Two sociologists have set up an interesting ranking device for sociology departments, and have now, kindly, made one for philosophy departments. Give it a try!
UPDATE (1/9/11): So with votes cast on more than 50,000 paired comparisons, here are some results--not utterly nutty, which is remarkable considering the strategic voting (you know who you are!), the fact that only school names were presented (thus producing obvious 'halo' effects), and the fact that anyone at all could vote, meaning students, faculty, and the totally ignorant. Here's the world top 25:
1. New York University (89)
2. Oxford University (88)
3. University of Pittsburgh (86)
4. Princeton University (85)
4. Rutgers University, New Brunswick (85)
6. Massachussetts Institute of Technology (84)
6. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (84)
8. Harvard University (83)
8. Stanford University (83)
10. University of California, Berkeley (82)
11. University of California, Los Angeles (81)
11. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (81)
11. Yale University (81)
14. Columbia University (78)
15. Australian National University (77)
15. Cornell University (77)
17. Cambridge University (76)
17. City University of New York Graduate Center (76)
17. University of Toronto (76)
20. Brown University (75)
20. University of Arizona (75)
22. University of St. Andrews/University of Stirling Joint Program (74)
22. University of Texas, Austin (74)
24. University of Chicago (71)
24. University of Notre Dame (71)
And here's the US top 25:
1. New York University (89)
2. University of Pittsburgh (86)
3. Princeton University (85)
3. Rutgers University, New Brunswick (85)
5. Massachussetts Institute of Technology (84)
5. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (84)
7. Harvard University (83)
7. Stanford University (83)
9. University of California, Berkeley (82)
10. University of California, Los Angeles (81)
10. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (81)
10. Yale University (81)
13. Columbia University (78)
14. Cornell University (77)
15. City University of New York Graduate Center (76)
16. Brown University (75)
16. University of Arizona (75)
18. University of Texas, Austin (74)
19. University of Chicago (71)
19. University of Notre Dame (71)
21. University of Southern California (70)
21. University of Wisconsin, Madison (70)
23. University of California, San Diego (68)
24. University of Colorado, Boulder (64)
25. University of California, Irvine (63)
The U.K. top ten (I should note that there were an astonishing number of voters from Leeds, though I would have expected Leeds to do well regardless):
1. Oxford University (88)
2. Cambridge University (76)
3. University of St. Andrews/University of Stirling Joint Program (74)
4. University College London (68)
5. King's College, London (65)
6. London School of Economics (64)
7. Birkbeck College, University of London (55)
7. University of Edinburgh (55)
9. University of Leeds (52)
10. University of Sheffield (47)
Reading (44), Warwick (35), and Nottingham (34) were clearly quite underranked in this exercise.
The Canadian top five:
1. University of Toronto (76)
2. University of British Columbia (48)
3. McGill University (45)
3. University of Western Ontario (45)
5. McMaster University (29)
5. York University, Toronto (29)
The Australasian top five:
1. Australian National University (77)
2. University of Sydney (49)
3. University of Melbourne (40)
4. University of Queensland (34)
5. Monash University (33)
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