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Alphabet Soup - graduate degrees flavored by flexibility, market
Alphabet Soup - graduate degrees flavored by flexibility, market

Gone are the days when going to graduate school meant only a career in academics or a move up the corporate ladder. The Ph.D. and the MBA have been joined by an alphabet full of flexible and employment-relevant degrees. Graduate schools have kept up with the needs of students and their concerns about time and money by developing programs that meet specific needs.

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COLLEGE RANKINGS
Each year, U.S. News & World Report publishes its rankings of colleges and universities from around the country. Here’s how Virginia fared:


BEST NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES (private and public)

  • Univ. of Virginia: tied for 23
  • College of William and Mary: 32
  • Virginia Tech: tied for 71

BEST LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGES

  • Washington and Lee: 17
  • Univ. of Richmond: tied for 33
  • Virginia Military Institute: tied for 71 (and No. 3 in Top 5 Public Liberal Arts Colleges)
  • Sweet Briar: tied for 84
  • Hampden-Sydney: tied for 98
  • Hollins Univ.: tied for 98

TOP 50 PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES

  • University of Virginia: 2
  • College of William and Mary: 6
  • Virginia Tech: tied for 30

TOP UNIVERSITIES – MASTER’S

  • James Madison University: 4
  • Univ. of Mary Washington: 7

SCHOOLS TO WATCH

  • George Mason University: 1, National Universities
  • Christopher Newport University: 7, Liberal Arts Colleges


SOURCE: U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT, 2008

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