Biological Sciences Specialties: Ranked in 2002* Biochemistry 1. Harvard University (MA) 2. Stanford University (CA) 3. University of California–San Francisco 4. Johns Hopkins University (MD) University of California–Berkeley 6. University of Wisconsin–Madison 7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 8. California Institute of Technology 9. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center–Dallas 10. Rockefeller University (NY) Yale University (CT) 12. Duke University (NC) University of Michigan–Ann Arbor University of Washington 15. University of California–San Diego 16. Scripps Research Institute (CA) University of Pennsylvania Cell Biology 1. Harvard University (MA) Stanford University (CA) 3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of California–San Francisco Yale University (CT) 6. Johns Hopkins University (MD) 7. Rockefeller University (NY) 8. University of California–Berkeley 9. California Institute of Technology 10. Washington University in St. Louis 11. University of California–San Diego 12. Duke University (NC) Microbiology 1. Harvard University (MA) 2. Stanford University (CA) 3. University of Wisconsin–Madison 4. Johns Hopkins University (MD) University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign 6. Washington University in St. Louis 7. University of California–Los Angeles University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 9. University of California–San Francisco University of Washington Molecular Biology 1. Harvard University (MA) 2. Stanford University (CA) 3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4. University of California–Berkeley 5. Johns Hopkins University (MD) 6. Princeton University (NJ) University of California–San Francisco 8. California Institute of Technology 9. Yale University (CT) 10. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center–Dallas University of Wisconsin–Madison Washington University in St. Louis 13. Rockefeller University (NY) 14. Duke University (NC) University of Pennsylvania Neuroscience 1. University of California–San Francisco 2. Harvard University (MA) 3. Stanford University (CA) 4. Columbia University (NY) Johns Hopkins University (MD) 6. Washington University in St. Louis 7. University of California–San Diego 8. Yale University (CT) 9. University of California–Los Angeles 10. Duke University (NC) University of Pennsylvania University of Washington