A Data-Based Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States. National Research Council

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1 A Data-Based Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States National Research Council Initial Analysis for University of California, Davis Brief Report September, 0

2 Table of Contents About the NRC Study... 1 UC Davis Coordination... 1 Rankings for UC Davis Overall... S-Rankings... R-Rankings... Dimensional Measures... Research Activity... Student Support & Outcomes... Diversity... 6 Rankings by Lead Dean... 7 S-Rankings by Lead Dean... 7 R-Rankings by Lead Dean... Dimensional Measures... 9 Research Activity by Lead Dean... 9 Student Support & Outcomes by Lead Dean... Diversity by Lead Dean... Distribution of Range of Rankings by Percentile within the NRC Field... 1 Key to Distribution of Range of Rankings Tables... 1 S-Rankings... 1 R-Rankings... 1 Dimensional Measures... Research Activity Rankings... Student Support & Outcomes... Diversity Rankings... 1 Page ii

3 About the NRC Study The National Research Council (NRC) has reported the results of its latest project to assess U.S. research doctorate programs. This is the most comprehensive survey of research doctorate programs in the United States. The NRC has reported data for 000 programs at 1 different institutions across 6 fields of study. Each participating university provided data at an institutional level, at the program level and at the faculty level. Additionally, students in five selected fields were invited to complete questionnaires regarding their programs. The assessment offers data for each program on 0 characteristic variables: -- Publications per allocated faculty member -- Citations per publication -- Percent faculty with grants -- Percent faculty Interdisciplinary -- Percent non-asian minority faculty -- Percent female faculty -- Awards per allocated faculty -- Average GRE- -- Percent -yr. students with full support -- Percent -yr. students with eternal funding -- Percent non-asian minority students -- Percent female students -- Percent international students -- Average PhDs 00 to Percent completing within 6 years -- Time to degree -- Percent students in academic positions -- Student work space -- Health insurance -- Number of student activities offered The assessment also illustrates how the data can be used to rank the quality of programs based on the importance of particular characteristics to various users. It does not include an authoritative declaration of the 'best programs' in given fields, as the study committee concluded that no single such ranking can be produced in an unambiguous and rigorous way. Rather, to illustrate how the data can be used to assess and compare the quality of programs, the report offers five sets of rankings of programs in each field. These illustrative rankings should not be interpreted as definitive conclusions about the relative quality of doctoral programs, nor are they endorsed as such by the National Research Council. Rather, they demonstrate how the data can be used to rank programs based on the importance of particular characteristics to various users -- in this case, to faculty at participating institutions. The approach used to generate the illustrative rankings incorporates both data on program characteristics and faculty values. For each program, the study analyzed data on 0 characteristics, "weighing" the data according to the characteristics valued most by faculty in that field. The rankings are given in broad ranges rather than as single numbers, to reflect some of the uncertainties inherent in any effort to rank programs by quality. The full set of illustrative rankings includes overall rankings based on weights of characteristic variables determined from a direct survey that asked faculty to rate the importance of the 0 different program characteristics in determining the quality of a program (S weights). In addition, a second set of rankings is based on an indirect way of determining the importance faculty attach to various characteristics. First, groups of randomly selected faculty were asked to rate the quality of a sample of representative programs in their field. Based on the sample program ratings, weights were assigned to each of the 0 characteristics using statistical techniques (R weights). Additional rankings are based on research activity, student support and outcomes and diversity of the academic environment. UC Davis Coordination Jeffery Gibeling, Dean of Graduate Studies, was designated to serve as the UC Davis Institutional Coordinator (IC) for this project. In that capacity, he is the campus liaison to the NRC. Helen Frasier, Director of Analysis and Policy, Office of Graduate Studies, is the principal technical coordinator and contact person for the NRC Assessment Survey on the Davis campus. In July 006, each eligible program was asked to name a Program Responder (faculty or staff) who will serve as the principal contact person for that program. Page 1

