UNC News Release -- Multiple UNC schools, programs appear in U.S. News & World Report graduate rankings

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April 2, 2004 -- No. 180

Multiple UNC schools, programs appear
in U.S. News & World Report graduate rankings

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill appears on numerous lists of newly ranked programs and specialty areas produced by U.S. News and World Report magazine for its 2005 edition of "America’s Best Graduate Schools." Following is a summary of newly ranked UNC programs and specialty areas that the magazine plans to post on its Web site and/or use in the weekly magazine and guidebook:

School of Medicine

Overall

Primary care, tied for 5th
Research, tied for 20th

Specialty areas

Rural medicine, tied for 5^th
Family medicine, tied for 5^th
Women’s health, tied for 6^th
AIDS, tied for 11^th
Internal medicine, 16th
Geriatrics, tied for 17th
Drug/alcohol abuse, 18^th
Pediatrics, 18th

School of Social Work

Master’s degree program, tied for 7^th

(Note: listed under health disciplines by U.S. News)

Public affairs

UNC has programs and specialty areas within several units based in the School of Government, the College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Public Health with master’s degree programs that are ranked by U.S. News as part of a public affairs category. UNC’s listings follow:

Master’s of public administration program, tied for 10^th

Specialty areas

City management and urban policy, tied for 6^th
Health policy and management, tied for 9th
Environment policy and management, 10^th
Public management administration, 14^th
Public policy analysis, 14th
Public finance and budgeting, tied for 21^st

School of Public Health

Specialty areas

Environmental/environmental health, tied for 5th

(Note: listed under engineering schools by U.S. News; Carolina has no engineering school.)

Health disciplines

These programs offering master’s and doctorate degrees are based in the School of Medicine; clinical psychology is in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Occupational therapy, tied for 5th
Clinical psychology, tied for 8^th
Physical therapy, tied for 8th
Audiology, tied for 13^th
Speech-language pathology, tied for 13^th

Kenan-Flagler Business School

Overall

Tied for 21^st (for master of business administration degree programs)

Specialty areas

Accounting, 10^th
Production/operations, tied for 10^th
Executive MBA Program, 12^th
Management, 14^th
Marketing, tied for 19^th
Supply chain/logistics, 19^th

School of Law

Overall

Tied for 27^th

Specialty areas

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

School of Education

Overall

30^th

Specialty areas

Educational psychology, tied for 19th
Curriculum/instruction, tied for 21^st
Educational policy, tied for 21st
Administration/supervision, tied for 22^nd

New rankings will appear in the April 12 issue of U.S. News and World Report magazine, which hits newsstands Monday (April 5) along with the "America’s Best Graduate Schools" guidebook. Details will be available Friday at www.us.news.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. Other disciplines and specialties are ranked periodically.

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