pathology 3xx #82 Washingto n State. # 166 # 299 26,419/ 11,841 260,98 10201210/ 20-26 27/34 3/4 #14 veterinary medicine #unranked (4) 3xx #83 Drexel Univ. # 97 # 405 54,516 13,490 11701380/ 25-30 23/31 3/3 #10 physician assistant # library & information studies #RNP (1) economics #unranked (1) business 3xx xiii #84 Baylor Univ. # 79 # 353 47,364 14,188 11901370/ 26-31 23/26 3/4 #13 physical therapy #17 health care managemen t 3xx #85 Auburn Univ. # 104 # 678 31,124/ 11,492 24,628 11501310/ 25-30 21/31 3/7 #14 veterinary medicine #15 rehab. psychology #RNP (2) 3xx #86 Virginia Tech # 74 # 253 32,835/ 13,691 27,811 11801390/ 25-31 21/29 3/11 #17 veterinary medicine #19 Part-time MBA #94-112 medicalprimary care #unranked business 3xx #87 Univ. Oregon # 104 # 220 36,615/ 12,710 19,101 10801310/ 22-28 20/21 3/4 3xx #88 Marquette Univ. # 84 # 1,129 43,936 8,435 11501320/ 24-30 18/24 3/3 #13 physical therapy #unranked (1) business 3xx #89 Tufts Univ. # 29 # 190 58,578 5,643 13801530/ 31-34 17/25 3/3 #10 occupationa l therapy #12 veterinary medicine #unranked (1) 3xx #90 Oregon State Univ. # 139 # 266 31,314/ 11,709 25,699 10801310/ 22-28 17/25 3/5 #24 veterinary medicine #31 earth science #99-131 business 3xx #91 Dartmouth # 12 # 104 57,204 4,417 14201560/ 31-35 12/19 3/3 #67 Chemistry 2xx #92 Wake Forest Univ. # 27 # 401 54,440 5,225 13101470/ 29-33 10/10 3/3 #unranked (1) 3xx #93 Univ. # 132 # 405 27,144/ 22,152 114027/35 2/3 #28 library 2xx xiv Oklahoma 11,763 1350/ 23-29 science #31 pharmacy #94 Saint Louis Univ. # 97 # 651 45,424 7,167 11801370/ 25-31 24/30 2/2 #13 health care managemen t #34 physical therapy #37 physician assistant #unranked (1) business 2xx #95 Univ. Alabama # 153 # 419 30,250/ 10,780 33,028 10601280/ 23-31 24/31 2/2 #28 library science #31 law #unranked (2) nursingmaster's/D NP 2xx #96 Univ. Louisville # 192 # 544 26,958/ 12,458 15,642 9601205/ 22-29 24/31 2/2 #30 criminolog y #34 audiology #RNP (1) sociology 2xx #97 Ohio Univ. # 185 # 671 22,406/ 12,612 22,275 10701270/ 21-26 23/29 2/2 #94-112 medical schoolresearch/pri mary care #unranked (3) 2xx #98 Tulane Univ. # 40 # 469 56,800 6,773 13501490/ 30-33 22/25 2/2 #13 public health #17 health care managemen t# RNP (1) #unranked (2) medicalresearch/pri mary care 2xx #99 Univ. Houston # 185 # 385 26,936/ 11,276 38,348 11301310/ 22-28 22/30 2/3 #22 social work #31 pharmacy 2xx 100 Univ. at AlbanySUNY # 147 # 298 26,666/ 10,026 13,598 11001260/ 22-27 22/22 2/2 #2 criminolog y #19 public affairs 2xx xv #99-131 business school 101 Univ. NebraskaLincoln # 139 # 290 25,828/ 9,522 20,830 11301360/ 22-29 20/27 2/3 #20 audiology #20 speechlanguage pathology #unranked (1) business 2xx 102 Univ. Delaware # 91 # 311 34,310/ 13,680 19,117 11701350/ 25-30 19/29 2/5 #1 physical therapy #99-131 business #unranked (1) #RNP economics 2xx 103 Iowa State # 121 # 220 24,508/ 9,320 29,621 10921334/ 22-28 17/25 2/7 2xx 104 Quinnipiac Univ. # 153 # NR 49,280 7,425 10901260/ 23-28 14/14 2/2 #15 physician assistant #17 occupationa l therapy 2xx 105 Texas Christian Univ. # 97 # NR 49,250 9,445 11501343/ 26-30 14/14 2/2 #28 nursingDNP #29 nursinganesthesia #unranked (1) #RNP (2) 2xx 106 Thomas Jefferson Univ. # 153 # 394 41,715 3,604 10601240/ 22-28 13/13 2/2 #6 occupationa l therapy #17 nursingmidwifery #unranked (1) engineering 2xx 107 American Univ. # 77 # 692 49,889 8,287 12201380/ 27-31 13/13 2/2 #13 public affairs #21 Criminolog y #RNP (1) economics #unranked education 2xx 108 Fordham Univ. # 74 # 968 54,093 9,645 12501430/ 12/12 2/2 #25 social work 2xx xvi 28-32 #27 law #RNP economics 109 Creighton Univ. # 104 # 841 41,400 4,446 11501350/ 24-30 11/11 2/2 #9 physical therapy #unranked (3) business 2xx 110 RutgersNewark # 132 # 706 31,608/ 14,826 9,142 10201190/ 19-24 9/17 2/3 #9 criminolog y #34 public affairs *(#4 top performers on social mobility) 1xx 111 College William & Mary # 40 # 250 46,283/ 22,922 6,377 13101490/ 30-33 9/10 2/3 # 27 history # 31 law 2xx 112 Villanova Univ. # 46 # 1,096 55,430 6.917 13001470/ 30-33 8/8 2/2 #unranked (2) business, engineering 2xx 113 George Mason # 153 # 434 36,024/ 12,564 26,192 11201320/ 24-30 26/32 1/2 #1 criminolog y #RNP (1) chemistry #unranked (1) business 1xx 114 Louisiana StateBaton Rouge # 153 # 383 28,639/ 11,962 25,361 10701290/ 23-29 24/31 1/3 #22 veterinary medicine #37 library & information studies 1xx 115 Univ. Central Florida # 166 # 477 22,467/ 6,368 58,913 11601340/ 25-29 24/33 1/2 #26 criminolog y #38 public affairs #unranked programs (3) #RNP economics 1xx 116 Howard Univ. # 104 # 774 27,206 6,243 11401285/ 22-27 24/28 1/1 #25 social work #53 fine arts #RNP 1xx xvii chemistry, physics, political science #unranked nursingmaster's 117 Univ. Mississippi # 162 # 364 25,090/ 8,818 18,007 10501270/ 21-29 21/27 1/2 #24 pharmacy #RNP (1) economics #unranked (2) medicalresearch/pri mary care 1xx 118 Univ. Arkansas # 153 # 671 25,872/ 9,384 23,386 11001290/ 23-29 21/29 1/3 #27 rehab. counseling #unranked (3) 1xx 119 Oklahoma State Univ. # 192 # 493 24,539/ 9,019 20,574 10601280/ 22-28 20/28 1/3 #26 veterinary medicine #RNP (2) economics, statistics 1xx 120 Kansas State Univ. # 162 # 388 35,887/ 10,383 17,869 NA/ 22-28 18/27 1/4 #19 veterinary medicine #RNP economics #unranked business 1xx 121 Brigham Young Univ. (Provo) # 77 # 692 5,790 31,441 11901420/ 26-31 