Here are the numbers for 2005's research rankings:
1 Harvard University (MA) 4.7
2 Washington University in St. Louis 4.5
3 Johns Hopkins University (MD) 4.7
4 Duke University (NC) 4.5
University of Pennsylvania 4.3
6 University of California San Francisco 4.4
7 University of Michigan Ann Arbor 4.5
8 Columbia U. College of Physicians and Surgeons (NY) 4.2
Stanford University (CA) 4.4
10 University of Washington 4.2
Yale University (CT) 4.2
12 Cornell University (Weill) (NY) 4.2
13 Baylor College of Medicine (TX) 3.8
14 University of California Los Angeles (Geffen) 3.9
15 University of Pittsburgh 4
Vanderbilt University (TN) 4.1
17 University of California San Diego 3.9
U. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas 4.1
19 Emory University (GA) 4
20 Northwestern University (Feinberg) (IL) 4
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill 3.9
22 Mayo Medical School (MN) 3.9
University of Chicago 4
24 Case Western Reserve University (OH) 3.8
25 University of Alabama Birmingham 3.8
University of Virginia 4
University of Wisconsin Madison 3.8
28 Mount Sinai School of Medicine (NY) 3.6
University of Iowa (Roy J. & Lucille A. Carver) 3.8
30 New York University 3.5
31 University of Colorado Health Sciences Center 3.5
32 University of Rochester (NY) 3.5
University of Southern California 3.5
34 Dartmouth Medical School (NH) 3.7
Oregon Health & Science University 3.4
University of Minnesota Twin Cities 3.6
37 Yeshiva University (Albert Einstein) (NY) 3.3
38 Ohio State University 3.4
39 Indiana University Indianapolis 3.6
40 Tufts University (MA) 3.6
University of Florida 3.4
Wake Forest University (NC) 3.5
43 Boston University 3.4
Brown University (RI) 3.5
Georgetown University (DC) 3.4
University of Cincinnati 3.3
University of Maryland 3.3
48 University of Utah 3.6
49 University of California Davis 3.3
50 Jefferson Medical College (PA) 3.2
Medical College of Wisconsin 3.3
University of Miami (FL) 3.2
53 University of California Irvine 3.1
University of Massachusetts Worcester 3.1
Univ. of Texas Health Science Center Houston 3.4
56 Stony Brook University (NY) 2.9
Tulane University (LA) 3.2
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School 3.2
59 University of Connecticut 3
60 Va. Commonwealth U. Medical Col. of Va. 3.4
Sorry the formatting is a bit off.
I'm wondering how much weight I should give these. If you assume that the most important way a school's reputation affects your future opportunities is in which residency you get (and from that, fellowship, attending position, etc), then this number is hugely important. Is that logic solid?
For example, if I'm choosing between University of Texas--Houston (I pick that one because I'm in state and it's on these rankings) and BU, which both have a 3.4, is there little advantage repuation-wise at BU? I would think BU would have a much better rep, but perhaps not... (Obviously there are other considerations to made, too.)
