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Pinnacle: Top Public Graduate Education Program in Nation According to U.S. News & World Report's annual survey of top graduate schools, the University of Oregon College of Education is the leading public graduate program of education and ranks fourth of all education programs in the nation for 2009–10. UO College of Education faculty again leads the nation's education researchers in productivity as measured by research award expenditures per tenured faculty member, topping all 50 ranked graduate schools of education in the country. The college's special education program is ranked third in the nation for the tenth consecutive year. "More than $29 million was put to work in every single school district in the state of Oregon as a result of the UO College of Education's research and teaching excellence last year, said COE dean Michael Bullis. Rankings are indicators of how others perceive our education programs, said Bullis. They also demonstrate the hard work faculty contributes in leveraging federal funding to change and improve school and social services systems, said Bullis. UO education faculty research activity represents just slightly less than a million dollars per faculty member in the applied measure for annual use of external awards designated for educational research and related activities. All 50 states, 10 U.S. jurisdictions, and 18 countries worldwide utilize the research and outreach services of UO College of Education faculty.
Staying Strong at #4 in the U.S. Top Ten The top ten public and private programs are
1. Vanderbilt University (Peabody) (TN)
2. Stanford University (CA)
3. Teachers College, Columbia University (NY)
4. University of Oregon
5. University of California–Los Angeles
6. Harvard University (MA)
7. Johns Hopkins University (MD)
7. Northwestern University (IL)
7. University of California–Berkeley
7. University of Texas–Austin
7. University of Wisconsin–Madison
12. University of Washington
A Summary of Current Rankings: Compared with other graduate colleges of education in the nation, the UO College of Education is rated
• #1 overall for faculty productivity in funded research per faculty member in the top 50 schools surveyed
• #1 public graduate school of education nationally
• #3 in the nation for its special education program for 10 years in a row
• #4 nationally among all graduate education programs, its highest national ranking ever
• The only top-tier ranked college of education in Oregon and the best in the Northwest
Faculty Productivity Noted by the Chronicle of Higher Education Another set of rankings that puts three COE programs in the top 10 in their areas was created by The Chronicle of Higher Education in 2007. "In this faculty productivity index, special education is ranked eighth, counseling psychology is ranked third, and school psychology is ranked first nationally," says Special Education and Clinical Sciences department head Kenneth Merrell. Previous Rankings, U.S. News & World Report
2008-9:
• #1 overall for faculty productivity in funded research per faculty member in the top 50 schools surveyed
• #2 among public graduate schools of education nationally
• #3 in the nation for its special education program–for 9 years in a row
• #5 nationally among all graduate education programs 2007–8: Overall ranking of the UO College of Education was 12th in the nation among public and private institutions and 6th of all public graduate schools of education 2006–7: 15th overall and 8th of public education programs | 
