A Data Based Assessment of Research Doctorate Programs in the United States

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1 A Data Based Assessment of Resear rch Doctorate Programs in the United States National Research Council Initial Analysis for University of California, Davis Graduat te Program in Food Science

2 Table of Contents About the NRC Study... UC Davis Coordination... Rankings by Lead Dean... S Rankings by Lead Dean... R Rankings by Lead Dean... Dimensional Measures... Research Activity by Lead Dean... Student Support & Outcomes by Lead Dean... 5 Diversity by Lead Dean... 6 Food Science (GFSC)... 7 Distribution of Range of Rankings by Percentile within the NRC Field... 9 Key to Distribution of Range of Rankings Tables... 9 Distribution of Range of Rankings... 9 Graphs of Program Rankings... 0 All NRC Rankings, by Program... 0 S Rankings by Field... R Rankings by Field... Dimensional Measures... Research Activity by Field... Student Support & Outcomes by Field... Diversity by Field... NRC Tables... Dimensional Measures... 0 Page ii

3 About the NRC Study The National Research Council (NRC) has reported the results of its latest project to assess U.S. research doctorate programs. This is the most comprehensive survey of research doctorate programs in the United States. The NRC has reported data for 5000 programs at different institutions across 6 fields of study. Each participating university provided data at an institutional level, at the program level and at the faculty level. Additionally, students in five selected fields were invited to complete questionnaires regarding their programs. The assessment offers data for each program on 0 characteristic variables: Publications per allocated faculty member Citations per publication Percent faculty with grants Percent faculty Interdisciplinary Percent non Asian minority faculty Percent female faculty Awards per allocated faculty Average GRE Q Percent st yr. students with full support Percent st yr. students with external funding Percent non Asian minority students Percent female students Percent international students Average PhDs 00 to 006 Percent completing within 6 years Time to degree Percent students in academic positions Student work space Health insurance Number of student activities offered The assessment also illustrates how the data can be used to rank the quality of programs based on the importance of particular characteristics to various users. It does not include an authoritative declaration of the 'best programs' in given fields, as the study committee concluded that no single such ranking can be produced in an unambiguous and rigorous way. Rather, to illustrate how the data can be used to assess and compare the quality of programs, the report offers five sets of rankings of programs in each field. These illustrative rankings should not be interpreted as definitive conclusions about the relative quality of doctoral programs, nor are they endorsed as such by the National Research Council. Rather, they demonstrate how the data can be used to rank programs based on the importance of particular characteristics to various users in this case, to faculty at participating institutions. The approach used to generate the illustrative rankings incorporates both data on program characteristics and faculty values. For each program, the study analyzed data on 0 characteristics, "weighing" the data according to the characteristics valued most by faculty in that field. The rankings are given in broad ranges rather than as single numbers, to reflect some of the uncertainties inherent in any effort to rank programs by quality. The full set of illustrative rankings includes overall rankings based on weights of characteristic variables determined from a direct survey that asked faculty to rate the importance of the 0 different program characteristics in determining the quality of a program (S weights). In addition, a second set of rankings is based on an indirect way of determining the importance faculty attach to various characteristics. First, groups of randomly selected faculty were asked to rate the quality of a sample of representative programs in their field. Based on the sample program ratings, weights were assigned to each of the 0 characteristics using statistical techniques (R weights). Additional rankings are based on research activity, student support and outcomes and diversity of the academic environment. UC Davis Coordination Jeffery Gibeling, Dean of Graduate Studies, was designated to serve as the UC Davis Institutional Coordinator (IC) for this project. In that capacity, he is the campus liaison to the NRC. Helen Frasier, Director of Analysis and Policy, Office of Graduate Studies, is the principal technical coordinator and contact person for the NRC Assessment Survey on the Davis campus. In July 006, each eligible program was asked to name a Program Responder (faculty or staff) who will serve as the principal contact person for that program. Page