4 Rankings for UC Davis Overall S-Rankings Spanish (n=60) Entomology () Agricultural & Resource Economics () Nutritional Biology () Applied Mathematics () Performance Studies (7) Food Science (1) Population Biology (9) Ecology (9) Plant Biology (1) Civil & Environmental Engineering () Anthropology () Political Science () Materials Science and Engineering () Plant Pathology (1) Mathematics () Geography (9) Statistics (61) Music (6) Chemical Engineering (6) Comparative Literature (6) Computer Science (1) Microbiology (7) Ecology (w/ SDSU) (9) Immunology (7) Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Physiology (6) Pharmacology & Toicology (1) Psychology (6) French () Neuroscience (9) Comparative Pathology (7) Biomedical Engineering (7) Genetics (6) Biophysics () Economics (7) Epidemiology (91) Chemistry () Physics (1) Agricultural & Environmental Chemistry () Transportation Technology & Policy () Biochemistry & Molecular Biology () History () Cell & Developmental Biology (1) English (1) Geology () Sociology () Animal Behavior (9) Philosophy (90) Electrical & Computer Engineering (16) Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering () Soils & Biogeochemistry () Applied Science Engineering (0) Page

5 R-Rankings Ecology (n=9) Plant Biology (1) Nutritional Biology () Agricultural & Resource Economics () Entomology () Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Physiology (6) Population Biology (9) Food Science (1) Applied Mathematics () Performance Studies (7) Music (6) Animal Behavior (9) Comparative Literature (6) Civil & Environmental Engineering () Plant Pathology (1) Spanish (60) Epidemiology (91) Materials Science and Engineering () Microbiology (7) Geography (9) Anthropology () Statistics (61) Mathematics () Comparative Pathology (7) Chemistry () Philosophy (90) Political Science () Genetics (6) Biomedical Engineering (7) Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering () Pharmacology & Toicology (1) French () Chemical Engineering (6) Psychology (6) Immunology (7) Ecology (w/ SDSU) (9) Neuroscience (9) History () Sociology () Economics (7) Computer Science (1) Physics (1) Biochemistry & Molecular Biology () Agricultural & Environmental Chemistry () Applied Science Engineering (0) English (1) Biophysics () Geology () Electrical & Computer Engineering (16) Cell & Developmental Biology (1) Transportation Technology & Policy () Soils & Biogeochemistry () Page

6 Dimensional Measures Research Activity Agricultural & Resource Economics (n=) Spanish (60) Entomology () Food Science (1) Population Biology (9) Applied Mathematics () Nutritional Biology () Materials Science and Engineering () Mathematics () Plant Pathology (1) Political Science () Plant Biology (1) Ecology (9) Geography (9) Civil & Environmental Engineering () Music (6) Anthropology () Microbiology (7) Chemical Engineering (6) Performance Studies (7) Computer Science (1) Pharmacology & Toicology (1) Biophysics () Ecology (w/ SDSU) (9) Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Physiology (6) Genetics (6) Epidemiology (91) Psychology (6) Chemistry () Biomedical Engineering (7) Agricultural & Environmental Chemistry () Statistics (61) Immunology (7) Neuroscience (9) Transportation Technology & Policy () Biochemistry & Molecular Biology () Economics (7) Physics (1) Comparative Pathology (7) Comparative Literature (6) French () Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering () Geology () Electrical & Computer Engineering (16) Cell & Developmental Biology (1) Soils & Biogeochemistry () History () Sociology () Animal Behavior (9) Philosophy (90) Applied Science Engineering (0) English (1) Page

7 Student Support & Outcomes Comparative Literature (n=6) Ecology (w/ SDSU) (9) Biophysics () Entomology () Agricultural & Resource Economics (Agricultural Economics) () Food Science (1) Political Science () Materials Science and Engineering () Statistics (61) Biomedical Engineering (7) Nutritional Biology (Nutrition) () Neuroscience (9) Ecology (9) Transportation Technology & Policy () Population Biology (9) Applied Mathematics () Performance Studies (7) Geography (9) Spanish (60) Agricultural & Environmental Chemistry () French () Anthropology () Immunology (7) Comparative Pathology (7) Epidemiology (91) Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Physiology (6) Chemical Engineering (6) Physics (1) Music (6) Computer Science (1) Genetics (6) Philosophy (90) Mathematics () History () Geology () English (1) Sociology () Pharmacology & Toicology (1) Microbiology (7) Plant Pathology (1) Civil & Environmental Engineering (Civil Engineering) () Economics (7) Animal Behavior (9) Soils & Biogeochemistry (Soil Science) () Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering () Electrical & Computer Engineering (16) Cell & Developmental Biology (1) Applied Science Engineering (0) Chemistry () Plant Biology (1) Psychology (6) Biochemistry & Molecular Biology () Page

