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
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
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 006 -- 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
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) 1 1 6 7 6 7 7 7 7 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 1 1 9 9 0 1 1 1 0 7 1 0 6 1 1 6 6 7 6 6 71 7 69 6 70 7 77 77 7 76 90 0 9 0 9 99 9 6 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 60 70 0 90 0 0 0 0 10 0 00 0 0 0 Page
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 () 1 1 1 6 9 9 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 7 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 9 9 0 1 6 6 1 9 1 7 0 0 1 0 60 6 61 6 9 6 7 67 7 71 7 79 79 6 91 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 60 70 0 90 0 0 0 0 10 0 00 0 0 0 Page
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) 6 6 6 7 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 7 1 1 1 1 9 9 1 1 7 7 1 6 1 0 9 6 7 1 9 6 6 60 6 7 69 6 7 7 71 7 79 79 1 1 6 91 9 97 97 1 6 1 16 0 0 0 0 0 60 70 0 90 0 0 0 0 10 0 00 0 0 0 Page
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 () 1 6 7 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 9 1 1 9 9 1 1 7 6 6 9 1 7 1 1 6 6 6 6 6 70 76 7 79 7 7 9 7 9 7 77 9 9 9 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 60 70 0 90 0 0 0 0 10 0 00 0 0 0 Page
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) 1 1 1 1 9 1 1 1 0 1 7 0 9 6 7 7 9 9 6 7 7 6 70 71 7 7 7 0 0 0 7 9 9 91 9 0 99 6 7 6 1 1 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 60 70 0 90 0 0 0 0 10 0 00 0 0 0 Page 6
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) 1 9 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 7 1 9 9 7 0 9 6 6 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 71 70 0 0 0 9 9 7 91 99 6 9 7 0 6 1 1 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 60 70 0 90 0 0 0 0 10 0 00 0 0 0 Page 7
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) 1 1 1 9 1 1 6 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 9 9 0 7 6 0 0 6 9 1 0 1 7 1 0 6 0 9 61 60 6 6 7 67 7 7 71 79 79 6 91 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 60 70 0 90 0 0 0 0 10 0 00 0 0 0 Page
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) 6 7 9 6 1 1 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 1 1 1 9 0 1 7 1 7 1 7 6 1 1 9 9 0 6 6 6 7 60 6 7 7 71 7 69 6 7 79 1 1 79 6 91 9 97 97 1 6 1 16 0 0 0 0 0 60 70 0 90 0 0 0 0 10 0 00 0 0 0 Page 9
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) 1 6 9 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 9 0 1 1 9 6 9 9 1 1 6 1 7 7 1 1 6 6 6 6 76 6 7 70 77 7 7 9 79 7 7 9 9 9 9 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 60 70 0 90 0 0 0 0 10 0 00 0 0 0 Page
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) 1 9 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 7 1 9 9 7 0 9 6 6 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 71 70 0 0 0 9 9 7 91 99 6 9 7 0 6 1 1 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 60 70 0 90 0 0 0 0 10 0 00 0 0 0 Page
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 1 7 1 0 0 7 0 60 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
