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Five UT Health Science Center Programs Rank on the

U.S. News & World Report List of America’s Best Graduate Schools

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            Memphis, Tenn. (April 4, 2008) – Five graduate programs within three University of Tennessee Health Science Center colleges ranked in the top 100 in the U.S. News & World Report 2008 listing of America’s Best Graduate Schools.

            The College of Pharmacy’s PharmD program ranked 16th in the nation, moving up a notch from last year’s list. 

Two College of Nursing programs were listed: the Master of Science in Nursing ranked 32^nd and the Master of Science in Nurse Anesthesia placed 52nd.

The College of Allied Health Sciences’ Physical Therapy program ranked 41^st and its Occupational Therapy program placed 58^th among national programs.

            According to the magazine’s editors, the health rankings are based solely on the results of peer assessment surveys sent to deans, other administrators and/or faculty at accredited degree programs of schools in each discipline.

As the flagship statewide academic health system, the UT Health Science Center is focused on a four-tier mission of education, research, clinical care and public service, all in support of a single goal: to improve the health of Tennesseans.  Offering a broad range of postgraduate training opportunities, the main campus is located in Memphis and includes six colleges – Allied Health Sciences, Dentistry, Graduate Health Sciences, Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy.  UTHSC has additional College of Medicine and College of Pharmacy campus locations in Knoxville and a College of Medicine campus in Chattanooga.  For more information, visit www.uthsc.edu.

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