4 Rankings by Lead Dean S Rankings by Lead Dean SOM & SOVM L&S: SS L&S: MPS L&S: HARCS Engineering CA&ES Biological Sciences Population Biology (n=9) Plant Biology () 5 9 Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Physiology (6) 8 Neuroscience (9) Genetics (65) 8 56 Biophysics (9) 8 Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (9) Cell & Developmental Biology () Animal Behavior (9) 5 Entomology (8) 7 Agricultural & Resource Economics (8) Nutritional Biology () Food Science () Ecology (9) 5 8 Plant Pathology () 7 Geography (9) 0 0 Ecology (w/ SDSU) (9) 56 Pharmacology & Toxicology () Agricultural & Environmental Chemistry (8) Soils & Biogeochemistry (9) Civil & Environmental Engineering (0) 6 7 Materials Science and Engineering (8) 7 Chemical Engineering (06) Computer Science () 5 Biomedical Engineering (7) 6 5 Transportation Technology & Policy (0) Electrical & Computer Engineering () 5 Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering (7) 55 Applied Science Engineering () Spanish (60) 6 Performance Studies (7) Music (6) 8 Comparative Literature (6) 8 French () English () Applied Mathematics () Mathematics (7) 9 Statistics (6) Chemistry (8) 0 Physics () Geology (0) 6 Anthropology (8) 7 Political Science (05) 7 6 Psychology (6) 57 Economics () 9 History (7) 0 Sociology () 8 Philosophy (90) 5 Microbiology (7) Immunology (78) 56 Comparative Pathology (78) Epidemiology (9) Page

5 R Rankings by Lead Dean SOM & SOVM L&S: SS L&S: MPS L&S: HARCS Engineering CA&ES Biological Sciences Plant Biology (n=) 5 Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Physiology (6) 7 Population Biology (9) 0 Animal Behavior (9) 9 Genetics (65) 0 Neuroscience (9) 8 5 Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (9) 7 Biophysics (9) Cell & Developmental Biology () 6 Ecology (9) Nutritional Biology () 5 Agricultural & Resource Economics (8) 5 Entomology (8) 0 Food Science () Plant Pathology () 6 Geography (9) 9 Pharmacology & Toxicology () 7 Ecology (w/ SDSU) (9) 5 7 Agricultural & Environmental Chemistry (8) 5 Soils & Biogeochemistry (9) Civil & Environmental Engineering (0) Materials Science and Engineering (8) 0 Biomedical Engineering (7) Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering (7) 65 Chemical Engineering (06) Computer Science () 5 Applied Science Engineering () 6 Electrical & Computer Engineering () 58 Transportation Technology & Policy (0) 7 Performance Studies (7) 6 Music (6) 9 0 Comparative Literature (6) 0 6 Spanish (60) French () 5 English () 8 Applied Mathematics () 5 Statistics (6) Mathematics (7) 7 Chemistry (8) 59 Physics () 6 Geology (0) 5 Anthropology (8) Philosophy (90) 5 Political Science (05) 0 5 Psychology (6) 67 History (7) 9 50 Sociology () 9 60 Economics () 0 56 Microbiology (7) Epidemiology (9) 5 Comparative Pathology (78) 50 Immunology (78) Page

6 Dimensional Measures Research Activity by Lead Dean SOM & SOVM L&S: SS L&S: MPS L&S: HARCS Engineering CA&ES Biological Sciences Population Biology (n=9) Plant Biology () Biophysics (9) Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Physiology (6) Genetics (65) Neuroscience (9) Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (9) Cell & Developmental Biology () Animal Behavior (9) Agricultural & Resource Economics (8) Entomology (8) Food Science () Nutritional Biology () Plant Pathology () Ecology (9) Geography (9) Pharmacology & Toxicology () Ecology (w/ SDSU) (9) Agricultural & Environmental Chemistry (8) Soils & Biogeochemistry (9) Materials Science and Engineering (8) Civil & Environmental Engineering (0) Chemical Engineering (06) Computer Science () Biomedical Engineering (7) Transportation Technology & Policy (0) Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering (7) Electrical & Computer Engineering () Applied Science Engineering () Spanish (60) Music (6) Performance Studies (7) Comparative Literature (6) French () English () Applied Mathematics () Mathematics (7) Chemistry (8) Statistics (6) Physics () Geology (0) Political Science (05) Anthropology (8) Psychology (6) Economics () History (7) Sociology () Philosophy (90) Microbiology (7) Epidemiology (9) Immunology (78) Comparative Pathology (78) Page

