The Leiter Reports have been giving previews of the upcoming Philosophical Gourmet. Here are the top 20 schools for metaphysics and epistemology (which include phil language, phil mind, metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of action, philosophical logic, and phil religion).

1. Oxford University (4.3)

2. New York University (3.9)

2. Rutgers University, New Brunswick (3.9)

4. University of Notre Dame (3.8)

5. University of Texas, Austin (3.5)

6. Massachussetts Institute of Technology (3.4)

6. Princeton University (3.4)

6. University of St. Andrews/University of Stirling Joint Program (3.4)

9. University of California, Los Angeles (3.3)

10. Stanford University (3.2)

10. University of Pittsburgh (3.2)

10. University of Southern California (3.2)

13. Cornell University (3.1)

13. University of California, Berkeley (3.1)

13. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (3.1)

13. Yale University (3.1)

17. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (3.0)

18. City University of New York Graduate Center (2.9)

18. Columbia University (2.9)

18. Indiana University, Bloomington (2.9)

18. University of California, Riverside (2.9)

18. University of Massachussetts, Amherst (2.9)

Geez. Most of these schools are nearly impossible to get into (with funding). Maybe I should change my interests over to applied ethics or something.