18/23 1/1 #30 business 1xx 122 Loyola Univ. Chicago # 104 # 739 45,543 11,919 11201310/ 25-30 18/18 1/1 #33 social work #RNP(1) #unranked (1) 1xx 123 Duquesne Univ. # 132 # 1,351 39,992 6,013 11401280/ 24-29 16/16 1/1 #29 occupationa l therapy Unranked (1) business 1xx 124 UC (Santa Cruz) # 84 # 76 43,046/ 14,054 17,792 11701400/ 24-31 15/18 1/1 #19 earth science #89 psychology 1xx 125 Hofstra Univ. # 162 # 938 47,510 6,701 11501330/ 24-30 14/14 1/1 #27 rehab. psychology 1xx 126 Catholic # 139 # 47,746 3,332 114014/19 1/1 #32 library 1xx xviii Univ. America 1,072 1320/ 24-30 science #RNP (3) 127 Brandeis Univ. # 40 # 250 57,561 3,639 12801500/ 29-33 13/13 1/1 #unranked business 1xx 128 Illinois Inst. Technolog y # 117 # 682 49,280 3,026 12201440/ 26-31 12/20 1/1 #unranked (1) 1xx 129 Univ. Denver # 97 # 727 52,515 5,801 11701370/ 26-31 11/18 1/2 #17 social work 1xx 130 Massachus etts (Lowell) # 179 # 1,053 32,827/ 15,180 14,005 11501320/ 24-29 11/19 1/2 #27 criminolog y #unranked (1) 1xx 131 Univ. Detroit Mercy # 179 # NR 28,840 2,880 10501250/ 21-27 10/14 1/1 #1 nursinganesthesia #unranked (1) business 1xx 132 Seattle Univ. # 139 # NR 46,950 4,764 11301320/ 24-30 8/8 1/1 #17 nursing midwifery #unranked (3) 1xx 133 Towson Univ. # 197 # NR 24,334/ 10,198 19,818 10601200/ 20-25 8/8 1/1 #29 occupationa l therapy #unranked (1) 1xx 134 The New School # 153 # NR 50,594 7,444 11501360/ 24-30 7/7 1/1 #15 fine arts #RNP (1) economics 1xx 135 Gallaudet Univ. # 179 # NR 17,038 1,138 7921077/ 15-20 7/7 1/1 #26 audiology 1xx 136 Colorado School of Mines # 84 # 503 39,762/ 19,062 4,954 12901450/ 28-33 7/15 1/5 #28 earth science #RNP economics 1xx 137 Simmons Univ. # 125 # NR 42,066 1,837 11301300/ 24-30 6/6 1/1 #12 library science #unranked (1) business 1xx 138 Gonzaga Univ. # 79 # NR 45,140 5,317 11831350/ 25-30 6/6 1/1 #18 nursinganesthesia #unranked (3) 1xx 139 Rochester Inst. Tech #104 # 641 45,890 13,513 12001400/ 27-32 6/6 1/1 #23 fine arts 1xx 140 Santa # 54 # NR 53,634 5,520 12704/7 1/1 #25 part1xx xix Clara Univ. 1440/ 28-32 time MBA #unranked (1) business 141 Bethel Univ. # 197 # NR 38,460 2,857 10331286/ 22-28 4/4 1/1 #33 nursingmidwifery #unranked (2) education, nursingmaster's 1xx 142 Hawaii (Manoa) # 166 # 379 34,002/ 11,970 12,968 10551240/ 20-25 29/33 0/0 # RNP (1) #unranked (2) xx 143 Univ. New Hampshire # 125 # 532 35,409/ 18,879 12,782 10901280/ 23-28 24/31 0/0 #36 occupationa l therapy xx 144 UC (Riverside) # 91 # 149 42,819/ 13,827 20,581 11101330/ 23-29 20/27 0/0 #46 earth science #79 history #1 top performers on social mobility xx 145 Binghamto n-SUNY # 79 # 808 27,291/ 10201 14,021 13101440/ 28-32 19/25 0/0 #37 clinical psychology xx 146 Univ. Rhode Island # 166 # 774 31,686/ 14,566 13,865 10901260/ 23-27 19/25 0/0 #40 pharmacy #RNP (2) #unranked (1) xx 147 Seton Hall Univ. # 139 # NR 43,780 6,136 11501310/ 24-28 17/17 0/0 #37 physician assistant #46 health care managemen t #RNP (1) chemistry #unranked (4) xx 148 SMU (Southern Methodist) # 64 # 477 56,560 6,479 12101390/ 27-31 17/23 0/0 #41 business #55 economics xx 149 Univ. Vermont # 121 # 477 43,690/ 18,802 11,328 11801360/ 26-31 17/22 0/0 #43 medicalprimary care #unranked (1) business xx 150 St. John's # 179 # 769 43,000 16,884 107015/15 0/0 #40 library xx xx Univ. 1270/ 23-29 science #RNP (2) chemistry, history #unranked (1) business 151 Univ. Idaho # 179 # 769 27,540/ 8,304 9,568 10101220/ 20-26 15/22 0/2 #55 rehab. counseling #152-200 engineering #RNP (3) #unranked (1) xx 152 Lehigh Univ. # 50 # 799 55,240 5,047 12701450/ 29-33 14/22 0/2 #39 part-time MBA #56 education #RNP economics #unranked (1) business xx 153 Mercer Univ. # 153 # NR 37,808 4,797 11801340/ 25-30 14/14 0/0 #46 physician assistant #53 pharmacy #unranked (4) xx 154 Clemson Univ. # 70 # 669 38,112/ 15,120 19,669 12201400/ 27-32 14/22 0/1 #72 economics #83 business #unranked (2) nursing master's/D NP xx 155 DePaul Univ. # 125 # 1,303 41,202 14,507 10801290/ 23-29 13/13 0/0 #36 nursinganesthesia #unranked (3) xx 156 Miami Univ.Oxford # 91 # 987 34,307/ 15,232 17,326 12001380/ 26-31 13/13 0/0 #55 speechlanguage pathology #RNP political science #unranked (1) business xx 157 Illinois State # 197 # 1,255 26,040/ 14,516 18,107 NA/ 20-26 12/20 0/0 #46 audiology #RNP (1) #unranked xx xxi (2) 158 Univ. Tulsa # 121 # NR 42,238 3,296 11801410/ 25-32 12/16 0/1 #67 English # RNP (1) chemistry #unranked (2) 159 Rensselaer Poly. Inst. # 50 # 519 55,378 6,628 13301500/ 29-33 11/19 0/6 #43 engineering #54 earth science #RNP (1) economics #unranked (1) business xx 160 Maryland (Baltimore County) # 166 # 660 27,662/ 12,028 11,260 11901360/ 24-29 11/16 0/0 #69 statistics #79 public affairs xx 161 Samford # 147 # NR 32,850 3,535 10721270/ 23-29 10/10 0/0 #unranked( 3) xx 162 Yeshiva Univ. # 97 # 262 44,900 2,682 11401400/ 22-30 9/9 0/0 #39 biological science #40 medicalresearch #unranked( 2) business, education xx 163 Ball State Univ. # 1,133 # NR 26,984/ 10,080 NA 10801240/ 20-24 9/11 0/2 #46 audiology #47 rehab. counseling #RNP English #unranked (3) business, nursingmaster's/D NP xx 164 Univ. Dayton # 132 # NR 44,100 8,617 11101310/ 25-30 9/14 0/0 #46 engineering #102 physical therapy #RNP (2) #unranked (1) xx 165 Univ. the Pacific # 125 # NR 49,588 3,701 11201350/ 22-30 9/9 0/0 #55 audiology #59 pharmacy xx xxii #RNP (1) #unranked (2) 166 