US University Rankings by Department

US News University Rankings by Department (2009):

Algebra/Number Theory
1 Princeton
2 Harvard
3 UCB
4 UMichigan
5 UChicago

Anthropology
1 UChicago
1 U Michigan
3 UC Berkeley
4 Harvard
5 U Arizona
6 UPenn
7 Stanford
8 Yale
9 UCLA
10 UC San Diego
11 U Florida
12 U Texas
13 NYU

Art History
1 NYU
2 Columbia
3 UC Berkeley
4 Harvard
5 Yale
6 Princeton
7 Johns Hopkins
8 Northwestern
9 UPenn
10 UChicago
11 U Michigan
12 CUNY
13 UCLA

Atomic Physics
1 U of Colorado Boulder
2 MIT
3 Harvard
4 Stanford
5 U of Maryland

Astrophysics
1 Caltech
2 Princeton
3 UC Berkeley
4 Harvard
5 UChicago
6 UC Santa Cruz
7 U Arizona
8 MIT
9 Cornell
10 U Texas
11 U Hawaii Manoa
12 U Colorado
13 U Illinois

Biology
1 Stanford
2 MIT
2 UC Berkeley
4 Caltech
4 Harvard
6 Johns Hopkins
7 Rockefeller University
7 Scripps Research Institute
7 UC San Francisco
7 Washington University in St Louis
7 Yale
12 Cornell
12 Duke
12 Princeton

Biological Chemisty
1 UC San Francisco
2 Stanford
3 MIT
4 UC Berkeley
5 Harvard
6 Yale
7 Caltech
8 Wisconsin
9 UC San Diego
10 Johns Hopkins
11 Columbia
12 U Colorado
13 Washington St. Louis

Chemistry
1 Caltech
1 MIT
1 Stanford
1 UC Berkeley
5 Harvard
5 Scripps Research Institute
7 U of Illinois Urbana Champaign
7 U of Wisconsin Madison
9 Cornell
9 Northwestern
11 Columbia
12 UCLA
12 UChicago
12 UT Austin
13 Yale

Classics
1 Harvard
2 UC Berkeley
3 U Michigan
4 Princeton
5 Yale
6 Brown
7 UChicago
8 U Texas
9 UCLA
10 Columbia
11 UNC
12 Cornell
13 UPenn

Computer Science
1 MIT
1 Stanford
1 UC Berkeley
4 CMU
5 U of Illinois Urbana Champaign
6 Cornell
6 Princeton
6 U of Washington
9 Georgia Tech
9 UT Austin
11 Caltech
11 U of Wisconsin Madison
13 UCLA
13 U of Maryland College Park
13 UMichigan

Cosmology
1 Caltech
2 Princeton
3 UChicago
4 UCB
5 Stanford

Earth Sciences
1 Caltech
2 MIT
2 Stanford
4 UCB
5 Columbia
5 UMichigan
7 Penn State
8 U of Arizona
9 Harvard
9 UT Austin
11 Princeton
11 UCLA
11 U of Washington
11 Yale
15 Cornell
15 UCSD
15 UChicago
15 U of Wisconsin Madison
19 Brown
19 UCSC
21 Johns Hopkins
21 UCD
21 UCSB
21 U of Minnesota Twin Cities
25 Rice
25 U of Colorado Boulder
25 Washington University St Louis

Economics
1 MIT
1 UChicago
3 Harvard
3 Princeton
3 Stanford
3 UC Berkeley
7 Yale
8 Northwestern
9 UPenn
10 UC San Diego

English
1 Harvard
1 UC Berkeley
1 Yale
4 Princeton
4 Stanford
6 Cornell
6 UChicago
8 Columbia
8 Johns Hopkins
10 UCLA
10 UPenn
12 Duke
12 U of Michigan Ann Arbor
12 UVA

French
1 Yale
2 Princeton
3 Duke
4 Columbia
5 UPenn
6 Stanford
7 UC Berkeley
8 Cornell
9 UMichigan
10 UC Irvine
11 U Wisconsin
12 NYU
13 UVA

Geography
1 Penn State
2 U Wisconsin
3 U Minnesota
4 UC Santa Barbara
5 Ohio State
6 Syracuse
7 UC Berkeley
8 UCLA
9 Clark University
10 U Washington
11 SUNY Buffalo
12 U Colorado
13 Rutgers

Geology
1 Caltech
2 MIT
2 Stanford
4 UC Berkeley
5 Columbia
5 U of Michigan Ann Arbor
7 Penn State
8 U of Arizona
9 Harvard
9 UT Austin
11 Princeton
11 UCLA
11 U of Washington
11 Yale

German
1 UC Berkeley
2 Princeton
3 Cornell
4 Harvard
5 Yale
6 Stanford
7 Washington St. Louis
8 UVA
9 Johns Hopkins
10 U Wisconsin
11 U Minnesota
12 U Washington
13 U Texas

History
1 Harvard
2 Stanford
3 U of Michigan Ann Arbor
4 Princeton
5 UC Berkeley
5 Yale
7 UC San Diego
8 Duke
8 UChicago
10 Columbia
10 MIT
10 UCLA
11 Cornell
11 U of Wisconsin Madison
13 UNC Chapel Hill
13 UPenn

