U-M Medical School: No. 8 and Climbing!
 The
University of Michigan Medical School is one of the 10 best research-oriented
medical schools in the country, according to the annual “Best Graduate
Schools” rankings released April 5 by U.S. News & World Report.
The U-M Medical School is now ranked eighth among the nation’s 125 accredited
medical schools, an increase from last year’s ninth-place finish. Only
one other medical school affiliated with a public university — the University
of California-San Francisco — placed higher.
U.S. News & World Report also ranked the U-M in the top 10 for
five medical specialties — drug/alcohol abuse (10), family medicine (10),
geriatrics (6), internal medicine (8), and women’s health (6). This is
the first year the Medical School has placed in the top 10 in the areas of drug/alcohol
abuse and women’s health.
Among separate rankings of primary care-oriented medical and osteopathic schools,
the U-M ranked 14th, up significantly from last year’s 26th-place ranking.
“The kudos go to our talented and dedicated faculty. Their commitment
to excellence in patient care, research and teaching is driving this upward
trend,” says Allen S. Lichter, M.D., dean of the U-M Medical School. “The
move from No. 12 two years ago, to ninth last year, to this year’s No.
8 ranking shows that our peers realize that great things are happening at the
U-M Medical School.”
For the first time, U.S. News & World Report also ranked Ph.D.
programs in the biological sciences. The U-M placed 14th overall. In the specialty
of microbiology, the U-M was ranked seventh. This represents a campus-wide achievement,
as the Medical School and the College of Literature, Science and the Arts were
surveyed as one. At the U-M, about half of the doctorates in the biological
sciences are awarded through the Medical School.
In determining its overall national rankings, U.S. News & World Report
considers several quality indicators, including reputation among medical school
deans and senior faculty, levels of research funding, student selectivity, and
faculty/student ratios. To determine rankings in the biological sciences, department
heads and deans or directors of graduate studies at each program in each discipline
were surveyed.
In 2001, the U-M Medical School selected 170 first-year medical students from
4,688 applications. The School’s current total enrollment is 666 medical
students and 347 graduate students.
—MBR
See this year’s complete rankings at: www.usnews.com
 
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