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U-M Medical School advances to 8th in nation, says U.S. News & World Report
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan Medical School is one of the 10 best research-oriented medical schools in the country, according to the annual "Best Graduate Schools" rankings released today by U.S. News & World Report.
The U-M Medical School is now ranked No. 8 among the nation's 125 accredited medical schools -- an increase from last year's ninth-place finish. Only one other medical school affiliated with a public university placed higher.
U.S. News & World Report also ranked the U-M in the Top 10 for five medical specialties -- drug/alcohol abuse (No. 10), family medicine (No. 10), geriatrics (No. 6), internal medicine (No. 8) and women's health (No. 6). This is the first year the Medical School has been ranked in the Top 10 in the areas of drug/alcohol abuse and women's health.
Among separate rankings of primary care-oriented medical and osteopathic schools, the U-M ranked 14, up significantly from last year's 26th-place ranking.
"The kudos go to our talented and dedicated faculty. Their commitment to a vision of excellence in patient care, research and teaching is driving this upward trend," says Allen S. Lichter, M.D., dean of the U-M Medical School. "The move from No. 12 two years ago to ninth-ranked last year to this year's No. 8-ranked medical school shows our peers realize that great things are happening at the U-M Medical School."
For the first time, U.S. News & World Report has ranked Ph.D. programs in the biological sciences. The U-M ranked No. 14; in the specialty of Microbiology, the U-M ranked No. 7. This is a campus-wide achievement, as the Medical School and College of Literature, Science and Arts where surveyed as one. At the U-M, about half the doctorates in the biological sciences are awarded through each school.
In determining its overall national rankings, U.S. News & World Report considers several quality indicators -- including reputation as determined by surveys of medical school deans and senior faculty, amount of research funding, student selectivity, and faculty/student ratios. To determine biological sciences rankings, department heads and deans or directors of graduate studies at each program in each discipline were surveyed.
In 2001, the Medical School selected 170 first-year medical students from 4,688 applications. The school's current total enrollment is 666 medical students and 347 graduate students.
U.S. News & World Report's "Best Graduate Schools" rankings for the 2002-2003 academic year will be published in the April 15 issue of the magazine, which is available April 8 on newsstands and at U.S. News Online (www.usnews.com).
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