Theoretical

Ranked in 2010, part of Chemistry

Theoretical chemistry involves understanding principles of physics and mathematics to test and predict chemical properties, behaviors, and reactions. These are the best science schools for theoretical chemistry.

Rank School name
#1 University of California–​Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

#2 University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

#3 California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, CA

#3 Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

#5 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA

#6 Columbia University

New York, NY

#7 Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

#8 Yale University

New Haven, CT

#9 University of Wisconsin–​Madison

Madison, WI

#10 University of Texas–​Austin

Austin, TX

#11 Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

#11 Stanford University

Stanford, CA

#13 Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

#13 University of Illinois–​Urbana-​Champaign

Urbana, IL

#15 University of Georgia

Athens, GA

#15 University of Minnesota–​Twin Cities

Minneapolis, MN

#17 University of California–​San Diego

La Jolla, CA

#18 University of California–​Irvine

Irvine, CA

#18 University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

Morse Code: Inside the College Rankings by Bob Morse
Correcting Dominican University of California's 2011 Admissions Statistics

Dominican misreported its number of applications to U.S. News and other data collectors.

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