Rankings Highlights

How U of I and LAS stacked up nationally

National Universities: Top Public Schools

  1. University of California-Berkeley
  2. University of Virginia
  3. University of California-Los Angeles
  4. University of Michigan
  5. University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
  6. College of William and Mary
  7. Georgia Institute of Technology
  8. University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign
  9. University of Wisconsin-Madison
  10. University of California-San Diego

LAS Graduate Programs Ranked in Top 25

U.S. News & World Report does not rank all graduate programs every year. The numbers below are based on the latest rankings for these programs.

Program/Specialization

  • Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 10*
  • Chemistry 7*
  • Analytical 3
  • Inorganic 6
  • Organic 7
  • Physical 6
  • Theoretical 8
  • English 19*
  • American Literature after 1865 17*
  • Literary Criticism & Theory 14*
  • History 22*
  • Mathematics 17*
  • Algebraic Geometry 10*
  • Discrete Mathematics & Combinations 9
  • Logic 3
  • Topology 15
  • Microbiology 11*
  • Political Science 22*
  • Psychology 5*
  • Clinical Psychology 8*
  • Cognitive Psychology 6*
  • Developmental Psychology 8
  • Experimental Psychology 4
  • Industrial and Organizational Psychology 5
  • Social Psychology 10*

*Tied

U.S. News & World Report, 2008 Edition

Other Ranking Highlights

  • The Princeton Review named the University of Illinois one of the nation's best value undergraduate institutions in 2008.
  • The 2008 Washington Monthly College National Rankings lists the U of I as number 11 in the nation.
  • In 2007, the Institute for Higher Education at Shanghai Jia Tong University ranked the U of I as the 26th best university in the world and the 19th best in the United States.
  • The Academic Ranking of World Universities places the U of I as the 25th best university in the world.
  • In 2006, PC Magazine ranked the U of I as the 6th "most connected, plugged-in, and high-tech campus in the country."
  • In 2006, the Harvard Graduate School of Education cited the U of I as an "exemplary institution for faculty satisfaction" in the following categories: nature of work, policy effectiveness, work and family, and global satisfaction.
  • Illinois ranks 17th in the Peace Corp's 2007 Top Universities and Colleges (large university category).
  • In the United States and Puerto Rico, Illinois ranked 8th in the total number of PhDs awarded in 2006, according to Inside Higher Ed.
  • New Mobility magazine ranks Illinois first among "disability-friendly colleges" in America.

For more:

The U of I Education and Social Science Library features a comprehensive list of publications and websites that rank undergraduate and graduate programs.

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Doug Patterson