Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania has been named the top nursing school in the U.S., while Cambridge, Mass.-based Harvard University has been named the top medical school, according to the U.S. Career Institute, an online career training platform.
The institute considered several factors when determining its rankings: academic reputation, employer reputation, citations per paper and the international work research network, according to a May 6 news release shared with Becker's.
The 10 universities with the best nursing schools in the U.S.:
1. University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
2. Johns Hopkins (Baltimore)
3. University of Washington (Seattle)
4. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
5. Yale University (New Haven, Conn.)
6. University of California San Francisco
7. New York University (New York City)
8. Columbia University (New York City)
9. Duke University (Durham, N.C.)
10. University of California Los Angeles
The 10 universities with the best medical schools in the U.S.:
1. Harvard University (Cambridge, Mass.)
2. Stanford (Calif.) University
3. Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Md.)
4. University of California Los Angeles
5. University of California San Francisco
6. Yale University (New Haven, Conn.)
7. Columbia University (New York City)
8. University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
9. Duke University (Durham, N.C.)
10. University of Washington (Seattle)