7 Student Support & Outcomes by Lead Dean SOM & SOVM L&S: SS L&S: MPS L&S: HARCS Engineering CA&ES Biological Sciences Biophysics (n=9) Neuroscience (9) 8 5 Population Biology (9) 8 58 Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Physiology (6) 6 Genetics (65) 8 Animal Behavior (9) 5 Cell & Developmental Biology () 68 Plant Biology () Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (9) Ecology (w/ SDSU) (9) 9 Entomology (8) Agricultural & Resource Economics (8) 5 Food Science () 5 Nutritional Biology () 8 5 Ecology (9) 8 5 Geography (9) 0 Agricultural & Environmental Chemistry (8) Pharmacology & Toxicology () 5 Plant Pathology () 6 Soils & Biogeochemistry (9) 55 Materials Science and Engineering (8) 5 Biomedical Engineering (7) 7 9 Transportation Technology & Policy (0) 8 5 Chemical Engineering (06) Computer Science () 0 Civil & Environmental Engineering (0) 9 Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering (7) 57 Electrical & Computer Engineering () 68 Applied Science Engineering () 68 Comparative Literature (6) Performance Studies (7) 0 5 Spanish (60) 9 French () 8 Music (6) English () 0 Statistics (6) 6 8 Applied Mathematics () 9 Physics () Mathematics (7) Geology (0) 8 Chemistry (8) Political Science (05) 5 Anthropology (8) Philosophy (90) History (7) 6 Sociology () Economics () 5 Psychology (6) Microbiology (7) Immunology (78) 7 Comparative Pathology (78) 55 Epidemiology (9) Page 5

8 Diversity by Lead Dean SOM & SOVM L&S: SS L&S: MPS L&S: HARCS Engineering CA&ES Biological Sciences Animal Behavior (n=9) Genetics (65) Neuroscience (9) Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Physiology (6) Cell & Developmental Biology () Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (9) Plant Biology () Population Biology (9) Biophysics (9) Entomology (8) Geography (9) Food Science () Nutritional Biology () Ecology (9) Agricultural & Resource Economics (8) Ecology (w/ SDSU) (9) Agricultural & Environmental Chemistry (8) Plant Pathology () Soils & Biogeochemistry (9) Pharmacology & Toxicology () Chemical Engineering (06) Materials Science and Engineering (8) Biomedical Engineering (7) Computer Science () Transportation Technology & Policy (0) Civil & Environmental Engineering (0) Applied Science Engineering () Electrical & Computer Engineering () Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering (7) Performance Studies (7) Spanish (60) Comparative Literature (6) Music (6) French () English () Statistics (6) Geology (0) Applied Mathematics () Chemistry (8) Mathematics (7) Physics () History (7) Economics () Anthropology (8) Sociology () Philosophy (90) Political Science (05) Psychology (6) Microbiology (7) Immunology (78) Comparative Pathology (78) Epidemiology (9) Page 6

9 Food Science (GFSC) Program ID: Broad Field: Agricultural Sciences Field: Food Science Website: # Programs: Size Quartile: 5 th Percentile: 95 th Percentile: Width of Rankings Band: R Rankings: S Rankings: DIMENSIONAL RANKINGS: Research Activity: Student Support & Outcomes: 5 Diversity: 6 DATA: RESEARCH ACTIVITY: Average Number of Publications ( ) per Allocated Faculty, 006:. Average Citations per Publication:.8 Percent of Faculty with Grants, 006: 88.% Awards per Allocated Faculty Member, 006: 0.0 DATA: STUDENT SUPPORT & OUTCOMES: Percent of First Year Students with Full Financial Support, Fall 005: 00.0% Average Completion Ratio, 6 Years or Less: 65.9% Median Time to Degree (Full and Part Time Graduates), 006:. Percent with Academic Plans: N/R Collects Data About Post Graduation Employment: Yes DATA: DIVERSITY: Non Asian Minority Faculty as a Percent of Total Core and New Faculty, 006: 0.0% Female Faculty as a Percent of Total Core and New Faculty, 006: 8.8% Non Asian Minority Students as a Percent of Total Students, Fall 005: 0.0% Female Students as a Percent of Total Students, Fall 005: 77.8% International Students as a Percent of Total Students, Fall 005: 6.0% DATA: OTHER OVERALL RANKING MEASURES: Average Number of Ph.D.s Graduated, : 5.0 Percent of Interdisciplinary Faculty, 006: 0.0% Average GRE Scores, : 709 Percent of Students with External Fellowships, 005: 0.0% Is Student Work Space Provided? Yes Is Health Insurance Provided? Yes Number of Student Activities (Max=): Page 7

