Fact Sheet

Numerous UNC schools, graduate programs
ranked by U.S. News & World Report

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill appears on multiple lists of newly ranked schools, programs and specialty areas produced by U.S. News and World Report magazine for its 2007 edition of "America’s Best Graduate Schools." 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 Information and Library Science
Overall

• Tied for 1st (among programs with accredited master’s degrees)

• Health librarianship, 2^nd

• Digital librarianship, 4^th

• Law librarianship, tied for 5th

• Archives and preservation, 7^th

• Information systems, 7^th

• Services for children and youth, 8^th

School of Medicine
Overall

• Primary care, 2^nd

• Research, tied for 20^th

• Family medicine, 2^nd

• Rural medicine, tied for 4^th

• Women’s health, 9^th

Kenan-Flagler Business School
Overall

• 20th (for the master of business administration degree program)

School of Law
Overall

• Tied for 27^th

• Listed among the top law schools for racial and ethnic diversity.

School of Education
Overall

• Tied for 29^th

School of Public Health
Specialty areas

• Environmental/environmental health, tied for 7^th

Biological Sciences
Overall

• Tied for 24th

Chemistry
Overall

• Tied for 14^th

• Analytical, 1^st

• Inorganic, tied for 9^th

Computer Science
Overall

• Tied for 22^nd

Mathematics
Overall

• Tied for 29^th

• Statistics, 4^th

New rankings will appear in the April 10 issue of U.S. News and World Report magazine, which hits newsstands Monday (April 3) along with the "America’s Best Graduate Schools" guidebook. Details will be available Friday (March 31) 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 and humanities are ranked periodically. Those rankings are based on the ratings of academic experts.

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News Services contact: Lisa Katz, (919) 962-2093, lisa_katz@unc.edu

U.S. News contact: Beth Seibold, Public Relations Manager, (212) 210-6314,
bseibold@usnews.com