Contact: Ellen Bank
843.792.2626
April 25, 2003
Charleston -- America's Best Graduate Schools 2004 just published by U.S. News and World Report included the following Medical University of South Carolina academic programs.
The following categories were new rankings. MUSC programs listed
in the new rankings are:
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• Medical Specialties: Drug/Alcohol Abuse, MUSC ranked 15th in the nation.
• Health Disciplines: Nursing (Master's), MUSC ranked 53rd. This places
MUSC in the top 13% of all accredited programs in the nation.*
• Health Disciplines: Nursing: Anesthesia (Master's), MUSC ranked 25th.
This places the MUSC program in the top third of all accredited programs in
the nation.*
• Health Disciplines: Physician Assistant (Master's), MUSC ranked 41st.
This places the MUSC program in the top third of all accredited programs in
the nation.*
Two additional categories were ranked previously and included
in the 2004 listing. MUSC programs included in these are:
• Health Disciplines: Occupational Therapy (Master's/Doctorate) MUSC ranked
20th in nation.
• Health Disciplines: Physical Therapy (Masters/Doctorate) MUSC ranked
61st. This places the MUSC program in the top third of all accredited program
in the nation.*
*The MUSC Office of Academic Affairs obtained the total number of programs in the nation through the accreditation bodies for these programs in order to calculate MUSC's placement in terms of all accredited programs.
The U.S. News and World Report America's Best Graduate Schools
2004 is #####
online at www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/grhome.htm