Relationship between an AHC and its university, and medical and nursing school rankings
AHC* relationship to University Total
% in Top 50 for NIH Funding (FY2011)
% in Top 50 in USNWR Med. Sch. Research Rankings (2011)**
% in Top 50 in USNWR Med. Sch. Primary Care Rankings (2011)**
% in Top 50 in USNWR-Nursing Rankings (2011)
AHC: Proximate/Small
17
76%
94%
47%
41%
AHC: Proximate/Large
34
65%
68%
62%
65%
AHC: Freestanding
11
42%
45%
64%
72%
AHC: Distant related
15
28%
40%
60%
33%
*US News & World Report (USNWR) National Universities 2012; the Thomson Reuters World Rankings 2011-12; and the Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities 2011.
**USNWR Medical Schools - Research 2012; USNWR Medical Schools - Primary Care 2012; USNWR Nursing Schools 2012; and total National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant dollars

Definitions:

  • Proximate: A medical school part of a public or private university and located in the same city as the parent university.
  • Distant: A medical school part of a public or private university, but not located in the same city as the parent university (this category includes urban/suburban relationships).
  • Small: Enrollment less than 20,000 per IPEDS (Department of Education) based on Fall 2009 data
  • Large: Enrollment equal to 20,000 and greater per IPEDS based on Fall 2009 data Compiled by the GHSU Department of Institutional Research

 

Revised: 2/10/12