Anthropology
• Ranked as high as 3rd in the country by the National Research Center (NRC)
• Linguistic Anthropology specialty ranked 1st in the country
• Archaeology specialty ranked 2nd

Communication
• Ranked as high as 8th in the country (NRC)
• Ranked 1st at the UA in research activity  (NRC)
• Ranked 1st in research productivity in the Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index (2005)

Geography and Development
• Ranked as high as 8th in the country (NRC)

Government and Public Policy
• Public administration ranked as high as 11 (NRC)
• Political science ranked as high as 21 (NRC)

History
• Latin American history specialty ranked 12th in the country by U.S. News & World Report

Linguistics
• Ranked as high as 14th in the country (NRC)
• Linguistics ranked 2nd in faculty productivity in the  Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index (2007)

Near Eastern Studies
• Near Eastern and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures ranked 2nd in faculty productivity in the  Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index (2007)

Philosophy
• Ranked as high as 13th in the country (NRC)
• Ranked 14th in the world by Philosophical Gourmet Report (2011)
• Ranked 1st in political philosophy
• Ranked 2nd in philosophy of cognitive science

Sociology
• Ranked as high as 7 in the country (NRC)
• Ranked 20th by U.S. News & World Report
• Social psychology specialty ranked 6th by U.S. News & World Report