Pace Setters in Health
Top 15 programs
This year for the first time, U.S. News surveyed the educational programs in four important health care professions. These were the best in dentistry, pharmacy, nursing and health-services administration.
DENTAL SCHOOLS
Average
Reputation
Rank/School Score
1. UNIV. OF TEX. HEALTH SCI. CTR. AT SAN ANTONIO 3.50
2. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL 3.40
3. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 3.30
3. UNIVERSITY OF IOWA 3.30
3. UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 3.30
6. STATE UNIV. OF N.Y. AT BUFFALO 3.10
7. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM 3.00
7. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA AT TWIN CITIES 3.00
7. UNIV. OF MARYLAND AT BALTIMORE 3.00
7. INDIANA UNIVERSITY AT INDIANAPOLIS 3.00
7. UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES 3.00
7. UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA AT SAN FRANCISCO 3.00
13. BAYLOR COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY (Texas) 2.90
13. OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY 2.90
13. VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY 2.90
13. HARVARD UNIVERSITY 2.90
13. UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT 2.90
PHARMACY
1. UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA AT SAN FRANCISCO 3.80
2. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN 3.60
3. UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY 3.50
3. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA AT TWIN CITIES 3.50
5. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO 3.40
6. UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 3.30
6. STATE UNIV. OF N.Y. AT BUFFALO 3.30
8. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 3.20
8. UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT MEMPHIS 3.20
10. UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA 3.10
10. OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY 3.10
10. UNIV. OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL 3.10
10. VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY 3.10
10. PURDUE UNIVERSITY (Ind.) 3.10
10. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 3.10
NURSING
1. UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA AT SAN FRANCISCO 3.80
1. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 3.80
1. UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA 3.80
4. UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 3.70
5. CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY (Ohio) 3.50
5. UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES 3.50
7. OREGON HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY 3.40
7. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO 3.40
7. UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO 3.40
7. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND AT BALTIMORE 3.40
11. UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER (N.Y.) 3.30
11. UNIV. OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL 3.30
11. UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA 3.30
11. UNIVERSITY OF IOWA 3.30
11. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN AT MADISON 3.30
HEALTH-SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
1. NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 3.70
1. UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 3.70
3. UNIV. OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL 3.50
3. UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA 3.50
5. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA AT TWIN CITIES 3.40
5. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 3.40
7. UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY 3.20
8. JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Md.) 3.10
9. WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (Mo.) 3.00
9. VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY 3.00
9. UNIV. OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM 3.00
12. UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES 2.90
12. UNIVERSITY OF IOWA 2.90
12. UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO 2.90
12. UNIV. OF WISCONSIN AT MADISON 2.90
12. OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY 2.90
Schools with the same numbered rank are tied. In some cases, health-services administration is offered through the business school. USN&WR--Basic data: Reputation surveys by Market Facts Inc.
METHODOLOGY--Here's how U.S. News determined the rankings of graduate programs in the health professions. This winter, questionnaires were sent to deans, top administrators and senior faculty of the accredited schools in each discipline. In pharmacy, only administrators and deans at schools offering the doctor of pharmacy degree were included. In nursing, only administrators and deans at schools offering master's degrees were included. In most cases, questionnaires went to three respondents at each school. When initial questionnaires were not returned, follow-up surveys were sent to nonrespondents. Respondents--who rated only institutions in their own disciplines--were asked to rank the reputations of the accredited schools by placing them into one of four quartiles of academic quality. A school received 4 points for each vote in the highest quartile, 3 for each vote in the second or upper middle quartile, 2 for each vote in the third or lower middle quartile and 1 for each vote in the lowest quartile. "Don't knows" did not count. Respondents were asked to rate each school according to its reputation for scholarship, its curriculum and the quality of faculty and graduate students. U.S. News then totaled the number of points for each school and divided the total by the number of respondents who rated that school. Schools were ranked in descending order based on their average scores. The highest possible score was a 4.0. In some cases, because of ties, the lists of the top 15 schools in each discipline actually contain as many as 17 names.
This story appears in the March 22, 1993 print edition of U.S. News & World Report.
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