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GRADUATE SCHOOL RANKINGS

The President reported on the latest U.S. News & World Report graduate school rankings, released today. The Law School ranks 8th, tied with the University of Michigan but up from 9th last year. In the School of Medicine, the research ranking is 26th, down one from last year; Medicine’s goal is to be ranked 20th in the country. Darden is judged 14th best, down from 12th last year. The Curry School ranks 22nd – tied with the University of Maryland – down from 20th last year. The School of Engineering is 34th, tied with North Carolina State University, the Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute and Washington University in St. Louis; this is an improvement over last year’s ranking as 42nd.

The English Department has an overall ranking of 12th, in a tie with Duke University and the University of Michigan; English departments were not ranked last year. The Department’s programs in African-American literature, American literature after 1865, American literature before 1865, and 18th through 20th century British literature, were rated as being among the ten best in the country. The History Department ranks 19th, in a tie with Indiana University and the University of Texas; History departments were not ranked last year.