U.S. News &World Report has ranked four 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 professions. The 2004 rankings appear in the April 7 issue of U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Graduate Schools” guidebook.
The four UNMC programs are the College of Medicine’s primary care program (ranked 22 out of approximately 140 medical schools); the College of Nursing’s master’s degree program (ranked 39 out of approximately 260 schools); the School of Allied Health Professions ‘ physician assistant program (ranked 14 out of approximately 40 schools) and the College of Medicine’s rural health medicine program (ranked 10th of approximately 125 schools).
The annual health disciplines rankings were released today. The 2004 edition of the newsstand book, “America’s Best Graduate Schools,” hits newsstands April 7. Many of the ranking categories also will appear in the April 14 edition of U.S. News & World Report, the weekly newsmagazine, which also goes on sale April 7.
“The magazine’s national rankings certainly validate some of the outstanding programs we have at UNMC, and our programs that are ranked this year have been viewed as outstanding previously,” said David Crouse, Ph.D., interim vice chancellor for academic affairs at UNMC. “We are pleased with their strong showing but there are limitations in any ranking system and we urge students to use many sources when selecting a graduate or professional program.”
Rankings from the “Best Graduate Schools” are available online at www.usnews.com 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 annual America’s Best Graduate Schools report began in 1990. 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 are not freshly ranked for 2004. These specialties post previous rankings from 2000 and 2001.