IU School of Education Once Again Among Nations Top-Ranked: [unit], Indiana University at Bloomington

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Last Updated: Fri, Mar 30, 2007

IU School of Education Once Again Among Nations Top-Ranked

The annual rankings of the nation's best graduate schools by U.S. News and World Report once again place the Indiana University School of Education as one of the countrys best. For the ninth consecutive year, the school is listed among the top 20 schools of education.

The IU School of Education is ranked 17th, the same overall ranking as last year. It also has five specialty programs in the top 10 -- up from four last year. The school ranks seventh in elementary education and higher education administration, eighth in curriculum and instruction, ninth in counseling and personnel services and 10th in secondary education. The rankings are based on data from 243 programs that responded to the magazine.

"I think it's a real credit to our faculty that despite the significant budgetary cuts of the last few years we've been able to maintain our ranking as one of the top schools of education in the country," said Gerardo Gonzalez, dean of the IU School of Education.

"The reputation of our programs is as strong as ever and our faculty continues to successfully compete for the best graduate students in the world as well as major research grants," Gonzalez added. "Last year, our faculty were responsible for more than $18 million in external fund expenditures and for every one of those millions, 40 jobs are added to the state's economy. All of us benefit from having such a high-quality, nationally ranked school of education in Indiana."

The full rankings by U.S. News & World Report will be released to the public on Monday (April 2) in the book America's Best Graduate Schools, and many of the rankings will appear in the magazine's issue that will go on sale that day. The full rankings will be posted on the magazine's Web site at http://www.usnews.com.