Research Guides: Research Impacts Using Citation Metrics: Institutional Impact

Academic Rankings - Departments

These sources examine and compare academic programs in various disciplines.

A Data-Based Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States
A data driven analysis prepared by the National Research Council (US) Committee on an Assessment of Reserch Doctorate Programs (CWCU). Done approximately every decade the last edition was completed in 2006 and released in 2010/11 by the National Academies Press.
PhDs.org
Customized rankings of graduate programs based on National Research Council data. This site was began at Dartmouth University, but is now edited privately with reader input.
America's Best Graduate Schools (U.S. News & World Report)
This abbreviated online version of Best Graduate Schools covers graduate programs in business, education, engineering, law, medicine, and other disciplines. U.S. News & World Report is a private company that ranks institutions of higher learning.