Brown, UMass Dartmouth, RWU recognized in U.S. News grad school rankings

BROWN UNIVERSITY ranked 35th again in graduate school rankings for medical research and 32nd in primary care, according to  U.S. News & World Report.
BROWN UNIVERSITY ranked 35th again in graduate school rankings for medical research and 32nd in primary care, according to U.S. News & World Report.

(Updated 1:11 p.m.)
PROVIDENCE – Brown University and other local universities were recognized in annual graduate school rankings from U.S. News & World Report released Wednesday.
Brown’s Warren Alpert Medical School ranked 35th in the category of best medical schools: research, the same ranking as last year. It also ranked 32nd in best medical schools: primary care, climbing from 57th the year before.
Brown’s engineering graduate program dropped to 62nd this year from 49th last year.

Brown’s engineering graduate program dropped to 62nd this year from 49th last year.
The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth ranked 128th, dropping from 98th, for its graduate nursing program. Similar to last year, Roger Williams University’s graduate law school was not ranked but instead was recognized in a “second tier” of schools to consider.
The 2017 Best Graduate Schools rankings features information and rankings for the largest professional graduate school disciplines – business, law, education, engineering, medicine and nursing – as well as specialty rankings within each discipline.
“Going to graduate school is a major commitment of time and money,” said Anita Narayan, managing editor of education at U.S. News. “Our rankings and advice offer guidance throughout the decision-making process to help prospective students and their families find the right fit.”
In the full-time MBA rankings, Harvard University is the No. 1 program in the country. The University of Chicago Booth moves up two places to tie with Stanford University at No. 2. The top law schools remain consistent, with Yale University ranked No. 1. Harvard University and Stanford University again tied for No. 2.
Harvard remains the No. 1 medical school for research, followed by Stanford University at No. 2. In a three-way tie for third place, the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins University and the University of California at San Francisco ranked third. New this year, U.S. News evaluated Doctor of Nursing Practice programs, ranking the University of Washington at No. 1.

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