8 Diversity Statistics (n=61) Animal Behavior (9) Immunology (7) Entomology () Geography (9) Performance Studies (7) Chemical Engineering (6) Spanish (60) Materials Science and Engineering () Comparative Literature (6) Music (6) Food Science (1) History () Nutritional Biology (Nutrition) () Geology () Genetics (6) Neuroscience (9) Applied Mathematics () Microbiology (7) Ecology (9) Agricultural & Resource Economics (Agricultural Economics) () Comparative Pathology (7) Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Physiology (6) Ecology (w/ SDSU) (9) Cell & Developmental Biology (1) French () Biomedical Engineering (7) Agricultural & Environmental Chemistry () English (1) Biochemistry & Molecular Biology () Computer Science (1) Plant Biology (1) Economics (7) Plant Pathology (1) Epidemiology (91) Soils & Biogeochemistry (Soil Science) () Pharmacology & Toicology (1) Chemistry () Population Biology (9) Anthropology () Transportation Technology & Policy () Civil & Environmental Engineering (Civil Engineering) () Sociology () Applied Science Engineering (0) Philosophy (90) Political Science () Mathematics () Electrical & Computer Engineering (16) Biophysics () Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering () Physics (1) Psychology (6) Page 6

9 Rankings by Lead Dean S-Rankings by Lead Dean SOM & SOVM L&S: SS L&S: MPS L&S: HARCS Engineering CA&ES Biological Sciences Animal Behavior (n=9) Genetics (6) Neuroscience (9) Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Physiology (6) Cell & Developmental Biology (1) Biochemistry & Molecular Biology () Plant Biology (1) Population Biology (9) Biophysics () Entomology () Geography (9) Food Science (1) Nutritional Biology () Ecology (9) Agricultural & Resource Economics () Ecology (w/ SDSU) (9) Agricultural & Environmental Chemistry () Plant Pathology (1) Soils & Biogeochemistry () Pharmacology & Toicology (1) Chemical Engineering (6) Materials Science and Engineering () Biomedical Engineering (7) Computer Science (1) Transportation Technology & Policy () Civil & Environmental Engineering () Applied Science Engineering (0) Electrical & Computer Engineering (16) Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering () Performance Studies (7) Spanish (60) Comparative Literature (6) Music (6) French () English (1) Statistics (61) Geology () Applied Mathematics () Chemistry () Mathematics () Physics (1) History () Economics (7) Anthropology () Sociology () Philosophy (90) Political Science () Psychology (6) Microbiology (7) Immunology (7) Comparative Pathology (7) Epidemiology (91) Page 7

10 R-Rankings by Lead Dean SOM & SOVM L&S: SS L&S: MPS L&S: HARCS Engineering CA&ES Biological Sciences Plant Biology (n=1) Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Physiology (6) Population Biology (9) Animal Behavior (9) Genetics (6) Neuroscience (9) Biochemistry & Molecular Biology () Biophysics () Cell & Developmental Biology (1) Ecology (9) Nutritional Biology () Agricultural & Resource Economics () Entomology () Food Science (1) Plant Pathology (1) Geography (9) Pharmacology & Toicology (1) Ecology (w/ SDSU) (9) Agricultural & Environmental Chemistry () Soils & Biogeochemistry () Civil & Environmental Engineering () Materials Science and Engineering () Biomedical Engineering (7) Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering () Chemical Engineering (6) Computer Science (1) Applied Science Engineering (0) Electrical & Computer Engineering (16) Transportation Technology & Policy () Performance Studies (7) Music (6) Comparative Literature (6) Spanish (60) French () English (1) Applied Mathematics () Statistics (61) Mathematics () Chemistry () Physics (1) Geology () Anthropology () Philosophy (90) Political Science () Psychology (6) History () Sociology () Economics (7) Microbiology (7) Epidemiology (91) Comparative Pathology (7) Immunology (7) Page

