University of Washington - Rankings

Rankings

In 2012, University of Washington ranked 16th among the world top 500 universities by Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) published by the Center for World-Class Universities of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, 16th in 2011, 16th in 2010, 16th in 2009, 16th in 2008, 16th in 2007, 17th in 2006, 17th in 2005, 20th in 2004 and 16th in 2003.

In 2012 world top 100 university subject field rankings published by the Center for World-Class Universities of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, University of Washington ranked 4th in Clinical Medicine and Pharmacy, 4th in Life and Agriculture Sciences, 25th in Natural Sciences and Mathematics, 26th in Social Sciences and 29th in Engineering/Technology and Computer Sciences. In 2012 world top 100 university subject rankings, University of Washington ranked 18th in Mathematics, 21st in Computer Science, 26th in Physics and 26th in Economics / Business.

University of Washington ranked 13th among 300 Best World Universities in 2011 compliled by Human Resources & Labor Review (HRLR) on Measurements of World's Top 300 Universities Graduates' Performance .

Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities (HEEACT) ranked University of Washington 4th among the top 500 world universities, produced by the Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan.

In 2011/2012 Leiden Ranking published by Leiden University, Netherlands ranked University of Washington 13th among the world 500 major universities.

In 2011, University of Washington ranked 8th among the world 2,000 universities in University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP) published by Middle East Technical University.

In Times Higher Education World University Rankings, University of Washington ranked 24th among the Top 500 World Universities in 2012–2013 23rd in 2010–2011 and 25th in 2011-2012.

University of Washington ranked 26th in reputation among the 100 World Best Universities in the 2011 Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings

University of Washington ranked 9th in 2012 among the Top 200 Colleges and Universities in the World on University Web Ranking published by 4 International Colleges & Universities

In 2012, University of Washington ranked 11th among the world top 20,000 universities in Ranking Web of World Universities published by Cybermetrics Lab of the Spanish National Research Council.

The Top American Research Universities ranked University of Washington 11th among the top 50 American universities in 2010 published by The Center for Measuring University Performance, Arizona State University.

In 2012, U.S. News and World Report ranked UW's undergraduate program 42nd among "national universities" and 10th among public universities. Among graduate programs, in 2012 U.S. News ranked UW's program in nursing first, social work third, pharmacy fifth, library and information science fourth, public health sixth, computer science seventh, education seventh, medicine ninth, engineering 21st, and law 20th. UW's nursing school has ranked first each year in the U.S. News rankings since the magazine began ranking nursing schools in 1993.

In the Washington Monthly National University Rankings, University of Washington ranked 8th in 2012, 16th in 2010, 14th in 2009, 14th in 2007, and 15th in 2006.

In the Kiplinger magazine's 2012 "Best Values in Public Colleges" list, the university ranked 14th for in-state students and 18th for out-of-state students

In 2011, the university ranked second among universities by number of undergraduate alumni currently serving as Peace Corps volunteers, at 110. UW tied for third in 2010 (94 volunteers), first in 2009 (101 volunteers), first in 2008 (104 volunteers) and first in 2007 (113 volunteers).

In the Global Language Monitor's rankings of universities by Internet presence, UW ranked 12th in 2012 and 17th in 2011.