Luke90275

Hello, I've been looking for a ranking of the best applied math graduate schools. I've seen US New's ranking applied math rankings although that list seems to be quite short with only 16 schools (and is oddly missing some of the top ranked overall math schools such as Harvard as shown here). I've also seen the NRC's applied math rankings as well as their overall math rankings (both of which are a little outdated but I doubt that matters to a large degree). The thing is, the applied math rankings seem inconsistent when compared to other applied math rankings (US news has NYU as its #1 while NRC doesn't even have NYU that close to the top) and when compared to the overall math rankings (which yes, I understand they should differ to a larger degree, but why wouldn't a school like Harvard, who is very good at math overall, be ranked on a list where even the University of Colorado Boulder is ranked?). Is there any ranking of applied math school that is the most accurate (of course rankings can be subjective due to the weight of certain categories but at least one that's accurate to plus or minus a couple of spots for each school listed)? Or even a tier list that shows the different rankings of universities? Or even an overall math resource that may be even more accurate than any applied math resource? Thank you so much in advance!

Thank you for the reply! I just learned that AMS's tier list is based off of the NRC rankings (I'm not exactly sure using which metric but I would imagine a combination of the S and R ranks). It is good to know that Courant and UCLA are in a league of their own, which is also shown in the US New's List of applied math schools. I also came to the consensus that rankings are more like approximations rather than definite numbers that everyone should take as facts. I was a little confused when I saw the NRC rankings as NYU Courant has a high S rank of 6 and a high R rank of 3, while UCLA has a high S rank of 2 and a high R rank of 3, while a school like Princeton, which to my knowledge is (slightly) more known for its Pure Math, has a ranking of 1 almost across the board. I was wondering why this discrepancy exists between Courant and UCLA being in a tier of their own yet not having the highest rankings on NRC?

Hello all, Is there anywhere I can find an accurate rankings of applied math schools? I have seen US New's List, but I have heard that it is not the most accurate (and it only includes 17 schools). They also have an overall math program list which seems decent for the most part, except that I am looking specifically for a list of Applied Math Schools. Also, I've seen AMS's Tier List which seems really good, other than the fact that the tiers (especially tier 1 which is what I'm mostly looking into) are so broad. Again this tier list seems to be for overall math, which I would like to find a resource for applied math. Other than those two sources, many seem to be very inaccurate and random at times. Is there any resource that more accurately ranks schools for their applied math programs? This can be a list, a tier list, or even a list of the top 10 applied math schools. Thank you guys so much!