Excellence in Graduate and Postdoctoral Training
Graduate and Postdoctoral Training Opportunities
Research is a way of learning. Each semester approximately 1300 graduate student research assistants engage in scholarly research and cutting-edge discovery. As well, Carolina involves its undergraduates in the adventures of scholarship and science. Indeed, student researchers contribute to many of our most exciting discoveries.
Chapel Hill ranked eighth nationwide in federal funding for fellowships, traineeships, and training grants, providing clear evidence of the overall strength of its numerous graduate and postdoctoral programs.
(Sources: National Science Foundation; Updated 04/2008.)
Carolina also has an exceptionally strong program of postdoctoral training, with more than 625 postdoctoral fellows continuing their research training on the Chapel Hill campus. According to the most current data available, Carolina is 10th in public universities in terms of numbers of postdoctoral fellows, who have been attracted to Chapel Hill because of its research strength.
(Source: TheCenter, Public Universities Ranking in Top 25 (xls). Updated: 04/2008.)
Overall Earned Doctoral Degree Rankings
- UNC-Chapel Hill ranks twenty-first in total number of doctoral degrees awarded (478 total degrees in 2006, up from 458 in 2005)
- Additional rankings:
- 6 in doctorates awarded to black students, 2002-2006 (118 degrees)
- 4 in doctorates awarded in the life sciences, 2006 (175 degrees)
- 15 in doctorates awarded in the humanities, 2006 (84 degrees)
- 16 in doctorates awarded in other fields, 2006 (36 degrees)
(Source: Doctorate Recipients from United States Universities Summary Report, tables 3, 10, and A-9, 2005. Updated: 04/2008.)
Specific Graduate Degree and Program Rankings
Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index (Academic Analytics)
UNC-Chapel Hill Ranks:
- 24 overall in the top 50 large research universities
- 9 in Biochemistry
- 5 in Biomedical Sciences, General
- 9 in Biophysics
- 6 in Biostatistics
- 4 in Business Administration
- 10 in Ecology
- 4 in Education, General
- 6 in Genetics
- 6 in Geography
- 4 in Germanic Languages and Literatures
- 3 in Linguistics
- 3 in Materials Science and Engineering
- 6 in Music, General
- 2 in Natural Resources and Conservation
- 10 in Nursing
- 4 in Nutrition Sciences
- 9 in Oral Biology and Craniofacial Science
- 7 in Pharmacology
- 1 in Philosophy
- 7 in Political Science
- 1 in Slavic Languages and Literatures
- 3 in Sociology
- 10 in Speech and Hearing Sciences
- 2 in Toxicology
- 1 in Urban and Regional Planning
(Source: Academic Analytics. Updated 12/2007.)
Graduate Degree and Program Rankings (U.S. News World & Report)
Library Science
- 1 overall
- 2 in health librarianship
- 4 in digital librarianship
- 5 in law librarianship
- 7 in archives and preservation
- 7 in information systems
- 8 in services for children and youth
Chemistry
- 1 in analytical chemistry
- 10 in inorganic chemistry
- 16 overall
Pharmacy
- 2 overall for pharmacy doctoral program
Public Health
- 2 overall
- 3 in health care management
- 10 in environmental health
Medicine
- 2 in primary care
- 5 in family medicine
- 8 in rural medicine
- 9 in women's health
- 10 in AIDS
- 18 in geriatrics
- 18 in internal medicine
- 19 in research
- 22 in pediatrics
Nursing
- 3 in community/public health
- 3 in nursing service administration
- 5 in nursing master's programs
- 6 in psychiatric/mental health
- 8 in nurse practitioner (family)
- 8 in nurse practitioner (pediatric)
Health Disciplines
- 3 in healthcare management
- 5 in occupational therapy
- 6 in audiology
- 11 in physical therapy
- 18 in speech-language pathology
Mathematics
- 3 in statistics
- 28 overall
Social Sciences
- 4 in social stratification
- 4 in sociology
- 4 in sociology of population
- 9 in American politics
- 13 in political science
Humanities
- 4 in African American history
- 5 in women's history
- 5 in African American literature
- 10 in colonial American history
- 10 in modern U.S. history
- 13 in history overall
- 19 in English
Public Affairs
- 5 in city management
- 8 in environmental policy & management
- 9 in health policy & management
- 14 overall
Psychology
- 6 in clinical psychology
- 9 in social psychology
- 10 in developmental psychology
- 22 overall
Social Work
Business
- 10 in entrepreneurship
- 11 in executive MBA
- 12 in accounting
- 12 productions/operations
- 14 in management
- 15 in marketing
- 19 overall
- 20 in international
- 21 in supply/chain logistics
Education
- 14 in education administration and supervision
- 14 in special education
- 18 in elementary teacher education
- 19 in student counseling and personnel services
- 22 overall
Computer Science
Biological Sciences
Physics
Law
(Source: US
News and World Report's Latest Graduate School Rankings. Updated: 04/2008.)
A Look at our Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science, Engineering, and Health Fields
Overall Ranking
- 24 (out of 572 institutions surveyed) in total full-time graduate students in science, engineering and health fields.
(Source: National Science Foundation. Updated: 11/2006.)
Breakdown by field, type of support, and other criteria:
- Full-time graduate science, engineering, and health students
- Part-time graduate science, engineering, and health students
- Full-time graduate science, engineering, and health students receiving primary support from Federal sources (by field)
- Full-time graduate science, engineering, and health students, by type and primary source of support
- Science, engineering, and health postdoctorates
- Federally-support science, engineering, and health postdoctorates
(Source: National Science Foundation/SRS. Data drawn from NSF-NIH Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, Academic Institutional Profiles. Updated: 11/2006.)
UNC makes The Scientist's List of Best Academic Institutions for Postdocs
In 2006, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ranked nineteenth among US academic
institutions recognized as "best places to work for postdocs," according
to The Scientist magazine.
(Source: The Scientist . Updated: 2006.)
Students Studying Abroad
- 25 out of the top 40 doctoral/research institutions in number of students (1410) studying
abroad.
(Source: Institute
of International Education Open Doors 2007. Updated: 04/2008.)