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 1 1 1 7 UCD: Entomology [1-7] Food Science 1 0 1 7 1 UCD: Food Science [-] Nutrition 1 1 1 9 1 1 0 1 UCD: Nutritional Biology (Nutrition) [-] Plant Sciences 6 1 1 60 1 UCD: Plant Biology [-9] UCD: Plant Pathology [7-] Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology 6 1 1 7 1 1 UCD: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology [-6] UCD: Biophysics [-0] UCD: Soils & Biogeochemistry (Soil Science) [71-1] Cell and Developmental Biology 6 1 7 7 67 9 1 UCD: Cell & Developmental Biology [-0] Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 6 9 6 9 UCD: Animal Behavior [1-7] UCD: Ecology [-] UCD: Ecology (w/ SDSU) [-6] UCD: Population Biology [-] Genetics and Genomics 1 1 6 1 9 6 UCD: Genetics [-6] Immunology and Infectious Disease 1 77 60 69 7 UCD: Comparative Pathology [-6] UCD: Immunology [-6] Microbiology 9 9 7 1 66 7 UCD: Microbiology [-] Neuroscience and Neurobiology 1 1 9 1 0 69 9 UCD: Neuroscience [-69] Pharmacology, Toicology and Environmental Health 1 7 0 7 6 7 1 1 UCD: Pharmacology & Toicology [-77] Physiology 7 6 1 6 6 6 UCD: Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Physiology [-] Public Health 1 1 90 1 0 69 91 UCD: Epidemiology [9-70] Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering 9 7 7 6 7 UCD: Biomedical Engineering [-] Chemical Engineering 7 1 6 6 7 69 96 6 UCD: Chemical Engineering [1-1] Civil and Environmental Engineering 6 1 0 9 6 96 1 UCD: Civil & Environmental Engineering (Civil Engineering) [6-7] UCD: Transportation Technology & Policy [-9] Electrical and Computer Engineering 0 76 1 9 97 1 16 UCD: Electrical & Computer Engineering [-99] Materials Science and Engineering 6 1 6 7 UCD: Materials Science and Engineering [7-1] Mechanical Engineering 1 7 1 9 0 UCD: Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering [-9] Page 1
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 1 1 0 9 1 1 6 UCD: Comparative Literature [1-] English Language and Literature 6 76 1 9 79 0 1 UCD: English [-7] French and Francophone Language and Literature 1 7 6 0 7 UCD: French [-] History 9 16 1 9 1 UCD: History [0-6] Music (ecept performance) 9 6 7 1 6 6 UCD: Music [1-] Philosophy 6 7 9 1 6 76 90 UCD: Philosophy [-76] Spanish and Portuguese Language and Literature 1 1 0 7 1 9 6 60 UCD: Spanish [1-6] Theatre and Performance Studies 9 1 7 UCD: Performance Studies [-] Applied Mathematics 1 9 1 UCD: Applied Mathematics [-1] Chemistry 1 7 9 97 6 1 9 76 19 1 UCD: Agricultural & Environmental Chemistry [1-90] UCD: Chemistry [0-] Computer Sciences 7 6 7 1 6 6 6 9 1 UCD: Computer Science [1-1] Earth Sciences 7 1 1 1 6 97 UCD: Geology [6-9] Mathematics 9 0 0 1 1 7 UCD: Mathematics [9-] Physics 1 9 1 0 71 1 UCD: Applied Science Engineering [7-16] UCD: Physics [1-] Statistics and Probability 6 61 9 1 0 61 UCD: Statistics [1-] Agricultural and Resource Economics 9 7 1 1 UCD: Agricultural & Resource Economics (Agricultural Economics) [-] Anthropology 6 1 1 7 7 0 7 71 UCD: Anthropology [7-1] Economics 7 77 9 7 9 7 UCD: Economics [9-] Geography 7 6 9 6 9 UCD: Geography [-0] Political Science 6 6 67 1 6 6 6 UCD: Political Science [7-] Psychology 6 1 9 7 0 1 0 6 UCD: Psychology [1-7] Sociology 7 1 76 1 7 9 UCD: Sociology [-77] UC Davis program counts: 1 0 1 0 6 1 1 1 1 Page 1
