Multiple UNC schools, programs appear in U.S. News & World Report graduate rankings
| April 04, 2005 | |
| The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill appears on numerous lists of newly ranked schools, programs and specialty areas produced by U.S. News and World Report magazine for its 2006 edition of “America’s Best Graduate Schools.””While achieving high rankings is not our primary goal and the system is far from perfect, rankings do represent some measure of perceived quality,” said UNC Chancellor James Moeser. “In that regard, I am pleased that Carolina continues to show improvement in the evaluations of our graduate and professional programs.”
Following is a summary of newly ranked UNC schools, programs and specialty areas that the magazine plans to post on its Web site and/or use in the weekly magazine and guidebook: School of Public Health Specialty areas 7 Environmental/environmental health, 7th (Note: listed under engineering schools by U.S. News. Carolina has no engineering school but is tied for 64th in new rankings of the nation’s engineering schools.) School of Medicine Overall 7 Primary care, 2nd 7 Research, tied for 23rd Specialty areas 7 Rural medicine, tied for 5th 7 Family medicine, 6th 7 Women’s health, tied for 11th 7 AIDS, tied for 11th 7 Drug/alcohol abuse, tied for 17th 7 Internal medicine, tied for 18th 7 Pediatrics, tied for 20th School of Pharmacy Overall 7 3rd (for Pharm.D. doctoral program) Kenan-Flagler Business School Overall 7 Tied for 21st (for master of business administration degree programs) Specialty areas 7 Accounting, 9th 7 Production/Operations, 11th 7 Executive MBA Program, 11th 7 Marketing, tied for 12th 7 Supply chain/logistics, tied for 17th 7 Management, 18th 7 Entrepreneurship, tied for 21st 7 International, tied for 22nd School of Law Overall 7 Tied for 27th Specialty areas 7 Listed among the top law schools for racial and ethnic diversity School of Education Overall 7 Tied for 27th Specialty areas Listed among the top education schools for teacher preparation. 7 Special education, 16th 7 Elementary education, 20th 7 Administration/supervision, tied for 21st 7 Curriculum/instruction, 23rd College of Arts and Sciences Overall 7 Sociology, tied for 4th 7 History, tied for 13th 7 Political science, tied for 13th 7 English, tied for 19th 7 Psychology, tied for 22nd Specialty programs 7 Sociology of population, 4th 7 Social stratification, tied for 4th 7 African-American history, tied for 4th 7 African-American literature, 5th 7 Women’s history, tied for 5th 7 American politics, 9th 7 Social psychology, 9th 7 Developmental psychology, 10th 7 Modern U.S. history, 10th 7 U.S. colonial history, tied for 10th 7 Latin American history, tied for 11th 7 European history, 12th 7 Cultural history, tied for 12th New rankings will appear in the April 11 issue of U.S. News and World Report magazine, which hits newsstands Monday (April 4) along with the “America’s Best Graduate Schools” guidebook. Details are available at www.usnews.com U.S. News first ranked graduate programs in 1987 and has done so annually since 1990. Business, education, engineering, law and medicine are ranked annually. Other disciplines and specialties are ranked periodically. -30- News Services contact: Lisa Katz, (919) 962-2093, lisa_katz@unc.edu For further information please contact Emily Smith by email at emily_smith@unc.edu |
