The Philosophical Gourmet Report
A Ranking of Graduate Programs in Philosophy in the English-Speaking World

HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY

ANCIENT GREEK & ROMAN PHILOSOPHY

InstitutionRounded MeanMedianModeGroup
Oxford University55.005Group 1
Cambridge University4.54.255Group 2
Cornell University4.54.254.5, 4Group 2
Princeton University4.54.504.5Group 2
University of Toronto4.54.755Group 2
New York University43.755, 3.5Group 3
Stanford University44.004Group 3
University of Chicago44.254.5Group 3
University of Pittsburgh44.004Group 3
Yale University44.004.5Group 3
Columbia University3.53.503.5Group 4
King’s College, London3.53.503.5Group 4
McGill University3.53.254, 2.5Group 4
University of California, San Diego3.53.003Group 4
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor3.53.003Group 4
University of Texas, Austin3.53.503.5, 3Group 4
Brown University33.003Group 5
University College London33.003Group 5
University of California, Los Angeles33.003.5, 3Group 5
University of Colorado, Boulder32.502.5Group 5
University of Durham32.253, 2Group 5
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill33.003, 2.5Group 5
University of Wisconsin, Madison32.502.5, 2Group 5
Additional programs not evaluated this year but recommended for consideration by the Advisory Board: Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen (instruction predominantly in English); Humboldt University, Berlin (instruction is in English in the ancient philosophy program); LMU Munich; University of Oslo.

Ancient Greek & Roman Philosophy Evaluators: Rachel Barney, Chris Bobonich, Tad Brennan, Victor Caston, Verity Harte, Thomas Johansen, Mi-Kyoung Lee, Jessica Moss, Christopher Shields, Allan Silverman, Rachel Singpurwalla, Eleonore Stump, Máté Veres.

MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY

InstitutionRecommendation
Cambridge UniversityHighly Recommended
Saint Louis UniversityHighly Recommended
University of Colorado, BoulderHighly Recommended
University of Notre DameHighly Recommended
University of TorontoHighly Recommended
Georgetown UniversityRecommended
King’s College, LondonRecommended
Oxford UniversityRecommended
Purdue UniversityRecommended
Rutgers University

Recommended
University of AlbertaRecommended
Additional programs not evaluated this year but recommended for consideration by the Advisory Board: Boston College; Catholic University; Fordham University; Loyola University Chicago; Marquette University; University of St. Thomas, Houston.

Medieval Philosophy Evaluators: Brian Leftow, Christopher Shields, Eleonore Stump, Thomas Williams.

EARLY MODERN: 17TH CENTURY

InstitutionRounded MeanMedianModeGroup
Princeton University4.54.504.5Group 1
Yale University4.54.504Group 1
Harvard University4.04.504.5Group 2
New York University4.04.004Group 2
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor4.04.004Group 2
Columbia University3.53.003Group 3
Cornell University3.54.003Group 3
Johns Hopkins University3.53.503Group 3
Oxford University3.53.504, 3.5, 3Group 3
University of Toronto3.53.504, 3Group 3
University of Wisconsin, Madison3.53.503Group 3
Cambridge University3.03.003Group 4
Duke University3.03.002.5Group 4
King’s College, London3.02.503Group 4
McGill University3.03.003Group 4
Ohio State University3.03.003Group 4
Purdue University3.03.003Group 4
Rutgers University, New Brunswick3.03.003Group 4
University of California, Berkeley3.03.004.5, 3, 2.5, 2Group 4
University of California, San Diego3.03.003Group 4
University of Colorado, Boulder3.03.003, 2Group 4
University of Edinburgh3.03.003Group 4
University of Massachusetts, Amherst3.03.003Group 4
University of Notre Dame3.03.003Group 4
University of Pennsylvania3.03.003Group 4
University of Rochester3.02.503, 2Group 4
University of Southern California3.03.003.5, 3Group 4
University of Texas, Austin3.03.003.5, 2Group 4
University of Virginia3.03.503.5Group 4
Additional programs not evaluated this year but recommended for consideration by the Advisory Board: University of Kentucky; University of South Florida.

Early Modern: 17th Century Evaluators: Andrew Chignell, Becko Copenhaver, Michael Della Rocca, Lisa Downing, Don Garrett, Michael Gill, Peter Kail, Dan Kaufman, Michael LeBuffe, Martin Lin, Edwin McCann, Yitzhak Melamed, John Morrison, Alan Nelson, Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra, Paul Russell.