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 1 1 1 9 1 7 UCD: Entomology [-] Food Science 1 1 9 1 UCD: Food Science [-1] Nutrition 1 7 1 6 9 1 UCD: Nutritional Biology (Nutrition) [1-] Plant Sciences 6 1 6 6 1 UCD: Plant Biology [1-] UCD: Plant Pathology [-6] Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology 1 7 9 9 1 9 1 UCD: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology [-7] UCD: Biophysics [-91] UCD: Soils & Biogeochemistry (Soil Science) [-] Cell and Developmental Biology 7 1 1 6 90 1 UCD: Cell & Developmental Biology [6-] Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 1 60 91 1 0 6 9 UCD: Animal Behavior [9-1] UCD: Ecology [1-] UCD: Ecology (w/ SDSU) [-71] UCD: Population Biology [-0] Genetics and Genomics 9 0 60 1 6 6 UCD: Genetics [1-0] Immunology and Infectious Disease 9 70 1 6 7 UCD: Comparative Pathology [-0] UCD: Immunology [-] Microbiology 9 0 71 1 0 9 9 6 7 UCD: Microbiology [1-] Neuroscience and Neurobiology 7 9 9 9 1 6 9 UCD: Neuroscience [-] Pharmacology, Toicology and Environmental Health 1 0 7 1 6 1 UCD: Pharmacology & Toicology [-7] Physiology 1 1 60 6 6 UCD: Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Physiology [-7] Public Health 9 6 9 7 1 91 UCD: Epidemiology [1-] Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering 1 7 9 1 7 0 6 7 UCD: Biomedical Engineering [-1] Chemical Engineering 7 6 1 69 9 6 UCD: Chemical Engineering [-] Civil and Environmental Engineering 7 66 61 96 1 UCD: Civil & Environmental Engineering (Civil Engineering) [-] UCD: Transportation Technology & Policy [7-1] Electrical and Computer Engineering 9 1 1 0 9 9 16 UCD: Electrical & Computer Engineering [-9] Materials Science and Engineering 1 1 1 79 9 0 70 UCD: Materials Science and Engineering [1-0] Mechanical Engineering 7 1 7 7 0 1 7 UCD: Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering [-6] Page 1
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 1 1 9 0 6 7 0 6 UCD: Comparative Literature [-] English Language and Literature 6 1 6 7 0 1 1 UCD: English [-79] French and Francophone Language and Literature 1 7 1 0 9 0 0 UCD: French [-] History 6 6 1 1 1 6 UCD: History [9-0] Music (ecept performance) 9 1 1 9 1 0 6 6 UCD: Music [9-0] Philosophy 7 1 7 7 90 UCD: Philosophy [-] Spanish and Portuguese Language and Literature 1 1 9 1 60 UCD: Spanish [1-] Theatre and Performance Studies 6 1 0 9 1 0 7 UCD: Performance Studies [6-1] Applied Mathematics 1 9 1 1 9 UCD: Applied Mathematics [-] Chemistry 7 6 9 7 7 1 1 UCD: Agricultural & Environmental Chemistry [-6] UCD: Chemistry [-9] Computer Sciences 1 7 1 1 1 UCD: Computer Science [1-] Earth Sciences 9 1 1 19 97 1 UCD: Geology [-] Mathematics 9 0 77 1 9 7 7 UCD: Mathematics [-7] Physics 9 0 6 7 6 1 UCD: Applied Science Engineering [6-79] UCD: Physics [-61] Statistics and Probability 1 0 6 9 1 7 61 UCD: Statistics [1-] Agricultural and Resource Economics 1 1 0 UCD: Agricultural & Resource Economics (Agricultural Economics) [-] Anthropology 7 77 7 0 1 1 7 UCD: Anthropology [1-1] Economics 70 1 1 79 7 UCD: Economics [0-6] Geography 7 1 6 7 1 7 9 9 UCD: Geography [1-9] Political Science 7 0 1 6 9 1 71 9 UCD: Political Science [0-] Psychology 7 1 79 1 7 6 UCD: Psychology [-67] Sociology 7 0 9 6 1 1 6 79 UCD: Sociology [9-60] UC Davis program counts: 6 9 Page
