The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is ranked in the top tier for research among medical schools in the latest annual rankings from U.S. News & World Report, released July 23.
The rankings are presented in a new format: Schools are grouped into four tiers based on their percentiles among all the rated schools, rather than listed numerically as they were in previous years.
For the research category, Pitt is one of only 16 schools selected for the top tier out of the 102 schools ranked. The top tier includes schools rated in the 85th percentile or above.
Last year, under the conventional ranking system, Pitt was tied for No. 13 for research, placing it in the top 17.
“We are proud to be recognized for the excellence of our research, for which Pitt is ranked No. 6 among universities in funding from the National Institutes of Health,” said Anantha Shekhar, Pitt’s senior vice chancellor for the health sciences and John and Gertrude Petersen Dean, School of Medicine.
This year, U.S. News continued to use numerical rankings for diversity. Pitt was listed at No. 33, placing it in the top 20%, largely based on the percentage of students from groups underrepresented in medicine, as defined by the Association of American Medical Colleges.
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