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Several graduate programs at Virginia Commonwealth University have improved their rankings among the top 50 of the nation’s best in the 2016 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools.”

Among those programs with updated  and improved rankings for the 2016 edition, the VCU School of Education ranks as the 27th best graduate school for education, the VCU School of Nursing is 34th, the VCU School of Medicine is 49th for best primary care, and the VCU School of Allied Health Professions ranks 3rd for its health administration program and 4th for its rehabilitation counseling program. In addition, nurse anesthesia in the School of Allied Health Professions ranks No. 4 in its updated ranking.

In total, VCU boasts 22 graduate programs ranked in the top 50 by U.S. News & World Report.

More than 1,900 graduate programs were analyzed as well as reputation surveys from more than 13,700 academics and professionals in the disciplines. The 2016 rankings were released today.

To learn more about the 2016 rankings, including a complete list, visit http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools. For more about VCU’s rankings, including graduate programs ranked during previous updates by U.S. News & World Report, visit http://www.vcu.edu/about/facts-and-rankings.

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