话说最近the National Research Council (NRC)又对全美地理系进行了排名，之前1995年有做过一个排名，两次比较起来变化还是很大。两次排名均进入前十的有UCSB, PSU, Wisconsin-Madison, UCLA, Clark.这五个学校加州占了两个，剩的三个也都是地理系传统牛校。最引人注目的是Boston在最新的排名中居然一跃登顶，这甚至连UCSB的faculty们感到很惊讶，其官网上的新闻也表达出了些许质疑，不过最后加了句Boston虽排第一但是他们的faculty都是UCSB毕业的，并列举了好几位。Maryland在最新的排名中也位列第三，紧随UCSB之后。Maryland的遥感确实是享誉全球的，项目多，资金跟的上，因而整个地理系发展的好也就不足为奇。Colorado也进入前十，也基本靠遥感起家。PSU依旧以GIS为主，只不过地理系综合其他专业排名比95年要退步了。Clark学校虽小，但一直是地理系的传统强校，主要偏重于经济地理和人文地理，GIS方面还是比较偏软件开发。排名第十的the University of South Carolina没怎么听过也，看名字比较山寨一些。

1.  Boston University;
2.  UCSB;
3.  the University of Maryland, College Park;
4.  UCLA;
5.  the University of Colorado, Boulder;
6.  the University of Wisconsin, Madison;
7.  Penn State University;
8.  the University of Oregon;
9.  Clark University;
10.  the University of South Carolina, Columbia

以下是1995年the National Research Council (NRC)的全美地理系排名：

1. Pennsylvania State University
2. University of Wisconsin-Madison
3. University of Minnesota
4. University of California-Santa Barbara
5. Ohio State University
6. University of California-Berkeley (tie for 6)
7. Syracuse University (tie for 6)
8. University of California-Los Angeles
9. Clark University
10. University of Washington
11. State University of New York-Buffalo
12. University of Colorado
13. Rutgers
14. University of Texas-Austin
15. Arizona State University
16. University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
17. University of Iowa
18. Louisiana State University
19. University of Arizona
20. University of Kentucky
21. University of Georgia
22. Univeristy of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
23. Johns Hopkins University
24. University of Florida
25. Indiana University
26. University of Kansas
27. Boston University
28. University of Oregon
29. University of Maryland-College Park
30. University of Hawaii-Manoa
31. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
32. University of Nebraska-Lincoln
33. Oregon State University
34. University of Utah
35. Kent State University
36. University of Cincinnati