Professor Brenda Bannan teaches a lecture in the graduate school of education. Photo by Creative Services
By Buzz McClain
The College of Education and Human Development reached a new top score in U.S. News and World Report’s “2016 Best Graduate Schools” rankings released today.
Also recognized by the prestigious news magazine were the School of Business, School of Law and the School of Nursing.
Making the biggest stride was the School of Education, which for the first time rose into the top 50, tying for 46th with William and Mary, Lehigh and Texas A&M, out of 115 schools ranked.
Dean Mark Ginsberg said that the school has been steadily climbing in the rankings but said the jump from 55 last year to 46 this year positions the school among the most respected colleges and schools of education in the nation.
“The College of Education and Human Development’ s reputation continues to grow nationally and globally as a school with outstanding faculty and for the currency and quality of its academic programs,” Ginsberg added.
George Mason’s School of Law was ranked fourth in the nation for “Best Part-Time JD Programs,” with deans and faculty at peer institutions agreeing that Mason’s part-time pathway to a juris doctor is one of the most successful of the 85 law schools surveyed.
The School of Business also tied at No. 69 for “Best Part-Time MBA Program” out of 130 that are ranked. Others at No. 69 are Florida State University, the University of Louisville and the University of Utah.
U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings are based on expert opinions about each program and statistical data measuring the quality of the faculty, research and students. For the new graduate school rankings, administrators from 1,350 programs and 13,500 academics and higher education professionals were surveyed in fall 2014 and in early 2015.
Here are other results for Mason academic units from the rankings that are published today on the U.S. News website.
- Mason School of Law Intellectual Property Law: tied for No. 17 with the John Marshall School of Law.
- Mason School of Nursing: No. 36 out of 122.
- Mason School of Law: No. 42 out of 149, tied with the University of Arizona, the University of Utah, and Washington and Lee University.