IU School of Education again highly ranked by US News
Thursday, April 15, 2010
The Indiana University School of Education's graduate school is recognized as one of the nation's best in new rankings released Thursday (April 15) by U.S. News and World Report magazine.The School of Education is again a part of the top 20, ranked 19th overall (equaling last year's ranking) and 11th among publics. Joining the School of Educaiton are IU graduate programs in business, law, medicine and the sciences included among the nation's best.The School of Education also had five specialty programs in the top 10. Based on data from 242 programs that responded to the magazine, the school was ranked fifth in higher education administration, sixth in counseling and personnel services, eighth in elementary education, ninth in curriculum/instruction and 10th in secondary education.
"This is the 12th year in a row the IU School of Education has been ranked among the top 20 education programs in the country," said Gerardo Gonzalez, dean of the IU School of Education. "That's a testament to the outstanding international reputation of our programs and the quality of our faculty. We are especially pleased that this year five of our degree programs were ranked in the top 10 nationally.
"Given the very difficult economic conditions, it is also noteworthy that our faculty have continued to increase the amount of competitive funded research they generate each year and have nearly doubled it over the last decade," Gonzalez added. "Reputation for quality and funded research productivity are two major drivers of the education rankings. All of us in Indiana should be very proud of this accomplishment."
New rankings are not calculated for all programs every year. For example, public affairs and library science schools, fine arts and health disciplines were not ranked this year, after having been reviewed in 2008, 2009 and 2007 respectively.
The full rankings by U.S. News and World Report will be released to the public online at http://www.usnews.com on Thursday (April 15), on newsstands April 27 and in the "America's Best Graduate Schools" guidebook Monday (April 20).
