The Top PhD Colleges

Harvard University

• Harvard University offers over 50 of the world's most prestigious doctoral programs in arts and humanities, biological sciences, business management, education, engineering, health sciences, physical and computer sciences, mathematics, law, government, religion, psychology and social sciences. (reference 1) US News and World Report ranks Harvard's graduate school programs at the top of the business, medicine and economics fields. (reference 2,3)

  Harvard University
  Massachusetts Hall
  Cambridge, MA 02138
  617-495-1000
  harvard.edu

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) offers 25 top rated PhD programs in fields such as biological sciences, business, engineering, computer science, mathematics, chemistry, earth sciences, physics, chemistry and economics. US News places MIT's PhD programs at the top of the rankings in physics, engineering, and computer science. (reference 1)

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  77 Massachusetts Avenue
  Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
  617-253-1000
  mit.edu

Yale University

• You can find 44 different PhD programs at Yale. (reference 3) The school offers top ranking PhD courses in law, medicine, math, english, history and economics. (reference 1) Former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush both attended Yale University. (reference 4)

  Yale University
  117 Hall of Graduate Studies
  320 York Street
  New Haven, CT 06520-8323
  203-432-2771
  yale.edu

Princeton University

• Princeton University offers 33 doctoral degree programs covering every major academic field. (reference 3) US News and World Report ranks Princeton among the top ten graduate schools in math, sociology, economics, physics, history, english and computer science. (reference 1)

  Princeton University
  Princeton, NJ 08544
  609-258-3000
  princeton.edu

Stanford University

• Stanford is one of the most highly ranked graduate schools in the widest range of programs. (reference 1) The school offers 49 PhD programs across every field of academic study. (reference 3) Stanford's graduate school is ranked in the top 10 graduate programs in business, law, medicine, engineering, education, biological science, computer science, math, chemistry, earth sciences, english, physics, history, sociology and economics. (reference 1)

  Stanford University
  Graduate Admissions
  Office of the University Registrar
  630 Serra Street, Suite 120
  Stanford, CA 94305-6032
  866-432-7472
  stanford.edu

University of California, Berkeley

• The University of California in Berkeley offers nearly 70 PhD programs including a wide range of biological sciences and even 5 PhDs in various field of agricultural sciences. (reference 3) University of California, Berkeley's graduate school ranks among the top 10 in law, engineering, education, bio sciences, computer science, math, chemistry, earth sciences, physics, economics, and ranks number 1 in english, sociology and history. (reference 1)

  University of California, Berkeley
  Graduate Admissions
  309 Sproul Hall #5900
  Berkeley, CA 94720-5900
  510-642-7405
  berkeley.edu

Johns Hopkins University

• Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore offers 42 different PhDs across almost every academic field of study. (reference 3) US News and World Report ranks Johns Hopkins as the number 2 graduate school for medicine. (reference 1) The university's graduate school is also highly ranked for its programs in biological sciences, education, english and history. (reference 1)

  Johns Hopkins University
  Baltimore, Maryland 21287
  410-516-8000
  jhu.edu