A comparison of quality ratings for top

psychology graduate programs

 

US News

Gourman

NRC

Composite

Score

Composite

Rank

Stanford U. (CA)

4.70

4.72

72

1.94

1

Yale U. (CT)

4.60

4.70

70

1.59

2

U. Michigan--Ann Arbor

4.60

4.68

70

1.55

3

Harvard U. (MA)

4.60

4.65

69

1.39

4

U. California--Los Angeles

4.60

4.58

70

1.36

5

U. Illinois--Urbana-Champaign

4.50

4.60

70

1.30

6

U. California--Berkeley

4.70

4.63

67

1.24

7

U. Minnesota--Twin Cities

4.40

4.66

68

1.11

8

U. Pennsylvania

4.30

4.69

67

.96

9

Princeton U. (NJ)

4.40

4.45

66

.49

10

U. California--San Diego

4.10

4.53

67

.45

11

Carnegie Mellon U. (PA)

4.10

4.52

67

.43

12

U. Wisconsin--Madison

4.40

4.43

65

.35

13

U. Washington

4.20

4.39

66

.17

14

Columbia U. (NY)

4.10

4.47

64

.02

15

U. Texas--Austin

4.20

4.40

64

-.02

16

U. Chicago

4.00

4.55

63

-.03

17

Cornell U. (NY)

4.10

4.38

65

-.05

18

Indiana U. --Bloomington

4.00

4.48

63

-.16

19

U. North Carolina--Chapel Hill

4.20

4.33

63

-.26

20

U. Virginia

4.00

4.41

63

-.30

21

Northwestern U. (IL)

4.10

4.30

63

-.41

22

Ohio State U. --Columbus

4.10

4.28

63

-.45

23

U. Oregon

3.80

4.42

63

-.48

24

U. Colorado, Boulder

3.90

4.36

63

-.50

25

Brown University

3.90

4.35

60

-.83

26

Johns Hopkins U. (MD)

4.00

4.29

60

-.84

27

Duke U. (NC)

4.00

4.26

60

-.90

28

U. California--Irvine

3.90

4.12

62

-1.07

29

Pennsylvania State U.

3.90

4.17

61

-1.07

30

Purdue U.

3.60

4.27

61

-1.18

31

U. Rochester

3.50

4.25

61

-1.32

32

U. Southern California

3.70

4.13

61

-1.35

33

Rutgers State U., New Brunswick

3.40

4.19

61

-1.53

34

U. Massachusetts, Amherst

3.50

4.11

61

-1.59

35

 

    * US News and World Report (2009) provides an overall rating of 161 psychology Ph.D. programs on a 5-point scale.

    * The National Research Council (1995) of the National Academy of Sciences provides an overall rating of 185 psychology Ph.D. programs.

    * Gourman (1997) provides an overall rating of 40 top psychology Ph.D. programs on a 5-point scale.

    * Schools were included on the list if they were listed among the top 30 by any one source.

    * The ratings of these 35 schools by these three sources are very positively correlated.

          o USN - NCR, r = .86

          o USN - Gourman, r = .82

          o NCR - Gourman, r = .87

    * A factor analysis based on all three sources was used to derive the composite scores.