Univ. San Francisco # 97 # NR 50,282 6,704 11301330/ 23-29 9/9 0/0 #55 nursingmaster's #62 public health #unranked (1) xx 167 Clark Univ. # 91 # NR 47,200 2,304 12001390/ 28-31 9/9 0/0 # 80 clinical psychology #RNP (2) chemistry, economics xx 168 Clarkson Univ. # 117 # NR 51,128 3,091 11601350/ 25-31 9/15 0/0 #93 physician assistant #RNP math xx 169 Pacific Univ. # 185 # NR 46,402 1,894 10601250/ 21-27 8/8 0/0 #36 occupationa l therapy #64 physician assistant xx 170 Drake Univ. # 130 # NR 42,840 3,015 11401280/ 24-29 8/8 0/0 #37 rehab. Psychology #46 pharmacy #unranked (1) business xx 171 Belmont Univ. # 166 # NR 35,650 6,656 11201300/ 24-29 8/8 0/0 #58 occupationa l therapy #90 pharmacy #unranked (1) business xx 172 Missouri Univ. Science Tech-Rolla # 179 # 789 29,601/ 10,653 6,848 11801380/ 25-31 8/16 0/2 #83 engineering #103earth science #RNP (2) math, physics #unranked (1) business xx 173 Union Univ. # 185 # NR 33,900 2,191 11101360/ 23-30 8/8 0/0 #88 nursinganesthesia #119 pharmacy #unranked (1) business xx xxiii 174 Michigan Tech Univ. # 147 # 745 35,196/ 15,960 5,828 11701360/ 24-30 8/16 0/0 #89 engineering #90 earth science #RNP (2) #unranked (1) xx 175 UC (Merced) # 104 #667 42,530/ 13,538 7,881 10001190/ 18-24 8/14 0/0 #90 psychology #119 computer science #RNP history xx 176 Montclair State Univ. # 166 # NR 21,033/ 13,073 16,988 9901170/ 19-24 7/7 0/0 #44 audiology #105 education #unranked (1) business xx 177 Chapman Univ. # 125 # NR 54,924 7.281 11901370/ 25-30 7/7 0/0 #74 business #92 speechlanguage pathology xx 178 Stevens Inst. Tech. # 74 # 1,121 54,014 3,230 13301480/ 30-33 7/15 0/0 #77 business #80 engineering #RNP chemistry xx 179 UNCWilmingto n # 185 # 1,312 21,246/ 7,181 14,452 11901320/ 23-27 7/7 0/0 #77 social work #141 public affair #3 unranked xx 180 New Jersey Inst. Tech # 97 # 803 32,750/ 17,338 8,532 11901380/ 25-30 7/15 0/0 #87 engineering #91 computer science #99-131 business #RNP chemistry xx 181 Univ. San Diego # 91 # NR 51,186 5,855 11901360/ 25-30 6/6 0/0 #36 nursingmaster's #53 nursingDNP #unranked (1) xx 182 Adelphi # 166 # NR 38,660 5,391 10806/6 0/0 #44 social xx xxiv Univ. 1270/ 22-27 work #131 nursingmaster's #unranked (1) business 183 Pepperdine Univ. # 50 # NR 55,892 3,627 12201420/ 26-32 6/6 0/0 #47 law #65 public affairs xx 184 Univ. St. Thomas # 139 # NR 42,736 6,395 11301380/ 24-29 6/6 0/0 #61 health care managemen t #70 social work #unranked (1) business xx 185 Worcester Poly. Inst. # 64 # 1,003 52,322 4,668 1300/1 460/ 29-33 6/14 0/0 #82 computer science #89 engineering #unranked (1) business xx 186 Bellarmine Univ. # 197 # NR 42,430 2,552 10601270/ 22-28 6/6 0/0 #83 physical therapy #196-255 education #unranked (3) business, nursingmaster's/D NP xx 187 Rowan Univ. # 166 # 1,420 22,832/ 14,000 16,120 10051225/ 20-27 6/6 0/0 #94-122 medicalprimary care #193 clinical psychology #unranked( 1) business xx 188 Seattle Pacific Univ. # 192 # NR 45,078 2,876 10301240/ 20-27 6/6 0/0 # 178 clinical psychology #211 psychology #unranked (4) xx 189 Elon Univ. # 84 # NR 36,571 6,196 11501330/ 25-30 5/5 0/0 #37 physician assistant #49 physical xx xxv therapy #unranked( 1) business 190 Chatham Univ. # 185 # NR 38,738 1,105 10401250/ 21-26 5/5 0/0 #74 physician assistant #93 occupationa l therapy #unranked (2) nursingmaster's/D NP xx 191 St. John Fisher College # 166 # NR 35,150 2,752 10801250/ 22-26 5/5 0/0 #89 nursingmaster's #90 pharmacy xx 192 Loyola Univ. New Orleans # 197 # NR 40,952 2,982 10601240/ 22-28 5/5 0/0 #124 parttime #126 law #unranked (3) business, nursingmaster's/D NP xx 193 Loyola Marymoun t Univ. # 64 # NR 50,283 6,700 12101390/ 27-31 4/4 0/0 #50 parttime MBA #58 education #62 law #unranked (1) business xx 194 RutgersCamden # 166 # NR 31,500/ 15,264 5,776 10001180/ 17-23 4/4 0/0 #66 parttime #80 nursingDNP #unranked (1) xx 195 Misericord ia Univ. # 192 # NR 34,560 2,030 10401200/ 23-26 4/4 0/0 #79 occupationa l therapy #132 speechlanguage pathology #unranked (1) nursingmaster's xx 196 Univ. St. Joseph # 147 # NR 40,286 903 10301210/ 20-25 4/4 0/0 #117 pharmacy #168 social work xx xxvi Terms of First Row in the Table 2 The 11 columns in this table are as follows. (i) GP Rank: Graduate Programs Ranking on Diversity and Quality (ii) Institution (iii) Rank (National): The US News and World Report College Rankings (iv) Rank (Global): The US News and World Report Global Universities Ranking (v) Tuition: The public university normally has two schemes of tuition rates for outof-state and in-state students. The first and expensive tuition sets for the out-ofstate students and next cheap one is for in-state students. (vi) Enrollment (vii) Test Scores: The first number range indicates SAT scores on 25-75 percentile scale while the second number range indicates ACT scores on 25-75 percentile scale. (viii) The number of reported programs (second number if the specialties of education #unranked (2) nursingmaster's/D NP 197 Valparaiso Univ. # 153 # NR 41,820 3,218 10701270/ 23-29 4/4 0/0 #178 part-time MBA #unranked (3) xx 198 SUNY College of Environme ntal Science & Forestry # 121 # NR 18,644/ 8,864 1,779 11201310/ 23-29 3/4 0/0 # 98 biological science #145 chemistry # 152-200 engineering xx 199 Univ. La Verne # 132 # NR 44,500 2,798 10201205/ 20-26 3/3 0/0 # 101 public affairs #196-255 education *(#4 top performers on