EARLY MODERN: 18TH CENTURY

InstitutionRounded MeanMedianModeGroup
New York University4.54.254Group 1
Oxford University4.04.004Group 2
University of Toronto4.04.004Group 2
Harvard University3.53.003Group 3
Johns Hopkins University3.53.003Group 3
National University of Singapore3.53.754Group 3
Ohio State University3.53.503.5Group 3
Princeton University3.53.503Group 3
University of California, San Diego3.53.503.5Group 3
University of Edinburgh3.53.503Group 3
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor3.53.503.5Group 3
University of Virginia3.53.003Group 3
Yale University3.53.752.5Group 3
Boston University3.03.253.5, 3Group 4
Brown University3.03.003Group 4
Columbia University3.02.753.5, 2.5, 2Group 4
Cornell University3.02.503, 2.5Group 4
Duke University3.03.003Group 4
Indiana University, Bloomington3.03.004, 3, 2Group 4
Purdue University3.03.003Group 4
University at Buffalo3.03.003.5, 2Group 4
University of California, Berkeley3.02.503.5, 2.5Group 4
University of California, Santa Barbara3.03.003.5Group 4
University of Illinois, Chicago3.03.003, 2Group 4
University of Massachusetts, Amherst3.02.504Group 4
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill3.02.003.5, 2Group 4
University of Southern California3.03.003Group 4
University of St. Andrews/Stirling Joint Program3.03.003Group 4
University of Sydney3.02.752.5Group 4
University of Texas, Austin3.03.003Group 4
University of Western Ontario3.02.503Group 4
University of Wisconsin, Madison3.03.003Group 4
Washington University, St. Louis3.03.003Group 4
Additional programs not evaluated this year but recommended for consideration by the Advisory Board: University of South Florida.

Early Modern: 18th Century Evaluators: Andrew Chignell, Becko Copenhaver, Michael Della Rocca, Lisa Downing, Don Garrett, Michael Gill, Peter Kail, Dan Kaufman, Michael LeBuffe, Edwin McCann, Yitzhak Melamed, Alan Nelson, Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra, Paul Russell.

KANT

InstitutionRounded MeanMedianModeGroup
Princeton University4.54.004Group 1
University of California, San Diego4.54.505Group 1
Johns Hopkins University4.04.004, 3.5Group 2
University of California, Berkeley4.04.004Group 2
University of Toronto4.03.503.5Group 2
Cambridge University3.53.754.5, 4, 3.5Group 3
Northwestern University3.53.504, 3Group 3
Stanford University3.54.004Group 3
University of California, Riverside3.53.504, 3.5, 3Group 3
University of Illinois, Chicago3.53.003Group 3
University of Pittsburgh3.53.503.5Group 3
University of St. Andrews/Stirling Joint Program3.53.754Group 3
University of Texas, Austin3.53.504, 3.5, 3Group 3
Boston University3.03.003Group 4
Georgetown University3.02.753, 2.5Group 4
King’s College, London3.03.003Group 4
McGill University3.03.003Group 4
New York University3.03.004.5, 3, 2Group 4
Ohio State University3.03.003Group 4
Oxford University3.03.003.5, 3Group 4
Purdue University3.03.003Group 4
University of Arizona3.02.75#N/AGroup 4
University of California, Los Angeles3.03.004Group 4
University of Chicago3.03.002Group 4
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill3.02.502Group 4
University of Notre Dame3.02.503.5, 2.5, 2Group 4
University of Warwick3.03.003.5, 3Group 4
University of Western Ontario3.03.003.5Group 4
University of Wisconsin, Madison3.03.503.5Group 4
Yale University3.03.251Group 4
Additional programs not evaluated this year but recommended for consideration by the Advisory Board: State University of New York at Albany.

Kant Evaluators: Matt Boyle, Andrew Chignell, Michael Hardimon, Pierre Keller, Edwin McCann, Jacob McNulty, Yitzhak Melamed, Derk Pereboom, Ian Proops, Michael Rosen, Paul Russell, Eric Watkins.

19TH CENTURY CONTINENTAL

InstitutionRounded MeanMedianModeGroup
Boston University4.04.004Group 1
New York University4.04.003.5Group 1
University of Chicago4.04.005, 4Group 1
Yale University4.04.005Group 1
Brown University3.53.504, 3.5Group 2
Northwestern University3.53.754Group 2
Oxford University3.53.504, 3.5, 3Group 2
University College London3.53.504Group 2
University of Warwick3.53.504, 3Group 2
City University of New York Graduate Center3.03.003Group 3
Columbia University3.03.004Group 3
Harvard University3.03.003Group 3
Johns Hopkins University3.03.504Group 3
Purdue University3.02.753Group 3
Stanford University3.03.003.5, 3, 2.5Group 3
University of California, Berkeley3.03.003Group 3
University of California, Riverside3.03.003Group 3
University of California, San Diego3.03.003Group 3
University of Notre Dame3.03.504Group 3
University of Toronto3.03.503.5Group 3
Vanderbilt University3.03.003Group 3
Additional programs not evaluated this year but recommended for consideration by the Advisory Board: University College Dublin; University of Essex; University of New Mexico; University of Southampton.