10 DATA: NOT USED IN RANKING: Total Faculty, Number of Allocated Faculty, Assistant Professors as a Percent of Total Faculty, 006 0% Tenured Faculty as a Percent of Total Faculty, % Number of Core and New Faculty, Number of Students Enrolled, Fall Average Annual First Year Enrollment, Percent of Students with Research Assistantships, Fall 005.7% Percent of Students with Teaching Assistantships, Fall 005.7% DATA: STUDENT ACTIVITIES: KEY: =provided for by institution; =program support only; =both institutional and program support; =neither institutional nor program support. Orientation for New Graduate Students International Student Orientation Language Screening / Support Prior to Teaching Instruction in Writing Instruction in Statistics Prizes / Awards for Teaching or Research Assistance / Training in Proposal Writing On campus Graduate Research Conferences Formal Training in Academic Integrity Active Graduate Student Association Staff Assigned to the Graduate Student Association Financial Support for the Graduate Student Association Posted Academic Grievance Procedure Dispute Resolution Procedure Regular Graduate Programs Directors / Coordinators Meetings Annual Review of All Enrolled Doctoral Students Organized Training to Help Students Improve Teaching Skills Travel Support to Attend Professional Meetings Count of Student Activities Page 8

11 Distribution of Range of Rankings by Percentile within the NRC Field Key to Distribution of Range of Rankings Tables KEY: NRC Broad Field Example NRC Broad Field NRC Field UCD Program [program range of rankings] NRC Field. VALUES = Cut off of percentile rankings YELLOW = Range of rankings in top 5% of field overall BLUE = Range of rankings in top 0% of field overall PINK = Range of rankings in top 5% (or st Quartile) of field overall GREEN, program name not highlighted Range of rankings as high as nd Quartile overall PURPLE, program name not highlighted Range of rankings as high as rd Quartile overall GREY, program name not highlighted Range of rankings as high as th Quartile overall MIXED SCORES: The range of rankings for a program does not always fall within the same set of percentiles within the distribution. In such instances, the program's range can only be reported in terms of the highest range in which both rankings fall. For example: Mixed 5% and 0% scores = range in top 0% of field overall Mixed Q and Q scores = range in nd Quartile of field overall NRC s 5th Percentile Ranking Percentile Distribution of Rankings in Field Top Top st nd rd th 5% 0% Q Q Q Q NRC s 95th Percentile Ranking Percentile Distribution of Rankings in Field Top Top st nd rd th 5% 0% Q Q Q Q x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x Distribution of Range of Rankings Agricultural Sciences: Nutrition 5th Percentile Ranking 95th Percentile Ranking NRC Field UCD Program [program range of rankings] 5% 0% st Q nd Q rd Q th Q 5% 0% st Q nd Q rd Q th Q S Rankings UCD: Food Science [ ] x x R Rankings UCD: Food Science [ ] x x Research Activity UCD: Food Science [ ] x x x Student Support & Outcomes UCD: Food Science [5 ] x x Diversity UCD: Food Science [ 6] x x Page 9

12 Graphs of Program Rankings All NRC Rankings, by Program Food Science S Ranking R Ranking DM: Research Activity DM: Student Support & Outcomes 5 DM: Diversity Programs Ranked = Page 0

13 S Rankings by Field NRC S Rankings by Field: Food Science UNIV. OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST UNIV. OF ARKANSAS MAIN CAMPUS 0 UNIV. OF GEORGIA CORNELL UNIV. OHIO STATE UNIV. MAIN CAMPUS WASHINGTON STATE UNIV. PURDUE UNIV. MAIN CAMPUS UNIV. OF WISCONSIN MADISON PENN STATE UNIV. KANSAS STATE UNIV. UCD: Food Science UNIV. OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK 6 IOWA STATE UNIV. 6 UNIV. OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAI 7 VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND 7 UNIV. OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN 8 LOUISIANA STATE UNIV. AND AGRICULTU 8 RUTGERS THE STATE UNIV. OF NEW JERS UNIV. OF FLORIDA 9 9 NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIV. 5 TEXAS A & M UNIV. 6 UNIV. OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES 5 MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIV. 7 OREGON STATE UNIV. 7 MICHIGAN STATE UNIV. UNIV. OF TENNESSEE 8 8 UNIV. OF VERMONT 9 CLEMSON UNIV. 5 9 OKLAHOMA STATE UNIV. MAIN CAMPUS 6 0 COLORADO STATE UNIV. 8 UNIV. OF MISSOURI COLUMBIA Programs Ranked = Page

