Numerous Schools, Graduate Programs at UNC Ranked by U.S. News

Posted on April 10, 2006

Carolina appears on multiple lists of newly ranked schools, programs and specialty areas produced by U.S. News & World Report magazine for its 2007 edition of “America’s Best Graduate Schools.” Following is a summary of newly ranked UNC schools and programs, as well as specialty areas listed in the magazine’s top 10:

School of Information and Library Science
Overall

• Tied for 1st (among programs with accredited master’s degrees)

Specialty areas
Health librarianship, 2nd

• Digital librarianship, 4th
• Law librarianship, tied for 5th
• Archives and preservation, 7th
• Information systems, 7th
• Services for children and youth, 8th

School of Medicine
Overall

• Primary care, 2nd
• Research, tied for 20th

>Specialty areas

• Family medicine, 2nd
• Rural medicine, tied for 4th
• Women’s health, 9th

Kenan-Flagler Business School
Overall
20th (for the master of business administration degree program)
School of Law
Overall
Tied for 27th
Specialty areas

• Listed among the top law schools for racial and ethnic diversity.

School of Education
Overall

• Tied for 29th

School of Public Health
Specialty areas

• Environmental/environmental health, tied for 7th
  (Note: U.S. News listed this category under engineering schools, but UNC has no engineering school.)

College of Arts and Sciences
Sciences Ph.D. Programs
Biological Sciences
Overall

• Tied for 24th

Chemistry
Overall

• Tied for 14th

Specialty areas

• Analytical, 1st
• Inorganic, tied for 9th

Computer Science
Overall

• Tied for 22nd