Best Places to Work 2009: Academia - Top 40 US Academic Institutions

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2009 2008 Institution Strengths Strengths Weaknesses Weaknesses
1 2 Princeton University, NJ Peers Teaching and Mentoring Job Satisfaction Pay
2 12 University of California, San Francisco, CA Job Satisfaction Peers Tenure and Promotion Infrastructure and Environment
3 - Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY Research Resources Management and Policies Infrastructure and Environment Pay
4 - University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK Pay Tenure and Promotion Infrastructure and Environment Job Satisfaction
5 - Emory University, Atlanta, GA Peers Job Satisfaction Research Resources Infrastructure and Environment
6 1 J. David Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA Infrastructure and Environment Management and Policies Tenure and Promotion Peers
7 7 St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN Research Resources Pay Tenure and Promotion Teaching and Mentoring
8 15 Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, WA Infrastructure and Environment Management and Policies Tenure and Promotion Job Satisfaction
9 8 The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK Research Resources Management and Policies Teaching and Mentoring Tenure and Promotion
10 - Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN Infrastructure and Environment Pay Tenure and Promotion Teaching and Mentoring
11 3 Trudeau Institute, Saranac Lake, NY Job Satisfaction Teaching and Mentoring Pay Management and Policies
12 46 University of Pittsburgh, PA Research Resources Job Satisfaction Tenure and Promotion Management and Policies
13 - Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA Infrastructure and Environment Peers Job Satisfaction Pay
14 - Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA Job Satisfaction Pay Infrastructure and Environment Peers
15 - Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY Peers Teaching and Mentoring Tenure and Promotion Infrastructure and Environment
16 31 Children’s Hospital Boston, MA Infrastructure and Environment Pay Tenure and Promotion Job Satisfaction
17 - Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI Job Satisfaction Tenure and Promotion Research Resources Infrastructure and Environment
18 42 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Peers Infrastructure and Environment Tenure and Promotion Pay
19 - Stanford University, CA Infrastructure and Environment Pay Tenure and Promotion Management and Policies
20 - Wadsworth Center, Albany, NY Pay Tenure and Promotion Peers Teaching and Mentoring
21 - H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL Infrastructure and Environment Management and Policies Tenure and Promotion Research Resources
22 10 University of Rochester, NY Job Satisfaction Teaching and Mentoring Infrastructure and Environment Peers
23 - California State University Fullerton, CA Tenure and Promotion Teaching and Mentoring Research Resources Peers
24 - University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT Tenure and Promotion Teaching and Mentoring Pay Infrastructure and Environment
25 36 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX Research Resources Infrastructure and Environment Tenure and Promotion Pay
26 - Burnham Institute for Medical Research, La Jolla, CA Infrastructure and Environment Management and Policies Tenure and Promotion Job Satisfaction
27 - University of California, Davis, CA Job Satisfaction Infrastructure and Environment Research Resources Management and Policies
28 14 Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA Infrastructure and Environment Research Resources Tenure and Promotion Teaching and Mentoring
29 - Wayne State University, Detroit, MI Teaching and Mentoring Pay Infrastructure and Environment Peers
30 33 University of Missouri, Columbia, MO Teaching and Mentoring Tenure and Promotion Peers Pay
31 - The University of Texas at Austin, TX Job Satisfaction Infrastructure and Environment Research Resources Management and Policies
32 - Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC Management and Policies Research Resources Teaching and Mentoring Peers
33 32 University of California, Los Angeles, CA Tenure and Promotion Pay Research Resources Infrastructure and Environment
34 9 Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN Pay Infrastructure and Environment Job Satisfaction Teaching and Mentoring
35 - University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI Infrastructure and Environment Peers Pay Tenure and Promotion
36 44 Washington University, St. Louis, MO Teaching and Mentoring Tenure and Promotion Pay Management and Policies
37 20 Indiana University, Bloomington, IN Research Resources Job Satisfaction Management and Policies Peers
38 30 Duke University, Durham, NC Peers Infrastructure and Environment Pay Tenure and Promotion
39 - Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA Management and Policies Infrastructure and Environment Tenure and Promotion Teaching and Mentoring
40 - Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA Job Satisfaction Research Resources Teaching and Mentoring Pay