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 1 6 1 7 1 1 UCD: Entomology [-1] Food Science 7 1 0 1 1 7 1 UCD: Food Science [-] Nutrition 1 1 1 9 1 1 9 UCD: Nutritional Biology (Nutrition) [-1] Plant Sciences 6 6 0 71 9 6 1 UCD: Plant Biology [6-] UCD: Plant Pathology [-] Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology 0 7 1 9 1 1 UCD: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology [9-] UCD: Biophysics [-79] UCD: Soils & Biogeochemistry (Soil Science) [1-1] Cell and Developmental Biology 6 6 7 9 9 1 UCD: Cell & Developmental Biology [6-6] Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 7 9 0 71 7 9 UCD: Animal Behavior [9-91] UCD: Ecology [7-] UCD: Ecology (w/ SDSU) [1-71] UCD: Population Biology [-] Genetics and Genomics 1 6 1 1 0 1 60 6 UCD: Genetics [-6] Immunology and Infectious Disease 7 77 9 6 7 7 UCD: Comparative Pathology [-7] UCD: Immunology [-6] Microbiology 6 7 1 7 67 7 UCD: Microbiology [1-] Neuroscience and Neurobiology 7 9 1 76 9 UCD: Neuroscience [-1] Pharmacology, Toicology and Environmental Health 1 7 6 1 7 9 6 1 UCD: Pharmacology & Toicology [1-7] Physiology 6 1 6 0 7 6 7 6 UCD: Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Physiology [-9] Public Health 1 0 9 7 71 1 91 UCD: Epidemiology [-69] Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering 7 7 6 9 6 7 UCD: Biomedical Engineering [-7] Chemical Engineering 6 1 1 7 7 9 6 UCD: Chemical Engineering [1-0] Civil and Environmental Engineering 6 0 1 7 6 UCD: Civil & Environmental Engineering (Civil Engineering) [-60] UCD: Transportation Technology & Policy [9-] Electrical and Computer Engineering 9 1 70 1 1 61 0 1 16 UCD: Electrical & Computer Engineering [1-] Materials Science and Engineering 7 79 1 6 7 UCD: Materials Science and Engineering [-] Mechanical Engineering 1 7 6 1 7 60 9 UCD: Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering [7-9] Page
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 1 9 0 1 0 0 6 UCD: Comparative Literature [-] English Language and Literature 6 1 0 7 7 1 7 0 1 UCD: English [7-97] French and Francophone Language and Literature 1 1 7 7 9 7 UCD: French [7-1] History 6 1 9 1 UCD: History [-6] Music (ecept performance) 6 61 1 0 6 UCD: Music [1-] Philosophy 1 6 6 9 7 6 76 90 UCD: Philosophy [6-79] Spanish and Portuguese Language and Literature 9 0 9 9 1 1 60 UCD: Spanish [-6] Theatre and Performance Studies 1 1 7 1 7 UCD: Performance Studies [1-0] Applied Mathematics 1 1 0 7 UCD: Applied Mathematics [-1] Chemistry 9 6 1 9 1 0 UCD: Agricultural & Environmental Chemistry [-] UCD: Chemistry [-97] Computer Sciences 6 1 6 1 6 9 1 UCD: Computer Science [1-7] Earth Sciences 6 0 6 1 67 1 UCD: Geology [-] Mathematics 6 0 1 76 UCD: Mathematics [-] Physics 1 6 1 9 1 1 UCD: Applied Science Engineering [6-16] UCD: Physics [1-1] Statistics and Probability 1 7 60 7 1 1 61 UCD: Statistics [-] Agricultural and Resource Economics 6 1 0 UCD: Agricultural & Resource Economics (Agricultural Economics) [-] Anthropology 1 7 1 1 1 7 UCD: Anthropology [1-7] Economics 9 7 76 1 7 71 9 7 UCD: Economics [1-] Geography 9 1 1 9 7 7 9 UCD: Geography [9-] Political Science 1 70 1 1 9 6 9 UCD: Political Science [6-] Psychology 6 1 9 9 1 1 7 1 0 6 UCD: Psychology [1-6] Sociology 7 9 70 1 7 76 1 UCD: Sociology [-1] UC Davis program counts: 9 0 1 1 0 7 1 Page 1
