See which MSU graduate programs ranked among the best in the country

EAST LANSING - From nuclear physics to elementary and secondary education, Michigan State University has five graduate programs ranked by U.S. News and World Reports this year as the best in the nation.

In U.S. News' latest assessment, 10 MSU graduate programs ranked among the top 10 nationwide. The majority of those programs were within its College of Education, including a tie for number one with the University of Michigan for the best higher education administration program.

Among education schools, MSU ranked 22nd this year, eight spots behind U of M but one ahead of Ohio State University. 

“These top rankings reflect the insightful and influential contributions of our faculty and alumni, whose work touches all levels of education,” Robert Floden, dean of the College of Education, said in a statement released by the university.

MSU's nuclear physics program also held onto the number one spot this year, which it took over from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2010. The university's Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, a soon-to-be world-leading nuclear physics research site, is expected to employ hundreds of scientists and attract thousands of visiting scholars when it is completed in 2021.

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MSU's supply chain management graduate program was also ranked best by U.S. News and World Reports in this year's rankings.

Other previously top-ranked MSU graduate programs — including African history and industrial/organizational psychology — retained their spots this year, as not all programs are assessed annually.  

U.S. News and World Reports rank programs and colleges using a number of factors, including reputation, graduation and retention rates, selectivity and financial resources.

The programs ranked in the top 10 nationally this year are:

• Elementary education
• Secondary education
• Higher education administration
• Curriculum and instruction
• Educational psychology
• Educational administration
• Education policy
• Nuclear Physics
• Supply chain/logistics
• Criminal Justice

A complete look at MSU's graduate school rankings can be found on U.S. News and World Reports website.

Contact RJ Wolcott at (517) 377-1026 or rwolcott@lsj.com. Follow him on Twitter @wolcottr.