social mobility) xx 200 Biola Univ. # 185 # NR 41,976 4,010 10601260/ 21-27 2/2 0/0 #RNP (1) Psychology xx xxvii and engineering included) (ix) The number of top programs (between #1-#34 and second number if the specialties of education and engineering included). (x) Variables and Remark (xi) Scores in the last column indicates the frame of calculation for the scores of this graduate ranking. PTDS means Possible Top Diversity Score. The score has a ceiling limit for their number of top programs. The reader rates from the number of top programs multiplied with 100, which cannot exceed the calculated scores plus 100. On this formula, the 30 programs within 1-34th in the USNW or NRC ranking can only attain the scores between 3,0xx and 3,100. Given 37 programs in the USNW at total, PTDS for USNW should be 3,800 while the PTDS in Table 1 of NRC study has an upper ceiling limit of 6,000 because the top institution has 59 programs at most. Statement of Reference Upon decades of college career as a faculty, one of routine experience comes with the works of ranking experts for the strength and quality of institutions, departments or programs. The ranking business recently flourished through the new millennium that Wikipedia pages are even utilized to rank the institutions or disciplines. A traditional source of scholarly information, such as web of science, Scopus, NSF and membership or awards might be hackneyed to catapult a variety of perspectives for the users of ranked publication. They are generally perennial while some ranked results are deceased on a specific year or in period likely to claim as declaratory or permanent in that ranking scheme of methodology. The rankers are certainly a protagonist for the users of their product. Without the wisdom as a user, I suppose if he falls likely someone as a leper or ponce. Boys, be ambitious! A kind of famous encouragement almost always triggers the students in the real world, who, however, often have lack of resources and mostly should be dependent on his parents. He or she seems likely a ship in ballast that is expected to sail a long lifetime voyage. This reference is a work to communicate with such enclaves of people, who are interested in the ranked publications. I already published several pieces of subsidizing data or work product. In some cases, a tirade of explanation and user tips was wrought to taste or get more specific. As an academic, my effort hopefully could mine as a good reference to shed a light on unattended minds and perspectives. A theme on this data focuses on the graduate programs that could be coupled to refer with the previous table of 2010 NRC. My approach allows a big scale of margins, which, I think, is persuasive in consideration of the number of research universities according to the classification of Carnegie Foundation. Around over 400 institutions, I guess about a moment of Eureka if I count on 17th criterion in either of R or S rank (roughly 34th as combined). Same xxviii mind was rejuvenated to yield the graduate programs rank on the basis of USNW. Some tips needs to be given to clarify this unique graduate programs ranking. First, it is distinguishable from many national or international sources in that it exclusively focuses on the graduate studies leading to the degrees, i.e., masters and certificates, MBAs, professional doctors, such as JDs or MDs DNPs or Dr. Audiology, as well as Ph.Ds. Second, it also differs from the NRC study on the assessment of research doctorates, which is exclusively devoted to the Ph.Ds as well as most authoritative and exhaustive to cover all the specific programs of each institution. Third and as a corollary, the users could not be complete to perfect their views concerning the graduate programs of each institution until they read through the two sources of ranked publications, i.e., NRC and USNW. Fourth, the ranked results naturally can come in conflict with each other provided that their methodology is different. Since the USNW reports several of common Ph.D programs-hence no Ph.D ranking in French or oceanography, for example-the conflict may arise less extensively among 62 NRC fields. The conflict does not occur within a vast of professional programs, of course, in terms of classification and methodology itself. Hence, the graduate programs ranking of USNW provides a good source of reference in this ambit. Fifth, this unique ranking stems from the thought of diversity philosophy, inclusion and on the basis of common intellectual clusters. Through a modest cut of ranks on 34th criterion bearable with all 200 institutions, the focus was given to the diversity strength besides quality consideration. A traditional group of strong institutions on graduate education, such as Wisconsin, Michigan, Berkeley, Harvard, MIT, Columbia, are still surfaced, but in a slightly less different type, which I call "Diversity G-type ranking of graduate programs." Some users may receive 30 programs for 3,050 diversity points at total while 22 programs for those of 2,270 in consideration of number of rated programs and each specific programs ranking, yet with a ceiling of 3,100 and 2,300 points. Since it depends on each mind of readers, I just put the anonymous score appearing as 25xx, 33xx in the above Table. This way of approach and mindset can also be practical with