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Last Updated: Nov 18, 2006 - 12:32:53 PM

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Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis ranked 3rd in U.S.
Apr 6, 2005 - 4:45:00 PM, Reviewed by: Dr.


The School of Medicine ranked third after Harvard University and Johns Hopkins University, which moved into the second spot in this year's ranking. The No. 4 slot went to the University of Pennsylvania.


 
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis is rated the third best medical school in the nation, according to this year's U.S. News & World Report rankings of graduate and professional programs released April 1.

The School of Medicine ranked third after Harvard University and Johns Hopkins University, which moved into the second spot in this year's ranking. The No. 4 slot went to the University of Pennsylvania.

The report also revealed the School of Medicine's students had the highest undergraduate grade point averages and the highest scores on medical school entrance exams. Additionally, the medical school ranked second in grant dollars from the National Institutes of Health per faculty member.

"This is the eighth consecutive year the School of Medicine's students have had the highest undergraduate grade-point averages and highest scores on medical school entrance exams," said Larry J. Shapiro, M.D., executive vice chancellor for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine. "The medical school has remained in the top 10 since U.S. News began the annual rankings in 1987."

Numerous specialty areas at the medical school also were listed among the nation's best. Internal medicine and pediatrics ranked sixth in the nation, drug and alcohol abuse program tied for 12th, and the AIDS program tied for 19th.

In this year's overall medical school standings, after 4th place University of Pennsylvania, the rest of the top 10 are, in descending order: University of California-San Francisco, Duke, University of Washington, Stanford, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (N.Y.).

The School of Law was tied with the University of Notre Dame for 24th after being tied for 20th in 2004.

"The School of Law continues to be bunched with a very tightly contested group of schools in the rankings process," said Dean Joel Seligman, J.D. "While we are disappointed to have dropped somewhat in our overall ranking, we are proud that our Clinical Education Program is now ranked third in the nation and our Intellectual Property and Technology Law Program is tied for 19th, our highest historical rankings in these areas. We also are pleased that our International Law Program was recognized with a 16-place ranking."

Also rising were the university's Olin School of Business and the School of Engineering and Applied Science.

The School of Business was ranked 32nd, up from a 39th place tie last year.

Stuart I. Greenbaum, Ph.D., dean of the Olin School, said, "I'm pleased at the positive momentum suggested by the seven place jump in the Olin School's U.S. News ranking. However, the school's position remains inconsistent with the ranking of our part-time MBA (11th) and executive MBA (16th) programs as well as the number 11 placement for Olin's BSBA program. Forbes most recently ranked the Olin School's full-time MBA 12th. The variability among rankings reflects both compression and measurement idiosyncrasies that ultimately cloud as much as they clarify."

The engineering school was ranked 34th � compared with 36th in 2004 � in a tie with North Carolina State University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the University of Virginia.

"The School of Engineering and Applied Science strives every day of the year to improve the educational experience we offer our students," said Christopher I. Byrnes, Ph.D., dean of the school. "It's always good to see that our efforts are being recognized."

The Department of Education in Arts & Sciences, competing in a field of schools rather than departments, rose from a tie at 55 last year to 40th in 2005, in a two-way tie with the University of Delaware.

"We are pleased with this recognition of improvement by U.S. News and attribute our rise in the rankings to several factors, including increased productivity of faculty and the addition of outstanding new hires, an increase in funded research, improvement in the quality of graduate students, and our commitment to maintain one of the lowest student-teacher ratios among graduate education schools and programs," said William F. Tate, Ph.D., professor of education and chair of the department.

"In addition, we are very proud to note that our Department of Education in Arts & Sciences is the only department ranked in the top 40 in graduate education by U.S. News. All others in the top 40 are separate schools of education."

Altogether, Washington University has 16 schools, departments or programs listed in the top 20 rankings, including women's health, 11th; biomedical engineering, 14th; cognitive psychology, 11th; political science, 16th; and political methodology, 9th.
 

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The newsstand book, "America's Best Graduate Schools," is slated to hit newsstands on Monday, April 4. Many of the 2005 rankings will appear in the April 11 edition of U.S. News & World Report magazine, which will be on newsstands April 4, as well.

A complete list of the most current rankings for all Washington University schools, departments and programs is available at: http://news-info.wustl.edu/rankings/.


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