U.S. News ranks graduate programs at UW-Madison
UW–Madison received several high rankings in the 1999 rating of graduate programs released today (March 19) by U.S. News & World Report.
In library science UW–Madison ranked 8th, placing high in several specialties: 4th in services for children and youth, 5th in school library media and 8th in archives and preservation.
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The UW–Madison School of Education ranked 9th, placing 2nd in curriculum/instruction, 2nd in administration/supervision, 2nd in educational psychology, 2nd in secondary teacher, 3rd in social/philosophical foundations, 4th in counseling/personnel services, 4th in elementary teacher, 7th in special education, 7th in vocational/technical and 10th in higher education administration.
The College of Engineering placed 12th, with these specialty ratings: 4th in nuclear, 5th in chemical and 8th industrial/manufacturing.
UW–Madison’s Medical School finished 18th among schools teaching primary care and ranked 10th in the specialty of family medicine.
The Law School placed 29th, and the Business School was 36th.
In doctoral programs in the sciences, UW–Madison ranked:
- 9th in computer science with specialty ratings of 3rd in databases, 6th in hardware and 7th in software.
- 10th in chemistry, including 5th in analytical, 7th in physical, 9th in inorganic, 9th in bio-organic/biophysical and 10th in organic.
- 12th in biological sciences, including 3rd in microbiology, 10th in biochemistry/molecular and 10th in genetics.
- 14th in mathematics, with specialty ratings of 2nd in logic, 3rd in mathematical statistics and 8th in algebra.
- 17th in geology, including 3rd in hydrogeology and 6th in sedimentology/stratigraphy.
- 18th in physics.
“These national rankings can be helpful in some ways,” says John Torphy, vice chancellor for administration at UW–Madison, “but students should pick the programs that fit their needs the best, not necessarily the ones that rank highest.”