PhD from Rochacha is definitely a top 20
Rochester as a department is low MRM, kind of top-40. However, their PhD program is still pretty strong, around top-20 or top-25.
Is Rochester a MRM or LRM?
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Rochester as a department is low MRM, kind of top-40. However, their PhD program is still pretty strong, around top-20 or top-25.
Why? Because Rochester ranking is good in US News?
PhD program at Rochacha has always been more rigorous than in comparable schools. Coursework is still tough and professors are caring.
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rochester is now ranked 69 in Ideas
No one uses the ideas ranking as it includes government organizations, research centers and separated departments between colleges in ways don't make sense.
The ranking for American PhD programs is U.S. World News and Reports. This is widely used across fields and colleges.
Rochester is a department that used to be really good at Minnesota macro 20 years ago. Then they fell from grace. Now they are Mid tier dept and have been kinda there for a long time. Supposedly they have better training than most.
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I didn't care to look all comparable schools. But UT-Astin placed their students at Princeton and Columbia. In addition, Except for a few you mentioned, Rochester's other placements (e.g. the second best placement in each cohort) are quite bad even for a top 30 department.
Rochester PhD program is top 30
Find me any other "top 30" placing their PhD students at NYU, Toronto, Michigan...