March 29, 2022
U.S. News & World Report released the 2022 rankings for the top science schools for graduate education in the United States. The Physical Sciences Division at the University of Chicago was well-represented in top rankings for graduate programs and specialties.
Since ranked in 2018, PSD's chemistry program moved up seven places to 7th; our computer science moved up two places to 28th; and our statistics and math programs both moved up three places to 3rd. Our physics program remains at 7th, and earth sciences, which encompasses some of our geophysical science specialities, remains at 19th. Several specialities are also highly ranked, with theoretical chemistry ranking 3rd, quantum physics ranking 4th, and topology ranking 4th.
Chemistry
- 7 overall (tie)
- 23 in biochemistry
- 19 in inorganic (tie)
- 18 in organic (tie)
- 5 in physical (tie)
- 3 in theoretical
Computer Science
- 28 overall (tie)
- 26 in systems (tie)
- 16 in theory (tie)
Earth Sciences
- 19 overall (tie)
- 21 in geochemistry (tie)
- 2 in paleontology
Math
- 3 overall (tie)
- 7 in algebra/number theory/algebraic geometry
- 5 in analysis
- 6 in geometry (tie)
- 4 in topology (tie)
Physics
- 7 overall
- 12 in atomic/molecular/optical (tie)
- 10 condensed matter (tie)
- 4 in cosmology/relativity/gravity (tie)
- 8 elementary particles/field/string theory (tie)
- 4 in quantum
Statistics
- 3 overall (tie)
U.S. News ranks the nation’s top science graduate programs every four years.