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Vol. 18, No. 25 |
March 25, 1999 |
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Vol. 18, No. 25 |
March 25, 1999 |
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UD's graduate program in chemical engineering was ranked seventh in the nation, and the College of Engineering tied for 46th with the University of Massachusetts at Amherst among the country's top graduate engineering schools in U.S. News & World Report's new rankings of America's best graduate schools.
The rankings are published in the magazine's March 29 issue, and a complete U.S. News "America's Best Graduate Schools" guidebook will be available on newsstands and in bookstores on April 6. All rankings and news stories about them are available online at <http://www.usnews.com>.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology was named the top engineering school and also took first place in chemical engineering.
In all, 221 graduate engineering programs were ranked, based on such measures of academic quality as reputation, student selectivity, faculty resources and research activity. Specialty rankings were based solely on reputation, with engineering school deans asked to identify the 10 schools with the best programs in each area. The 10 schools receiving the highest number of nominations are listed in each of the specialty areas.
This year, the University was ranked only in engineering. Other areas newly evaluated by U.S. News included business, law, medicine, engineering, education and library science, and Ph.D. programs in biological sciences, chemistry, computer science, geology, mathematics and physics.
UD graduate rankings in other areas from past years also are included in the guidebook and on the web site. These areas and their rankings include public affairs specialties: city management/urban policy, No. 7; physical therapy, No. 8; drama (master's degree), No. 10; public affairs specialties: public management/administration, No. 26; history, No. 58; psychology, No. 62; music (master's degree), No. 86; fine arts (master's degree), No. 89; and nursing (master's degree), No. 95.