14 R Rankings by Field NRC R Rankings by Field: Food Science UNIV. OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST CORNELL UNIV. UNIV. OF WISCONSIN MADISON 9 PURDUE UNIV. MAIN CAMPUS UNIV. OF ARKANSAS MAIN CAMPUS OHIO STATE UNIV. MAIN CAMPUS RUTGERS THE STATE UNIV. OF NEW JERS UNIV. OF GEORGIA UNIV. OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAI 0 UNIV. OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES UCD: Food Science WASHINGTON STATE UNIV. KANSAS STATE UNIV. 5 NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIV. 6 PENN STATE UNIV. UNIV. OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN 8 8 UNIV. OF FLORIDA 8 VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND 9 UNIV. OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK 0 IOWA STATE UNIV. CLEMSON UNIV. 9 MICHIGAN STATE UNIV. 0 LOUISIANA STATE UNIV. AND AGRICULTU 8 OREGON STATE UNIV. 9 UNIV. OF TENNESSEE 0 MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIV. TEXAS A & M UNIV. 9 9 UNIV. OF VERMONT COLORADO STATE UNIV. 0 UNIV. OF MISSOURI COLUMBIA OKLAHOMA STATE UNIV. MAIN CAMPUS Programs Ranked = Page

15 Dimensional Measures Research Activity by Field NRC Research Activity Rankings by Field: Food Science UNIV. OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST CORNELL UNIV. 0 UNIV. OF GEORGIA UNIV. OF WISCONSIN MADISON RUTGERS THE STATE UNIV. OF NEW JERS UNIV. OF FLORIDA PURDUE UNIV. MAIN CAMPUS UCD: Food Science IOWA STATE UNIV. WASHINGTON STATE UNIV. UNIV. OF ARKANSAS MAIN CAMPUS OHIO STATE UNIV. MAIN CAMPUS UNIV. OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAI 0 0 PENN STATE UNIV. VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND 6 6 UNIV. OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK 7 KANSAS STATE UNIV. 7 NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIV. 9 MICHIGAN STATE UNIV. 0 OREGON STATE UNIV. 5 LOUISIANA STATE UNIV. AND AGRICULTU 7 UNIV. OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES 6 OKLAHOMA STATE UNIV. MAIN CAMPUS 7 TEXAS A & M UNIV. 7 UNIV. OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN 9 UNIV. OF VERMONT 0 9 UNIV. OF TENNESSEE 0 COLORADO STATE UNIV. 0 MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIV. CLEMSON UNIV. 7 UNIV. OF MISSOURI COLUMBIA Programs Ranked = Page

16 Student Support & Outcomes by Field NRC Student Support & Outcomes by Field: Food Science UNIV. OF ARKANSAS MAIN CAMPUS 5 UNIV. OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST 8 PENN STATE UNIV. 9 UNIV. OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK UNIV. OF TENNESSEE 8 VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND UNIV. OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIV. UNIV. OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIV. 0 UCD: Food Science 5 KANSAS STATE UNIV. 6 OHIO STATE UNIV. MAIN CAMPUS PURDUE UNIV. MAIN CAMPUS 7 7 IOWA STATE UNIV. 7 WASHINGTON STATE UNIV. 8 0 TEXAS A & M UNIV. 0 UNIV. OF GEORGIA COLORADO STATE UNIV. CLEMSON UNIV. UNIV. OF VERMONT OREGON STATE UNIV. UNIV. OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAI 6 LOUISIANA STATE UNIV. AND AGRICULTU 6 UNIV. OF FLORIDA UNIV. OF WISCONSIN MADISON OKLAHOMA STATE UNIV. MAIN CAMPUS CORNELL UNIV. UNIV. OF MISSOURI COLUMBIA 5 5 MICHIGAN STATE UNIV. RUTGERS THE STATE UNIV. OF NEW JERS Programs Ranked =

