USNWR - FSU Graduate Programs 2010 Edition

Colleges and Universities A-Z Florida State University
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<p>Some improved rankings...

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The Florida State University's colleges of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Information, Education and Law are among the best graduate and professional programs in the nation, according to new rankings in U.S. News and World Report's 2010 edition of "America's Best Graduate Schools" on newsstands April 28.</p>

<p>"These rankings are evidence of the excellence Florida State University has achieved as a graduate research institution that blends teaching and research," said Dean of The Graduate School Nancy Marcus. "Such recognition also helps to attract outstanding students to our programs who, upon completion of their studies, contribute to an exceptional talent pool that is critical to ensuring a vibrant Florida economy in the 21st century. It is of great importance that we maintain funding for higher education to ensure continued success and the future economic health of Florida."...</p>

<p>The College of Law has moved up to the 52nd best law school in the nation. U.S. News also ranks Florida State Law's environmental law program 11th best in the nation, tied with Stanford and Tulane. Over the past five years, the law school's overall ranking in U.S. News has gone up 15 slots.</p>

<p>"We are delighted we continue to move up in U.S. News rankings, but we still think we should be even higher," said College of Law Dean Don Weidner. "We are the best law school in Florida and one of the best in the region, but the rankings do not fully reflect that. As our programs continue to gain national recognition, including our new program in Law, Business and Economics, we expect our rankings to get even better."</p>

<p>Sociology, ranked 39th, was singled out for having a specialty area of sex and gender studies that ranked 8th in the nation. FSU's graduate programs in political science also ranked 39th and psychology was ranked 50th.</p>

<p>The College of Medicine, the youngest fully accredited medical school in the nation, made the list for the first time, ranking 56th in primary care out of 146 allopathic and osteopathic medical schools.

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See: FSU.com</a> :: Florida State graduate programs among nation's best</p>

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<p>Of course there is no mention that FSU’s engineering and business programs have fallen into the abyss of “unranked” schools.</p>

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<p>Ratings come and go…I suppose you noticed FSU Law improved 15 spots recently?</p>

<p>FSU engineering needs to split from the joint association with FAMU. It dilutes what each university could do.</p>

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<p>Regarding state engineering colleges - all dropped in rank and FSU’s e-school dropped out as this year the rank now stopped at 90, where last year it included FSU at 92.</p>

<p>Ratings summary, last year - this year (graduate engineering):
UF - 24 now 25
UCF - 80 now 86
FSU 92 now unranked as the ratings stop at 90.</p>

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<p>Miami & USF are not ranked in Engineering BTW</p>

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<p>Rogracer, your passion for excellence would fit perfectly at the [University</a> of Florida](<a href=“http://www.ufl.edu/]University”>http://www.ufl.edu/) . We have the best [url=<a href=“University of Florida - Wikipedia”>University of Florida - Wikipedia]history[/url</a>] of students who care.</p>

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<p>Dabigdawg, stop being ■■■■■■■■.</p>

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<p>Florida State has a more interesting history than UF. It is an older school and has been richly involved with the state of Florida since the beginning.</p>

<p>Recruiting rogracer is a worthy cause, however. ;)</p>

<p>[This</a> Wikipedia article](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Florida_State_University]This”>History of Florida State University - Wikipedia) contains even more detail regarding FSU’s history than the [main</a> FSU page on Wikipedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_State]main”>Florida State University - Wikipedia).</p>

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<p>Who cares whose past is more interesting? The only thing that matters is right now and tomorrow!!! UF’s research and endowment is much much much more interesting than FSU’s ;)</p>

<p>But I think you completely missed Dabigdawg72’s sarcasm!</p>

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<p>It is important to be part of something that lasts and was significant and is significant to Florida. In a way, it is more important than having a med school or law school for a longer time (which is where a lot of $$ comes from for that endowment). But you are completely correct that the past is prologue.</p>

<p>What makes Harvard a Harvard? Probably more than anything else - time.</p>