Vol. 19, No. 3 - Summer 2003

New rankings for the college

In April U.S. News & World Report ranked the college 12th among 155 graduate schools of education and sixth among public programs. We are, once again, the top-ranked, NCATE-accredited, public graduate school of education in the country. The college’s overall ranking is unchanged from last year.

A complete list of the college’s departments/programs ranked by the magazine:

Vocational/technical: 2
Special education: 4
Counseling/personnel services (CSPP): 6
Educational psychology: 6
Elementary education: 12
Curriculum and instruction: 14
Administration/supervision: 15
Higher education administration: 15
Secondary education: 17

The Institute of Child Development, whose 2001 national ranking will be in place until this time next year, remains first in child development, and third overall in psychology.

In another set of national ratings, the School of Kinesiology was one of 26 institutions whose doctoral program in kinesiology was ranked by the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education. Seven indices were examined and the school was rated first in three, second in one, and 10th in another:

• Visibility (numbers of books published, number of faculty on editorial boards and holding fellowships in professional organizations): 1
• Productivity (numbers of refereed journal articles, national presentations, external funding): 10
• Contributions to graduate program (number of advisees, number of advisees who graduated, number of graduates who found employment in the field): 1
• Attraction (number of applicants): 1
• Program efficiency: 2