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College of Liberal Arts' programs rank among nation's best |
College of Liberal Arts' programs rank among nation's best
U.S. News and World Report magazine survey
College of Liberal Arts' programs at The University of Texas at Austin were ranked among this year's U.S. News and World Report magazine survey.
Using quantitative and qualitative measures, the magazine annually ranks graduate school programs in business, education, engineering and law. Certain other Ph.D. programs and specialty programs are ranked in alternate years based on ratings of academic experts, including faculty and administrators. This year, pharmacy and social sciences and humanities programs were evaluated. Not all fields are surveyed every year by U.S. News and World Report.
The University of Texas at Austin continues its solid position among graduate school programs across the country. Several Ph.D. and graduate programs were ranked among the nation's top five in the magazine's survey of top graduate schools.
The College of Liberal Arts' Latin American history program ranked No. 1 in the nation. In the social sciences and humanities category, the College of Liberal Arts' sociology of population program is ranked No. 5.
The College of Liberal Arts' graduate school rankings:
* Social Sciences and Humanities:
* Economics - 25th
* Labor Economics - 14th
* English - 19th
* American Literature after 1865 - 20th
* History - 19th
* Latin American History - 1st
* Political Science - 25th
* Psychology - 12th
* Behavioral Neuroscience - 12th
* Social Psychology - 13th
* Child Development and Family - 66th
* Sociology - 14th
* Sociology of Population - 5th