Tuesday, July 05, 2011

QS Subject Rankings for the Social Sciences

QS have released their subject rankings for the social sciences based on data gathered during last year's rankings.

The overall rankings are not surprising. Here are top three in each subject.

Sociology
1.  Harvard
2.  UC Berkeley
3.  Oxford

Statistics and Operational Research
1.  Stanford
2.  Harvard
3.  UC Berkeley

Politics and International Studies
1.  Harvard
2.  Oxford
3.  Cambridge

Law
1.  Harvard
2.  Oxford
3.  Cambridge

Economics and Econometrics
1.  Harvard
2.  MIT
3. Stanford

Accounting and Finance
1.  Harvard
2.  Oxford
3.  MIT

The top three in the citations per paper indicator is, in most cases, rather different. Are these pockets of excellence or something else?

Sociology
1=  Boston College
1=  Munich
3.   Florida State University

Statistics and Operational Research
1.  Aarhus
2.  Helsinki
3.  Erasmus University Rotterdam

Politics and International Studies
1.  Yale
2.  Oslo
3.  Rutgers

Law
1.  Victoria University of Wellington
2.  Koln
3.  Munster

Economics and Econometrics
1.  Dartmouth
2.  Harvard
3.  Princeton

Accounting and Finance
1.  University of Pennsylvania
2=  Harvard
2=  North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous12:38 PM

    Pleasant Post. This record helped me in my college assignment. Thnaks Alot

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  2. Anonymous4:07 AM

    This ranking is a total joke. The employer and academic reputational scores are flawed (very flawed). I am canadian and I can assure you that Mcgill's Economics department is not even in the top 5 in the country. It is considered a very weak department by many. How the hell does it rank 18th in the World??? It is insane to rank a school so high. The real problem is with the employer ranking. For instance why does Princeton have an employer reputation score of 35??? Princeton Economics is very prestigious. I simply have no idea what is going on. This ranking needs to be terminated ASAP. It is doing more harm than good.

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