Penn State’s philosophy department has been highly ranked by the National Research Council (NRC) in its long-awaited national review of PhD granting universities. Out of 90 PhD granting philosophy departments in the United States, Penn State is ranked between 6 and 15 in terms of overall quality using survey-based weights that evaluated departments’ faculty, students, and program as a whole (the “S” ranking). As calculated by the independent site phds.org, that makes us #11 overall and the top-ranked non-analytic philosophy program in the United States. The department was also ranked #1 nationally in terms of the highest percentage of women on its faculty (46%). To access the NRC data and rank philosophy departments based on a variety of categories via phds.org, click here.