Indicator 13.5
Top American Research Universities, The Center for Measuring University Performance, 2005 to 2009
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkeley | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| Davis | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Irvine | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Los Angeles | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Riverside | - | - | - | - | |
| San Francisco | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| San Diego | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Santa Barbara | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Santa Cruz | - | - | - | - | |
| Illinois | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Michigan | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| SUNY Buffalo | - | - | - | - | - |
| Virginia | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Harvard | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
| MIT | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Stanford | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Yale | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
The Center for Measuring University Performance has ranked universities annually since 2000. While the Center's rankings are not as well known as other systems presented in this chapter, its unique methodology warrants its consideration.
Other systems presented in this chapter gather and then weight data on specific criteria (e.g. faculty publications, research expenditure). The Center looks at nine areas and awards a point for each where an institution crosses a pre-determined threshold. The main areas are research activity, faculty honors and awards, student outcomes and resources; each of these areas account for 2 of the 9 points possible; the 9th possible point is awarded in the area of student selectivity. Thus, institutions receive a total "score" of between 0 and 9.
UC campuses tend to rank high in these rankings because of their strong science and technology programs and the high number of honors and awards garnered by UC faculty. As with Academic Rankings of World Universities and U.S. News ranking systems, the Center does not normalize the data it collects by faculty size. As a result smaller UC campuses rank less highly than larger ones.
You may view or download a table of the raw data used to generate these charts in CSV files, which can be opened in spreadsheet programs such as Microsoft Excel or OpenOffice.