Two School of Public Health programs ranked by U.S. News & World Report

Following is a summary of newly ranked UNC schools and programs, as well as specialty areas listed in the magazine’s top 10:

School of Medicine
Overall

• Primary care, tied for 2nd
• Research, 19th

Specialty areas

• Family medicine, 5th
• Rural medicine, 8th
• Women’s health, 9th
• AIDS, 10th

Health disciplines
These programs offering master’s and doctorate degrees are based in the School of Medicine; clinical psychology is in the College of Arts and Sciences.

• Occupational therapy, tied for 5th
• Audiology, tied for 6th
• Clinical psychology, tied for 6th
• Physical therapy, tied for 11th
• Speech-language pathology, tied for 18th

School of Pharmacy

• Doctoral program (Pharm.D.), 2nd

School of Public Health

• Environmental/environmental health, tied for 10th
  (Note: Although UNC has no engineering school, its Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering is based in the School of Public Health.)

School of Social Work

• Master’s degree program, tied for 8th
  (Note: listed under health disciplines by U.S. News)

Kenan-Flagler Business School
Overall

• 19th (for master of business administration degree programs)

Specialty area

• Entrepreneurship, 10th

College of Arts and Sciences (doctoral programs)

Computer science
Overall

• Tied for 20th

Mathematics
Overall

• Tied for 28th

Specialty area

• Statistics, 3rd

Physics
Overall

• Tied for 36^th

Public affairs
UNC has master’s degree programs and specialty areas within several units based in the School of Government, the College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Public Health that are ranked by U.S. News as part of a public affairs category. UNC’s listings follow:

• Master’s of public administration program, tied for 14th

Specialty areas

• City management, 5th
• Environmental policy and management, 8th

School of Education
Overall

• Tied for 22nd

School of Law
Overall

• Tied for 38th

New rankings appear in the April 7-14 issue of U.S. News and World Report magazine, which hit newsstands Monday, March 31, and in “America’s Best Graduate Schools” guidebook, available Tuesday, April 1. 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. Those rankings are based on expert opinion about program quality and statistical indicators that measure the quality of a school’s faculty, research and students, according to magazine officials. Other disciplines and specialties in the sciences, social sciences, humanities and other areas, including selected health specialties, are ranked periodically. Those rankings are based on the ratings of academic experts.

School of Public Health contact: Ramona DuBose, director of communications, (919) 966-7467 or ramona_dubose@unc.edu.

News Services contact: Susan Houston, (919) 962-8415, susan_houston@unc.edu.

U.S. News contact: official@usnews.com.