Multiple UNC-Chapel Hill graduate programs ranked by U.S. News & World Report
In past years, numerous UNC-Chapel Hill specialty areas have been ranked among specialty areas appearing in the top 25.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill appears on multiple lists of schools, degree programs and specialty areas newly ranked in 2015 by U.S. News and World Report for the 2016 edition of “America’s Best Graduate Schools.” They include:
School of Medicine
Overall
- Primary care, 2nd
- Research, 22nd
Specialty areas
- Family medicine, 2nd
- Rural medicine, 5th
- AIDS, 6th
Health disciplines
- Rehabilitation counseling, tied for 21st
Gillings School of Global Public Health
- Tied for 2nd (master’s and doctorate degree programs)
- Health-care management, tied for 5th (master’s degree)
School of Nursing
Overall
- Tied for 17th (master’s degree)
Specialty areas
- Administration, tied for 5th
Kenan-Flagler Business School
Overall
- 18th (master of business administration degree programs)
Specialty areas
- Executive MBA, 10th
- Accounting, tied for 10th
Best online programs
- Master in business administration degree programs, tied for 1st
(as previously reported in January 2015:http://www.usnews.com/education/online-education/articles/us-news-ranks-best-online-programs?int=ad9009)
School of Law
Overall
- Tied for 34th
Specialty areas
- Legal writing, tied for 14th
School of Education
Overall
- Tied for 33rd
Note:In past years, numerous UNC-Chapel Hill specialty areas have been ranked among specialty areas appearing in the top 25. This story is based on available information in advance of the magazine’s embargo, and will be updated as any new information becomes available starting on March 10. The “Best Graduate Schools 2016” guidebook will be available at usnews.com/store in early March and on newsstands April 7.
Methodology: 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 based on expert opinion about program quality and statistical indicators that measure the quality of a school’s faculty, research and students, according to U.S. News officials. Other disciplines and specialties in the sciences, social sciences, humanities and other areas, including selected health specialists, are ranked periodically. Those rankings are based solely on the ratings of peer academic experts, including deans, program directors and faculty.
In addition to the new rankings, U.S. News republishes, on its website and in the guidebook, older rankings – dated 2011 or before – that are based on peer ratings in various health disciplines, nursing schools and Ph.D. programs in the sciences.