11 Dimensional Measures Research Activity by Lead Dean SOM & SOVM L&S: SS L&S: MPS L&S: HARCS Engineering CA&ES Biological Sciences Population Biology (n=9) Plant Biology (1) Biophysics () Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Physiology (6) Genetics (6) Neuroscience (9) Biochemistry & Molecular Biology () Cell & Developmental Biology (1) Animal Behavior (9) Agricultural & Resource Economics () Entomology () Food Science (1) Nutritional Biology () Plant Pathology (1) Ecology (9) Geography (9) Pharmacology & Toicology (1) Ecology (w/ SDSU) (9) Agricultural & Environmental Chemistry () Soils & Biogeochemistry () Materials Science and Engineering () Civil & Environmental Engineering () Chemical Engineering (6) Computer Science (1) Biomedical Engineering (7) Transportation Technology & Policy () Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering () Electrical & Computer Engineering (16) Applied Science Engineering (0) Spanish (60) Music (6) Performance Studies (7) Comparative Literature (6) French () English (1) Applied Mathematics () Mathematics () Chemistry () Statistics (61) Physics (1) Geology () Political Science () Anthropology () Psychology (6) Economics (7) History () Sociology () Philosophy (90) Microbiology (7) Epidemiology (91) Immunology (7) Comparative Pathology (7) Page 9

12 Student Support & Outcomes by Lead Dean SOM & SOVM L&S: SS L&S: MPS L&S: HARCS Engineering CA&ES Biological Sciences Biophysics (n=) Neuroscience (9) Population Biology (9) Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Physiology (6) Genetics (6) Animal Behavior (9) Cell & Developmental Biology (1) Plant Biology (1) Biochemistry & Molecular Biology () Ecology (w/ SDSU) (9) Entomology () Agricultural & Resource Economics () Food Science (1) Nutritional Biology () Ecology (9) Geography (9) Agricultural & Environmental Chemistry () Pharmacology & Toicology (1) Plant Pathology (1) Soils & Biogeochemistry () Materials Science and Engineering () Biomedical Engineering (7) Transportation Technology & Policy () Chemical Engineering (6) Computer Science (1) Civil & Environmental Engineering () Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering () Electrical & Computer Engineering (16) Applied Science Engineering (0) Comparative Literature (6) Performance Studies (7) Spanish (60) French () Music (6) English (1) Statistics (61) Applied Mathematics () Physics (1) Mathematics () Geology () Chemistry () Political Science () Anthropology () Philosophy (90) History () Sociology () Economics (7) Psychology (6) Microbiology (7) Immunology (7) Comparative Pathology (7) Epidemiology (91) Page

13 Diversity by Lead Dean SOM & SOVM L&S: SS L&S: MPS L&S: HARCS Engineering CA&ES Biological Sciences Animal Behavior (n=9) Genetics (6) Neuroscience (9) Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Physiology (6) Cell & Developmental Biology (1) Biochemistry & Molecular Biology () Plant Biology (1) Population Biology (9) Biophysics () Entomology () Geography (9) Food Science (1) Nutritional Biology () Ecology (9) Agricultural & Resource Economics () Ecology (w/ SDSU) (9) Agricultural & Environmental Chemistry () Plant Pathology (1) Soils & Biogeochemistry () Pharmacology & Toicology (1) Chemical Engineering (6) Materials Science and Engineering () Biomedical Engineering (7) Computer Science (1) Transportation Technology & Policy () Civil & Environmental Engineering () Applied Science Engineering (0) Electrical & Computer Engineering (16) Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering () Performance Studies (7) Spanish (60) Comparative Literature (6) Music (6) French () English (1) Statistics (61) Geology () Applied Mathematics () Chemistry () Mathematics () Physics (1) History () Economics (7) Anthropology () Sociology () Philosophy (90) Political Science () Psychology (6) Microbiology (7) Immunology (7) Comparative Pathology (7) Epidemiology (91) Page

