The University of Michigan continues to be recognized nationally in the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings of graduate programs.
Among the programs ranked each year in America’s Best Graduate Schools — business, education, engineering, law, medicine and nursing — U-M maintained top-15 rankings in all six categories.
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The annual list for U-M programs includes:
• The Law School ranked eighth.
• The College of Engineering ranked sixth.
• The Medical School ranked 11th in research, and fourth in primary-care.
• The Stephen M. Ross School of Business and the School of Education both ranked 12th.
• The School of Nursing ranked seventh.
For the first time, U.S. News ranked doctor of nursing practice programs along with master’s programs in nursing. U-M’s program ranked 10th in the nation.
U-M officials note that rankings are just one measure of a university. What matters most in choosing a school is the match between the particular interests, abilities and ambitions of each student with the specific programs, approaches and opportunities offered by a particular school.
U.S. News also published new rankings based on peer assessment only for graduate areas in health. These schools and programs are only ranked every three years. The School of Social Work was ranked No. 1 and the College of Pharmacy was ranked No. 3.
The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, which also is ranked every three years, was ranked No. 8.
In addition to the main program rankings, U-M was rated on 40 specialties. Many specialties did not receive new rankings this year. But among those that did, U-M was ranked as follows:
Business specialties: accounting (5), entrepreneurship (9) executive MBA (6), finance (9), international (7), management (5), marketing (6), part-time MBA (5), production/operations (4) and supply chain/logistics (5).
Education specialties: curriculum/instruction (5), education policy (6), educational psychology (2), elementary education (3), higher education administration (1) and secondary education (2).
Engineering specialties: aerospace (4), biomedical (9), civil (8), computer (7), electrical/electronic (6), environmental (5), industrial/manufacturing (2), materials (9), mechanical (4) and nuclear (1).
Fine arts: (20).
Law specialties: clinical training (12), international law (6) and tax law (9).
Health disciplines: clinical psychology (16).
Medical specialties: family medicine (8), geriatrics (4), internal medicine (6) and women’s health (6).
Nursing specialties: administration (6), nurse midwifery (1), adult/gerontology primary care nurse practitioner (9), nursing informatics (10), pediatric primary care nurse practitioner (13) and family nurse practitioner (14).
Public Affairs specialties: public policy analysis (3) and social policy (1).
Editor’s note: This story has been updated from an earlier version.
Kevin Atkins
“U-M officials note that rankings are just one measure of a university. What matters most in choosing a school is the match between the particular interests, abilities and ambitions of each student with the specific programs, approaches and opportunities offered by a particular school.” Hmnn…nothing about diversity?
Ira Goldman
Diversity is a factor as long as it does not trade off merit and academic achievement ?
Jacquie Lewis-Kemp
Diversity is keenly important in the classroom when learning to diagnose illness, care for patients, when negotiating international business or providing legal representation.
Dr. David Aussicker
Ranked against other PUBLIC universities UM programs are higher or at least top 5 or 10 in cited categories
Mary Lewis
Congrats, U-M! See more re U-M School of Nursing top 20 specialty rankings at http://nursing.umich.edu/about/nursing-michigan/rankings (including several nurse practitioner areas, informatics, etc.).
Lisa Gordon-Hagerty
School of Public Health ranked #4; Health Care Management #1. #GoBlue
Wayne Lerner
Unless I missed it, you didn’t include the graduate program in Health Management and Policy which continues its Number 1 ranking year after year.
It is not clear to me or the other 4,000 alumni of the Program why this oversight occurred.
Kim Broekhuizen
As the article states, we highlighted new graduate rankings for 2016. The Health Management program was ranked last ranked 2015 and is not a new ranking this year. You will find the program highlighted in our coverage last year, when it was new in 2015: http://record.umich.edu/articles/u-m-remains-strong-us-news-graduate-school-rankings
Ronald Pitner
School of Social Work is ranked #1.
James R. Foreman
How did “the Rack” (the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies) rate? Isn’t this U. of M.’s primary graduate program?
James R. Foreman, Ph.D., Atmospheric Science, U. of Mich., 1986
John Spores
FINALLY, some mention of the School of Social Work, consistently ranked #1, but frequently given little attention in reviews of national graduate program rankings for U-M. We have a gem in the U-M School of Social Work and it should be so recognized by those who care about U-M academic programs.
Aashir Mustafa
Will You guys offer Master’s Degree in software engineering with scholar-ship.. And what is the Criteria for scholar-ship?
johnson mdujon
….it should be ranked as one of the ‘top ten’ racist schools in the U.S.