University of Wisconsin – Madison: Rankings
University of Wisconsin – Madison ranked 13 in United States, 17 in the global 2026 rating, and scored in the TOP 1-3 across multiple research topics. The ranking is based on 3 factors: research output (EliteDegrees's index has 338,517 academic publications and 15,335,946 citations attributed to the university), non-academic reputation, and the impact of notable alumni.
| Position | Category |
|---|---|
| # 17 of 14,131 | In the World |
| # 1 of 5 | In Madison, WI |
| # 14 of 2,597 | In North America |
| # 13 of 2,496 | In United States |
| # 1 of 47 | In Wisconsin |
| # 11 of 6,463 | For Environmental Science |
| # 13 of 6,257 | For Art & Design |
| # 18 of 6,308 | For Biology |
| Top 1-3 | For 12 other topics |
Jump to topical rankings below
Biology rankings
University of Wisconsin – Madison ranked 13 for Biology in United States and 18 in the World with 200,771 publications made and 10,147,799 citations received.
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Biology Subfield Rankings
| Field | Nat. | Cont. | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botany | #5 | #5 | #5 |
| Microbiology | #6 | #6 | #6 |
| Forestry | #4 | #4 | #7 |
| Wildlife and Fisheries Management | #5 | #6 | #8 |
| Entomology | #8 | #8 | #8 |
| Animal Science | #5 | #6 | #9 |
| Paleontology | #7 | #8 | #10 |
| Biophysics | #10 | #10 | #13 |
| Horticulture | #5 | #5 | #13 |
| Molecular | #13 | #13 | #16 |
| Zoology | #8 | #9 | #17 |
| Biochemistry | #13 | #14 | #18 |
| Evolutionary | #14 | #15 | #19 |
| Bioinformatics / Computational biology | #17 | #18 | #21 |
| Genetics | #16 | #17 | #21 |
| Neuroscience | #16 | #18 | #22 |
| Biotechnology | #17 | #18 | #23 |
| Virology | #20 | #21 | #25 |
| Toxicology | #23 | #25 | #33 |
| Pharmacology | #28 | #31 | #38 |
| Astrobiology | #27 | #28 | #40 |
| Oncology | #29 | #30 | #43 |
| Immunology | #29 | #31 | #45 |
| Nanotechnology | #18 | #19 | #55 |
| Ethics | #33 | #39 | #58 |
| Nutrition and Food Science | #3 | #3 | #7 |
| Agricultural Science | #7 | #7 | #9 |
Chemistry rankings
University of Wisconsin – Madison ranked 14 for Chemistry in United States and 19 in the World with 167,101 publications made and 8,443,774 citations received.
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Chemistry Subfield Rankings
| Field | Nat. | Cont. | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| Organic chemistry | #7 | #7 | #12 |
| Biochemical Engineering | #4 | #4 | #13 |
| Computational | #9 | #9 | #17 |
| Biochemistry | #13 | #14 | #18 |
| Radiochemistry | #3 | #3 | #23 |
| Pharmacy | #3 | #4 | #25 |
| Physical | #12 | #13 | #39 |
| Nanotechnology | #18 | #19 | #55 |
| Environmental Chemistry | #13 | #14 | #27 |
| Polymer science and Plastics engineering | #17 | #18 | #37 |
| Materials Science | #16 | #17 | #33 |
| Inorganic Chemistry | #12 | #12 | #42 |
| Petrology and Geochemistry | #13 | #16 | #35 |
| Chemical Engineering | #18 | #19 | #61 |
Medicine rankings
University of Wisconsin – Madison ranked 20 for Medicine in United States and 25 in the World with 151,507 publications made and 6,967,034 citations received.
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Medicine Subfield Rankings
Physics rankings
University of Wisconsin – Madison ranked 14 for Physics in United States and 20 in the World with 140,000 publications made and 6,412,841 citations received.
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Physics Subfield Rankings
| Field | Nat. | Cont. | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biophysics | #10 | #10 | #13 |
| Molecular | #10 | #10 | #17 |
| Optics | #16 | #17 | #28 |
| Astrobiology | #27 | #28 | #40 |
| Applied Physics | #21 | #21 | #45 |
| Theoretical | #26 | #29 | #54 |
| Nanotechnology | #18 | #19 | #55 |
| Condensed Matter | #27 | #28 | #58 |
| Quantum and Particle physics | #15 | #16 | #22 |
| Astrophysics and Astronomy | #19 | #20 | #26 |
| Atomic and Molecular physics | #10 | #10 | #17 |
Engineering rankings
University of Wisconsin – Madison ranked 13 for Engineering in United States and 20 in the World with 139,485 publications made and 6,268,547 citations received.