the previous reference to 2010 NRC study and I done same tally to put the scores in the Table of 2010 NRC study. Sixth, the ranking was produced on the number of programs within 34th at a first priority (column 9 in the table titled "Programs #1-#34"). In next, the number of reported programs is considered at a second consideration when the first number is tied (column 8 titled "Programs Reported"). Provided if two numbers are equal and indistinct among institutions-frequent around the last of list, the rank of top programs is compared and I prefer the institution of higher rank (column 10 titled "Variables & Remarks"). Given it still is same, the next ranked programs are compared, and so forth, which became final to enable xxix distinguishing. Seventh, you will find two numbers in each of column 9 and 8. The second number divided after the slash sign (/) indicates the rated specialties of education and engineering. The maximum number will be assigned for three in education and eight in engineering so that a maximum number of eleven at total can be attained in Column 8. In those ranked programs, I applied same standard to count for the latter number of Column 9 if each of specialties falls within #34 in rank. The rationale to incorporate the number of rated and quality programs underlies the breadth of two colleges and extent of survey practiced by USNW. So the specialties of English, history or sociology, physics, chemistry, and etc. are not considered that they are unitary with one scheme of ranking in NRC and generally considered as departmental. The specialties of other colleges, such as law, business, medicine and so, also are treated as same that they do not fall apart and are not considered independent for counting. It is because they are usually viewed as a unitary intellectual cluster as well as share an integral admission process of new students. The specialties of biological science are rated as similar to the NRC typology. However, the list of ranked schools is rather shorter with a small ambit of survey result, which, in turn, makes my PTDS ranking approach as less persuasive. For this slot, therefore, it seems more appropriate that you will refer to the ranked programs of NRC doctoral assessment in 2010. Nevertheless, the inclusion and exclusion of specialties beside the number stemmed from the graduate school ranking of USNW does not affect the PTDS score and final ranking of overall graduate programs in Column 1. In this point of consideration, the original frame of USNW is respected and the second number yielded from education and engineering can be supplemental to correspond with the diversification of expertise and intelligence. The upper limit of included specialties, e.g., eleven, was decided with respect to the practice of NRC and education school. Eighth, you are informed that the USNW provides 37 colleges, departments, programs ranking at total that enable to guess the width of graduate programs and their viability across the institutions. Along with the classifications, more than minute information is available as titled "specialty." For the big departments or colleges, such as engineering or education, the specialty ranking can possibly equal with the fields of NRC study while it is just informative in most cases as deviated from the classification formula of fields in the NRC study. The programs in USNW including English, history or political science, physics and chemistry and so, fall within this category. The rationale concerning a selection of 37 programs underlies their commonality as an intellectual cluster of graduate education as we consider the strength of graduate schools comprehensively, which is somewhat distinctive from the NRC assessment of specific research doctorate programs. This thought also corroborates the schema of USNW report, which introduces 9 colleges and departments, 14 programs under the title of Health, 7 programs in Science, and 7 programs in Social Sciences and Humanities. The USNW graduate programs ranking is unique and distinct if it deals with exclusively the graduate programs on tangible elements including colleges, xxx departments and programs, who are staffed with the interested people, i.e., faculty, master and doctorate students. It is discernable from the mass of global reports that often rely on the classification of journals and faculty publication. This reference is hoped to facilitate a grasp of the complete picture of graduate schools in US. I like to welcome a suggestion about errors and wishes to improve the data or ranking scheme. A reference to the US News ranking on the law school and law subjects The purpose of college and university ranking mainly resides to assist with the students in choosing their schools and programs at the level they wish to study. Most ranking sources nationally and globally hold a focus largely on the colleges and universities in general. As I addressed in chapters of my book "Piece to text on the monument and one," the ranking source actually became rampant over the continents and countries from the commercial newspapers, tutoring websites, public organizations through individual scholars. One often subsists reciprocally and is accustomed to manage on the contractual basis. We are on do ut des and lively. However, with respect to the grace of such many