National Research Council Study of PhD Programs in Computer Science
Please Note: These ranking date back to 1993 and are provided as an academic reference only.
We will make available any updated rankings as soon as we have more information.
All the links below point to our archive site: http://archive.cra.org
All information on these pages was derived from a National Research Council study titled Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States: Continuity and Change.
The NAS/NRC had released statistical in spreadsheet format, which all CS program data on this server was derived from. The spreadsheet was titled Table L-3.
Rank 108 CS programs by any of 20 characteristics
Background Information
- The National Survey of Graduate Faculty: A brief overview of the NRC ratings survey (Appendix F, pp. 115-116).
- Excerpts from Chapter 2: Study Design: Brief excerpts documenting survey methodologies (Chapter 2: Study Design, pp. 17-19, 28).
- Field Descriptions: Descriptions of fields listed in the CS program database along with source information (Appendix L, pp. 311-313).
- Adjusted Response Rate for Computer Science: Data on respondents and nonrespondents in CS (Appendix Table F-1, pp. 133-134).
- Survey Response by Faculty Rank: CS response rates broken down by full, associate and assistant professors and staff (Appendix Table F-2, pp. 135-136).
- Data Sources Utilized in Profiles of Participating Programs: A brief overview of data sources used to create profiles of each program at each institution (Appendix G, pp. 143-146).
- Clarification on 'Median Years to PhD' Field: CRA Board Member Ed Lazowska documents pitfalls in NRC database.
You may also be interested in the version of the NRC results that is posted on PhDs.org.
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