Immunology
1 Harvard
2 Stanford
3 UC San Francisco
4 Yale
5 Johns Hopkins
5 Washington University St. Louis
7 Rockefeller University
7 UPenn
9 Duke
9 U of Texas Southwestern Medical Center - Dallas

Linguistics
1 MIT
2 Stanford
3 UCLA
4 U Massachusetts
5 UPenn
6 UChicago
7 UC Berkeley
8 Ohio State
9 Cornell
10 UC Santa Cruz
11 U Texas
12 USC
13 U Arizona

Mathematics
1 Princeton
2 Harvard
2 MIT
2 Stanford
2 UC Berkeley
6 UChicago
7 Caltech
7 Yale
9 Columbia
9 NYU
9 U of Michigan Ann Arbor
12 UCLA
13 Cornell

Molecular Biology
1 Harvard
2 MIT
3 Stanford
4 UCSF
5 UCB
6 Caltech
6 Rockefeller University
8 Johns Hopkins
8 Princeton
8 Yale

Music
1 Harvard
1 UChicago
3 UC Berkeley
4 CUNY
5 Yale
6 Princeton
7 UPenn
8 Rochester
9 U Michigan
10 U Illinois
11 Cornell
12 Columbia
13 Brandeis

Neuroscience
1 UC San Diego
2 Yale
3 Harvard
4 UC San Francisco
5 Stanford
6 Columbia
7 Johns Hopkins
8 Washington St. Louis
9 UC Berkeley
10 UPenn
11 Caltech
12 U Washington
13 Rockefeller Institute

Nuclear Physics
1 MIT
2 Michigan State
3 U of Washington
4 SUNY Stony Brook
5 Yale

Paleontology
1 UChicago
2 Harvard
3 UMichigan
3 Yale
5 UCB
6 U of Kansas
7 U of Cincinnati
8 U of Iowa
9 UT Austin
10 Ohio State

Philosophy
1 Princeton
2 U Pittsburgh
3 Harvard
4 UC Berkeley
5 UCLA
6 Stanford
7 U MIchigan
8 Cornell
9 MIT
10 U Arizona
11 UChicago
12 Rutgers
13 Brown

Plasma Physics
1 Princeton
2 MIT
2 U of Maryland
2 U of Wisconsin
5 UT Austin
6 UCLA
7 UCB
7 UCSD
9 U of Iowa
10 U of Colorado

Political Science
1 Harvard
2 Stanford
3 U of Michigan Ann Arbor
4 Princeton
5 UC Berkeley
5 Yale
7 UC San Diego
8 Duke
8 UChicago
10 Columbia
10 MIT
10 UCLA
13 Ohio State
13 UNC Chapel Hill
13 Rochester

Political Theory
1 Harvard
2 Princeton
3 UChicago
4 Yale
5 UCB

Psychology
1 Stanford
2 UC Berkeley
3 U of Michigan Ann Arbor
4 Yale
5 Harvard
5 Princeton
5 UCLA
5 U of Illinois Urbana Champaign
9 CMU
9 Harvard
9 U of Wisconsin Madison
12 MIT
12 Stanford
12 UT Austin
12 U of Minnesota Twin Cities

Physics
1 MIT
1 Stanford
3 Caltech
3 Harvard
3 Princeton
3 UC Berkeley
7 Cornell
8 UChicago
8 U of Illinois Urbana Champaign
10 UC Santa Barbara
11 Columbia
11 Yale
13 U of Maryland College Park
13 U of Michigan Ann Arbor
13 UPenn

Quantum Physics
1 MIT
2 Harvard
3 Caltech
4 Princeton
4 Stanford
4 U of Colorado

Religion
1 Chicago
2 Harvard
3 Princeton
4 Duke
5 Emory
6 UVA
7 Vanderbilt
8 Princeton
9 UC Santa Barbara
10 UPenn
11 Jewish Theological Seminary
12 Notre Dame
13 Hebrew Union

Sociology
1 UChicago
2 U Wisconsin
3 UC Berkeley
4 U Michigan
5 UCLA
6 UNC
7 Harvard
8 Stanford
9 Northwestern
10 U Washington
11 UPenn
12 IU
13 Princeton

Spanish
1 Columbia
2 Duke
3 Brown
4 Princeton
5 UVA
6 UPenn
7 U Wisconsin
8 Cornell
9 UC Berkeley
10 Harvard
11 U Kansas
12 U Texas
13 U Michigan

Statistics
1 Stanford
2 UC Berkeley
3 Cornell
4 UChicago
5 U Washington
6 Harvard
7 U Wisconsin
8 Purdue
9 UNC
10 UCLA
11 U Minnesota
12 Iowa State
13 Texas A&M

String Theory/Elementary Particles
1 Caltech
1 MIT
3 Harvard
4 Princeton
5 UCB
6 Stanford
7 UCSB
7 UChicago
9 Cornell
10 Columbia

Topology
1 UCB
2 Princeton
3 Harvard
4 UChicago
5 MIT

Source: US News 2009