UW-Madison graduate programs ranked in latest U.S. News and World Report

Several University of Wisconsin–Madison graduate programs are ranked among the nation’s best in the 2010 edition of U.S. News and World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools.”

Not all programs are ranked every year. Those UW programs ranked this year are:

• Biological sciences: tied for 15th overall, with microbiology tied for third.
• School of Business: ranked 28th overall, up from 29th last year. The school’s marketing specialty ranked 22nd, and the supply chain/logistics specialty tied for 15th.
• Chemistry: tied for seventh overall, with specialties ranked in analytical (sixth), biochemistry (seventh), inorganic (seventh), organic (eighth), physical (tied for eighth) and theoretical (ninth).
• Computer science: tied for 11th overall, with specialties ranked in artificial intelligence (tied for 17th), programming language (10th), systems (seventh) and theory (tied for 21st).
• Earth sciences: tied for 15th overall, with specialties ranked in geochemistry (11th) and geology (ninth).
• Economics: tied for 14th overall, with specialties ranked in econometrics (11th), international economics (10th), labor economics (11th) and public finance (eighth).
• School of Education: tied for seventh overall, up from 12th last year. Specialties were ranked in curriculum and instruction (first), education policy (third), elementary education (second), secondary education (second), student counseling and personnel services (second), education administration and supervision (second), educational psychology (first), higher education administration (tied for 15th) and special education (tied for ninth).
• College of Engineering: ranked 16th overall, after ranking 15th last year. Specialties were ranked in chemical engineering (tied for fifth), computer engineering (tied for 12th), environmental engineering (tied for 13th), mechanical engineering (tied for 15th), biomedical/bioengineering (tied for 22nd), civil engineering (17th), electronic/electrical engineering (tied for 15th), industrial engineering (10th), materials engineering (tied for 17th) and nuclear engineering (tied for third).
• English: tied for 17th overall, with specialties ranked in American literature after 1865 (tied for 16th), and gender and literature (tied for 12th).
• Fine arts: tied for 21st overall, with specialties ranked in metals/jewelry (tied for third), painting/drawing (tied for 26th), printmaking (first) and sculpture (11th).
• Health disciplines: tied for first in clinical psychology, tied for 19th in nursing, ranked 12th in occupational therapy, tied for ninth in pharmacy, tied for 33rd in physical therapy, tied for first in rehabilitation counseling, tied for 12th in social work, tied for second in speech-language pathology and tied for fifth in veterinary medicine.
• History: tied for 14th overall, with specialties ranked in African history (second), European history (tied for 13th), Latin American history (third), modern U.S. history (seventh) and women’s history (second).
• Law School: tied for 35th overall, up from 36th last year. Health care law tied for 19th.
• School of Library and Information Studies: tied for 10th overall, with specialties ranked in archives and presentation (eighth), services for children and youth (fifth) and school library media (tied for 11th).
• Mathematics: tied for 14th overall, with specialties ranked in algebra/number theory/algebraic geometry (15th), analysis (seventh), applied math (21st), mathematics and combinatorics (12th), geometry (tied for 16th), logic (third) and topology (tied for 16th).
• School of Medicine and Public Health: Specialties were ranked in research (tied for 27th), primary care (tied for 12th), family medicine (tied for sixth), rural medicine (tied for 19th), geriatrics (tied for 16th) and women’s health (tied for 16th).
• Physics: tied for 16th overall, with specialties ranked in elementary particles/field/string theory (tied for 13th) and plasma (tied for second).
• Political science: tied for 15th overall, with specialties ranked in American politics (10th), comparative politics (17th) and international politics (tied for 17th).
• Psychology: tied for eighth overall, with specialties ranked in behavioral neuroscience (fifth), cognitive psychology (tied for 16th), developmental psychology (tied for seventh) and social psychology (tied for 13th).
• La Follette School for Public Affairs: tied for 14th overall, with specialties ranked in health policy and management (tied for 16th), public management administration (tied for 17th), environmental policy and management (tied for 10th), public finance and budgeting (tied for 27th), public-policy analysis (tied for 11th) and social policy (tied for third).
• Sociology: ranked second overall, with specialties ranked in economic sociology (tied for seventh), historical sociology (ninth), sex and gender (tied for fifth), social psychology (tied for sixth), social stratification (first) and sociology of population (first).