Physical Therapy ranked second in 'U.S. News' grad school guide

6:20 p.m., March 13, 2012--The University of Delaware's Department of Physical Therapy is ranked second in the nation in U.S. News and World Report's 2013 edition of Best Graduate Schools, released March 13. 

The ratings appear online at USNews.com and will be published in a print guidebook available April 3.  

Campus Stories

From graduates, faculty

As it neared time for the processional to open the University of Delaware Commencement ceremonies, graduating students and faculty members shared their feelings about what the event means to them.

Doctoral hooding

It was a day of triumph, cheers and collective relief as more than 160 students from 21 nations participated in the University of Delaware's Doctoral Hooding Convocation held Friday morning on The Green.

• Doctoral hooding
• Old Swedes
• Summer SAT, ACT prep
• 'Opus 13' pre-sale

UD graduate programs also ranked in the new guide were 

• School of Education, ranked at 30;

•  School of Public Policy Administration, ranked at 37, with specialty rankings for city management and urban policy (12), nonprofit management (25) and public management administration (26);

• Department of Psychology/clinical psychology, ranked at 47;

• College of Engineering, ranked at 56, with a specialty ranking for chemical engineering (10); and

• Department of Art, ranked at 114. 

"It's gratifying to see this newest recognition that several of our graduate programs have received, "Charles Riordan, vice provost for graduate and professional education, said. "Serving more than 3,500 graduate students, the University of Delaware has an array of excellent master's and doctoral degree programs."

The U.S. News website also includes rankings of UD graduate programs from previous years: biological sciences, 130; chemistry, 60; computer and information sciences , 72; criminology, 16; English, 71; geological sciences, 69; history, 64; mathematics, 76; nursing, 127; physics and astronomy, 77; psychology, 74; and sociology, 64. 

For this 2013 guide, U.S. News and World Report analyzed more than 1,200 graduate programs. The rankings are based on opinions about program excellence and statistical indicators that measure the quality of faculty, research and students.