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11 MI Graduate Schools Make U.S. News 2023-24 Ranking
Multiple colleges in Michigan were ranked among the Best Graduate Schools in the country by U.S. News and World Report.
MICHIGAN — Multiple colleges in Michigan 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 Michigan, the following grad schools were recognized:
Business (Full-Time)
No. 8 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (Ross)
No. 33 Michigan State University (Broad)
No. 86 University of Detroit Mercy
Education
No. 1 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
No. 21 Michigan State University
No. 120 Wayne State University
No. 129 Western Michigan University
No. 176 Eastern Michigan University
No. 198 University of Michigan-Dearborn
No. 206 Oakland University
Engineering
No. 7 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
No. 68 Michigan State University
No. 82 Michigan Technological University
No. 152 Wayne State University
No. 177 University of Michigan-Dearborn
Nursing DNP
No. 6 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
No. 49 (Tie) Michigan State University
No. 49 (Tie) Wayne State University
No. 95 Grand Valley State University
No. 111 Oakland University
No. 114 University of Detroit Mercy
No. 140 Madonna University
Nursing (Masters)
No. 8 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
No. 34 Wayne State University
No. 73 Michigan State University
No. 78 Oakland University
No. 103 University of Detroit Mercy
No. 123 Madonna 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 graduates 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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