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7 Connecticut Graduate Schools Make U.S. News 2023-24 Ranking
Seven colleges in Connecticut were ranked among the Best Graduate Schools in the country by U.S. News and World Report.
CONNECTICUT — Seven colleges in Connecticut were ranked among the Best Graduate Schools in the country by U.S. News and World Report, which released its annual rankings Tuesday.
The rankings, intended as a guide for prospective graduate students, evaluate programs in a variety of disciplines, including business, education, engineering, health, nursing, public affairs and science.
The rankings for medical schools and law schools will be released at a later date.
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This year, the rankings are weighed more for academic quality than for reputation to give prospective students a better idea how well they’ll be prepared for their chosen professions.
“Students face tough choices when it comes to the value of their graduate education — especially as many invest a lot of time and money in their schooling,” LaMont Jones, senior editor of education at U.S. News, said in a news release. “This year, our rankings prioritize output measures of academic quality — allowing students to gauge how well an institution succeeds in its mission of preparing its graduates for professional life.”
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In Connecticut, the following grad schools were recognized:
Business (Full-Time):
No. 8 Yale University
No. 93 University of Connecticut
No. 124 Quinnipiac University
Education:
No. 31 University of Connecticut
No. 206 Central Connecticut State University
No. 226 University of Hartford
Engineering:
No. 42 Yale University
No. 63 University of Connecticut
Nursing DNP:
No. 33 Yale University
No. 39 Sacred Heart University
No. 74 Fairfield University
No. 97 Quinnipiac University
Nursing (Masters):
No. 28 Yale University
No. 73 Quinnipiac University
No. 73 Fairfield University
Among highlights from the rankings:
The University of Chicago’s Booth school of Business was the top full-time MBA school, followed by Northwestern University’s Kellogg School and the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business.
Teachers College at Columbia University and the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor tied as the No. 1 graduate schools for education, and three schools tied for No. 3: Northwestern University, the University of Pennsylvania and University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology was ranked as the best engineering school, followed by Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley.
Emory University moved into the No. 1 spot for best nursing schools for master’s degrees, followed by Johns Hopkins University at No. 2 and University of Pennsylvania at No. 3.
Johns Hopkins University remains at No. 1 among nursing schools for doctorate level programs, followed by Columbia University, Duke University, Rush University and the University of Washington all tied for No. 2.
New this year are five master’s degree-level rankings in the following public health specialties: biostatistics, environmental health sciences, epidemiology, health policy and management, and social and behavioral sciences, as well as an inaugural ranking in the Ph.D. physics specialty called physics of living systems.
The rankings also include master’s programs in health care management, physician assistant, rehabilitation counseling and veterinary medicine.
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