The annual U.S. ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº & World Report rankings of the best graduate schools names UMass Medical School first in all of New England for primary care education. UMMS ranks in the top 10 percent nationwide in primary care, coming in 15th among 152 medical schools and 33 schools of osteopathic medicine surveyed by the weekly news magazine in its 2020 edition of the Best Graduate Schools. The 2020 U.S. ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº report also marks a rise for UMMS in research, this year ranking 45th.
The 2020 Best Graduate Schools rankings serve as another example of the university’s rising national reputation and its sustained commitment to academic excellence.
A number of programs from UMass campuses placed in the Top 100 on U.S. ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº & World Report's 2020 Best Graduate Schools ranking, which included programs in engineering, law, education, medicine, business and nursing.
UMass Boston’s graduate programs in education jumped 29 spots to No. 66 in the 2020 edition of , released Tuesday.
Five have new top 100 rankings:
Poverty, hunger and substandard housing are among the challenges that are endemic in many urban communities and pose significant barriers to good health. Such issues challenge the residents as well as the physicians that serve them, who need specific knowledge and skills to effectively care for their patients.
Match Day 2019 was a dream come true for graduating UMass Medical School students Marian Younge and Anthony Tran. They are among the 125 members of the School of Medicine Class of 2019 who found out where they will begin their medical careers in residencies across the country.
UMass educates nearly three times as many ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº residents as the top eight ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº private universities combined, graduating more than 19,000 students each year.
BOSTON — Citing the need to preserve the university’s mission in the face of a looming demographic decline that will dramatically disrupt higher education, ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº President Marty Meehan announced plans to create a new online college for adult learners Monday in his annual State of the University address.