College of Education Graduate School Programs Top National Rankings:  7 Graduate Programs in the Top 10

MSU’s College of Education has done it again. For the 15th year in a row the college’s graduate programs in elementary and secondary education have been ranked number 1 in the 2010 U.S. News & World Report guide to “America’s Best Graduate Schools”.

A total of seven educational specialties at Michigan State University placed within the top-10 based on a survey of more than 278 education school deans across the country. They include rehabilitation counseling, which retained its No. 1 ranking (from 2007), curriculum and instruction (No. 2), higher education administration (No. 4), educational psychology (No. 5) and administration/supervision (No. 8). In addition, the College of Education was ranked 17th overall.

“For 15 years now, these rankings have recognized our continuing commitment to address critical issues in education through both high quality research and teaching,” said Carole Ames, dean of the College of Education. “We take pride in our faculty and programs that prepare effective, global-minded educators for the challenges of the future.”

• Elementary Education — #1 for the 15th year
• Secondary Education — #1 for the 15th year
• Rehabilitation Counseling –#1 (shared rank with Univ. Wisconsin)*
• Curriculum & Instruction–#2
• Higher Education Administration–#4
• Educational Psychology–#5 (Shared with Univ. Illiois-Urbana-Champaign)*
• Administration & Supervision (K-12)–#8

The magazine ranks the nation’s 278 graduate education schools that grant doctorates or Ed.S. degrees. The rankings are based on six attributes:

• reputation
• faculty resources
• research activity
• student selectivity
• overall rank
• specialty rankings

See more details about our ranking categories or visit the U.S. News site for the nationwide listings.