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 1 7 1 0 UCD: Entomology [-1] Food Science 1 1 1 0 9 1 1 UCD: Food Science [-] Nutrition 9 0 1 UCD: Nutritional Biology (Nutrition) [-] Plant Sciences 1 6 1 7 1 1 UCD: Plant Biology [7-] UCD: Plant Pathology [6-77] Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology 0 66 9 1 1 UCD: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology [9-] UCD: Biophysics [-1] UCD: Soils & Biogeochemistry (Soil Science) [-1] Cell and Developmental Biology 7 9 1 UCD: Cell & Developmental Biology [6-] Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 0 9 9 7 70 9 UCD: Animal Behavior [-] UCD: Ecology [-1] UCD: Ecology (w/ SDSU) [-9] UCD: Population Biology [-] Genetics and Genomics 1 1 6 0 1 1 7 6 UCD: Genetics [-] Immunology and Infectious Disease 1 7 77 1 0 61 71 7 UCD: Comparative Pathology [-] UCD: Immunology [1-7] Microbiology 7 1 7 1 6 7 6 7 UCD: Microbiology [-6] Neuroscience and Neurobiology 6 1 7 1 70 7 9 UCD: Neuroscience [-1] Pharmacology, Toicology and Environmental Health 1 9 0 6 1 UCD: Pharmacology & Toicology [-] Physiology 9 1 0 6 UCD: Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Physiology [1-6] Public Health 1 1 1 91 69 91 UCD: Epidemiology [-6] Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering 9 1 7 1 0 7 6 7 UCD: Biomedical Engineering [7-9] Chemical Engineering 7 1 9 6 1 7 60 1 96 6 UCD: Chemical Engineering [1-79] Civil and Environmental Engineering 1 7 19 6 9 1 UCD: Civil & Environmental Engineering (Civil Engineering) [9-9] UCD: Transportation Technology & Policy [-] Electrical and Computer Engineering 1 7 1 9 9 16 UCD: Electrical & Computer Engineering [6-] Materials Science and Engineering 6 1 7 UCD: Materials Science and Engineering [-1] Mechanical Engineering 6 1 6 1 1 0 61 6 7 UCD: Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering [7-9] Page
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 1 1 1 9 6 UCD: Comparative Literature [1-1] English Language and Literature 0 6 7 9 9 6 0 1 UCD: English [0-] French and Francophone Language and Literature 1 1 9 1 9 UCD: French [1-] History 7 7 1 6 70 9 7 UCD: History [-7] Music (ecept performance) 9 9 9 6 UCD: Music [-1] Philosophy 1 7 1 66 76 90 UCD: Philosophy [-70] Spanish and Portuguese Language and Literature 1 1 1 7 9 6 60 UCD: Spanish [-9] Theatre and Performance Studies 1 1 9 1 9 1 0 7 UCD: Performance Studies [-] Applied Mathematics 1 9 1 9 UCD: Applied Mathematics [9-] Chemistry 1 0 6 7 9 16 UCD: Agricultural & Environmental Chemistry [-] UCD: Chemistry [76-] Computer Sciences 1 71 1 0 7 9 1 UCD: Computer Science [0-7] Earth Sciences 1 7 7 19 1 99 1 UCD: Geology [-9] Mathematics 1 1 6 1 1 0 66 9 UCD: Mathematics [-9] Physics 76 9 6 90 1 1 1 UCD: Applied Science Engineering [6-] UCD: Physics [1-7] Statistics and Probability 1 6 1 61 1 1 1 61 UCD: Statistics [6-] Agricultural and Resource Economics 9 1 7 7 1 1 UCD: Agricultural & Resource Economics (Agricultural Economics) [-1] Anthropology 1 7 7 7 0 6 71 UCD: Anthropology [1-1] Economics 6 6 1 9 99 7 UCD: Economics [1-9] Geography 1 6 1 1 6 9 UCD: Geography [-] Political Science 1 9 1 66 1 7 6 6 UCD: Political Science [-1] Psychology 9 9 19 1 6 79 1 6 UCD: Psychology [-] Sociology 7 71 1 0 7 99 UCD: Sociology [-7] UC Davis program counts: 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 Page 0
