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University of Iowa Rankings

Overview

  • U.S. News & World Report ranks The University of Iowa as the 24th best public university in the country. (2008 edition)
  • 23 graduate programs are ranked among the top 10 of their kind at U.S public institutions — U.S. News & World Report (2009 edition)
  • “A bargain compared to other Big Ten Schools...world-famous for its writing program.” — Fiske Guide to Colleges 2007
  • One of the top 50 public universities in the country when it comes to offering academic excellence at an affordable price — Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine 2006
  • University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics ranked as one of “America’s Best Hospitals” for the 18th year in a row — U.S. News & World Report, 2007
  • Set in Iowa City, Iowa, Outside magazine's top town in the Midwest and one of National Geographic Adventure magazine's "50 best places to live and play"— 2007

U.S. News & World Report has rated University of Iowa programs as some of the top in the country. The ratings listed below reflect the most current comparisons of programs nationwide in both public and private institutions.

#1

Creative Writing

#1

Nursing Service Administration — Masters

#1

Physicians Assistant Program — Masters

#1

Speech-Language Pathology — Masters

#2

Audiology — Masters, Ph.D.

#2

Nurse Practitioner — Gerontological/Geriatrics

#2

Otolaryngology (University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics)

#2

Printmaking

#3

Rural Medicine (Carver College of Medicine)

#3

Social Psychology ( Department of Sociology)

#4

Rehabilitation Counseling — Master's and Ph.D. (College of Education)

#5

Physical Therapy — Master's and Ph.D. (Carver College of Medicine)

#6

Nursing—Anesthesia Master's Program (College of Nursing)

#6

Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics)

#7

Primary Care (Carver College of Medicine)

#8

Paleontology — Ph.D. (Department of Geology)

#9

Clinical Psychology — Ph.D. program

#9

Plasma Physics (Department of Physics and Astronomy)

#12

College of Nursing — Master's Program

#12

Counseling/Personnel Services (College of Education)

#13

Nurse Practitioner/Pediatrics

#15

Environmental Engineering (College of Engineering)

#16

Higher Education Administration (College of Education)

#16

Nurse Practioner: Family (College of Nursing)

#16

Orthopaedic Surgery (University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics)

#16

Pharmacy — Pharm.D. Program

#17

Healthcare Management — Master's Program (College of Public Health)

#18

College of Public Health

#18

Family Medicine (Carver College of Medicine)

#18

College of Public Health

#18

Neurology and Neurosurgery (University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics)

#18

Painting and Drawing

#21

Art and Design — MFA Programs

#22

Urology (University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics)

#24

Internal Medicine (Carver College of Medicine)

#25

Political Science (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences)

#26

Accounting (Tippie College of Business)

#26

Kidney Disease (University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics)

#27

College of Law

#28

English — Ph.D. program

#31

Carver College of Medicine — Research

#31

College of Education

#32

Gynecology (University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics)

#32

History — Ph.D. program

#33

Library and Information Studies — Ph.D. program (Graduate College)

#34

Economics — Ph.D. program

#34

Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering

#34

Sociology — Ph.D. program

#36

Psycholology—Research Ph.D. (Psychological and Quantitative Foundations, College of Education)

#40

Biomedical/Bioengineering (College of Engineering)

#40

Digestive Disorders (University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics)

#43

Civil Engineering

#46

Social Work—Master's Program

#47

Psychology—Ph.D. (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences)

#48

Biological Sciences (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences)

#49

Tippie College of Business

Updated April 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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