17 Diversity by Field NRC Diversity Rankings by Field: Food Science LOUISIANA STATE UNIV. AND AGRICULTU IOWA STATE UNIV. UNIV. OF TENNESSEE 6 OKLAHOMA STATE UNIV. MAIN CAMPUS 8 UNIV. OF GEORGIA 0 KANSAS STATE UNIV. OHIO STATE UNIV. MAIN CAMPUS UNIV. OF MISSOURI COLUMBIA NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIV. 5 UNIV. OF FLORIDA 6 MICHIGAN STATE UNIV. UNIV. OF ARKANSAS MAIN CAMPUS 6 6 RUTGERS THE STATE UNIV. OF NEW JERS 0 0 UNIV. OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAI 0 PURDUE UNIV. MAIN CAMPUS UCD: Food Science 6 PENN STATE UNIV. TEXAS A & M UNIV. VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND 5 CLEMSON UNIV. 7 CORNELL UNIV. 6 UNIV. OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN 7 MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIV. 8 UNIV. OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK UNIV. OF WISCONSIN MADISON 8 8 OREGON STATE UNIV. 9 UNIV. OF VERMONT 9 COLORADO STATE UNIV. UNIV. OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES 0 UNIV. OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST 6 WASHINGTON STATE UNIV Programs Ranked = Page

18 NRC Tables TABLE : Standardized Program Values and Range of Regression-Based (R) and Survey-Based (S) Coefficients Institution Name: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-DAVIS Program: Food Science Program ID: (Col ) (Col ) (Col ) (Col ) (Col 5) (Col 6) (Col 7) (Col 8) Program Program Value Regression Coefficients Survey-Based Coefficients Description Variable Value* Standardized** Minus SD*** Plus SD*** Minus SD*** Plus SD*** Publications per Allocated Faculty V to to 0.5 Cites per Publication V to to Percent Faculty with Grants V 88.09% to to 0. Percent Faculty Interdisciplinary V 0.00% to to 0.07 Percent Non-Asian Minority Faculty V5 0% to to 0.00 Percent Female Faculty V6 8.85% to to Awards per Allocated Faculty V to to Average GRE V to to 0.06 Percent st yr. Students with Full Support V % to to Percent st yr. Students with External Funding V0 0% to to 0.00 Percent Non-Asian Minority Students V 0% to to 0.0 Percent Female Students V 77.78% to to 0.0 Percent International Students V 6.96% to to 0.0 Average PhDs 00 to 006 V to to Percent Completing within 6 Years V 65.85% to to Time to Degree Full and Part Time V to to Percent Students in Academic Positions V N/R to to Student Work Space V to to Health Insurance V to to Number of Student Activities Offered V to to 0.08 * Col shows data submitted by the program or calculated from these data. ** Col shows the standardized program value across all program values in the field, with mean of 0 and variance of. *** Col 5 shows Minus Standard Deviation from the Mean for the regression-based coefficients for the field as a whole *** Col 6 shows Plus Standard Deviation from the Mean for the regression-based coefficients for the field as a whole *** Col 7 shows Minus Standard Deviation from the Mean for the survey-based coefficients for the field as a whole *** Col 8 shows Plus Standard Deviation from the Mean for the survey-based coefficients for the field as a whole Page

19 TABLE a: 5th Percentile for the Regression-Based (R) Ranking Calculation UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA- Institution Name: DAVIS Program: Food Science Program ID: (Col ) (Col ) (Col ) (Col ) (Col 5) (Col 6) Standardized Program Program Value Regression Product of Description Variable Value* with Variation Coefficient 5 Col X Col Publications per Allocated Faculty V Cites per Publication V Percent Faculty with Grants V 88.09% Percent Faculty Interdisciplinary V 0.00% Percent Non-Asian Minority Faculty V5 0% Percent Female Faculty V6 8.85% Awards per Allocated Faculty V Average GRE V Percent st yr. Students with Full Support V % Percent st yr. Students with External Funding V0 0% Percent Non-Asian Minority Students V 0% Percent Female Students V 77.78% Percent International Students V 6.96% Average PhDs 00 to 006 V Percent Completing within 6 Years V 65.85% Time to Degree Full and Part Time V Percent Students in Academic Positions V N/R Student Work Space V Health Insurance V Number of Student Activities Offered V Program Ranking: of programs * Col is based on data submitted by the program or calculated from these data. Col is standardized value for the set of perturbed program values that produced the 5th percentile ranking. Standardized values have a mean of 0 and variance of. Col 5 is the regression-based weight for each variable Page

