Subfield · Philosophy · United States
Philosophy research in United States
University of California, Irvine ranks first in United States for Philosophy research in 2022–2025 (#4 worldwide), followed by University of Chicago and Princeton University.
- United States's world rank
- #1 of 49 countries, 2022–2025
- Works, 2022–2025
- 15k
- Top-10% rate
- 16.2%
- Ranked institutions
- 37
Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.
What is the best university for Philosophy in United States?
| # | Institution | World rank | Score | Top-10% rate | Works |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of California, IrvineIrvine | #4 | 75.6 | 40.7% | 73 |
| 2 | University of ChicagoChicago | #14 | 53.5 | 22.8% | 175 |
| 3 | Princeton UniversityPrinceton | #15 | 52.2 | 26.4% | 131 |
| 4 | The University of Texas at AustinAustin | #19 | 48.1 | 17.9% | 143 |
| 5 | New York UniversityNew York | #23 | 44.7 | 19.6% | 126 |
| 6 | University of Notre DameNotre Dame | #32 | 38.9 | 21.2% | 150 |
| 7 | Stanford UniversityStanford | #37 | 36.3 | 28.0% | 93 |
| 8 | University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill | #41 | 34.5 | 23.9% | 108 |
| 9 | Columbia UniversityNew York | #42 | 34.1 | 24.3% | 98 |
| 10 | Purdue University West LafayetteWest Lafayette | #43 | 33.7 | 24.1% | 77 |
| 11 | Georgetown UniversityWashington | #48 | 31.7 | 23.6% | 77 |
| 12 | Yale UniversityNew Haven | #56 | 29.0 | 15.7% | 132 |
| 13 | Weatherford CollegeWeatherford | #71 | 24.8 | 2.6% | 793 |
| 14 | Harvard UniversityCambridge | #77 | 23.4 | 25.9% | 67 |
| 15 | University of California San DiegoSan Diego | #79 | 22.9 | 30.7% | 66 |
| 16 | Arizona State UniversityTempe | #80 | 22.7 | 26.8% | 72 |
| 17 | University of MichiganAnn Arbor | #81 | 22.5 | 21.2% | 82 |
| 18 | University of California, BerkeleyBerkeley | #99 | 19.0 | 22.0% | 74 |
| 19 | Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyNew Brunswick | #111 | 16.9 | 23.1% | 77 |
| 20 | The Ohio State UniversityColumbus | #115 | 16.3 | 30.0% | 66 |
| 21 | Film IndependentLos Angeles | #124 | 15.0 | 13.8% | 190 |
| 22 | University of South FloridaTampa | #125 | 14.8 | 25.3% | 65 |
| 23 | University of PittsburghPittsburgh | #130 | 14.1 | 21.4% | 75 |
| 24 | Cornell UniversityIthaca | #139 | 13.0 | 16.6% | 90 |
| 25 | Duke UniversityDurham | #162 | 10.3 | 19.9% | 80 |
| 26 | Pennsylvania State UniversityState College | #163 | 10.2 | 18.0% | 80 |
| 27 | Baylor UniversityWaco | #167 | 9.7 | 13.5% | 85 |
| 28 | University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUrbana | #172 | 9.2 | 27.7% | 61 |
| 29 | University of Wisconsin–MadisonMadison | #176 | 8.8 | 17.4% | 81 |
| 30 | Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency FoundationSebastopol | #201 | 6.5 | 0.0% | 763 |
| 31 | Emory UniversityAtlanta | #230 | 4.1 | 11.9% | 69 |
| 32 | Fordham UniversityNew York | #232 | 3.9 | 14.2% | 71 |
| 33 | Georgia State UniversityAtlanta | #233 | 3.9 | 11.5% | 81 |
| 34 | University of VirginiaCharlottesville | #234 | 3.8 | 16.5% | 62 |
| 35 | Loyola University ChicagoChicago | #238 | 3.5 | 10.6% | 80 |
| 36 | Human Growth FoundationNew York | #240 | 3.3 | 13.7% | 73 |
| 37 | Boston CollegeBoston | #249 | 2.7 | 11.4% | 81 |
Institutions in United States above the floor of 40 fractional works in Philosophy, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.
Who are the top Philosophy researchers in United States?
Noam Chomsky, Norman K. Denzin and Sigmund Freud rank highest among researchers based in United States.
- 1Noam Chomsky#7 worldwide overall3.7k citations · 11 works
- 2Norman K. Denzin#16 worldwide overall8.6k citations · 7 works
- 3Sigmund Freud#25 worldwide overall2.7k citations · 14 works
- 4Amartya Sen#28 worldwide overall4.9k citations · 7 works
- 5Sander L. Gilman#37 worldwide overall4.2k citations · 19 works
- 6Judith Butler#70 worldwide overall6.7k citations · 9 works
- 7Émile Durkheim#87 worldwide overall2.5k citations · 8 works
- 8Martha C. Nussbaum#279 worldwide overall1.6k citations · 53 works
- 9Bryan S. Turner#337 worldwide overall1.9k citations · 11 works
- 10Richard Rorty#462 worldwide overall1.2k citations · 67 works
- 11Franco Ferrari#827 worldwide overall661 citations · 17 works
- 12Immanuel Kant#896 worldwide overall718 citations · 68 works
- 13Hannah Arendt#1,066 worldwide overall1.1k citations · 13 works
- 14W. V. Quine#1,177 worldwide overall1.1k citations · 13 works
- 15Alasdair MacIntyre#1,605 worldwide overall844 citations · 27 works
How United States compares with other countries in Philosophy