U.S. News & World Report has recognized the School of Veterinary Medicine at University of California, Davis, as the nation鈥檚 best veterinary school. The 2016 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools rankings, scheduled for release online March 10, also recognized many of 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis鈥 professional schools and graduate programs as among the nation鈥檚 best, reflecting the campus鈥檚 excellence across a broad range of fields.
鈥淥ur ultimate measures of success are the quality of the students we graduate and the lives improved by our research, but it is always encouraging to see a broad range of our graduate programs recognized as among the best in the nation,鈥 said Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi.
鈥淪pecial congratulations are in order for Dean (Michael D.) Lairmore and everyone at the School of Veterinary Medicine on being named the top program in the country. I was very pleased to see 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis included in the ranking of nursing master鈥檚 programs. This accolade is a real testament to the quick progress of the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing.鈥
The 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, which annually cares for more than 48,000 animal patients and is educating more than 500 veterinary students plus residents and grad students, was ranked second in 2011, the last time vet schools were ranked by the magazine. The school runs a veterinary medical teaching hospital at 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis and satellite clinics in San Diego and the San Joaquin Valley community of Tulare.
Veterinary faculty members work to solve society鈥檚 most pressing health issues by collaborating with colleagues from human medicine and other disciplines. An example of its 鈥渙ne health鈥 approach is a recent $100 million grant to the veterinary school to coordinate surveillance for disease-causing microbes, discovering new viruses and strengthening global health capacity in more than 20 countries.
Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing ranks at first opportunity
For the first time, U.S. News & World Report ranked the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis as among the best in the country for master鈥檚-degree nursing programs, placing it at No. 43.
Because the publication only ranks nursing schools every four years, this was the first year 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis was eligible for inclusion in the survey. The rankings in nursing are based on a new methodology including both statistical and reputational data. One unique measure used is 鈥渁chievement of graduates.鈥 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis awarded the school鈥檚 first Nursing Science and Health-Care Leadership Master of Science degrees in 2012.
Other 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis rankings
新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis School of Law jumped five slots to rank 31st overall. The law school also placed 23rd in the U.S. News diversity rankings, one of the few law schools to rate in the top 40 for both overall quality and diversity.
The School of Education, which has been offering graduate education to teachers, researchers and administrative leaders for grades K-16 since 2002, also saw an upswing in its rankings, reaching No. 38 after ranking No. 45 last year.
新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis School of Medicine鈥檚 primary care program was ranked No. 19, and the school was ranked No. 43 for research.
Other rankings include the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis College of Engineering, No. 33 and the Graduate School of Management, No. 48.
Last fall, the magazine鈥檚 2015 鈥淏est Colleges鈥 report puts 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis as ninth among the nation鈥檚 public universities and 38th overall, up one place from the year before. 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis consistently performs strongly on national and international college rankings. QS World University Rankings recently ranked the university No. 1 in the world for teaching and research in agriculture and forestry for the second consecutive year.
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