NRC Assessment of Research Doctorate Programs
Results
As with previous NRC studies, the results will include ratings of doctoral programs. However, the methodology has changed. The NRC website states “that the overall quality of a doctoral program is multi-dimensional and that a strictly ordered ranking misrepresents the varieties of ways that programs achieve quality and the varieties of attributes that potential students seek in a doctoral program. Thus, we propose to approach the rating task in a variety of ways.”
The factors and their weightings in the ratings have not yet been identified by the NRC oversight committee. We can make assumptions about what will be important, but our best approach is to be as thorough as possible in putting forward accurate data to paint a clear picture of ourselves.
Additional data on the ratings, rankings, and results can be found at the NRC website.