{"72245":{"#nid":"72245","#data":{"type":"news","title":"U.S. News Releases 2008 Graduate Rankings","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn the most widely read college rankings for graduate programs, Georgia Tech\u0027s graduate programs are again ranked among the finest in the nation. Tech\u0027s College of Engineering at number four retained its position in the elite top five. The most notable change this year comes from the College of Management jumping to 25th place from 34 last year in the highly competitive business schools rankings\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Although these rankings are not the sole measure of our success, it is good to see our programs so well recognized,\u0022 said Georgia Tech President Wayne Clough.  \u0022Engineering continues to maintain a top position, our sciences are showing growing strength and the Business School reached it highest level, up from #34 last year to #25 this year.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETech\u0027s graduate engineering curriculum maintained its national stature, ranked fourth in the nation by U.S. News and World Report. This year nine of the 11 programs within the College of Engineering ranked among the top 10 in their respective disciplines, led by Industrial and Systems Engineering. That program was ranked number one for the 17th straight year, an achievement almost unheard of in U.S. News rankings. The nine engineering programs ranked in the top 10 are: aerospace (5th), biomedical (2nd), civil (4th), computer (6th), electrical (7th), environmental (6th), industrial and systems (1st), materials (9th) and mechanical (7th).\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"The Business School at Georgia Tech Jumps 9 Slots; Engineering Graduate Programs Continue to Excel"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"In the most widely read college rankings for graduate programs, Georgia Tech\u0027s graduate programs are again ranked among the finest in the nation. Tech\u0027s College of Engineering at number four retained its position in the elite top five. The most notable change this year comes from the College of Management jumping to 25th place from 34 last year in the highly competitive business schools rankings.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Tech maintains excellent graduate rankings"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2007-03-30 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:37","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-03-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2007-03-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72246":{"id":"72246","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1449177446","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:17:26","changed":"1475894653","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:13"}},"media_ids":["72246"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.grad.gatech.edu\/","title":"Graduate Studies and Research"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"}],"keywords":[{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"2447","name":"Graduate Programs"},{"id":"2448","name":"Graduate Rankings"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["matthew.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}