educational services, student minds of man are apprehended regularly in time, browse and chuck the material presented to his desk produced to inform about the schools and programs. Without the sources, the interested persons in the schools and academics should have tried his needs whatsoever, on the zeroth whitehead. So the ranking source is thought to be generally useful for its informative and advisory role. On the other hand, men may criticize or even decry the methodology that they avow for more appropriate and fair assessment of schools and programs. The US News and World Report (USNWR) graduate programs ranking is notable that evaluates the graduate level programs uniquely and in contrast with other general subject rankings. Along with the reputation of source, this specificity enables to enjoy a number of subscribers in making an application decision about which school or program is competitive and personally fits. Given the study of national research council is most comprehensive and authoritative ranking source on research doctorates, called Ph.Ds, the ranking of professional schools, for instance, law schools, medical schools, nursing schools and on, as presented to the students in USNWR is very determinative in deciding which school I choose. What I like to emphasize here is concerned with the user minds of given ranking information. I worked on the published book to expand the time elements and developed the insights as a wise and personified context to talk with the insipid ranked tables. More humanly and biological approach can improve our experience of lives exposed passively and unilaterally to the rankers on steering stand. This way of approach can be connected to subject rankings enriched through most of ABA approved 212 law schools in number. USNWR publish ten subject rankings, for instance, constitutional law, international law, the kind of slate of subjects expected to study in the first year of law schools, legal writing basically and broadly to impact his or her professional lives. For the users of this information, I would give some tips for leniency and in order to digress or broaden the message of information for each fit of persons. First, as the epistemology of subject implies, the ranking is oriented to the teaching and xxxi studying of students that is more flexible to refer rather than the general law school rankings. As the diploma of law school with JD degree can capitalize on his or professional lives, it does not go wrong to say that a weight may be given to the law school rankings, as clicked on the slot "all specialties." Second, the subjects can be more preciously considered when the school endorses as marking the specialty for his concentration in the form of certificate or corner of JD diploma. Third, the context may come as similar to graduate law applicants, such as LL.M. or research doctorates in law. Most major law schools offer the general LL.M. programs and especially in case of research doctorate programs, such as SJD or Ph.D in law. The academic finality resides in his achievement as a legal scholar at the level, not his or her thesis topic. Therefore, it is academically more than convinced to refer to the guides or sources on LL.M or graduate law study including the doctorate level. As read previously, I am also one of participants to look into the statistics and quality of law schools on the data and analysis. The article, titled "The graduate law degree holders in the legal education market," can be one of source if the students or applicants prefer to capitalize on this general nature of diploma. Of course, the LL.M. program can be administered in the academic title of specific program, for instance, environmental or public health, which is considerable in number. Notably, Stanford Law School has the kinds of program as focused and in official nomenclature to specify its concentration, which is unlike the general LLMs from Wisconsin, Harvard, Berkeley and so. In case of Berkeley, however, four certificate programs are available to the students eager to highlight his focus of study on the respective fields. Forth, the subjects are mainly concerned with the JD students as most data suggests and as accustomed to the law school system of United States. The Juris Doctorate is taught-based, and the information of subject rankings for each law school can tell in the job market, for instance, recruitment process of big law firms, or career path for each JD graduate. The survey formula to ask for top institutions on respective subjects also is prepared and dominates the kind of compassion for JD education. Therefore, the applicants for the LLM or research doctorate firstly diversify his source of consultation with other specific ranking source, and secondarily complement with the information on their study subject. Fifth, the study subjects are not easy to clearly identify since the legal problems or research topics require the knowledge and information from adjacent subjects. For example, my research is devoted to investigate the new system of constitutional adjudication requiring an exposure to many scholarly fields that covered critical legal theory, criminal procedure, administrative law, social insurance law, and even civil law. In this context, it is not improper to remark that one would read the information