14 Distribution of Range of Rankings by Percentile within the NRC Field Key to Distribution of Range of Rankings Tables KEY: NRC Broad Field Eample NRC Broad Field NRC s th Percentile Ranking Percentile Distribution of Rankings in Field NRC s 9th Percentile Ranking Percentile Distribution of Rankings in Field NRC Field UCD Program [program range of rankings] % % th % % th NRC Field - VALUES = Cut-off of percentile rankings YELLOW = Range of rankings in top % of field overall BLUE = Range of rankings in top % of field overall PINK = Range of rankings in top % of field overall GREEN, program name not highlighted - Range of rankings as high as uartile overall PURPLE, program name not highlighted - Range of rankings as high as uartile overall GREY, program name not highlighted - Range of rankings as high as th uartile overall MIXED SCORES: The range of rankings for a program does not always fall within the same set of percentiles within the distribution. In such instances, the program's range can only be reported in terms of the highest range in which both rankings fall. For eample: Mied % and % scores = range in top % of field overall Mied and 1 scores = range in uartile of field overall Page 1

15 S-Rankings NRC Broad Field Agricultural Sciences Biological and Health Sciences Engineering S Ranking - th Percentile S Ranking - 9th Percentile NRC Field UCD Program [program range of rankings] % % th % % th Entomology UCD: Entomology [1-7] Food Science UCD: Food Science [-] Nutrition UCD: Nutritional Biology (Nutrition) [-] Plant Sciences UCD: Plant Biology [-9] UCD: Plant Pathology [7-] Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology UCD: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology [-6] UCD: Biophysics [-0] UCD: Soils & Biogeochemistry (Soil Science) [71-1] Cell and Developmental Biology UCD: Cell & Developmental Biology [-0] Ecology and Evolutionary Biology UCD: Animal Behavior [1-7] UCD: Ecology [-] UCD: Ecology (w/ SDSU) [-6] UCD: Population Biology [-] Genetics and Genomics UCD: Genetics [-6] Immunology and Infectious Disease UCD: Comparative Pathology [-6] UCD: Immunology [-6] Microbiology UCD: Microbiology [-] Neuroscience and Neurobiology UCD: Neuroscience [-69] Pharmacology, Toicology and Environmental Health UCD: Pharmacology & Toicology [-77] Physiology UCD: Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Physiology [-] Public Health UCD: Epidemiology [9-70] Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering UCD: Biomedical Engineering [-] Chemical Engineering UCD: Chemical Engineering [1-1] Civil and Environmental Engineering UCD: Civil & Environmental Engineering (Civil Engineering) [6-7] UCD: Transportation Technology & Policy [-9] Electrical and Computer Engineering UCD: Electrical & Computer Engineering [-99] Materials Science and Engineering UCD: Materials Science and Engineering [7-1] Mechanical Engineering UCD: Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering [-9] Page 1

16 NRC Broad Field Humanities Physical and Mathematical Sciences Social and Behavioral Sciences S Ranking - th Percentile S Ranking - 9th Percentile NRC Field UCD Program [program range of rankings] % % th % % th Comparative Literature UCD: Comparative Literature [1-] English Language and Literature UCD: English [-7] French and Francophone Language and Literature UCD: French [-] History UCD: History [0-6] Music (ecept performance) UCD: Music [1-] Philosophy UCD: Philosophy [-76] Spanish and Portuguese Language and Literature UCD: Spanish [1-6] Theatre and Performance Studies UCD: Performance Studies [-] Applied Mathematics UCD: Applied Mathematics [-1] Chemistry UCD: Agricultural & Environmental Chemistry [1-90] UCD: Chemistry [0-] Computer Sciences UCD: Computer Science [1-1] Earth Sciences UCD: Geology [6-9] Mathematics UCD: Mathematics [9-] Physics UCD: Applied Science Engineering [7-16] UCD: Physics [1-] Statistics and Probability UCD: Statistics [1-] Agricultural and Resource Economics UCD: Agricultural & Resource Economics (Agricultural Economics) [-] Anthropology UCD: Anthropology [7-1] Economics UCD: Economics [9-] Geography UCD: Geography [-0] Political Science UCD: Political Science [7-] Psychology UCD: Psychology [1-7] Sociology UCD: Sociology [-77] UC Davis program counts: Page 1

