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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.

U.S. News & World Report Rankings of University of Iowa Programs

#1

Creative Writing

#1

Nursing Service Administration — Master's (College of Nursing)

#1

Physicians Assistant Program — Master's (Carver College of Medicine)

#1

Speech-Language Pathology — Master's (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences)

#2

Audiology — Master's, Ph.D. (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences)

#2

Nurse Practitioner — Gerontological/Geriatrics (College of Nursing)

#2

Printmaking (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences)

#3

Otolaryngology (University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics)

#3

Social Psychology (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences)

#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 (College of Nursing)

#6

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

#8

Orthopaedic Surgery (University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics)

#8

Paleontology — Ph.D. (Department of Geology)

#9

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

#9

Plasma Physics (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences)

#10

Rural Medicine (Carver College of Medicine)

#10

Primary Care (Carver College of Medicine)

#12

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

#12

Counseling/Personnel Services (College of Education)

#13

Nurse Practitioner/Pediatrics (College of Nursing)

#15

Higher Education Administration (College of Education)

#16

Nurse Practitioner: Family (College of Nursing)

#16

Pharmacy — Pharm.D. (College of Pharmacy)

#17

Environmental Engineering (College of Engineering)

#17

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

#18

College of Public Health

#18

Family Medicine (Carver College of Medicine)

#19

Painting and Drawing (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences)

#21

Secondary Education (College of Education)

#21

Art and Design — MFA Programs (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences)

#21

Educational Psychology (College of Education)

#21

Accounting (Tippie College of Business)

#22

Curriculum and Instruction (College of Education)

#22

Neurology and Neurosurgery (University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics)

#24

Internal Medicine (Carver College of Medicine)

#26

College of Law

#27

Cancer (University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics)

#27

Library and Information Studies — Master's (Graduate College)

#29

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

#29

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

#31

Carver College of Medicine — Research

#32

College of Education

#34

Kidney Disease (University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics)

#33

Political Science (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences)

#34

Economics — Ph.D. (Tippie College of Business)

#36

Gynecology (University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics)

#36

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

#36

Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering

#36

Sociology — Ph.D. program

#36

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

#41

Civil Engineering (College of Engineering)

#43

Biomedical/Bioengineering (College of Engineering)

#44

Tippie College of Business

#48

Biological Sciences (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences)

#48

Mechanical Engineering (College of Engineering)

Updated July 2009


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