From US News & World Reports:Anesthesia (Master's)(New! Ranked in 2003.)Rank/School Average assessment score (5 =highest)1. Virginia Commonwealth University 4.02. Army Graduate Program in AnesthesiaNursing (TX) 3.83.

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Navy Nurse Corps (MD) 3.7Rush University (IL) 3.75. Albany Medical College (NY) 3.66. Duke University (NC) 3.5Oakland University-Beaumont (MI) 3.5University of Pittsburgh 3.5University of Texas Health ScienceCenter-Houston 3.510. Baylor College of Medicine (TX) 3.4Cleveland Clinic Foundation/Case WesternReserve Univ. 3.4Georgetown University (DC) 3.4Kaiser Permanente School ofAnesthesia/Calif.

State U.-Fullerton 3.4Samuel Merritt College (CA) 3.4University at Buffalo (NY) 3.4University of Cincinnati 3.4Wake Forest Univ./Univ. Of NorthCarolina-Greensboro 3.418. Case Western Reserve University (OH) 3.3Medical College of Georgia 3.3Raleigh School of Nurse Anesthesia/U. OfN.C.-Greensboro 3.3Sacred Heart Medical Center/GonzagaUniversity (WA) 3.3University of Michigan-Flint/HurleyMedical Center 3.3Wayne State University (MI) 3.3Westmoreland-Latrobe Hospitals/LaRocheCollege (PA) 3.325. Columbia University (NY) 3.2Medical University of South Carolina 3.2University of Detroit Mercy 3.2University of Iowa 3.2University of Kansas 3.230. Mayo School of Health Sciences (MN) 3.1Northeastern University/New England MedicalCenter (MA) 3.1Uniformed Services University of the HealthSciences (MD) 3.1University of Alabama-Birmingham 3.1University of Tennessee Health ScienceCenter 3.1University of Tennessee-Knoxville 3.136.

Bryan LGH Medical Center/University ofKansas 3.0Decatur Memorial Hospital/BradleyUniversity (IL) 3.0Henry Ford Hospital/University of DetroitMercy 3.0Minneapolis School of Anesthesia 3.0Mount Marty College (SD) 3.0Trover Foundation/Murray State University(KY) 3.0University of Akron (OH) 3.0University of Southern California 3.044. Carolinas Health Care System /U.

Of NorthCarolina-Charlotte 2.9Evanston Northwestern Healthcare/DePaulUniversity (IL) 2.9University of North Dakota 2.947. Charleston Area Medical Center (WV) 2.8Drexel University (PA) 2.8Minneapolis VA School of Anesthesia 2.8Pennsylvania Hospital 2.8U. Of South Carolina/Palmetto RichlandMemorial Hospital 2.8University of New England (ME) 2.853. Allegheny Valley Hospital/La RocheCollege (PA) 2.7Franciscan Skemp Healthcare School ofAnesthesia (WI) 2.7Hamot Medical Center/Gannon University (PA)2.7Montgomery Hospital (PA) 2.7Newman University (KS) 2.7Old Dominion University (VA) 2.7Truman Medical Center (MO) 2.7University ofTennessee-Chattanooga/Erlanger Health System 2.761. Lankenau Hospital (PA) 2.6Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville2.6St.

Of Minnesota/AbbottNorthwestern Hospital 2.6Texas Wesleyan University 2.6Webster University (MO) 2.6Wyoming Valley Health CareSystem/University of Scranton (PA) 2.667. Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia2.5Nazareth Hospital (PA) 2.5New Britain School of Nurse Anesthesia (CT)2.5St. Joseph Hospital (RI) 2.5.This ranking was computed in January of the yearcited, based on data from a survey sent out in the fall of the previousyear.Copyright © 2003 U.S. News & World Report. Please read and understand how the rankings are derived.The ranking methodologyEach year, U.S. News ranks graduate programs in the areas of business, education, engineering, law, and medicine.

These rankings are based on two types of data:. 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 1,000 programs and nearly 7,000 academics and other professionals conducted in the fall of 2002.This year, we also produced new rankings of graduate programs in selected health fields and the fine arts, surveying nearly 2,000 faculty and administrators. The rankings in these fields, plus those from previous years in health-related fields, humanities, sciences, social sciences, and public affairs, are based solely on the ratings of academic experts.To gather the opinion data, we asked deans, program directors, and senior faculty to judge the overall academic quality of programs in their field on a scale of 1 ('marginal') to 5 ('outstanding'). Originally posted by CougRNAny practicing CRNA's see these rankings effecting their ability to find work at their top places to work? Just wondering if these rankings have any bearing when you graduate and go to work.As near as I can tell, the only thing that affects your ability to find work is whether or not you can put CRNA behind your name. Where you got it is generally irrelevant.These rankings rely on 'expert' opinion, which is a highly subjective measure. Newman University has graduated three classes, and they have a 100% first time pass rate.

