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U.S. News & World Report's annual list of the nation's best graduate schools ranked University of California campuses highly in dozens of categories.
The rankings evaluate more than 1,200 graduate programs every year in business, law, medicine, engineering and education, and special disciplines within these categories. The magazine periodically ranks other fields, and this year's 2014 edition included updated rankings in social sciences and humanities, and library science and information studies.
U.S. News & World Report said its ranking methodologies vary by discipline, but among the criteria for most programs were admissions selectivity and expert opinions on quality. Job-placement statistics were also used to gauge the effectiveness of business schools and law schools along with salary data factored into the business school rankings.
UC campuses ranked high among overall programs and in dozens of disciplines. Here are some highlights of this year's updated rankings:
In business, six UC campuses made the overall rankings and UC Berkeley placed first for part-time MBA programs.
7. UC Berkeley
14. UCLA
40. UC Davis
49. UC Irvine
73. UC San Diego
UC Riverside rank not published
UC campuses made a strong showing in engineering with eight among the top 100 schools.
3. UC Berkeley
14. UC San Diego
16. UCLA
20. UC Santa Barbara
33. UC Davis
37. UC Irvine
67. UC Riverside
87. UC Santa Cruz
Seven UC campuses were top education schools, lead by UCLA's No. 8 ranking.
8. UCLA
12. UC Berkeley
37. UC Irvine
40. UC Santa Barbara
60. UC Davis
74. UC Riverside
81. UC Santa Cruz
Four UC law schools were ranked among the top 50 with UC Berkeley ranked ninth, UCLA 17th, UC Davis 38th and UC Hastings College of the Law 48th.
Five UC medical schools placed in the top 50 nationally for research rankings and four placed in the top 40 nationally for primary care rankings.
Medical research
4. UCSF
13. UCLA
15. UC San Diego
42. UC Davis
42. UC Irvine
Medical primary care
4. UCSF
11. UCLA
19 UC Davis
39. UC San Diego
66. UC Irvine
In social science and humanities programs, UC Berkeley's English and history departments were top ranked, and its psychology department tied with UCLA for No. 2.
Top 10 UC social science programs
1. UC Berkeley Department of English
1. UC Berkeley Department of History
1. UC Berkeley Department of Sociology
2. UC Berkeley Department of Psychology
2. UCLA Department of Psychology
5. UC Berkeley Department of Economics
5. UC Irvine Department of Criminology, Law and Society
6. UC Berkeley Department of Political Science
8. UC San Diego Department of Political Science
9. UCLA Department of History
9. UCLA Department of Sociology
10. UCLA Department of English
10. UCLA Department of Political Science
In library sciences, UCLA's Department of Information Studies ranked 14th.
Here are highlights for UC in rankings that were not updated this year by U.S. News:
UCLA's No. 4 ranking led seven UC campuses listed for fine arts.
4. UCLA
13. UC San Diego
27. UC Davis
36. UC Berkeley
53. UC Irvine
82. UC Santa Cruz
93. UC Santa Barbara
In health-related fields, UCLA has the top ranked clinical psychology program, UCSF's pharmacy school is No. 1 and the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine was ranked No. 2.
Top 10 UC health programs and schools
1. UCSF School of Pharmacy
1. UCLA Department of Psychology, clinical psychology
2. UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
4. UCSF School of Nursing
7. UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare
8. UC Berkeley School of Public Health
10. UCLA School of Public Health
In science, UC campuses made a strong showing in several disciplines.
Top 10 UC science programs
1. UC Berkeley College of Chemistry
1. UC Berkeley Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
2. UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science
2. UC Berkeley Department of Mathematics
2. UC Berkeley Department of Earth and Planetary Science
5. UC Berkeley Department of Physics
7. UCSF Graduate Division
8. UCLA Department of Mathematics
10. UC Santa Barbara Physics Department
Two public policy schools were ranked, with UC Berkeley at sixth and UCLA 23rd.
