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鈥淎 lot of听hard work is coming from the different colleges and departments,鈥 said Laurence Bray, Mason鈥檚 associate provost for graduate education. 鈥淭he academic units' faculty and staff members are really the ones making a difference in taking our programs to the next level. The quality and rigor we instill through our programs are directly related to the numbers.鈥澨
In addition to its part-time program, the law school鈥檚听听program is ranked No. 31, its听听program is No. 38, its full-time program is No. 42, and its听听program is No. 48.听
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Several other programs were ranked in the top 50.听
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鈥淚鈥檝e seen nothing but incredible support for graduate education programs at Mason,鈥 Bray said. 鈥淎nd it鈥檚 going to continue to be even higher in terms of recognizing听 how critical graduate education is for the success of our students and the university鈥檚 overall mission.鈥澨
According to its website, U.S. News uses statistical surveys of more than 2,054 programs and from reputation surveys from more than 22,018 academic professionals.
Here is a preview list of Mason national rankings, provided by U.S. News. It will be updated if additional rankings become available:听
BUSINESS:听
Part-time MBA听听听 48听
EDUCATION:听
Special Ed听听 19听
Overall programs听听 69听
ENGINEERING:听
Systems听听 39听
Computer听听 69听
Electrical听听 87听
Biomedical听听 93听
Civil听听 93听
Overall programs听听 102听
FINE ARTS:听
Overall programs听听 73听
HEALTH SPECIALITIES:听
Clinical Psychology听听 101听
LAW:听
Part-time听听 4听
Intellectual Property听听 31听
Constitutional听听 38听
Full-time听听 42听
Business/Corporate听听 48听
Contracts/Commercial听听 51听
Criminal听听 74听
International听听 75听
Tax听听 80听
Trial Advocacy听听 105听
Health Care听听 114听
Environmental听听 136听
Legal Writing听听 148听
Clinical training听听 155听
NURSING:听
Master鈥檚听听 51听
Doctoral听听 40听
PUBLIC AFFAIRS:听
Homeland Security听听 10听
Local Government Management听听 19听
Public Management/Leadership听听 28听
Public Policy Analysis听听 30听
Overall听听 49听