Release date: March 31, 2006
Contact: Elaine Justice at 404-727-0643 or elaine.justice@emory.edu

U.S. News Ranks Emory's Graduate and Professional Schools

Several of Emory University's graduate schools and programs are among the best in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2007 edition of "America's Best Graduate Schools" guide. These rankings will be reported in the newsstand book and the issue of U.S. News & World Report due on newsstands April 3.

Emory's schools of law, business and medicine were the top-ranked schools in Georgia in their respective categories. Emory's joint Department of Biomedical Engineering with Georgia Tech is ranked 3rd in the nation. The university's Goizueta Business School ranked 18th. Emory Law School ranked 26th, along with the School of Medicine, which ranked 26th among research-oriented medical schools and 41st among primary care-oriented medical schools.

"Emory's partnership with Georgia Tech is an example of what can be accomplished when two leading institutions combine their expertise in medicine and engineering and accomplish more together than either would individually," says Michael M.E. Johns, M.D., executive vice president for health affairs and CEO of the Woodruff Health Sciences Center.

"Our consistent recognition as a top medical school can be attributed to the expertise and accomplishments of our faculty and students," says Thomas J. Lawley, dean of Emory School of Medicine. "Although these rankings vary from year to year, our school is in fact on a strong upward trajectory that includes innovative curriculum changes, strengthening of research, and the development of cross-cutting partnerships throughout the medical school and with other areas of the university."

Goizueta Business School's Cliff W. Oxford Executive MBA was ranked 10th in the nation; that program also ranks 6th globally in BusinessWeek. "Recognition by corporate recruiters and our peer schools is truly rewarding," says Larry Benveniste, dean of Goizueta. "We appreciate the acknowledgment, and we will continue investing in top caliber faculty and research, strengthening the curriculum, and further enhancing our leadership development initiatives."

Ph.D. programs in the sciences were newly ranked this year, with rankings based solely on reputation surveys. Emory's Ph.D. program in biological sciences ranked 32nd and the Ph.D. program in chemistry ranked 38th.

Several health-related programs were not surveyed this year, so that Emory's Rollins School of Public Health remains in 9th place nationally and the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing remains 26th.

U.S. News first published a reputation-only graduate school ranking in 1987. The annual America's Best Graduate Schools report began in 1990.

Emory University is known for its demanding academics, outstanding undergraduate college of arts and sciences, highly ranked professional schools and state-of-the-art research facilities. For nearly two decades Emory has been named one of the country's top 25 national universities by U.S. News & World Report. In addition to its nine schools, the university encompasses The Carter Center, Yerkes National Primate Research Center and Emory Healthcare, the state's largest and most comprehensive health care system.

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