Law, Fuqua Rise In Latest U.S. News Rankings
The Law School tied for 10th and The Fuqua School of Business was judged 12th, both rising two places in the latest rankings of top graduate programs.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Duke University’s School of Medicine, School of Law, Fuqua School of Business and Pratt School of Engineering all rank among the top institutions in their disciplines, according to the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings of the best graduate and professional schools in the country.
The Law School tied for 10th and The Fuqua School of Business was ranked 12th, both rising two places in the ranking when compared to last year. The medical school remained tied for sixth for research and the Pratt School of Engineering once again tied for 35th.
Provost Peter Lange, the university’s top academic officer, said the U.S. News & World Report rankings “are an imperfect indicator but nonetheless reflect the continued excellence of Duke’s graduate and professional programs across a range of disciplines. Duke also takes pride in being a place where faculty and students reach across these disciplines routinely to explore the intersections where so many interesting questions are found.”
Among medical specialties, Duke was acknowledged in geriatrics (fourth), internal medicine (fifth), AIDS (sixth), family medicine (tied for ninth) and women’s health (tied for ninth). It tied for 45th in primary care.
Within the law school, Duke was eighth in environmental law and 10th for intellectual property law. Within the business school, Duke was ranked third in marketing, fourth for executive MBA program, tied for sixth in international and seventh in management. Within engineering, Duke ranked fourth for biomedical and bioengineering.
In new rankings of Ph.D. programs in the social sciences and humanities, Duke’s political science program was tied for ninth, English ranked 10th, history and sociology each tied for 14th, economics tied for 19th and psychology tied for 23rd.
Within political science, Duke was sixth in political theory, tied for ninth in American politics and 10th in comparative politics. Within English, Duke was ranked second in literary criticism and theory, second in gender and literature, and sixth in African-American Literature. Within history, Duke was first in African-American history, tied for fifth in Latin American history and tied for 10th in women’s history. And within sociology, Duke was tied for sixth for social psychology.
In addition, the magazine republished older rankings for numerous other doctoral programs and health fields, including the natural sciences and public affairs (public policy).
According to U.S. News, the magazine’s methodology is based on two types of data: “expert opinion about program quality and statistical indicators that measure the quality of a school’s faculty, research, and students.” The magazine said its data came from surveys of “more than 1,200 programs and some 11,000 academics and professionals that were conducted in fall 2008.”
For more information, go to http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools.
