Rankings of UMB Schools and Programs

Rankings of UMB Schools and Programs

U.S. News and World Report Best Graduate Schools March 2021

Gregory C. Spengler, MPA Associate Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness

April 20, 2021

U.S. News and World Report "Best Graduate Schools"

Rankings based on statistical data and reputation and updated every year (last update was March 2021)

? Medicine ? Law ? Nursing (annually since 2015)

Rankings based only on reputation and updated every few years (last update in parentheses):

? Graduate Programs in the Sciences (2018) ? Pharmacy (2020) ? Physical Therapy (2020) ? Physician Assistant (2019) ? Public Health (2021) ? Social Work (2019)

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U.S. News ? Basis for Rankings

School / Program Description of Ranking

Medicine ? MD Research (prior to 2018) Federal NIH only

or DO

Research (2018) incl. non-NIH & non-Federal

Research (2019 and 2020) Federal NIH only

Research (2021) Federal NIH and non-NIH

Primary Care (prior to 2021)

Primary Care (2021)

4 Diversity and Practice Areas (intro. 2021)

8 Specialties

Law ? Juris Doctor Day Program

Evening Program (introduced 2009)

13 Specialties (four new introduced in 2020)

Reputation Statistical

40%

60%

30%

70%

30%

70%

30%

70%

40%

60%

30%

70%

100%

100%

40%

60%

50%

50%

100%

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U.S. News ? Basis for Rankings

School / Program Description of Ranking

Nursing

Master's Program

Doctor of Nursing Practice (intro. 2016)

Nurse Anesthesia

12 Specialties (modified in 2020)

Graduate Sciences PhD Programs

Pharmacy

PharmD Program

Physical Therapy Master's / Doctorate Programs

Physician Assistant Master's Program

Public Health

Master's Program

Social Work

Master's Program

Reputation Statistical

40%

60%

40%

60%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

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U.S. News ? Law Schools

? 193 law schools fully accredited by the American Bar Association were ranked for 2021 based on a weighted average of 20 measures of quality, up from 12 previously

? Ranking categories

? Day Program ? Carey consistently ranks in the top quartile, remaining in the top 50 of all law schools, and ranks 26th among public institutions for 2021

? Evening Program ? Ranking introduced in 2009 and applied to 69 schools, Carey has been highly ranked, especially among public institutions, but is now 8th overall

? Specialties ? Four additional specialties were added for 2020 and Carey is ranked in all 13, with 4 in the top 20

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U.S. News ? Carey Law School Rankings

UM Carey School of Law Day Program

Public Only Evening Program (2009)

Public Only Specialties (* new for 2020) * Business / Corporate Law

Clinical Training * Constitutional Law * Contracts / Commercial Law * Criminal Law

Dispute Resolution Environmental Law Health Care Law Intellectual Property Law International Law Legal Writing Tax Law Trial Advocacy

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 48 42 39 41 46 47 48 48 49 52 47 50 25 20 18 19 22 25 24 24 26 27 24 26 589675545458 122332212123

61 52

9

6

5

5 11 5

7

7

6

7

6

9

44 41

46 56

57 50

-

-

-

-

-

-

15 18 13 13 13 15

10 7 11 6

6 15 13 14 17 13 10 16

2

3

3

4

1

2

4

2

6

6

7

7

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

69 79 97

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

71 69 68

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

68 63 114

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

71 63 73

-

8

8

-

-

13 16

-

-

43 31 30

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U.S. News ? Law Day Program Indicators

Category Quality Assessment Score (40%)

Student Selectivity (25%) before 2021 (21%) as of 2021

Placement Success (20%) before 2021 (25.25%) as of 2021

New for 2021 New for 2021

Indicator Peer Assessment Lawyers, Recruiters & Judges

2020 Value

2021 2020 2021 Value Weight Weight

3.0 / 5.0 3.0 / 5.0 25% 25%

3.0 / 5.0 3.0 / 5.0 15% 15%

LSAT Scores Median

Undergrad GPA Median Acceptance Rate

159

160 12.5% 11.25%

3.66 43.8%

3.66 36.4%

10% 8.75% 2.5% 1%

Employment at Graduation

63.6% 68.4% 4%

4%

Employment at 10 Months

88.4% 87.6% 14%

Bar Pass Rate ? First Time

79.9% 85.8% 2%

Avg. Indebtedness of Graduates with Debt

$123.1K

Percent of Graduates with Debt

61.4%

14% 2.25%

3% 2%

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U.S. News ? Law Day Program Indicators

Category

Indicator

2020 Value 2021 Value 2020 Weight 2021 Weight

Faculty and Library

Resources

Expenditures per

(15%) before 2021 Student

not available not available 9.75%

9%

(13.75%) as of 2021

Financial Aid per Student

not available not available

1.5%

1%

Student / Faculty Ratio 6.2 to 1

6.2 to 1

3%

2%

Library Resources:

Before 2021: Volumes and Titles Available

As of 2021: Seven new indicators relating to library resources and operations

not available

not available

0.75%

1.75%

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