17 R-Rankings NRC Broad Field Agricultural Sciences Biological and Health Sciences Engineering R Ranking - th Percentile R Ranking - 9th Percentile NRC Field UCD Program [program range of rankings] % % th % % th Entomology UCD: Entomology [-] Food Science UCD: Food Science [-1] Nutrition UCD: Nutritional Biology (Nutrition) [1-] Plant Sciences UCD: Plant Biology [1-] UCD: Plant Pathology [-6] Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology UCD: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology [-7] UCD: Biophysics [-91] UCD: Soils & Biogeochemistry (Soil Science) [-] Cell and Developmental Biology UCD: Cell & Developmental Biology [6-] Ecology and Evolutionary Biology UCD: Animal Behavior [9-1] UCD: Ecology [1-] UCD: Ecology (w/ SDSU) [-71] UCD: Population Biology [-0] Genetics and Genomics UCD: Genetics [1-0] Immunology and Infectious Disease UCD: Comparative Pathology [-0] UCD: Immunology [-] Microbiology UCD: Microbiology [1-] Neuroscience and Neurobiology UCD: Neuroscience [-] Pharmacology, Toicology and Environmental Health UCD: Pharmacology & Toicology [-7] Physiology UCD: Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Physiology [-7] Public Health UCD: Epidemiology [1-] Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering UCD: Biomedical Engineering [-1] Chemical Engineering UCD: Chemical Engineering [-] Civil and Environmental Engineering UCD: Civil & Environmental Engineering (Civil Engineering) [-] UCD: Transportation Technology & Policy [7-1] Electrical and Computer Engineering UCD: Electrical & Computer Engineering [-9] Materials Science and Engineering UCD: Materials Science and Engineering [1-0] Mechanical Engineering UCD: Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering [-6] Page 1

18 NRC Broad Field Humanities Physical and Mathematical Sciences Social and Behavioral Sciences R Ranking - th Percentile R Ranking - 9th Percentile NRC Field UCD Program [program range of rankings] % % th % % th Comparative Literature UCD: Comparative Literature [-] English Language and Literature UCD: English [-79] French and Francophone Language and Literature UCD: French [-] History UCD: History [9-0] Music (ecept performance) UCD: Music [9-0] Philosophy UCD: Philosophy [-] Spanish and Portuguese Language and Literature UCD: Spanish [1-] Theatre and Performance Studies UCD: Performance Studies [6-1] Applied Mathematics UCD: Applied Mathematics [-] Chemistry UCD: Agricultural & Environmental Chemistry [-6] UCD: Chemistry [-9] Computer Sciences UCD: Computer Science [1-] Earth Sciences UCD: Geology [-] Mathematics UCD: Mathematics [-7] Physics UCD: Applied Science Engineering [6-79] UCD: Physics [-61] Statistics and Probability UCD: Statistics [1-] Agricultural and Resource Economics UCD: Agricultural & Resource Economics (Agricultural Economics) [-] Anthropology UCD: Anthropology [1-1] Economics UCD: Economics [0-6] Geography UCD: Geography [1-9] Political Science UCD: Political Science [0-] Psychology UCD: Psychology [-67] Sociology UCD: Sociology [9-60] UC Davis program counts: 6 9 Page

19 Dimensional Measures Research Activity Rankings NRC Broad Field Agricultural Sciences Biological and Health Sciences Engineering Research Activity Rankings - th Percentile Research Activity Rankings - 9th Percentile NRC Field UCD Program [program range of rankings] % % th % % th Entomology UCD: Entomology [-1] Food Science UCD: Food Science [-] Nutrition UCD: Nutritional Biology (Nutrition) [-1] Plant Sciences UCD: Plant Biology [6-] UCD: Plant Pathology [-] Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology UCD: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology [9-] UCD: Biophysics [-79] UCD: Soils & Biogeochemistry (Soil Science) [1-1] Cell and Developmental Biology UCD: Cell & Developmental Biology [6-6] Ecology and Evolutionary Biology UCD: Animal Behavior [9-91] UCD: Ecology [7-] UCD: Ecology (w/ SDSU) [1-71] UCD: Population Biology [-] Genetics and Genomics UCD: Genetics [-6] Immunology and Infectious Disease UCD: Comparative Pathology [-7] UCD: Immunology [-6] Microbiology UCD: Microbiology [1-] Neuroscience and Neurobiology UCD: Neuroscience [-1] Pharmacology, Toicology and Environmental Health UCD: Pharmacology & Toicology [1-7] Physiology UCD: Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Physiology [-9] Public Health UCD: Epidemiology [-69] Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering UCD: Biomedical Engineering [-7] Chemical Engineering UCD: Chemical Engineering [1-0] Civil and Environmental Engineering UCD: Civil & Environmental Engineering (Civil Engineering) [-60] UCD: Transportation Technology & Policy [9-] Electrical and Computer Engineering UCD: Electrical & Computer Engineering [1-] Materials Science and Engineering UCD: Materials Science and Engineering [-] Mechanical Engineering UCD: Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering [7-9] Page

