U.S.News & World Report continues to rank five programs at UNMC among the top graduate programs in the country. Their rankings of graduate programs include all post-baccalaureate areas, including those in the health and medical professions. The 2005 rankings appear in the April 5 issue of U.S.News & World Report’s “America’s Best Graduate Schools” guidebook.
The five UNMC programs are the College of Medicine’s primary care program (ranked 20th out of approximately 140 medical schools); the College of Nursing’s master’s degree program (ranked 39th out of approximately 260 schools); the School of Allied Health Professions ‘ physician assistant program (ranked 14th out of approximately 40 schools) and the physical therapy master’s/doctorate program (ranked 31st out of 141) and the College of Medicine’s rural health medicine program (ranked 13th out of approximately 125 schools).
The UNMC College of Medicine was ranked 71st out of 119 medical schools in research. This ranking is based on a number of criteria, including research grants from the National Institutes of Health, medical school enrollment, out-of-state tuition and fees, average undergraduate GPA, average MCAT score, acceptance rate, and faculty/student ratio.
The annual health disciplines rankings were released today. The 2005 edition of the newsstand book, “America’s Best Graduate Schools,” hits newsstands April 5. Many of the ranking categories also will appear in the April 12 edition of U.S.News & World Report, the weekly newsmagazine, which also goes on sale that same day.
“Once again, the magazine’s national rankings validate some of the outstanding programs we have at UNMC,” said Rubens Pamies, M.D., vice chancellor for academic affairs at UNMC. “We’re pleased that our programs have continued their strong showing of prior years, but regardless of where we fall in the rankings, we are always striving to do better.”
Rankings from the “Best Graduate Schools” are available online at www.usnews.com. The online edition includes longer lists of some specialty rankings, as well as additional school directory information. The UNMC programs listed above all appear in the guidebook.
The U.S.News & World Report rankings are based on two types of data: expert opinion about program quality and statistical indicators that measure the quality of a school’s faculty, research and students. The annual America’s Best Graduate Schools report began in 1990.
UNMC officials encourage students to use many sources when selecting a graduate or professional program. Editors say a ranking is one of the criteria students should consider when selecting a graduate school in addition to the student’s academic and professional ambitions, financial resources, scholastic record, along with a school’s size, atmosphere and location.
Some health specialties, including the master’s degree in nursing, physician assistant and physical therapy programs, are not freshly ranked for 2005. These specialties post rankings from 2004.