UNMC’s physical therapy master’s/doctorate program in the School of Allied Health Professions was inadvertently omitted from the April 2 UNMC Today article highlighting U.S.News & World Report’s annual health disciplines rankings.
In all, five UNMC programs were ranked among the top programs in the country: 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 2005 rankings appear in the April 5 issue of U.S.News & World Report’s “America’s Best Graduate Schools” guidebook. 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.
Visit the UNMC Today Archives on April 2 to access the revised article on the 2005 U.S.News & World Report rankings.