New One-Year The Smart Way to Where the B-School Degrees Pick a Law School Jobs Are Now ELECTRONICALLY REPRINTED FROM The Must-Have Guide to Over 1,300 Master’s and Ph.D. Programs 2019 THE U.S. NEWS RANKINGS The Sciences PH.D. PROGRAMS RANKED BEST BY DEANS AND DEPARTMENT CHAIRS BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Ranked in 2018 CHEMISTRY Ranked in 2018 Listed schools may have multiple programs. Rank School Average assessment score (5.0=highest) Rank School Average assessment score (5.0=highest) 1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4.9 1. California Institute of Technology 5.0 1. Stanford University 4.9 2. Harvard University 4.9 1. University of California— Berkeley 4.9 2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4.9 4. California Institute of Technology 4.8 2. Stanford University 4.9 4. Harvard University 4.8 2. University of California— Berkeley 4.9 6. Johns Hopkins University 4.6 6. Northwestern University 4.6 6. Princeton University 4.6 6. The Scripps Research Institute 4.6 6. University of California— San Francisco 4.6 6. University of Illinois— Urbana- Champaign 4.6 6. Yale University 4.6 9. Columbia University 4.4 10. Cornell University 4.5 9. Cornell University 4.4 10. Duke University 4.5 9. Princeton University 4.4 10. The Scripps Research Institute 4.5 9. University of Wisconsin— Madison 4.4 13. Rockefeller University 4.4 9. Yale University 4.4 13. University of Chicago 4.4 14. University of Chicago 4.3 13. Washington University in St. Louis 4.4 15. University of California— Los Angeles 4.2 16. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 4.3 15. University of Michigan— Ann Arbor 4.2 16. University of California— San Diego 4.3 15. University of North Carolina— Chapel Hill 4.2 18. Columbia University 4.2 15. University of Texas— Austin 4.2 18. University of California— Davis 4.2 19. University of Pennsylvania 4.0 18. University of California— Los Angeles 4.2 20. Georgia Institute of Technology 3.9 18. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center— Dallas 4.2 20. Pennsylvania State University— University Park 3.9 18. University of Wisconsin— Madison 4.2 20. University of California— Irvine 3.9 23. University of Michigan— Ann Arbor 4.1 20. University of California— San Diego 3.9 23. University of Pennsylvania 4.1 24. Johns Hopkins University 3.8 23. University of Washington 4.1 24. Purdue University— West Lafayette 3.8 BIOCHEMISTRY ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 1. University of California— Berkeley 1. University of California— Berkeley 2. Harvard University 2. Harvard University 2. The Scripps Research Institute 3. California Institute of Technology 4. Stanford University 4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4. University of California— San Francisco 5. The Scripps Research Institute 6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 6. Stanford University 7. California Institute of Technology 7. Princeton University 8. University of Wisconsin— Madison 8. University of Illinois— Urbana- Champaign 8. Yale University 8. Yale University 10. University of California— San Diego 10. University of California— Irvine 11. University of Michigan— Ann Arbor 10. University of Michigan— Ann Arbor 12. Johns Hopkins University 12. Columbia University 13. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center— Dallas 13. University of Pennsylvania 14. University of Illinois— Urbana- Champaign 14. University of Wisconsin— Madison Copyright U.S. News & World Report, L.P. All rights reserved. U.S. News & World Report is a registered trademark of U.S. News & World Report, L.P. The display of this article does not constitute an endorsement by U.S. News & World Report of any product or service. 263429.