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March 19, 1999
U.S. News ranks three science programs in top 25WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. --Three programs in the School of Science at Purdue University were ranked 25th or better in a U.S. News & World Report survey released today (Friday, 3/19).The list of "America's Best Graduate Schools" appears in the March 22 issue of the magazine, available on newsstands Monday (3/22). New rankings were released for 13 specialty disciplines, including the sciences. All the rankings and related articles are available on U.S. News and World Report Web site. This is the first time the survey has included science programs. The Purdue School of Science tied for 17th with Harvard, Rice and Yale universities in the area of computer science, tied with Texas A&M University for 18th overall in chemistry (with a No. 1 ranking in the area of analytical chemistry), and ranked 25th in mathematics (with a No. 7 ranking in mathematical statistics). "We are very proud of the rankings, but not surprised," said Harry A. Morrison, dean of the School of Science. "The results are very consistent with similar peer rankings that were conducted by the National Research Council in 1995. Still, the rankings reaffirm that the Purdue School of Science is one of the top in the country." The science rankings were determined by surveys sent to academics and practitioners in each discipline. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology ranked first in computer science and mathematics, and the University of California-Berkeley topped the rankings for Ph.D. programs in chemistry. Other Big Ten schools in the top 10 were the University of Illinois, ranked fifth in computer science and sixth in chemistry; the University Wisconsin, ranked ninth in computer science and 10th in chemistry; and the University of Michigan, ranked No. 9 in mathematics. The School of Science has about 300 faculty members, and it enrolls almost 1,000 graduate students and more than 3,000 undergraduates. It is made up of seven departments: biology, chemistry, computer sciences, earth and atmospheric sciences, mathematics, physics, and statistics.
Source: Harry A. Morrison, (765) 494-1730; morrison@science.purdue.edu
Writer: Kate Walker, (765) 494-2073; kate_walker@purdue.edu Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; e-mail, purduenews@purdue.edu
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