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 1 1 6 9 1 UCD: Entomology [-1] Food Science 9 1 1 UCD: Food Science [-] Nutrition 9 1 1 7 9 UCD: Nutritional Biology (Nutrition) [1-1] Plant Sciences 70 7 9 7 99 1 UCD: Plant Biology [-7] UCD: Plant Pathology [-0] Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology 7 1 7 9 1 70 7 16 UCD: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology [-9] UCD: Biophysics [6-19] UCD: Soils & Biogeochemistry (Soil Science) [-] Cell and Developmental Biology 7 71 9 6 1 UCD: Cell & Developmental Biology [-6] Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 7 1 1 6 91 9 1 6 0 9 UCD: Animal Behavior [-1] UCD: Ecology [1-7] UCD: Ecology (w/ SDSU) [0-7] UCD: Population Biology [-0] Genetics and Genomics 6 1 7 6 7 7 6 UCD: Genetics [-6] Immunology and Infectious Disease 1 6 1 9 6 7 7 1 67 7 UCD: Comparative Pathology [-9] UCD: Immunology [-] Microbiology 1 7 7 7 1 6 6 7 UCD: Microbiology [-] Neuroscience and Neurobiology 1 9 0 91 1 0 6 69 9 UCD: Neuroscience [-] Pharmacology, Toicology and Environmental Health 6 1 70 1 1 77 0 1 UCD: Pharmacology & Toicology [9-9] Physiology 0 6 7 0 1 6 6 UCD: Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Physiology [-] Public Health 6 1 6 6 9 1 60 7 91 UCD: Epidemiology [-70] Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering 6 1 1 0 7 7 1 6 7 UCD: Biomedical Engineering [-7] Chemical Engineering 7 7 9 7 91 6 UCD: Chemical Engineering [-1] Civil and Environmental Engineering 7 0 7 19 9 UCD: Civil & Environmental Engineering (Civil Engineering) [-] UCD: Transportation Technology & Policy [-9] Electrical and Computer Engineering 6 7 70 1 69 99 16 UCD: Electrical & Computer Engineering [-1] Materials Science and Engineering 6 1 0 9 1 7 69 UCD: Materials Science and Engineering [-] Mechanical Engineering 7 0 6 1 0 91 0 UCD: Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering [7-] Page 1
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 1 7 6 7 1 6 UCD: Comparative Literature [9-] English Language and Literature 7 66 1 1 1 1 UCD: English [7-] French and Francophone Language and Literature 1 1 1 9 1 1 7 UCD: French [-7] History 9 1 9 UCD: History [-0] Music (ecept performance) 9 6 6 UCD: Music [-] Philosophy 7 1 90 7 7 7 90 UCD: Philosophy [-] Spanish and Portuguese Language and Literature 1 9 1 0 60 UCD: Spanish [-] Theatre and Performance Studies 6 7 UCD: Performance Studies [-] Applied Mathematics 1 7 1 7 1 UCD: Applied Mathematics [-] Chemistry 1 7 6 1 7 7 7 1 UCD: Agricultural & Environmental Chemistry [-91] UCD: Chemistry [-6] Computer Sciences 7 1 1 70 1 1 6 0 1 UCD: Computer Science [9-7] Earth Sciences 7 19 9 UCD: Geology [1-] Mathematics 1 1 6 UCD: Mathematics [99-] Physics 0 9 9 1 1 69 1 1 UCD: Applied Science Engineering [7-] UCD: Physics [-1] Statistics and Probability 7 1 60 61 UCD: Statistics [-] Agricultural and Resource Economics 1 7 1 1 1 UCD: Agricultural & Resource Economics (Agricultural Economics) [-] Anthropology 1 1 69 UCD: Anthropology [-71] Economics 6 1 6 69 1 7 77 0 7 UCD: Economics [-0] Geography 6 1 7 9 1 1 0 9 9 UCD: Geography [-1] Political Science 7 0 70 1 9 66 90 UCD: Political Science [-0] Psychology 1 6 1 1 9 0 00 6 UCD: Psychology [1-1] Sociology 0 7 7 1 0 7 7 0 UCD: Sociology [6-7] UC Davis program counts: 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 Page