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Engineering Subfield Rankings
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences rankings
University of Wisconsin – Madison ranked 14 for Liberal Arts & Social Sciences in United States and 19 in the World with 128,581 publications made and 5,807,625 citations received.
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Subfield Rankings
| Field | Nat. | Cont. | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadcast Journalism | #1 | #1 | #2 |
| Education | #8 | #9 | #9 |
| Media Studies | #5 | #7 | #9 |
| Gender Studies | #11 | #13 | #13 |
| Special Education | #6 | #6 | #13 |
| Genealogy | #8 | #8 | #14 |
| History | #11 | #12 | #15 |
| Publishing | #5 | #5 | #16 |
| Sociology | #13 | #15 | #18 |
| Archaeology | #12 | #13 | #18 |
| Demography | #16 | #18 | #21 |
| Political Science | #16 | #18 | #21 |
| Law | #16 | #18 | #21 |
| Linguistics | #16 | #18 | #21 |
| Anthropology | #16 | #18 | #24 |
| Philosophy | #15 | #17 | #26 |
| Aesthetics | #21 | #23 | #29 |
| Forensic Science | #30 | #35 | #78 |
| Social Work | #50 | #53 | #92 |
| International Law | #53 | #62 | #159 |
| Early Childhood Education | #13 | #13 | #17 |
| Criminology and Criminal Justice | #26 | #29 | #38 |
| Human Rights Law | #28 | #34 | #83 |
| Communications and Public Relations | #14 | #17 | #24 |
| Classics and Ancient History | #13 | #14 | #23 |
| Negotiation and Conflict Resolution | #21 | #25 | #47 |
| Radio and Television broadcasting | #1 | #1 | #1 |
| Theology / Divinity / Religious studies | #12 | #13 | #18 |
| Sports / Exercise science | #23 | #31 | #54 |
| Journalism and Digital Media | #14 | #14 | #15 |
| Law Enforcement | #48 | #50 | #73 |
Computer Science rankings
University of Wisconsin – Madison ranked 16 for Computer Science in United States and 20 in the World with 123,958 publications made and 6,193,098 citations received.
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Computer Science Subfield Rankings
| Field | Nat. | Cont. | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Engineering | #9 | #9 | #10 |
| Data Science | #8 | #8 | #11 |
| Machine Learning | #13 | #14 | #17 |
| Computer Vision | #14 | #15 | #19 |
| Bioinformatics / Computational biology | #17 | #18 | #21 |
| Neuroscience | #16 | #18 | #22 |
| Multimedia | #19 | #21 | #29 |
| Cryptography and Distributed computing | #16 | #18 | #30 |
| Cognitive Science | #23 | #26 | #32 |
| Animation | #18 | #20 | #33 |
| Computational Linguistics | #22 | #25 | #39 |
| Telecommunications | #23 | #26 | #46 |
| Software Engineering | #24 | #28 | #47 |
| Information Technology | #34 | #38 | #62 |
| Management Information Systems (MIS) | #28 | #33 | #65 |
| Robotics | #42 | #48 | #157 |
| Library and Information science | #10 | #11 | #13 |
| Human-Computer Interaction | #17 | #19 | #37 |
| Database Administration | #3 | #3 | #3 |
| Cyber Security | #23 | #25 | #37 |
| Computer Networking | #21 | #23 | #31 |
| Artificial Intelligence (AI) | #14 | #15 | #22 |
Environmental Science rankings
University of Wisconsin – Madison ranked 8 for Environmental Science in United States and 11 in the World with 123,639 publications made and 5,877,784 citations received.
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Environmental Science Subfield Rankings
| Field | Nat. | Cont. | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forestry | #4 | #4 | #7 |
| Wildlife and Fisheries Management | #5 | #6 | #8 |
| Ecology | #9 | #9 | #9 |
| Geology | #8 | #8 | #10 |
| Oceanography | #8 | #8 | #10 |
| Paleontology | #7 | #8 | #10 |
| Environmental Management | #5 | #6 | #16 |
| Earth science and Geoscience | #16 | #18 | #30 |
| Environmental Engineering | #18 | #22 | #59 |
| Hydrology and Water resources | #17 | #19 | #62 |
| Meteorology and Atmospheric Science | #14 | #14 | #19 |
| Geography and Cartography | #9 | #10 | #14 |
| Urban and Regional planning | #23 | #25 | #81 |
Psychology rankings
University of Wisconsin – Madison ranked 17 for Psychology in United States and 21 in the World with 76,697 publications made and 3,817,840 citations received.
