March 31, 2006

U-M Medical School again ranks as one of nation's best, says U.S. News & World Report

ANN ARBOR, MI – The University of Michigan Medical School has been ranked No. 11 among the nation’s 125 fully accredited medical schools, according to the annual “Best Graduate Schools” rankings released today by U.S. News & World Report. In 2005 the school was ranked No. 9.

The magazine ranked U-M in the top 10 for four medical specialties – family medicine (No. 6), geriatrics (No. 4), internal medicine (No. 8) and women’s health (No. 7). U-M was also ranked in pediatrics (15).
                                                
Among separate rankings of primary care-oriented and osteopathic schools, U-M ranked 28th. Overall, the University of Michigan ranked 12th in the biological sciences.

“The innovative contributions and unique sets of strengths among our faculty impact every aspect of research, clinical services and education at Michigan,” says Allen S. Lichter, M.D., dean of the U-M Medical School. “Their efforts are what sustain Michigan’s national and international reputation.”

U.S. News & World Report rankings are based on two types of data: expert opinion about program quality and statistical indicators that measure the quality of a school’s faculty, research and students.

Last year, the U-M Medical School selected 177 first-year medical students from 4,931 applicants. Fifteen percent of these students were from minority groups underrepresented in medicine. The school’s total enrollment was 690 medical students and 913 graduate students and fellows. In 2005, according to data released by U.S. News & World Report, U-M Medical School faculty received $315 million in research grant awards from the National Institutes of Health.

U.S. News & World Report’s complete rankings of graduate schools for the 2006-07 academic year will be published in a book, America’s Best Graduate Schools, available April 3. Many of the ranking categories also will appear in the April 10 edition of U.S. News & World Report. Results are online at www.usnews.com.

Written by Mary Beth Reilly

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