INDICATOR 7

Rankings of graduate and professional programs
by the National Research Council, professional and disciplinary associations, and others

Target 7a: Increase to 8 the number of graduate/professional programs in the top quartile of National Research Council rankings by the next ranking.

The University had five programs ranked in the top (first) quartile in the National Research Council’s last report (1995). Those programs were physiology (91st percentile), pharmacology (85th percentile), psychology (81st percentile), biochemistry and molecular biology (76th percentile), and political science (75th percentile). Rankings are updated every 10 years; thus, there is no ranking for 2001-02.

Target 7b: Increase to 30 the number of disciplinary rankings in the top 10.

	Target 7b Disciplinary rankings in top 10

During 2001-02, the University had 23 disciplines in
the top 10, the same as for the previous two years. Data include U.S. News & World Report and the National Communication Association rankings.