Graduate programs in engineering, fine arts, law and medicine at the University of New Mexico are ranked among the best in the nation in the April 5 issue of U.S. News & World Report. The listing of America's best graduate schools for 2005 includes eight UNM programs.
For the first time, a specialty program in the UNM School of Engineering is included in the top 50 rankings. Graduate programs rated the best by engineering school department heads show UNM tied for No.46 in the new category of Electrical/Electronic/Communications. Also, computer engineering at UNM is ranked No. 62 in the nation. Both fields of study are included in the UNM Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
“There is a pride and a camaraderie that comes with this ranking,” said Christos Christodoulou, professor and chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering. “Everybody here is very proud because everybody wants to be part of a class act. Our students are proud to be in a place like this because they know their job opportunities go way up.”
Holding its position as second best in the nation is the UNM Department of Fine Arts graduate program in photography, tied with the Rhode Island School of Design. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago is No. 1.
UNM's College of Fine Arts printmaking program, which includes the prestigious Tamarind Institute, is ranked No. 11 nationally. For its master of fine arts program, UNM is in a nine-way tie at No. 45.
In the category of law specialties, the clinical training program at the UNM School of Law is tied for the No. 7 position with Yale University. Both the UNM School of Law and the UNM School of Engineering placed within the top 100 programs nationally.
For the 14 th consecutive year, the UNM School of Medicine is included in the top 15 schools in the country with a primary care curriculum and is ranked 12th nationally. In medical specialty categories, UNM is second in the teaching of rural medicine for the 10th consecutive year and ranked 10th in family medicine. Rankings are for 125 medical schools.
Each year U.S News ranks graduate programs in the areas of business, education, engineering, law and medicine. Rankings are 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. For the rankings in all five areas, indicator and opinion data come from surveys of more than 1,000 programs and nearly 9,100 academic faculty and other professionals, conducted each fall.
Additional rankings for Best Graduate Schools 2005 are available at the website www.usnews.com .
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