²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ University’s rose to No. 3 in rankings of graduate and professional schools released on Friday. ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ’s schools of business, law and engineering all improved their positions.
The leapt 15 places to No. 34 in the business school category. ranked No. 16, the No. 18 for research and No. 30 for primary care, the No. 19, the No. 34 and the No. 42.
Peabody, which was ranked No. 5 in 2006, is now tied with at No. 3. was ranked tops in the nation, followed by .
Peabody’s program was ranked the best in the nation. Other highly regarded Peabody programs include (No. 2), (No. 10), (No. 9), (No. 5), (No. 9) and (No. 9).
“We are very pleased by our ranking in this latest survey,” said , the Patricia and Rodes Hart Dean of Education and Human Development at Peabody.
“It reflects the high quality of our students and the research productivity of an excellent faculty. The rankings also indicate that our longstanding efforts in key areas like special education, education policy, and pre-K-12 and higher education administration continue to produce valuable contributions to education practice.”
The Owen Graduate School of Management rose to tie at No. 34, up from Owen’s No. 49 last year. , dean of the Owen School and Ralph Owen Professor for the Practice of Management, attributed the improvement to an investment in retaining and attracting faculty and innovative market-driven initiatives such as Owen’s health care MBA program.
“It is rewarding that our hard work over the past several years is being recognized,” Bradford said.
“We will continue the push to recruit outstanding students, build great programs and hire and encourage world class faculty because that is what ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ – and our stakeholders – demand and deserve.”
²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Law School pushed one spot ahead to No. 16, tying with the law school at the .
²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ’s School of Medicine was ranked No. 18 for research. Last year it was at 17th. For primary care, the School of Medicine ranked 30th.
The School of Nursing broke into the top 20 with a ranking of 19th, tied with six other schools. It was ranked 29th in 2004, the last time U.S. News considered nursing schools.
The biological science program at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ tied with seven other programs for No. 34, falling from No. 28 last year. The ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ School of Engineering tied with and for No. 42, an improvement from No. 47 in 2006.
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