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U.S. News Best Graduate Schools 2012
The U.S. News and World Report Best Graduate Schools rankings for 2012 were released online March 15, 2011. Highlights of the rankings will be available in the 22nd annual print edition of the popular guide for potential graduate students on April 5, 2011 while the most comprehensive version of Best Graduate Schools 2012 will be available online only through the new U.S. News Graduate School Compass.
One year of complete web access is $19.95 while one year of web access with the accompanying Best Graduate Schools guidebook will be $24.95. U.S. News claims that the 2012 edition is its most extensive consumer guide to-date with new web design, enhanced navigation and premium research and comparison tools.
U.S. News Best Graduate Schools 2012 Rankings Changes
According to a U.S. News Media Group press release issued on March 15, 2011, changes were made to the 2012 Best Graduate Schools ranking methodology and presentation from previous years.
The calculation for employment rates used in the law school rankings was modified, and in response to interest from readers and law schools in knowing where more law schools rank, the list of numerically ranked law schools was extended from the top 100 to the top three-quarters of all law schools. Law schools falling in the lowest 25% are listed alphabetically as
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