more than fittingly to address the status of each user. So the respective users can combine the rank subjects, from two through four or five, in order to suit with his study plan in selecting his LL.M or graduate law study, for example. In this light, the following table I shows a ranking that has been yielded by combining xxxii the ranking of environmental law with that of legal writing. Same formula was applied to rank other subjects including the business/corporate law, constitutional law, and criminal law, which measure the strength of law schools in teaching to prepare all types of legal documents from court briefs, memorandum, court opinion through law review articles or texts and treatises. Therefore, the tables can be referred to not only by JD students, but also by researchers in the graduate law programs. Since some small or exclusively JD-oriented law schools are not available of LLM or graduate study, the users of table are expected to read consciously. The ranking table has a threshold to qualify so as to be enlisted that the top 44 law schools in all specialties exclusively had been selected and ranked according to the average of two subjects. As said, it could be used secondarily to refer in deciding the schools on the application of general LL.M program. Given the junior scholarly nature of LL.M. or graduate law programs, it is considered that the legal writing program is half factored to select the schools. The column 1 and 2 transcribes the US ranking, which are added for a sum in column 3. Least number is placed at top and less number attains a high ranking correspondingly thorough the end of institution. I. Environmental Law & Legal Writing # Law School Legal Writ. Env. Law Rank added averaged 1. Georgetown University 12 10 22 11 2. Arizona State University (O'Connor) 7 20 27 13.5 3(tied). University of California-Irvine 11 33 44 22 3(tied). University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill 7 37 44 22 5. Wake Forest University 6 41 47 23.5 6. University of Michigan--Ann Arbor 12 37 49 24.5 7. George Washington University 44 15 59 29.5 8. Duke University 44 19 63 31.5 9. University of Texas- Austin 44 26 70 35 10. Boston College 38 33 71 35.5 11. Northwestern University (Pritzker) 24 49 73 36.5 12(tied). Indiana University-Bloomington (Maurer) 51 31 82 41 12(tied). New York University 76 6 82 41 12(tied). University of Washington 51 31 82 41 15. University of Wisconsin-Madison 51 41 92 46 16(tied). Emory University 44 49 93 46.5 16(tied). Ohio State University (Moritz) 38 55 93 46.5 18(tied). University of Florida (Levin) 76 20 96 48 18(tied). University of 76 20 96 48 xxxiii Minnesota 20(tied). Stanford University 92 10 102 51 20(tied). University of Virginia 76 26 102 51 22. University of California--Los 101 4 105 52.5 23 Boston University 51 55 106 53 24. Cornell University 70 41 111 55.5 25 Washington University in St. Louis 51 73 124 62 26 University of California-Berkeley 127 1 128 64 27(tied). Brigham Young University (Clark) 76 55 131 65.5 27(tied). University of Notre Dame 76 55 131 65.5 29 University of Pennsylvania (Carey) 101 41 142 71 30 William &Mary Law School 101 41 142 71 31 Vanderbilt University 136 17 153 76.5 32 University of California-Davis 136 20 156 78 33 University of Iowa 106 51 157 78.5 34 Columbia University 154 6 160 80 35 Fordham University 101 63 164 82 36 Harvard University 167 10 177 88.5 37 University of IllinoisUrbana Champaign 101 79 180 90 38 Washington and Lee University 101 79 180 90 39 University of Georgia 101 85 186 93 40 Yale University 167 20 187 93.5 41 University of Alabama 127 63 190 95 42 University of Southern California (Gould) 114 96 210 105 43 University of Chicago 154 63 217 108.5 44 George Mason University 148 136 284 142 II. Business/Corporate Law & Legal Writing 1. Georgetown University 12 8 20 10 2. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 12 12 24 12 3. University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill 7 26 33 16.5 4. Northwestern University 24 12 36 18 5. Wake Forest 6 37 43 21.5 xxxiv University 6. University of California-Irvine 11 37 48 24 7. Duke University 44 12 56 28 8. Arizona State University (O'Connor) 7 52 59 29.5 9. University of Texas-Austin 44 17 61 30.5 10. Boston College 38 26 64 32 11 (tied) Boston University 51 19 70 35 11 (tied) Emory University 44 26 70 35 13 (tied) Indiana University- Bloomington (Maurer) 51 23 74 37 13 (tied) George Washington University 44 30 74 37 15. Ohio State University (Moritz) 38 37 75 37.5 16. Washington University in St. Louis 51 26 77 38.5 17. University of Iowa 51 30 81 40.5 18. New York University 79 3 82 41 19. University of Virginia 76 8 84 42 20. Brigham Young University (Clark) 76 19 85 42.5 21. Cornell University 70 16 86 43 22. University of Minnesota 76 19 95 47.5 23. Stanford University 92 5 97 48.5 24. University of WisconsinMadison 51 48 99 49.5 25. University of Pennsylvania (Carey) 101 6 107 53.5 26. University of Chicago 101 7 108 54 27. University of California-Los Angeles 101 8 109 54.5 28. University of Washington 51 61 112 56 29 (tied) University of Florida (Levin) 76 37 113 56.5 xxxv 29 (tied) University of Notre Dame 76 37 113 56.5 31. Fordham University 101 17 118 59 32. University of Georgia 101 23 124 62 33. University of CaliforniaBerkeley 127 4 131 65.5 34. University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign 101 30 131 65.5 35. University of Southern California (Gould) 114 22 136 68 36. William & Mary Law School 101 37 138 69 37. Vanderbilt University 136 12 148 74 38. Washington & Lee University 101 52 153 76.5 39. Columbia University 154 1 155 77.5 40. University of California-Davis 136 23 159 79.5 41. Harvard University 167 1 168 84 42. Yale University 167 8 175 87.5 43. University of Alabama 127 61 188 42 44. George Mason University 148 48 196 98 III. Constitutional Law & Legal Writing 1. Georgetown University 12 9 21 10.5 2. