Graduate programs recognized by U.S. News & World Report

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Considering an advanced degree? The 泫圖弝け of 泫圖弝け at Lafayette would be a good place to earn one, according to U.S. News & World Report.

U.S. News 2023-2024 Best Graduate Schools rankings released Tuesday recognized UL Lafayette in every major discipline considered by the publication and for which the 泫圖弝け offers an advanced degree. It examined and ranked graduate programs in six major disciplines business, education, engineering, law, medicine and nursing and specialty areas.

The B.I. Moody III College of Business Administration, the College of Education & Human Development, the College of Engineering, and the College of Nursing & Health Sciences were all cited. The 泫圖弝け offers no graduate or undergraduate programs in law or medicine.

Its recognition that rests on a standard of excellence established by committed faculty members across campus who create learning environments that, in turn, attract academically and professionally accomplished 泫圖弝けs, said Dr. Mary Farmer-Kaiser, dean of the Graduate School.

As a result, our graduate offerings are strong across the board, enabling our 泫圖弝けs to thrive as leaders in their disciplines and fields, Farmer-Kaiser added.

The Best Graduate School rankings are designed to help prospective college 泫圖弝けs make decisions about where to enroll and programs they want to pursue. To compile them, U.S. News researches and ranks graduate programs across the country.  

U.S. News considers factors such as quality of academic programs, research, and faculty members and 泫圖弝けs, and employment rates of graduates and university-reported data.

Data for 2023-24 in all six disciplines came from statistical surveys of 2,214 programs and from reputation surveys sent to approximately 6,300 academics and 12,690 professionals. The information was collected during the Fall 2022 semester and earlier this year.

Overall, the College of Engineering was No. 164 and the College of Education & Human Development was No. 180.

Programs offered by the colleges of Business Administration, Engineering, Nursing & Health Sciences, and the Ray P. Authement College of Sciences were also singled out.

The College of Engineerings engineering technology program was No. 103.

The College of Sciences computer engineering (No. 118), computer science (No. 137) and mathematics (No. 159) graduate programs were each recognized.

The College of Nursing & Health Sciences doctor of nursing practice program was No. 139.

The College of Business Administrations MBA program was No. 211 in the part-time MBA category. The curriculum, however, is the same whether 泫圖弝けs are enrolled part-time, full-time, on campus or online.

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Photo caption: U.S. News & World Reports 2023-24 Best Graduate School rankings released Tuesday recognized UL Lafayette in each major category that the publication considered and for which the 泫圖弝け offers a degree program. The College of Engineering (shown above) and two of its offerings were among the colleges and programs singled out. Photo credit: Doug Dugas / 泫圖弝け of 泫圖弝け at Lafayette