Tag: rankings
2013 Geography Graduate Program Rankings
About a year ago I posted a ranking of top geography programs based on the NRC survey of U.S. doctoral programs. There were some complaints about the rankings, which I suppose is inevitable. Some expressed concern simply because their program of choice wasn’t included. But, a more legitimate thread of concern came from those who [...]
Top Geography Departments – Preliminary Survey Results
I’ve now received a grand total of 11 completed surveys. I still need a lot more to achieve some sort of reasonable sample size so please take the survey. In the meantime, here are some preliminary results. The top 5 Geography Departments as submitted by survey participants are (drum roll please): UC Santa Barbara Penn [...]
Survey: What are the Top Geography Departments in the US?
Recently I compiled a ranking of the Top 20 Geography Departments in the US using the National Research Council’s assessment of doctoral programs. There were some big changes from the last rankings and I received several comments questioning some of the results. I thought it would be fun to conduct a survey and see how [...]
Big Changes in Geography Department Rankings
Yesterday I posted my Top 20 Geography Department Rankings. There were some big changes since the last time that the NRC produced rankings and I thought it would be interesting to look at how some departments have moved up and down. So, I compared the 1995 rankings with the 2010 rankings and prepared the list [...]
Top 20 Graduate Geography Programs in the U.S.
2013 Rankings are now available! I love lists and, especially, ranked lists. Even though I never seriously considered going to medical school or engineering school I was always very interested to find out which programs were ranked at the top. I routinely read the US News & World Report annual rankings of top colleges and [...]
