US News Education School Rank 2010

Vanderbilt University tops the ranking of education schools in the 2010 US News rankings, ahead of Stanford and Columbia. It is also ranked 1st in the filed of special education and administration/supervision, 5th for educational policy and elementary education programs, 7th for  educational psychology, and 8th for higher education administration.

Ranking Analysis:

- Vanderbilt moved up from 2nd last year to the first spot. It is also ranked 1st in the nation in the field of Education Administration.

- UCLA moved down to 5th this year (3rd in 2009 Education School Ranking).

- Oregon moved into Top 4 (from 5th).

- Univ of Wisconsin--Madison and Northwestern moved into Top 10.

- Johns Hopkins Univ moved up from 20th to 7th.

- Michigan State dropped from 14th to 17th.

League Table 2010 (Top 30):
1. Vanderbilt University (Peabody) (TN)
2. Stanford University (CA)
3. Teachers College, Columbia University (NY)
4. University of Oregon
5. University of California-Los Angeles
6. Harvard University (MA)
7. Johns Hopkins University (MD)
7. Northwestern University (IL)
7. Univ of California-Berkeley
7. Univ of Texas-Austin
7. Univ of Wisconsin-Madison
12. Univ of Washington
13. Univ of Pennsylvania
14. New York University (Steinhardt)
14. Univ of Michigan--Ann Arbor
16. Ohio State Uni
17. Michigan State Uni
18. Univ of Kansas
19. Boston College (Lynch)
19. Indiana Univ--Bloomington
21. U of Minnesota--Twin Cities
22. U of Southern California (Rossier)
23. U of North Carolina--Chapel Hill
24. Arizona State Univ
24. Pennsylvania State Univ--University Park
24. U of Connecticut (Neag)
24. U of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign
24. U of Maryland--College Park
24. U of Virginia (Curry)
30. U of Georgia
30. Utah State Univ

Source: US News & World Report

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