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Graduate School Rankings !

Graduate School Rankings becomes important for lots of graduate students. Typically a university with a good rank means lots of research grants which relates to the probability of getting financial aid along with working in cutting edge environment. This of course raises the bar for meeting the eligibility requirements of the graduate school.

US univ Rankings!

However its not necessarily true that you cannot find the same in lower ranked graduate schools. Some graduate schools have specialized programs in which they excel. You should look out for a environment that best suites your interests.

Take this ranking with a grain of salt. Ranking is based on people’s opinions. Even very low ranked schools have some truly great professors and some very famous professors. Also remember that a famous professor does not imply a great advisor.

The links provided below reveals Graduate School Rankings based upon certain factors. This list is complied by a bunch of PhD's who have put together their experiences.

Check out the phd.org rankings!

The NRC( National Research Council) also complies the Graduate School Rankings based upon various factors. Although these rankings are complied once in a decade,it is advisable advisable to look through them. Since they will provide you with a generic understanding of the quality of these graduate schools.

Click here for the NRC rankings!

Usnews.com also carries Graduate School Rankings for 2004 and can be requested on a paid up service.
This following file was complied and distributed by them in 2001 showing the best top 10 schools in all major engineering disiplines along with some rankings.

USnews top 50 grad schools!

Also listed below are the top 20 school rankings for all major branches such as Computers,Electrical.Mechanical.

Top 20 schools in all majors!

In our database in Desigrad.com !


  • We have shown both the NRC rankings and USA news rankings for all our schools
  • We also have ranked the graduate schools based on their funding strengths
  • We have collected every indiviual graduate schools research expenditures from 2000
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