| Anthropology | 3rd |
| Art History | 3rd |
| Astronomy & Astrophysics | 3rd |
| Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 4th |
| Classics | 2nd |
| Comparative Literature | 10th |
| Ecology & Evolutionary Behavior | 8th |
| Economics | 7th |
| English | 1st, tie |
| French | 7th |
| Genetics | 10th |
| Geography | 6th, tie |
| Geoscience | 3rd |
| German | 1st |
| History | 2nd |
| Linguistics | 6th, tie |
| Mathematics | 1st |
| Music | 3rd |
| Neuroscience | 9th |
| Philosophy | 4th |
| Physics | 3rd, tie |
| Political Science | 2nd |
| Psychology | 9th |
| Sociology | 3rd |
| Spanish & Portuguese | 9th |
| Statistics | 1st, tie |
Top universities by number of graduate
programs in the top 10 in their fields (NRC rankings)
Rank
- 1. University of California, Berkeley [35]
- 2. Stanford [31]
- 3. Harvard [26]
- College of Letters & Science [26] (for comparison only)
- 4. Princeton [22]
- 5. MIT [20]
- 6. Cornell [19]
- 7. Yale [19]
- 8. Chicago [18]
- 9. Pennsylvania [15]
- 10. UC San Diego [14]
- 10. Columbia [14]
- 10. Michigan [14]
- 10. Wisconsin [14]
* Source: National Research Council, 1995. The National Research Council performs this assessment once every 10 years.
