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Friday, March 28, 2008
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill appears on multiple lists of schools, programs and specialty areas newly ranked in 2008 by U.S. News and World Report magazine for its 2009 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 25:

School of Medicine

Overall

  • Primary care, tied for 2nd
  • Research, 19th

Specialty areas

  • Family medicine, 5th
  • Rural medicine, 8th
  • Women’s health, 9th
  • AIDS, 10th
  • Geriatrics, 18th
  • Internal medicine, 18th
  • Pediatrics, 22nd

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
  • Audiology, tied for 6th
  • Clinical psychology, tied for 6th
  • Physical therapy, tied for 11th
  • Speech-language pathology, tied for 18th

School of Pharmacy

  • Pharm.D., 2nd

School of Public Health

  • Environmental/environmental health, tied for 10th

(Note: Although UNC has no engineering school, its  department of  environmental  sciences and engineering is based in  the School of Public Health.)

School of Social Work

  • Master’s degree program, tied for 8th

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

Kenan-Flagler Business School

Overall

  • 19th (for master of business administration degree programs)

Specialty area

  • Entrepreneurship, 10th
  • Executive MBA, 11th
  • Accounting, tied for 12th
  • Productions/operations, 12th
  • Management, 14th
  • Marketing,  tied for 15th
  • International, tied for 20th
  • Supply chain/logistics, tied for 21st

College of Arts and Sciences (doctoral programs)

Computer science

Overall

  • Tied for 20th

Mathematics

Overall

  • Tied for 28th

Specialty area

  • Statistics, 3rd

Physics

Overall

  • Tied for 36th

Public affairs

UNC has master’s degree 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 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 14th

Specialty areas

  • City management, 5th
  • Environmental policy and management, 8th

School of Education

Overall

  • Tied for 22nd

Specialty areas:

  • Education administration and supervision, 14th
  • Special education, 14th
  • Elementary teacher education, tied for 18th
  • Student counseling and personnel services, tied for 19th

School of Law

Overall

  • Tied for 38th

New rankings will appear in the April 7-14 issue of U.S. News and World Report magazine, which hits newsstands Monday (March 31), and in “America’s Best Graduate Schools” guidebook, available Tuesday (April 1). Details will be available Friday (March 28) 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, humanities and other areas, including selected health specialties, are ranked periodically. Those rankings are based on the ratings of academic experts.

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