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Peabody ranked No. 1 for third consecutive year

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Camilla P. Benbow, Patricia and Rodes Hart Dean of Education and Human Development For the third straight year, Peabody College is rated the No. 1 graduate school of education in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report rankings released Tuesday.

Peabody is only the second education school in the last decade to have received the top honor spanning consecutive years.

“Peabody College is currently celebrating its 225th anniversary, so being ranked No. 1 for a third time feels very gratifying. We’ve come a long way from a small frontier academy to become one of the nation’s leading graduate schools of education,” said Camilla P. Benbow, Patricia and Rodes Hart Dean of Education and Human Development.

“In the end, the work done by our faculty and by our graduates in their professions is the most important thing. It is rewarding to see their efforts repeatedly recognized.”

Peabody achieved an overall score of 100, nine points ahead of its nearest competitor, with programs in Administration/Supervision and Special Education garnering No. 1 rankings. Also recognized were Peabody programs in Educational Psychology (No. 4), Elementary Education (No. 4), Education Policy (No. 5), Curriculum/Instruction (No. 8), and Higher Education Administration (No. 9).

The annual graduate school rankings are based on surveys of more than 1,200 programs and about 13,000 academics conducted in fall 2010. Individual program ratings are based on nominations from education school deans and deans of graduate studies.