By Linda Satter
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)’ colleges of medicine, nursing, public health and health professions were recently recognized by U.S. News & World Report as among the best graduate schools in the country.
The UAMS College of Medicine continued to climb the rankings, earning 17th place overall in primary care, up from 36th last year.
In a reflection of UAMS’ ongoing push to improve primary care in rural and medically needy areas of Arkansas, the medical school also placed 18th in serving rural areas, fourth in serving medically needy areas and 24th in producing the most primary care graduates. Last year, UAMS ranked 20th nationally in serving rural areas, wasn’t ranked in the category of serving medically needy areas and ranked 36th in producing the most primary care graduates.
