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I find it interesting to hear people's thoughts on changes in ranking over time, so here is this year's list in the same format as the 2018 discussion thread. The most obvious change is how many more programs were ranked this time around. STATISTICS 1. Stanford University 2. University of California--Berkeley 3-4. Harvard University, University of Chicago (tied) 5-6. Carnegie Mellon University, Columbia University (tied) 7-10. Duke University, University of Michigan--Ann Arbor, University of Pennsylvania, University of Washington (tied) 11-12. North Carolina State University, University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill (tied) 13-18 Cornell University, Texas A&M University--College Station, University of California--Davis, University of Minnesota--Twin Cities, University of Wisconsin--Madison, Yale University (tied) 19-21. Iowa State University, Pennsylvania State University, University of California--Los Angeles (tied) 22-23. Purdue University--West Lafayette, University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign (tied) 24-25. Ohio State University, Rutgers University--New Brunswick (tied) 26. University of Florida 27-28. University of California--Irvine, University of Texas--Austin (tied) 29. Rice University 30-34. Colorado State University, Florida State University, Michigan State University, University of Connecticut, University of Iowa (tied) 35-36. University of Georgia, University of Pittsburgh (tied) 37-40. New York University, Northwestern University, University of Missouri--Columbia, Virginia Tech (tied) 41-44. Boston University, George Washington University, University of California--San Diego (tied) 44-48. Temple University, University of California--Riverside, University of California--Santa Barbara, University of California--Santa Cruz, University of Virginia (tied) 49-50. Arizona State University, University of Rochester (tied) 51-53. University of Illinois--Chicago, University of Massachusetts--Amherst, University of South Carolina (tied) 54-60. George Mason University, Indiana University--Bloomington, Oregon State University, SMU, University of Arizona, University of Maryland--Baltimore County, Washington University in St. Louis (tied) 61-62. Clemson University, University of Notre Dame (tied) 63-65. Case Western Reserve University, University of Cincinnati, University of Kentucky (tied) 66-69. Baylor University, Kansas State University, University of Nebraska, University of Texas--Dallas (tied) 70-71. University of Colorado--Denver, University of North Carolina--Charlotte (tied) 72-78. Binghamton University--SUNY, Bowling Green State University, Lehigh University, University of Central Florida, University of New Mexico, Washington State University, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (tied) 79-81. Auburn University, University of Texas--San Antonio, Utah State University (tied) 82-85. Montana State University, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Northern Illinois University, University of Alabama (tied) 86-91. Marquette University, Oklahoma State University, Portland State University, University of Arkansas, University of North Carolina--Greensboro, University of South Florida (tied) 92. Central Michigan University, Michigan Technological University, Old Dominion University, University of Nevada--Reno (tied) 96-98. South Dakota State University, University of Toledo, Western Michigan University (tied) 99-101. North Dakota State University, Oakland University, University of Northern Colorado (tied) BIOSTATISTICS 1-2. Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University (tied) 3. University of Washington 4. University of Michigan--Ann Arbor 5. University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill 6. University of Pennsylvania 7-8. Columbia University, University of California--Berkeley (tied) 9-10. University of California--Los Angeles, University of Minnesota--Twin Cities (tied) 11-12. Emory University, University of Wisconsin--Madison (tied) 13-17. Brown University, Duke University, University of Texas MD Anderson, Vanderbilt University, Yale University (tied) 18. Boston University 19. University of Pittsburgh 20. University of Iowa 21-23. Ohio State University, University of Florida, University of Rochester (tied) 24-25. Rice University, University of California--Davis (tied) 26-27. University of Colorado--Denver, University of Texas Health Science Center--Houston (tied) 28-30. Case Western Reserve University, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, University of Illinois--Chicago (tied) 31-33. Medical University of South Carolina, University of Alabama--Birmingham, University of Massachusetts--Amherst (tied) 34-40. Drexel University, Georgetown University, Medical College of Wisconsin, NYU College of Global Public Health, Rutgers University--Piscataway, University of California--San Diego, University of Southern California (tied) 41-43. Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis/Indiana University School of Medicine, Michigan State University, NYU Langone Health (tied) 44-48. Indiana University--Bloomington, Tulane University, University at Buffalo--SUNY, University of Georgia, Virginia Commonwealth University (tied) 49-51. Temple University, University of Miami, University of South Carolina (tied) 52-54. Florida State University, University of Kansas Medical Center, University of Kentucky (tied) 55. University of Cincinnati 56-58. University of Arizona, University of Nebraska Medical Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (tied) 59-60. Georgia Southern University, University of Louisville (tied) 61-62. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center--New Orleans, University at Albany--SUNY (tied) 63. University of Mississippi Medical Center 64-65. Augusta University, Florida International University (tied)

Could you expand on this? Are there no longer any big departments like Ohio that focus on spatial statistics? Seems like a lot of professors have dispersed in recent years.

Have you heard anything back from Iowa State? I also see on the results page that if we haven't heard back from UCLA at this point, we can take that as a rejection. Is anyone able to confirm that?

Has anyone been in touch with UCLA? Is it safe to assume rejection at this point? I don't see a lot of activity on the results page besides two acceptances a month ago. I know Ohio is also known for sending acceptances very late in the game. Is there any point in e-mailing them? I would accept them over the current offers that I have and don't feel great about potentially keeping those offers hanging until mid-April.

Does anyone have any insight they can share into the department at Simon Fraser U.? I got an offer last week and am pretty interested. I just don't have a sense of how to compare it to U.S. institutions reputation-wise. Maybe this isn't the best way to think about it, but what USNWR ranked departments would SFU be analogous to? Are prospects of an academic job after completing their program decent? I see a few cases of their PhD graduates getting professorships at departments like Ohio, which is encouraging.