Stanford clinched seven #1 slots and 13 top-three finishes in U.S. News and World Report’s Best Graduate Schools rankings for 2009, outperforming every other ranked school.

In business school rankings, Stanford tied Harvard for first, with the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business coming in third.

In law school rankings, Yale took the top spot, with Stanford tying Harvard for second.

In medical research, Harvard claimed the top spot, followed by Johns Hopkins University. Stanford was ranked eighth.

In engineering, Stanford was ranked second to the Massachusetts of Technology (MIT).

In education, Stanford took the top spot, followed by Vanderbilt and UCLA.

In biological sciences, Stanford was ranked first, followed by MIT and UC-Berkeley.

In chemistry, four schools — Stanford, CalTech, MIT and Berkeley — tied for first.

In computer science, Stanford tied for first with MIT and Berkeley.

In earth sciences, Stanford and MIT were ranked second to CalTech.

In mathematics, Princeton claimed the top spot. Stanford, Harvard, MIT and Berkeley tied for second.

In physics, Stanford tied MIT for first, with CalTech, Harvard and Princeton tying for third.

In economics, MIT tied the University of Chicago for the top spot. Stanford tied Harvard and Princeton for third.

In English, first place was shared by Harvard, Berkeley and Yale. Stanford and Princeton took fourth.

In history, Yale took first, Princeton and Berkeley tied for second and Stanford shared the fourth spot with Harvard and the University of Chicago.

In political science, Stanford was ranked second to Harvard. The University of Michigan took third.

In psychology, Stanford claimed the top spot while Berkeley and the University of Michigan tied for second.