19th Century Continental Evaluators: Mark Alznauer, Matt Boyle, Thom Brooks, Thimo Heisenberg, Stephen Houlgate, Andrew Huddleston, Scott Jenkins, Peter Kail, Paul Katsafanas, Pierre Keller, Brian Leiter, Daniele Lorenzini, Jacob McNulty, Yitzhak Melamed, Brian O’Connor, Alexander Prescott-Couch, Mathias Risse, Michael Rosen, Joseph Schear, Iain Thomson.

20TH CENTURY CONTINENTAL

InstitutionRounded MeanMedianModeGroup
Columbia University4.04.005, 4Group 1
Harvard University4.03.755, 4, 3Group 1
Oxford University4.04.005, 3.5Group 1
Boston University3.53.504.5, 4, 3Group 2
Georgetown University3.54.004Group 2
Northwestern University3.53.503.5Group 2
New York University3.02.503, 2.5Group 3
University of Chicago3.02.504, 2.5Group 3
University of Notre Dame3.03.004, 3, 1.5Group 3
Yale University3.03.00#N/AGroup 3
Additional programs not evaluated this year but recommended for consideration by the Advisory Board: Boston College; Loyola University, Chicago; New School University; University College Dublin; University of Essex; University of Kentucky; University of Memphis; University of New Mexico.

20th Century Continental Evaluators: Steven Crowell, Pierre Keller, Brian Leiter, Daniele Lorenzini, Jacob McNulty, Brian O’Connor, Michael Rosen, Joseph Schear, Iain Thomson, Georgia Warnke.

HISTORY OF ANALYTIC

InstitutionRounded MeanMedianModeGroup
Boston University4.04.505Group 1
Cambridge University4.04.004Group 1
Oxford University4.04.004Group 1
University of California, Irvine4.03.753.5Group 1
University of Manchester4.04.005, 4Group 1
University of Pittsburgh4.04.004Group 1
University of Texas, Austin4.04.005, 3Group 1
City University of New York Graduate Center3.53.754Group 2
Indiana University, Bloomington3.53.50Group 2
Ohio State University3.53.503Group 2
University College London3.53.504Group 2
University of British Columbia3.53.252Group 2
University of California, Berkeley3.53.003Group 2
University of Chicago3.54.002Group 2
University of Connecticut, Storrs3.53.504Group 2
University of Massachusetts, Amherst3.53.504Group 2
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor3.53.50Group 2
University of Notre Dame3.53.25Group 2
University of Toronto3.53.50Group 2
Brown University3.02.75Group 3
Carnegie Mellon University3.02.75Group 3
Johns Hopkins University3.03.003Group 3
King’s College, London3.03.003, 2Group 3
McGill University3.02.00Group 3
Rutgers University, New Brunswick3.03.003Group 3
Stanford University3.02.502Group 3
University of Calgary3.02.502.5Group 3
University of California, Riverside3.03.002Group 3
University of Durham3.03.003Group 3
University of Glasgow3.03.003Group 3
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign3.02.75Group 3
University of Southern California3.03.004, 2.5Group 3
University of St. Andrews/Stirling Joint Program3.03.25Group 3
University of York3.02.50Group 3
Additional programs not evaluated this year but recommended for consideration by the Advisory Board: McMaster University; Trinity College Dublin.

History of Analytic Evaluators: Leon Horsten, Henry Jackman, Robin Jeshion, Alex Klein, Edwin Mares, Alex Miller, Cheryl Misak, Ian Proops, Jose Zalabardo.

AMERICAN PRAGMATISM

InstitutionRounded MeanMedianModeGroup
University of Toronto4.54.505Group 1
Vanderbilt University4.54.755Group 1
University of Miami3.53.002.5Group 2
York University, Toronto3.54.004Group 2
Ohio State University3.03.003Group 3
University of Calgary3.03.00Group 3
University of Pittsburgh3.03.003Group 3
University of Sydney3.03.503.5Group 3
Additional programs not evaluated this year but recommended for consideration by the Advisory Board: New School University; Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; University of Oregon.

American Pragmatism Evaluators: Matthew Festenstein, Henry Jackman, Alex Klein, Cheryl Misak, Robert Talisse.