With the updated rankings slated to be published tomorrow, I thought this would be a good topic to discuss them. Here is the article regarding upcoming new rankings:   EDIT: New rankings posted!    http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/statistics-rankings     Here are the old rankings:   2010 Statistics rankings (Top 40):   1) Stanford 2) UC Berkeley 3) Harvard 4) Chicago 5) Washington 6) Carnegie Mellon 7) Duke 8) North Car