Several of UConn’s graduate and professional degree programs rank among the nation’s best, reflecting its emphasis on providing an innovative, rigorous, and supportive educational experience to guide those students to professional and personal success.
U.S. News & World Report’s new rankings, released Tuesday, showed several UConn graduate programs earning high marks across its campuses, including some that entered the rankings for the first time with impressive debuts.
“The breadth and depth of UConn’s graduate and professional programs reflect a very intentional and thoughtful approach to providing academic, research, and service opportunities that will set up our students for success in their chosen fields,” says Leslie Shor, dean of The Graduate School and UConn vice provost for graduate education.
“The impressive standings of our programs are tied directly to the talented graduate and professional-level students who enroll here, along with the faculty and staff who work to ensure they receive the full benefit of UConn’s life-transformative offerings, and the State of Connecticut for its continuing investments in its flagship institution,” she adds.
In a separate but related rankings released in January, several of UConn’s fully online graduate programs also received stellar rankings from U.S. News, with programs in the Elisabeth DeLuca School of Nursing and the School of Business ranking especially high.
Those rankings are among a slew of prestigious external assessments in recent years in which UConn has been lauded for its academic enterprise, research impact, global engagement, and return on investment.
The UConn Graduate School awards doctoral degrees in 78 fields of study, master’s degrees in 109 fields, and six professional degree fields – all of which foster academic and research excellence, interdisciplinary connections, and real-world service and impact.
All told, more than 8,200 students are enrolled in UConn’s graduate and professional programs across its campuses, including more about 1,000 based at UConn Health in medical, dental medicine, and other programs.
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