20 NRC Broad Field Humanities Physical and Mathematical Sciences Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Activity Rankings - th Percentile Research Activity Rankings - 9th Percentile NRC Field UCD Program [program range of rankings] % % th % % th Comparative Literature UCD: Comparative Literature [-] English Language and Literature UCD: English [7-97] French and Francophone Language and Literature UCD: French [7-1] History UCD: History [-6] Music (ecept performance) UCD: Music [1-] Philosophy UCD: Philosophy [6-79] Spanish and Portuguese Language and Literature UCD: Spanish [-6] Theatre and Performance Studies UCD: Performance Studies [1-0] Applied Mathematics UCD: Applied Mathematics [-1] Chemistry UCD: Agricultural & Environmental Chemistry [-] UCD: Chemistry [-97] Computer Sciences UCD: Computer Science [1-7] Earth Sciences UCD: Geology [-] Mathematics UCD: Mathematics [-] Physics UCD: Applied Science Engineering [6-16] UCD: Physics [1-1] Statistics and Probability UCD: Statistics [-] Agricultural and Resource Economics UCD: Agricultural & Resource Economics (Agricultural Economics) [-] Anthropology UCD: Anthropology [1-7] Economics UCD: Economics [1-] Geography UCD: Geography [9-] Political Science UCD: Political Science [6-] Psychology UCD: Psychology [1-6] Sociology UCD: Sociology [-1] UC Davis program counts: Page 1

21 Student Support & Outcomes NRC Broad Field Agricultural Sciences Biological and Health Sciences Engineering Student Support & Outcomes - th Percentile Student Support & Outcomes - 9th Percentile NRC Field UCD Program [program range of rankings] % % th % % th Entomology UCD: Entomology [-1] Food Science UCD: Food Science [-] Nutrition UCD: Nutritional Biology (Nutrition) [-] Plant Sciences UCD: Plant Biology [7-] UCD: Plant Pathology [6-77] Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology UCD: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology [9-] UCD: Biophysics [-1] UCD: Soils & Biogeochemistry (Soil Science) [-1] Cell and Developmental Biology UCD: Cell & Developmental Biology [6-] Ecology and Evolutionary Biology UCD: Animal Behavior [-] UCD: Ecology [-1] UCD: Ecology (w/ SDSU) [-9] UCD: Population Biology [-] Genetics and Genomics UCD: Genetics [-] Immunology and Infectious Disease UCD: Comparative Pathology [-] UCD: Immunology [1-7] Microbiology UCD: Microbiology [-6] Neuroscience and Neurobiology UCD: Neuroscience [-1] Pharmacology, Toicology and Environmental Health UCD: Pharmacology & Toicology [-] Physiology UCD: Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Physiology [1-6] Public Health UCD: Epidemiology [-6] Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering UCD: Biomedical Engineering [7-9] Chemical Engineering UCD: Chemical Engineering [1-79] Civil and Environmental Engineering UCD: Civil & Environmental Engineering (Civil Engineering) [9-9] UCD: Transportation Technology & Policy [-] Electrical and Computer Engineering UCD: Electrical & Computer Engineering [6-] Materials Science and Engineering UCD: Materials Science and Engineering [-1] Mechanical Engineering UCD: Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering [7-9] Page