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 12 13 25 12.5 3. University of California –Irvine 11 19 30 15 4. University of North Carolina -– Chapel Hill 7 25 32 16 5. Northwestern University (Pritzker) 24 13 37 18.5 6. Arizona State University (O'Connor) 7 38 45 22.5 7. Duke University 44 9 53 26.5 xxxvi 8. University of Texas--Austin 44 11 55 7 9. Wake Forest University 6 54 60 30 10. Ohio State University (Moritz) 38 28 66 33 11 (tied) Boston College 38 31 69 34.5 11 (tied) George Washington University 44 25 69 34.5 13 (tied) Boston University 51 19 70 35 13 (tied) Washington University in St. Louis 51 19 70 35 15. Emory University 44 28 72 36 16. New York University 76 5 81 40.5 17 (tied) Cornell University 70 13 83 41.5 17 (tied) University of Virginia 76 7 83 41.5 19 (tied) University of Iowa 51 38 89 44.5 19 (tied) University of Wisconsin – Madison 51 38 89 44.5 21 University of Notre Dame 76 18 94 47 22 (tied) Indiana University – Bloomington (Maurer) 51 44 95 47.5 22 (tied) University of Minnesota 76 19 95 47.5 22 (tied) Stanford University 92 3 95 47.5 25. University of Washington 51 59 110 55 26. University of Pennsylvania (Carey) 101 11 112 56 27. University of California-Los Angeles 101 13 114 57 28. William & Mary Law School 101 19 120 60 29. Fordham University 101 25 126 63 30. Brigham Young University (Clark) 76 54 130 65 31. University of Georgia 101 31 132 66 32. University of California127 7 134 67 xxxvii Berkeley 33. University of Illinois-UrbanaChampaign 101 35 136 68 34. University of Florida (Levin) 76 67 143 71.5 35. University of Southern California (Gould) 114 31 145 72.5 36. Washington and Lee University 101 44 145 72.5 37. Vanderbilt University 136 17 153 76.5 38. University of California --Davis 136 19 155 77.5 39 (tied) University of Alabama 127 31 158 79 39 (tied) University of Chicago 154 4 158 79 41. Columbia University 154 5 159 79.5 42. Yale University 167 1 168 89 43. Harvard University 167 2 169 89.5 44. George Mason University 148 38 186 93 IV. Criminal Law & Legal Writing 1. Georgetown University 12 5 17 8.5 2. University of Michigan – Ann Arbor 12 10 22 11 3. University of California – Irvine 11 17 28 14 4. University of North Carolina 7 22 29 14.5 5. Wake Forest University 6 29 35 17.5 6 (tied) Arizona State University (O'Connor) 7 33 40 20 6 (tied) Northwestern University (Pritzker) 24 16 40 20 8. Ohio State University 38 15 53 26.5 9. Duke University 44 10 54 27 10. University of Texas -Austin 44 17 61 30.5 11. George 44 22 66 33 xxxviii Washington University 12 (tied) Emory University 44 33 77 36.5 12 (tied) New York University 76 1 77 36.5 12 (tied) Washington University in St. Louis 51 26 77 36.5 15 (tied) Boston College 38 43 81 40.5 15 (tied) Boston University 51 30 81 40.5 17. University of Virginia 76 6 82 41 18. University of Wisconsin – Madison 51 33 84 42 19. Cornell University 70 17 87 43.5 20. Stanford University 92 1 93 46.5 21 (tied) Indiana University – Bloomington (Maurer) 51 43 94 47 21 (tied) University of Iowa 51 43 94 47 21 (tied) University of Washington 51 43 94 47 24. University of Minnesota 76 22 98 49 25. University of Pennsylvania (Carey) 101 6 107 53.5 26. University of Florida (Levin) 76 33 109 54.5 27. University of California-Los Angeles 101 10 111 55.5 28 (tied) Fordham University 101 17 118 59 28 (tied) William & Mary Law School 101 17 118 59 30. University of Notre Dame 76 43 119 59.5 31. University of CaliforniaBerkeley 127 3 130 65 32 (tied) University of Georgia 101 33 134 67 32 (tied) University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign 101 33 134 67 34 (tied) Brigham Young University 76 68 144 72 34 (tied) Washington and Lee University 101 43 144 72 xxxix 36. Vanderbilt University 136 10 146 73 37. University of Southern California (Gould) 114 33 147 73.5 38. University of California – Davis 136 22 158 79 39. Columbia University 154 6 160 80 40. University of Chicago 154 10 164 82 41 (tied) Harvard University 167 3 170 85 41 (tied) University of Alabama 127 43 170 85 43. Yale University 167 6 173 86.5 44. George Mason University 148 74 222 111  All three sets of this reference could be revised with the suggestions and criticism. Your support with advice and suggestions will also improve my initial publication within the social media of global researchers, i.e., SSRN, Academia.edu, Researchgate.net and Philpapers.org. It will be part of my consulting reference and school guide. At any time, the comment and suggestion are welcome for the data errors or any constructive goodness. Any questions or inquiries will be directed to the author of this data sheet: Kiyoung Kim, Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, Chosun University. E-mail) kiyoungkim@chosun.ac.kr