20 TABLE b: 95th Percentile for the Regression-Based (R) Ranking Calculation Institution Name: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-DAVIS Food Program: Science Program ID: (Col ) (Col ) (Col ) (Col ) (Col 5) (Col 6) Standardized Progra m Program Value Regression Product of Description Variable Value* with Variation Coefficient Col X Col 5 Publications per Allocated Faculty V Cites per Publication V Percent Faculty with Grants V 88.09% Percent Faculty Interdisciplinary V 0.00% Percent Non-Asian Minority Faculty V5 0% Percent Female Faculty V6 8.85% Awards per Allocated Faculty V Average GRE V Percent st yr. Students with Full Support V % Percent st yr. Students with External Funding V0 0% Percent Non-Asian Minority Students V 0% Percent Female Students V 77.78% Percent International Students V 6.96% Average PhDs 00 to 006 V Percent Completing within 6 Years V 65.85% Time to Degree Full and Part Time V Percent Students in Academic Positions V N/R Student Work Space V Health Insurance V Number of Student Activities Offered V Program Ranking: of programs * Col is based on data submitted by the program or calculated from these data. Col is standardized value for the set of perturbed program values that produced the 95th percentile ranking. Standardized values have a mean of 0 and variance of. Col 5 is the regression-based weights for each variable (See Appendix A). Page

21 TABLE a: 5th Percentile for the Survey-Based (S) Ranking Calculation Institution Name: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-DAVIS Program: Food Science Program ID: (Col ) (Col ) (Col ) (Col ) (Col 5) (Col 6) Standardized Program Program Value Survey-Based Product of Description Variable Value* with Variation Coefficient Col X Col 5 Publications per Allocated Faculty V Cites per Publication V Percent Faculty with Grants V 88.09% Percent Faculty Interdisciplinary V 0.00% Percent Non-Asian Minority Faculty V5 0% Percent Female Faculty V6 8.85% Awards per Allocated Faculty V Average GRE V Percent st yr. Students with Full Support V % Percent st yr. Students with External Funding V0 0% Percent Non-Asian Minority Students V 0% Percent Female Students V 77.78% Percent International Students V 6.96% Average PhDs 00 to 006 V Percent Completing within 6 Years V 65.85% Time to Degree Full and Part Time V Percent Students in Academic Positions V N/R Student Work Space V Health Insurance V Number of Student Activities Offered V Program Ranking: of programs * Col is based on data submitted by the program or calculated from these data. Col is standardized value for the set of perturbed program values that produced the 5th percentile ranking. Standardized values have a mean of 0 and variance of. Col 5 is the survey-based weights for each variable Page

22 TABLE b: 95th Percentile for the Survey-Based (S) Ranking Calculation Institution Name: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-DAVIS Program: Food Science Program ID: (Col ) (Col ) (Col ) (Col ) (Col 5) (Col 6) Standardized Program Program Value Survey-Based Product of Description Variable Value* with Variation Coefficient Col X Col 5 Publications per Allocated Faculty V Cites per Publication V Percent Faculty with Grants V 88.09% Percent Faculty Interdisciplinary V 0.00% Percent Non-Asian Minority Faculty V5 0% Percent Female Faculty V6 8.85% Awards per Allocated Faculty V Average GRE V Percent st yr. Students with Full Support V % Percent st yr. Students with External Funding V0 0% Percent Non-Asian Minority Students V 0% Percent Female Students V 77.78% Percent International Students V 6.96% Average PhDs 00 to 006 V Percent Completing within 6 Years V 65.85% Time to Degree Full and Part Time V Percent Students in Academic Positions V N/R Student Work Space V Health Insurance V Number of Student Activities Offered V Program Ranking: of programs * Col is based on data submitted by the program or calculated from these data. Col is standardized value for the set of perturbed program values that produced the 95th percentile ranking. Standardized values have a mean of 0 and variance of. Col 5 is the survey-based weights for each variable Dimensional Measures Page 0