22 NRC Broad Field Humanities Physical and Mathematical Sciences Social and Behavioral Sciences Student Support & Outcomes - th Percentile Student Support & Outcomes - 9th Percentile NRC Field UCD Program [program range of rankings] % % th % % th Comparative Literature UCD: Comparative Literature [1-1] English Language and Literature UCD: English [0-] French and Francophone Language and Literature UCD: French [1-] History UCD: History [-7] Music (ecept performance) UCD: Music [-1] Philosophy UCD: Philosophy [-70] Spanish and Portuguese Language and Literature UCD: Spanish [-9] Theatre and Performance Studies UCD: Performance Studies [-] Applied Mathematics UCD: Applied Mathematics [9-] Chemistry UCD: Agricultural & Environmental Chemistry [-] UCD: Chemistry [76-] Computer Sciences UCD: Computer Science [0-7] Earth Sciences UCD: Geology [-9] Mathematics UCD: Mathematics [-9] Physics UCD: Applied Science Engineering [6-] UCD: Physics [1-7] Statistics and Probability UCD: Statistics [6-] Agricultural and Resource Economics UCD: Agricultural & Resource Economics (Agricultural Economics) [-1] Anthropology UCD: Anthropology [1-1] Economics UCD: Economics [1-9] Geography UCD: Geography [-] Political Science UCD: Political Science [-1] Psychology UCD: Psychology [-] Sociology UCD: Sociology [-7] UC Davis program counts: Page 0

23 Diversity Rankings NRC Broad Field Agricultural Sciences Biological and Health Sciences Engineering Diversity Rankings - th Percentile Diversity Rankings - 9th Percentile NRC Field UCD Program [program range of rankings] % % th % % th Entomology UCD: Entomology [-1] Food Science UCD: Food Science [-] Nutrition UCD: Nutritional Biology (Nutrition) [1-1] Plant Sciences UCD: Plant Biology [-7] UCD: Plant Pathology [-0] Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology UCD: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology [-9] UCD: Biophysics [6-19] UCD: Soils & Biogeochemistry (Soil Science) [-] Cell and Developmental Biology UCD: Cell & Developmental Biology [-6] Ecology and Evolutionary Biology UCD: Animal Behavior [-1] UCD: Ecology [1-7] UCD: Ecology (w/ SDSU) [0-7] UCD: Population Biology [-0] Genetics and Genomics UCD: Genetics [-6] Immunology and Infectious Disease UCD: Comparative Pathology [-9] UCD: Immunology [-] Microbiology UCD: Microbiology [-] Neuroscience and Neurobiology UCD: Neuroscience [-] Pharmacology, Toicology and Environmental Health UCD: Pharmacology & Toicology [9-9] Physiology UCD: Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Physiology [-] Public Health UCD: Epidemiology [-70] Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering UCD: Biomedical Engineering [-7] Chemical Engineering UCD: Chemical Engineering [-1] Civil and Environmental Engineering UCD: Civil & Environmental Engineering (Civil Engineering) [-] UCD: Transportation Technology & Policy [-9] Electrical and Computer Engineering UCD: Electrical & Computer Engineering [-1] Materials Science and Engineering UCD: Materials Science and Engineering [-] Mechanical Engineering UCD: Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering [7-] Page 1

24 NRC Broad Field Humanities Physical and Mathematical Sciences Social and Behavioral Sciences Diversity Rankings - th Percentile Diversity Rankings - 9th Percentile NRC Field UCD Program [program range of rankings] % % th % % th Comparative Literature UCD: Comparative Literature [9-] English Language and Literature UCD: English [7-] French and Francophone Language and Literature UCD: French [-7] History UCD: History [-0] Music (ecept performance) UCD: Music [-] Philosophy UCD: Philosophy [-] Spanish and Portuguese Language and Literature UCD: Spanish [-] Theatre and Performance Studies 6 7 UCD: Performance Studies [-] Applied Mathematics UCD: Applied Mathematics [-] Chemistry UCD: Agricultural & Environmental Chemistry [-91] UCD: Chemistry [-6] Computer Sciences UCD: Computer Science [9-7] Earth Sciences UCD: Geology [1-] Mathematics UCD: Mathematics [99-] Physics UCD: Applied Science Engineering [7-] UCD: Physics [-1] Statistics and Probability UCD: Statistics [-] Agricultural and Resource Economics UCD: Agricultural & Resource Economics (Agricultural Economics) [-] Anthropology UCD: Anthropology [-71] Economics UCD: Economics [-0] Geography UCD: Geography [-1] Political Science UCD: Political Science [-0] Psychology UCD: Psychology [1-1] Sociology UCD: Sociology [6-7] UC Davis program counts: Page