Ratings and Rankings - Education
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The Greater St. Louis region's 20+ post secondary schools continue to be recognized among the most vibrant communities of scholars anywhere. The area is comprised of universities and colleges being noticed as top schools in the nation with some of the strongest programs, ranging in specialties and areas of expertise. Listed below are recent education ratings and rankings for the St. Louis area: Top Schools
- Washington University in St. Louis is the third-best medical research school according to U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Graduate Schools" 2009. The medical school ranked among the top ten in specialty fields of occupational therapy (1), physical therapy (2), audiology (5), pediatrics (7), and internal medicine (8) according to the report. The George Warren Brown School of Social Work earned No. 1 in the nation for master's social work programs.
- Saint Louis University's Health Law program ranked No. 1 for the fifth consecutive year in the "America's Best Graduate Schools" issue for 2009. As a whole, the School of Law ranked No. 95 in the country.
- Washington University ranks 12th in the "Best National Universities" category, and the Olin School of Business ranks 12th in the "Best Business Programs" category in U.S. News & World Report "America's Best College" 2008.
- Two St. Louis business schools ranked top in the nation by BusinessWeek's "Best Undergrad Business Schools" list, published March 2008. Olin School of Business at Washington University took No. 15, while the John Cook School of Business at Saint Louis University ranked No. 71 in the country. The Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business at the University of Missouri (No. 76) was the only other undergraduate business school in Missouri to make the top 100.
- Saint Louis University (SLU) was named No. 82 in the "Best National Universities" category by U.S. News & World Report for 2008 and ranked among the top five U.S. Catholic universities by the same publication in 2006.
- McKendree University ranked as the 18th "Best Baccalaureate College" in the Midwest by U.S. News & World Report’s "America's Best Colleges 2008." McKendree was also the only baccalaureate college in the St. Louis MSA to be named as having the "Best Value" among Midwest baccalaureate colleges, ranking No. 9.
- Webster University was named the 26th-best university in the Midwest division of the 2008 U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Universities-Master’s” category. Maryville University ranked 29th on the same list, along with Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville among the top 70.
- U.S. News & World Report’s "America's Best Colleges 2008" named Greenville College in Bond County, IL as the 26th "Best Baccalaureate College" in the Midwest.
- Metro Academic and Classical High School in St. Louis ranked 40th according to "The Complete List: 1,200 Top U.S. Schools" by Newsweek, which ranked the nation's best public high schools for 2005. Seven other St. Louis area high schools were listed in the top 1,000 secondary schools, including Ladue (235), Clayton (272), Eureka (456), Marquette (549), Lindbergh (679), Rockwood Summit (791), and Parkway West (936) as of May 2006.
Strongest Programs - U.S. News & World Report in 2007 named the University of Missouri-St. Louis’ international business program the 8th-best international business program in the country.
- National Licensing Exam test scores for 2005 place the School of Nursing at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville in the top 10 percent of the nation’s nursing schools.
- Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville was named as one of the best MBA programs accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) in the world by the Princeton Review for 2006.
- The University of Missouri-St. Louis' college of business administration was named as one of the 2006 Princeton Review's Best 282 Business Schools.
Most Literate - The St. Louis Public Library ranks 2nd in the nation for library services out of 69 cities, according to a 2007 study by Central Connecticut State University. The study also ranks St. Louis the 6th most literate city in America overall (up from No. 12 in 2006) based on literacy categories like booksellers, educational attainment, Internet resources, library resources, newspaper circulation, and periodical publications.
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