That alone should be enough to move them up considerably in the rankings. Also, these rankings do not include other factors, such as class size. Newman accepts 12 students per year. Wesleyan, last I heard, accepts 90 a year, and that number may have gone up. At which program do you think you will get more individualized attention?

On the other hand, which program offers you a better chance of getting in? I've also heard a rumor that Wesleyan makes a TON of money off it's CRNA program, which is then funnelled into the Wesleyan Law School, which doesn't seem to be quite the money maker. I'm not slamming Wesleyan, they turn out good graduates. But, these are all factors to be considered when comparing schools.I've said before, and will say again: If you are considering becoming a CRNA, pay no attention to what ANY magazine says about 'ranking' schools.

Do the research yourself. Look for a school that most closely matches your desires and learning styles. If you graduate with a Master's degree, if the school prepares you well enough to pass boards, and you end up being able to use the title 'CRNA,' it won't matter whether you graduated from Harvard or Podunk U.Kevin McHugh. I just wanted to post a short reply to the CRNA ranking thread. I am the Program Director at a program which was not highly ranked.

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(Full Disclosure). As the survey was conducted, Program Directors were asked to provide ranking data for the Programs with which they were familiar. Many PD's felt that there was a dearth of objective evidence by which to complete the form i.e. Best clinical rotations, broadest regional experience, highest scores/passing rate on the certification exam etc. We were asked only what our general impressions of the Program were. As such, many PD's did not respond to the survey, feeling that it was little more than a popularity contest.

Call Newsweek and ask them their response rate to their survey if you like. I know all the programs in the top ten and they are all high quality prorams.

I just don't want students to think that if they attend a program ranked in the 30's that it is necessarily a second tier program. Top ten lists pervade the media now because they are easy to construct, have a high degree of 'sex appeal' and sell alot of magazines. You are all nurses. I'm sure there are physicians in your hospital who have been named to regional or national top ten lists that you would not choose as your physician. Use good sense and a little research when making your decisions. Crnaonline,Thank you for your input.

I have always felt that those rankings are not a very good representation of what a program or hospital is actually like. One of the programs I have been very impressed with did not even make the list. Over the years I have worked in a couple of hospitals that were 'Nationally Ranked' as one of the 'Best' and believe me, there was nothing impressive about those hospitals. One of the grungiest, poorly staffed and poorly equipped hospitals I have ever been in, is consistantly ranked as one of the best hospitals in the country.I guess it depends on who you ask.

I am choosing a CRNA program based on the criteria that is most important to me.not how high it ranks in a magazine. Just another point- In one state's student anesthesia bowl this year (at state meeting), a school listed in the 40's beat a top ten school. Granted, that's just one little trivia game. But it's simply a point how ridiculous and unreliable these polls are. All of the competition is-all that matters is that you end up with CRNA behind your name. I'll agree with Kevin, you have to find your fit! Do you want to go to a top ten school where you'd have to compete with residents, or a 'lower ranked school' where there are no residents?

OR, it could be that exact opposite situation. My advice to all SRNA wannabe's-research, research, research. Ask tons of questions. Make sure you know what you're getting into at each individual program! I gave up spots at two schools ranked higher than the one I chose, and I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that I'm in the right place for me! I, too, have occasionally looked at the 'rankings' of undergraduate and graduate nursing programs published in the national news magazines and used to wonder how the scores were arrived at, since nursing schools that I knew from my colleagues and mentors were considered among the best in the country were ranked relatively low.A mentor of mine in grad school told me that the final 'scores' are derived largely from the amount of research money awarded to the program by the federal government and other granting agencies. Those figures, of course, would have v.

Little to do with the quality of the teaching and clinical experience a program provides to students.It makes sense that if, as others on this thread have commented, leaders in the field are reluctant to respond to a highly subjective opinion poll (as I would be!), the magazines would fall back on hard numbers that are readily available to them (even if the numbers don't really measure anything terribly significant or relevant).I just don't bother to look at the annual listings anymore.