Indiana Colleges Appear in National Rankings
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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowA national publication's annual ranking of the best graduate schools once again includes colleges in Indiana. The list from U.S. News and World Report examines programs such as business, education, engineering, law and medicine. The top three ranked schools in Indiana in several categories are:
Business:
21 (Tie). Indiana University Kelley School of Business
25 (Tie). University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business
53 (Tie). Purdue University Krannert School of Management
Education
25. Indiana University
38 (Tie). Purdue University
96 (Tie). Ball State University
Engineering
6 (Tie). Purdue University
49 (Tie). University of Notre Dame
104 (Tie). IUPUI
Law
22 (Tie). University of Notre Dame
34 (Tie). Indiana University Maurer School of Law (Bloomington)
102 (Tie). Indiana University McKinney School of Law (Indianapolis)
Nursing
19 (Tie). Indiana University School of Medicine (Indianapolis)
58 (Tie). Purdue University
78 (Tie). University of Southern Indiana
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March 10, 2015
News Release
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – U.S. News and World Report has again recognized Indiana University programs in business, law, education, medicine and nursing in its annual Best Graduate Schools rankings.
Ranked in the top 25 this year are the IU School of Nursing at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, which was 19th overall and 10th among public universities; the IU Kelley School of Business, which was 21st overall and seventh among publics; and the IU School of Education, which was 25th overall and 15th among publics.
Both law schools at IU were nationally ranked among about 200 such institutions evaluated.
The IU Maurer School of Law in Bloomington was 34th overall and tied for 16th among public universities. The IU McKinney School of Law ranked 102nd overall and 55th among public universities.
The IU Maurer School of Law’s tax program was ranked 16th, sixth among public schools. Its intellectual property program was ranked 20th (fifth among public schools), the third year in a row it has placed in the top 25 nationally. Maurer’s international law program ranked 23rd, ninth among public schools.
The part-time Doctor of Jurisprudence degree program at the IU McKinney School of Law at Indianapolis was ranked 26th and 11th among such programs at public universities. Its health law specialty was ranked 11th and fourth among publics.
Other schools had specialties that were nationally ranked. Two Kelley specialties were in the Top 10 — entrepreneurship, which was ninth, and accounting, which was 10th. The School of Education's specialty in higher education administration was ninth.
The IU School of Medicine at Indianapolis' ranking of its research activity was 45th and 19th among public universities. The ranking of its education of physicians who work in primary patient care was 47th and 29th among public universities.
Complete rankings are available at www.usnews.com/grad. They will be included in the Best Graduate Schools 2016 guidebook. Highlights were made available to colleges and universities in advance of today's release.
U.S. News annually produces rankings in education, business, law and medicine that are based on formulas that consider reputation surveys, selectivity, research funding and productivity, outcomes for graduates and other factors. Specialties in the schools are evaluated through surveys of deans, program directors and faculty. Other programs are typically ranked once every four years.
Source: Indiana University