BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The University of Alabama at Birmingham's (UAB) AIDS and health administration programs again have been ranked among the nation's Top 10 graduate programs, according to rankings released Thursday, April, 23, in U.S. News Media Group's 2010 edition of America's Best Graduate Schools, available online at www.usnews.com/grad and featured in the May U.S. News & World Report magazine, on newsstands April 28.

The AIDS program within the School of Medicine is ranked sixth, while the School of Health Professions master's degree program in Health Administration is ranked seventh.

The master's program in the School of Nursing is ranked 26th in the nation. The School of Medicine also ranked 29th in research and 35th in primary care.

Each year, U.S. News & World Report ranks professional-school programs in business, education, engineering, law and medicine. The rankings are based on expert opinion about program quality and statistical indicators that measure the quality of a school's faculty, research and students. For the rankings in all five areas, indicator and opinion data come from surveys of more than 1,200 programs and some 9,600 academics and professionals.

The magazine also ranks programs in the sciences, social sciences and humanities on a rotating basis, usually every three years. These rankings are based solely on the ratings of academic experts, as are the health specialties.

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