scholarly quality of program faculty" trimmed means for 1993 NRC study. Average score on a scale of 0 to 5 with 5 representing "distinguished".
- 93E
- Rank order of "program effectiveness in educating research scholars and scientists" trimmed means for 1993 NRC study. Average score on a scale of 0 to 5 with 5 representing "extremely effective".
- %D
- Rank order of "distinguished" ratings, based on percentage of useable questionnaires where the program was rated distinguished.
- %D-S
- Rank order of "distinguished" or "strong" ratings, based on percentage of useable questionnaires where the program was rated distinguished or strong.
- 93QT
- Rank order of "scholarly quality of program" faculty trimmed means by faculty from institutions with top-rated programs in their corresponding fields.
- 93ET
- Rank order of "program effectiveness in educating research scholars and scientist" faculty trimmed means by faculty from institutions with top-rated programs in their corresponding fields.
- VIS
- Rank order of visibility of the doctoral program, based on percentage of the questionnaires which reported some knowledge of the program by an answer other than "Don't know well enough to evaluate" or "Little or no familiarity" to one or more of the five questions.
- FA
- Rank order of the total number of awards and honors attributed to program faculty.
- TC
- Rank order of total number of citations attributed to faculty.
- C/F
- Rank order of the citation density for the program faculty, based on the total number of citations divided by the number of program faculty.
- 82Q
- Rank order of Faculty Quality Score for 1982 Study, based on the average score on a scale of 0 to 5 with 5 representing "distinguished". Source: 1982, An Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States.
- 82E
- Rank order of Program Effectiveness measure for 1982 Study, based on average score of 0 to 5 with 5 representing "extremely effective". Source: 1982, An Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States.