Organic

Ranked in 2010, part of Chemistry

Organic chemistry involves carbon molecules and their structure, properties, and behavior. Organic chemists work in research and development, teaching, and industry positions. These are the best science schools for organic chemistry.

Rank School name
#1 Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

#2 University of California–​Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

#3 Scripps Research Institute

La Jolla, CA

#4 Stanford University

Stanford, CA

#5 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA

#6 California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, CA

#7 University of Illinois–​Urbana-​Champaign

Urbana, IL

#8 Columbia University

New York, NY

#8 University of Wisconsin–​Madison

Madison, WI

#10 University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

#11 University of California–​Irvine

Irvine, CA

#12 University of Michigan–​Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI

#13 Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

#14 University of Texas–​Austin

Austin, TX

#15 University of California–​Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

#16 Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA

#16 Yale University

New Haven, CT

#18 University of North Carolina–​Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

#19 University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

Morse Code: Inside the College Rankings by Bob Morse
Updates to 2 Schools' 2013 Best Colleges Ranks

University of Mary Hardin–Baylor and York College of Pennsylvania are now in the ‘Unranked’ category.

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