UNL Computer Science & Engineering Department in Top One-Third of Ranked PhD Programs
On September 28, 2010, the National Research Council (NRC) released its first review of U.S. graduate programs since 1995, and the UNL CSE Department has made great strides.
Ranking Details
The UNL CSE Department is listed in the top one-third of ranked U.S. CS Ph.D. programs, and in the top 25 for most categories. The breakdown of the NRC rankings provided by the site PhDs.org, further highlights some of our strengths:
- 9th for Smaller Programs: Based on the PhDs.org Quick Start settings that emphasize smaller programs, CSE is listed 9th, with a 90% confidence range of 6-21. (Source: NRC 2010 via PhDs.org)
- 25th for Larger Programs: Based on the PhDs.org Quick Start settings that emphasize larger programs, CSE is listed 25th, with a 90% confidence range of 14-33. (Source: NRC 2010 via PhDs.org)
- 13th for Programs with more Females: Based on the PhDs.org Quick Start settings that emphasize programs with more female students and faculty, CSE is listed 13th, with a 90% confidence range of 7-30. (Source: NRC 2010 via PhDs.org)
- 16th for Programs with Minorities: Based on the PhDs.org Quick Start settings that emphasize programs with more minority students and faculty, CSE is listed 16th, with a 90% confidence range of 7-32. (Source: NRC 2010 via PhDs.org)
- 9th for Programs with Lower Tuition: Based on the PhDs.org Quick Start settings that emphasize programs with lower tuition, CSE is listed 9th, with a 90% confidence range of 4-21. (Source: NRC 2010 via PhDs.org)
- 17th for Programs with more Funded Students: Based on the PhDs.org Quick Start settings that emphasize programs with more funded students, CSE is listed 17th, with a 90% confidence range of 9-35. (Source: NRC 2010 via PhDs.org)
- 5th for Diversity, Student Outcomes, and S-ranking: Based on equal weights of diversity, student outcomes, and the S-ranking, CSE is listed 5th with a 90% confidence range of 2-18. (Source: NRC 2010 via PhDs.org)
- 24th for S-Rankings: Based only on the S-ranking from NRC, CSE is listed 24th, with a 90% confidence range of 12-45. (Source: NRC 2010 via PhDs.org)
- 40th for R-Rankings: Based only on the R-ranking from NRC, CSE is listed 40th, with a 90% confidence range of 30-60. (Source: NRC 2010 via PhDs.org) Across the board, CSE consistently ranks among the top Ph.D. programs in the U.S.
