UT-Houston School of Nursing Ranks in Nation’s Top 10 Percent

The recently released U.S. News & World Report’s list of “2003 America’s Best Graduate Schools” has ranked The University of Texas School of Nursing at Houston among the top 10 percent of the nation’s nursing schools. The school moved up in the rankings to 29th from 32nd among 354 master’s programs surveyed. Its nursing anesthesia program, previously ranked 8th, climbed to 6th out of 70 others to enter the top 9 percent.

“We are proud of Dean Starck and our School of Nursing,” said James T. Willerson, M.D., UT-Houston president. “In a short time, the UT School of Nursing at Houston has moved into the top tier of nursing schools. We are appreciative of the important work by our faculty, staff and students that results in this kind of national recognition.”

The school shared the same category with universities such as Duke, Georgetown, and Vanderbilt.

“This climb in the rankings was a pleasant surprise for us, because we really haven’t given rankings much thought recently,” said Patricia L. Starck, D.S.N., dean of the nursing school. “The philosopher and physician Viktor Frankl once said, ‘One should not chase after honors; if you do something well, honors come to you.’ Certainly, we have been working very hard to be the best that we can be.”

Starck added that the rankings reflect the dedication to teaching, research, and practice shared by her nursing faculty, as well as the hard work of the school’s students, who make up one of the most diverse populations in U.S. nursing education. The school is preparing to move into its new $57 million, eight-floor School of Nursing and Student Community Center in less than a year.

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