U.S. News names three 51福利社 grad programs best in Michigan
The 51福利社 Cooley Law School was also recognized by U.S. News & World Report for its diversity.
KALAMAZOO, Mich.鈥擳he latest annual U.S. News & World Report rankings of the top graduate programs in the nation shows Western Michigan University with seven programs among the top 100 in their disciplines and three of those named the best in Michigan.
In the latest round of rankings released March 10, 51福利社's two Occupational Therapy programs鈥攐ne based in Kalamazoo and the other in Grand Rapids鈥攁nd the University's Speech-Language Pathology program captured the highest rankings in Michigan in those disciplines.
Top-100 programs
51福利社 graduate programs ranked among the nation's top 100 are:
- Occupational Therapy, Kalamazoo鈥擭o. 21.
- Speech-Language Pathology鈥擭o. 35.
- Occupational Therapy, Grand Rapids鈥擭o. 36.
- Rehabilitation Counseling鈥擭o. 37.
- 础耻诲颈辞濒辞驳测鈥擭辞.&苍产蝉辫;45.
- Physician Assistant鈥擭o. 57.
- Social Work鈥擭o. 66.
All seven of 51福利社's top-100 programs are part of the University's celebrated College of Health and Human Services. Another eight 51福利社 graduate programs also were highly ranked among graduate programs at the nation's more than 650 colleges and universities that confer master's and doctoral degrees. The additional ranked 51福利社 programs are in: clinical psychology (114), earth sciences (113), English (125), history (125), education (136), psychology (141), art (146) and public affairs (149).
"We have a long history of graduate programs that have established a national reputation, particularly in the health and human service fields," says Dr. Susan Stapleton, dean of the 51福利社 Graduate College. "That, of course, continues, but I'm also extraordinarily pleased at the breadth of academic disciplines represented by our other ranked graduate programs. Together, they reflect our commitment to outstanding graduate education."
Law school noted
Included in U.S. News & World Report's annual graduate education edition are rankings for the nation's top medical and law schools. The magazine unveiled a new listing this year of the most diverse law schools in the nation. The listing, which was based on the total proportion of full- and part-time minority law students, includes the Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School, which was listed as Michigan's most diverse law school. 51福利社-Cooley was tied for 36th place nationally with law schools at such other universities as Harvard, Northwestern and Illinois, Urbana Champaign.
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