美国国家研究委员会(United States National Research Council)主导的大约每隔十年的一项关于美国研究型博士项目的排名。该项排名作为主要的博士项目排名被广泛关注。
 

 1 Stanford                                 4.83

 2 MIT                                     4.79

 3 Illinois                                  4.70

   4 Cal Berkeley                              4.69

   5 Cal Tech                                 4.46

   6 Michigan                                4.38

   7 Cornell                                  4.35

   8 Purdue                                  4.02

   9 Princeton                                4.01

   10 UCLA                                    4.00

   11 Southern Cal                                            4.00

   12 Carnegie Mellon                                         3.94

   13 Georgia Tech                                            3.93

   14 Texas                                    3.88

   15 Columbia                                               3.79

   16 Wisconsin                                3.77

   17 Maryland                                                3.75

   18 Minnesota                                              3.73

   19 CalSanta Barbara                         3.71

   20 CalSan Diego                           3.57

   21 North CarolinaState                      3.54

   22 OhioState                                              3.53

   23 RPI                                                     3.44

   24 Washington                              3.42

   25 Polytechnic                                             3.42

   26 Rice                                     3.36

   27 VPI                                      3.30

   28 Penn State                               3.28

   29 Massachusetts                            3.28

   30 Yale                                     3.26

   31 Florida                                                  3.26

   32 Texas A&M                               3.25

   33 Cal Davis                                                3.24

   34 Johns Hopkins                                          3.23

   35 Brown                                   3.22

   36 Washington (St. Louis)                    3.17

   37 Colorado                                 3.17

   38 ArizonaState                                            3.17

   39 Northwestern                                           3.16

   40 Arizona                                 3.12

   41 Penn                                                   3.11

   42 Case Western                                            3.05

   43 Utah                                    3.02

   44 MichiganState                                          3.00

   45 Notre Dame                              2.98

   46 Rochester                                2.96

   47 Cal Irvine                                2.96

   48 Drexel                                  2.90

   49 Syracuse                                 2.86

   50 Rutgers                                  2.83

   51 CUNY                                    2.79

   52 Iowa State                                               2.78

   53 Iowa                                     2.73

   54 Virginia                                  2.71

   55 Duke                                                   2.71

   56 Northeastern                             2.70

   57 Rhode Island                             2.66

   58 SUNY Stony Brook                        2.63

   59 Auburn                                 2.61

   60 SUNY Buffalo                            2.60

   61 ColoradoState                            2.60

   62 TexasArlington                                         2.59

   63 Pittsburgh                                              2.59

   64 OregonState                             2.59

   65 IllinoisChicago                            2.58

   66 Tennessee                               2.57

   67 Lehigh                                    2.54

   68 Naval Postgraduate School                                2.53

   69 Texas Tech                                2.47

   70 Vanderbilt                                              2.46

   71 George Washington                       2.46

   72 Kansas                                    2.45

   73 Clemson                                 2.44

   74 New MexicoState                         2.41

   75 Clarkson                                 2.41

   76 Southern Methodist                                      2.40

   77 Central Florida                              2.39

   78 Delaware                                2.37

   79 Connecticut                              2.37

   80 WashingtonState                        2.32

   81 Missouri Rolla                            2.32

   82 Missouri                                  2.29

   83 BostonUniversity                                       2.29

   84 Illinois Tech                             2.23

   85 Ohio                                    2.22

   86 Air Force Inst of Tech                      2.21

   87 Cincinnati                                              2.16

   88 West Virginia                                           2.15

   89 WayneState                             2.14

   90 Houston                                 2.14

   91 Worcester Polytechnic Inst                2.12

   92 Brigham Young                                          2.10

   93 Stevens Tech                             2.09

   94 Oklahoma                               2.06

   95 AlabamaHuntsville                       2.03

   96 Wisconsin Milwaukee                     2.00

   97 Kentucky                                1.85

   98 Southwestern Louisiana                   1.81

   99 Miami                                   1.77

  100 LSU                                     1.75

  101 South Florida                                            1.72

  102 MississippiState                           1.67

  103 New Jersey Tech                          1.66

  104 OklahomaState                          1.63

  105 Alabama                                 1.59

  106 South Carolina                           1.58

  107 KansasState                             1.58

  108 Florida Inst of Tech                        1.56

  109 Arkansas                                1.56

  110 Toledo                                   1.55

  111 Dayton                                   1.52

  112 Howard                                  1.43

  113 Old Dominion                            1.41

  114 Akron                                   1.40

  115 Oregon Tech                               1.39

  116 Wyoming                                               1.38

  117 New Hampshire                            1.31

  118 Florida Atlantic                            1.25

  119 Wichita State                             1.24

  120 PortlandState                            1.19

  121 SUNY Binghamton                        1.16

  122 MassachusettsLowell                                    1.15

  123 Vermont                                 1.05

  124 Idaho                                    1.00

  125 Tennessee Tech                           0.94

  126 Tulane                                   0.84