23 TABLE a: 5th Percentile Dimensional Ranking Calculation: Research Activity UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA- Institution Name: DAVIS Program: Food Science Program ID: (Col ) (Col ) (Col ) (Col ) (Col 5) (Col 6) Standardized Program Program Value Survey-Based Product of Description Variable Value* with Variation Coefficient Col X Col 5 Publications per Allocated Faculty V Cites per Publication V Percent Faculty with Grants V 88.09% Awards per Allocated Faculty V Program Ranking: of programs * Col is based on data submitted by the program or calculated from these data. Col is standardized value for the set of perturbed program values that produced the 5th percentile ranking. Standardized values have a mean of 0 and variance of. Col 5 is the survey-based weights for each variable. TABLE b: 95th Percentile Dimensional Ranking Calculation: Research Activity UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA- Institution Name: DAVIS Program: Food Science Program ID: (Col ) (Col ) (Col ) (Col ) (Col 5) (Col 6) Standardized Program Program Value Survey-Based Product of Description Variable Value* with Variation Coefficient Col X Col 5 Publications per Allocated Faculty V Cites per Publication V Percent Faculty with Grants V 88.09% Awards per Allocated Faculty V Program Ranking: of programs * Col is based on data submitted by the program or calculated from these data. Col is standardized value for the set of perturbed program values that produced the 95th percentile ranking. Standardized values have a mean of 0 and variance of. Col 5 is the survey-based weights for each variable. Page

24 TABLE 5a: 5th Percentile Dimensional Ranking Calculation: Student Support and Outcomes UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA- Institution Name: DAVIS Program: Food Science Program ID: (Col ) (Col ) (Col ) (Col ) (Col 5) (Col 6) Standardized Program Program Value Survey-Based Product of Description Variable Value* with Variation Coefficient Col X Col 5 Percent st yr. Students w/ Full Support V % Percent Completing within 6 Years V 65.85% Time to Degree Full and Part Time V Percent Students in Academic Positions V N/R Program Collects Outcomes Data V Program Ranking: 5 of programs * Col is based on data submitted by the program or calculated from these data. Col is standardized value for the set of perturbed program values that produced the 5th percentile ranking. Standardized values have a mean of 0 and variance of. Col 5 is the survey-based weights for each variable. TABLE 5b: 95th Percentile Dimensional Ranking Calculation: Student Support and Outcomes UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA- Institution Name: DAVIS Program: Food Science Program ID: (Col ) (Col ) (Col ) (Col ) (Col 5) (Col 6) Standardized Program Program Value Survey-Based Product of Description Variable Value* with Variation Coefficient Col X Col 5 Percent st yr. Students with Full Support V % Percent Completing within 6 Years V 65.85% Time to Degree Full and Part Time V Percent Students in Academic Positions V N/R Program Collects Outcomes Data V Program Ranking: of programs * Col is based on data submitted by the program or calculated from these data. Col is standardized value for the set of perturbed program values that produced the 95th percentile ranking. Standardized values have a mean of 0 and variance of. Col 5 is the survey-based weights for each variable. Page

25 TABLE 6a: 5th Percentile Dimensional Ranking Calculation: Diversity of the Academic Environment Institution Name: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-DAVIS Program: Food Science Program ID: (Col ) (Col ) (Col ) (Col ) (Col 5) (Col 6) Standardized Program Program Value Survey-Based Product of Description Variable Value* with Variation Coefficient Col X Col 5 Percent Non-Asian Minority Faculty V5 0% Percent Female Faculty V6 8.85% Percent Non-Asian Minority Students V 0% Percent Female Students V 77.78% Percent International Students V 6.96% Program Ranking: of programs * Col is based on data submitted by the program or calculated from these data. Col is standardized value for the set of perturbed program values that produced the 5th percentile ranking. Standardized values have a mean of 0 and variance of. Col 5 is the survey-based weights for each variable. TABLE 6b: 95th Percentile Dimensional Ranking Calculation: Diversity of the Academic Environment UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA- Institution Name: DAVIS Program: Food Science Program ID: (Col ) (Col ) (Col ) (Col ) (Col 5) (Col 6) Standardized Program Program Value Survey-Based Product of Description Variable Value* with Variation Coefficient Col X Col 5 Percent Non-Asian Minority Faculty V5 0% Percent Female Faculty V6 8.85% Percent Non-Asian Minority Students V 0% Percent Female Students V 77.78% Percent International Students V 6.96% Program Ranking: 6 of programs * Col is based on data submitted by the program or calculated from these data. Col is standardized value for the set of perturbed program values that produced the 95th percentile ranking. Standardized values have a mean of 0 and variance of. Col 5 is the survey-based weights for each variable. Page