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Psychology Subfield Rankings
| Field | Nat. | Cont. | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education | #8 | #9 | #9 |
| Special Education | #6 | #6 | #13 |
| Neuroscience | #16 | #18 | #22 |
| Clinical Psychology | #17 | #20 | #27 |
| Human Sexuality | #25 | #27 | #31 |
| Psychiatry | #21 | #24 | #31 |
| Cognitive Science | #23 | #26 | #32 |
| Occupational Therapy | #29 | #37 | #57 |
| Social Work | #50 | #53 | #92 |
| Organizational / Business / IO Psychology | #13 | #15 | #16 |
| Child Psychology | #14 | #15 | #16 |
| Social Psychology | #16 | #18 | #20 |
Mathematics rankings
University of Wisconsin – Madison ranked 14 for Mathematics in United States and 18 in the World with 56,874 publications made and 2,900,908 citations received.
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Mathematics Subfield Rankings
| Field | Nat. | Cont. | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics Education | #7 | #7 | #8 |
| Applied Mathematics | #7 | #7 | #9 |
| Econometrics | #13 | #13 | #13 |
| Statistics | #14 | #15 | #18 |
| Actuarial Science | #17 | #18 | #20 |
| Cryptography and Distributed computing | #16 | #18 | #30 |
| Operations Research | #26 | #29 | #64 |
Business rankings
University of Wisconsin – Madison ranked 18 for Business in United States and 22 in the World with 38,440 publications made and 1,742,362 citations received.
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Business Subfield Rankings
| Field | Nat. | Cont. | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| Management | #15 | #16 | #19 |
| Actuarial Science | #17 | #18 | #20 |
| Advertising | #21 | #22 | #22 |
| Marketing | #21 | #22 | #24 |
| Risk Management | #15 | #17 | #26 |
| Accounting | #20 | #21 | #27 |
| Finance | #24 | #25 | #30 |
| Engineering Management | #25 | #25 | #31 |
| Real Estate | #18 | #18 | #38 |
| Construction Management | #15 | #17 | #53 |
| Entrepreneurship | #22 | #26 | #58 |
| Operations Research | #26 | #29 | #64 |
| Management Information Systems (MIS) | #28 | #33 | #65 |
| Project Management | #24 | #27 | #71 |
| International Trade | #21 | #23 | #71 |
| Occupational Safety and Health | #56 | #67 | #99 |
| Investment Banking and Stock trading | #31 | #32 | #52 |
| Public Policy / Administration | #17 | #18 | #26 |
| International Business | #21 | #23 | #51 |
| Human Resource Management | #13 | #14 | #16 |
| Tax Law | #17 | #18 | #23 |
Economics rankings
University of Wisconsin – Madison ranked 15 for Economics in United States and 20 in the World with 33,408 publications made and 1,625,657 citations received.
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Economics Subfield Rankings
| Field | Nat. | Cont. | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| Econometrics | #13 | #13 | #13 |
| Actuarial Science | #17 | #18 | #20 |
| Finance | #24 | #25 | #30 |
| International Trade | #21 | #23 | #71 |
| Agricultural Economics | #10 | #10 | #12 |
| Development Studies | #15 | #16 | #18 |
| International Relations and Diplomacy | #38 | #44 | #94 |
| Political Economy | #18 | #21 | #36 |
Art & Design rankings
University of Wisconsin – Madison ranked 9 for Art & Design in United States and 13 in the World with 21,066 publications made and 889,841 citations received.
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Art & Design Subfield Rankings
| Field | Nat. | Cont. | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interior Design | #4 | #4 | #9 |
| Landscape Architecture | #5 | #5 | #12 |
| Cinematography | #5 | #5 | #19 |
| Literature | #15 | #16 | #19 |
| Acting and Drama | #13 | #15 | #19 |
| Sculpture | #9 | #9 | #25 |
| Creative Writing | #15 | #18 | #27 |
| Aesthetics | #21 | #23 | #29 |
| Multimedia | #19 | #21 | #29 |
| Photography | #19 | #21 | #32 |
| Animation | #18 | #20 | #33 |
| Graphic Design | #20 | #23 | #33 |
| Architecture | #18 | #20 | #45 |
| Music | #43 | #48 | #88 |
| Computer Graphics | #8 | #8 | #9 |
| Illustration and Concept Art | #10 | #10 | #27 |
| Fashion Design | #14 | #15 | #18 |
| Painting and Drawing | #9 | #9 | #25 |
| Singing and Vocal Performance | #30 | #33 | #60 |
| Entertainment Industry Business | #3 | #3 | #4 |
| UX/UI Desgin | #31 | #38 | #78 |
| Game Design and Development | #16 | #17 | #29 |
