Covering the business of education and training

The top ten 

1. California Institute of Technology

2. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

3. Columbia University in the City of New York

4. Duke University

4. University of California - Santa Barbara

6. Mayo Graduate School

7. Rice University

7. University of Pennsylvania

9. Yale University

10. Stanford University

10. University of Massachusetts Medical School - Worcester

For a breakdown by department see here.

Faculty Scholar Productivity (FSP) is a measure produced by Academic Analytics that determines graduate program quality.

The index analyzes a series of measures of faculty productivity:

1. Journal publication per capita.

2. Book publication with university presses, per capita.

3. A combined book and journal publication index.

4. Journal citations.

5. Grant dollars per faculty member.

6. Percentage of faculty members in a department receiving grants.

7. A “Faculty Funding Index” based on the various grant measures.

8. Awards and honors per faculty member, gathered from a long list of groups issuing such commendations.