tankis9

Thank you! That is definitely the type of valuable insight I am hoping for!

Now I am really wading in over my head! But . . . I could speculate a top 6 and second 6 for HB and NELC might look something like: Top group: University of Chicago Harvard Yale Brandeis Johns Hopkins NYU Second group: Duke (PhD) PTSEM Berkeley UT Austin Brown UCLA (or Cornell, Vanderbilt, Boston College, Michigan, Toronto, Emory, etc.) Here is a link to placement results for NYU in this area: http://as.nyu.edu/hebrewjudaic/graduate/phd-placement.html

I've spent less time looking into this, but for systematic I might guess at a top five of: Yale Notre Dame University of Chicago Duke (PhD) Vanderbilt?

Interesting idea. Not sure I know enough about all the programs to break it up further. From your perspective, who else should drop out of the top group? Do some programs in the lower group belong in the top group? Are there other standout NTEC programs not on either list? What about other areas of study? These are fairly subjective valuations of course, but I know we all form them based on research we conduct and conversations we hold over a span of multiple years.

So as we are evaluating offers (not prepared to disclose anything yet), would anyone hazard a guess at what the top 10 and second 10 programs are in terms of job placement at like institutions in the area of NTEC, Christian Ethics, Theology, or HB? This is pretty much guess work, but opinions matter and I want yours! This is obviously subjective and I have only my own limited perspective to draw from, but what about this list for NTEC or the rough equivalent:* First group (11): Duke (PhD) Notre Dame University of Chicago Emory Baylor Duke (ThD) PTSEM Yale Loyola Chicago Johns Hopkins Boston College Second group (11): Catholic University of America UNC Vanderbilt Marquette Indiana Brown Michigan Boston U Harvard Fuller Theological Seminary UC Santa Barbara *Don’t get upset at this list…this is total guesswork, just trying to get a conversation started that could help inform my decision and that of others. I’ve applied to schools in both groups and consider them all to be outstanding.

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