{"id":21725,"date":"2019-05-02T11:48:41","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T16:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/?p=21725"},"modified":"2019-05-02T11:48:41","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T16:48:41","slug":"baylor-graduate-programs-fare-well-in-latest-u-s-news-rankings-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2019\/05\/baylor-graduate-programs-fare-well-in-latest-u-s-news-rankings-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Baylor graduate programs fare well in latest U.S. News rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21726\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/bp-baylor-grad-school-rankings.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/bp-baylor-grad-school-rankings.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/bp-baylor-grad-school-rankings-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/bp-baylor-grad-school-rankings-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Every year, U.S. News unveils to the world its annual ranking of American colleges and universities. Last fall, they named Baylor <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2018\/09\/baylor-among-big-12s-top-2-texas-top-5-in-u-s-news-rankings\/\">No. 78 in the U.S.<\/a>, as well as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2018\/10\/baylor-recognized-as-a-best-value-by-u-s-news-world-report\/\">Best Value School<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Such rankings are typically based on undergraduate education, which has long been Baylor\u2019s bread and butter. But for those pursuing master\u2019s and doctoral degrees, there\u2019s another important U.S. News ranking: its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/mediacommunications\/news.php?action=story&amp;story=207840\">\u201cBest Graduate Schools 2020\u201d guidebook<\/a>, released in March. Here\u2019s a quick look at how some of Baylor&#8217;s graduate programs fared in the latest rankings:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Baylor Law School&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/law\/index.php?id=930140\">trial advocacy program<\/a> came in at No. 2 in the country.<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/graduate\/mha\/\">U.S. Army-Baylor master\u2019s degree program in health care management<\/a> ranked No. 9 nationally.<\/li>\n<li>The Louise Herrington School of Nursing&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinenursing.baylor.edu\/programs\/dnp-midwifery\/?schoolsrc=44074\">nurse-midwifery<\/a> program placed 10th in the most recent U.S. News rankings, while Baylor nursing&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinenursing.baylor.edu\/programs\/dnp\">Doctor of Nursing Practice<\/a> (DNP) program moved up 13 places to No. 41 and its <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinenursing.baylor.edu\/programs\/msn\/?schoolsrc=44074\">online Master of Science in Nursing Leadership and Innovation<\/a>\u00a0ranked 42nd nationally.<\/li>\n<li>The Hankamer School of Business&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/business\/mba\/index.php?id=82134\">MBA in health care administration<\/a> was ranked 17th nationally, and its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/business\/mba\/index.php?id=82133\">graduate program in entrepreneurship<\/a> ranked 24th.<\/li>\n<li>Baylor Law School moved up for the second straight year, reaching No. 48 nationally (second-best in Texas).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other top-100 rankings: Baylor Law&#8217;s legal writing program (debuting at No. 53); the Hankamer School of Business (up to No. 57); graduate programs in the Diana R. Garland School of Social Work (up to No. 59); the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/publichealth\/index.php?id=950459\">Master\u2019s of Public Health (MPH) degree programs with specialization in community health<\/a> (debuted at No. 62); Baylor&#8217;s online MBA program (No. 73); <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/statistics\/index.php?id=941696\">statistics<\/a> (No. 83);\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/biology\/index.php?id=68395\">biology<\/a> (No. 85); <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/sociology\/index.php?id=952856\">sociology<\/a> (No. 87); <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/chemistry\/index.php?id=948633\">chemistry<\/a> (No. 88); <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/psychologyneuroscience\/index.php?id=946251\">psychology<\/a> (No. 98); and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/geosciences\/index.php?id=952059\">earth sciences<\/a> (No. 99).<\/p>\n<p>U.S. News bases its rankings on two types of data: expert opinions about the programs, and statistics that measure the quality of a school\u2019s faculty, research and students. It all adds up to support what we already know &#8212; that Baylor is an amazing place to continue your education.<\/p>\n<p>Sic \u2019em, Baylor graduate programs!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year, U.S. News unveils to the world its annual ranking of American colleges and universities. Last fall, they named Baylor No. 78 in the U.S., as well as a Best Value School. Such rankings are typically based on undergraduate education, which has long been Baylor\u2019s bread and butter. But for those pursuing master\u2019s and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academics","category-honors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21725\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}