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Mason makes strong showing in latest worldwide rankings

Colleen Rich — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 18:38:50 +0000

Mason makes strong showing in latest worldwide rankings Colleen Rich Thu, 09/02/2021 - 14:38

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��AV has five programs in the top 100 in the world in the latest Academic Rankings of World Universities. The university also gained in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.

In the Academic Rankings of World Universities, Mason’s law program at the Antonin Scalia Law School led the way at No. 35 worldwide. Atmospheric science came in at No. 40, and economics, public administration, and communication placed in the 51-75 grouping.

Atmospheric science (16th among publics and 24th nationally), economics (14th among publics, 31st nationally), public administration (16th among publics and 21st nationally), and communication (25th among publics and 32nd nationally) all were judged best in Virginia.

Mason’s law program is ranked No. 32 in the United States and No. 17 among publics, surpassed only by the University of Virginia among commonwealth’s institutions.

Mason is No. 34 among public universities in the United States (up two spots from last year and tied with Virginia Tech and Virginia Commonwealth), and No. 63 nationally (up three spots and tied with Georgetown, Virginia Tech and Virginia Commonwealth).

Mason is ranked in the 201-300 group worldwide.

The rankings, compiled by the ShanghaiRankings Consultancy, are based on indicators such as the number of papers authored by an institution in an academic subject; the average impact of those papers, as measured by InCites; the number of papers published in top journals and conferences in an academic subject; and the number of staff at an institution winning significant awards in an academic subject.

In the Times Higher Education rankings, Mason placed 33rd among U.S. public universities (up four spots from 2021 and tied with Virginia Tech), and 63rd among all universities nationally (up seven spots and tied with Virginia Tech and Howard University). Mason is in the 251-300 grouping worldwide.

In the Best Value Schools ranking of bachelor’s programs in sustainability, Mason is 10th among public institutions and 14th nationally.

Other Mason rankings in the Academic Rankings of World Universities:

	Among publics	Nationally
Clinical medicine	21	49
Public health	25 (tied with Maryland-Balt., Virginia Tech, VCU	53 (tied with Georgetown, Maryland-Balt., Virginia Tech, VCU)
Business administration	34	56 (tied with George Washington, Georgetown)
Geography	38 (tied with Virginia Tech)	48 (tied with American, George Washington, Virginia Tech)
Tourism and events management	38	44
Electrical engineering	39	59 (tied with George Washington)
Education	41	55 (tied with George Washington)
Political sciences	44	74
Finance	45	79 (tied with American)
Earth science	46 (tied with Old Dominion)	64 (tied with Old Dominion)
Management	46	66
Psychology	59	90 (tied with George Washington, Georgetown)
Ecology	67 (tied with Virginia, VCU)	84 (tied with Virginia, VCU

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Mason makes strong showing in Times Higher Ed subject rankings

Colleen Rich — Thu, 29 Oct 2020 09:00:19 +0000

Mason makes strong showing in Times Higher Ed subject rankings Colleen Rich Thu, 10/29/2020 - 05:00

��AV placed three programs in the top 25 nationally among public institutions in the most recent rankings by Times Higher Education: World University Rankings by Subject.

The Antonin Scalia Law School is No. 7 among public institutions and No. 2 in Virginia, one place behind the University of Virginia.

Scalia Law’s ranking puts it ahead of such institutions as George Washington, American and Boston University, and in company with Vanderbilt, the University of Texas and Temple. It also is ranked 61st worldwide.

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“These rankings reflect Scalia Law’s world-class faculty, outstanding student body, and exceptional reputation,” Dean Henry N. Butler said. “This ranking also puts Scalia Law School on a competitive path with the historic University of Virginia Law School, long established as one of the finest law schools in the nation. Scalia Law School continues to provide an excellent legal education, preparing students for leadership in an increasingly complex world.”

Mason’s clinical, nonclinical and health programs are No. 22 nationally among public institutions and No. 46 overall in the United States.

“The rankings reflect the College of Health and Human Services’ commitment to strong, transdisciplinary graduate and undergraduate degree programs,” said Dean Germaine M. Louis. “Our students, faculty, alumni and community partners all help advance our mission to improve the health and well-being of all populations through discovery and innovative practice.”

Mason’s psychology program is No. 23 nationally among public universities and No. 47 overall in the country. The program also saw a big improvement in its worldwide ranking, going from the 251-300 group to the 126-150 group.

Times Higher Education only gives individual rankings to its top 100 institutions worldwide, and then groups them in increments of 25, 50 and 100, the deeper the rankings go.

“It’s exciting to see this kind of international recognition for our Psychology Department,” said Ann Ardis, dean of Mason’s College of Humanities and Social Sciences. “Psychology is one of Mason’s 10 most popular undergraduate majors, and the department rightfully takes great pride in the faculty’s translational research strengths. But it is equally proud of the top-notch education it provides to undergraduates, as well as graduate students and post-docs.”

Times Higher Ed evaluated 11 subjects using 13 performance indicators spread across five categories: teaching (the learning environment), research (volume, income and reputation), citations (research influence), international outlook (percentage of international students, staff and collaboration), and industry income.

Complete rankings for Mason (nationally, nationally among public institutions, worldwide):

Law (19, 7, 61)

Clinical, non-clinical, health (46, 22, 176-200)

Psychology (47, 23, 126-150)

Education (58, 43, 201-250)

Social sciences (61, 33, 176-200)

Business (76, 45, 301-400)

Life sciences (78, 48, 301-400)

Physical sciences (85, 53, 301-400)

Engineering (87, 35, 301-400)

Arts and humanities (91, 55, 401-500)

Computer science (95, 64, 401-500)

Mason ranked 70th nationally by Times Higher Ed

Colleen Rich — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 09:00:11 +0000

Mason ranked 70th nationally by Times Higher Ed Colleen Rich Thu, 09/03/2020 - 05:00

��AV is ranked 70th in the United States in the latest World University Rankings by Times Higher Education.

Mason also ranked in the 251-300 group among 1,527 institutions evaluated in 93 countries and regions.

Times Higher Education uses its world rankings to create its U.S. assessment of 181 institutions. Mason’s 251-300 rank puts it in a group of 12 ranked together behind 59 U.S. institutions with individual rankings and 10 others ranked 200-251.

Times Higher Education evaluated institutions using 13 performance indicators spread across five categories, including teaching (the learning environment), research (volume, income and reputation), citations (research influence), international outlook (staff, students and research) and industry income (knowledge transfer). Teaching, research and citations each accounted for 30% of the scores, while international outlook accounted for 7.5%. Industry income was 2.5%.

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��AV is ranked 70th in the United States in the latest World University Rankings by Times Higher Education.

Mason also ranked in the 251-300 group among 1,527 institutions evaluated in 93 countries and regions.

Mason makes significant gains in Times Higher Ed rankings

Damian Cristodero — Wed, 06 Nov 2019 17:41:36 +0000

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