Peabody ranked No. 2 among education schools

The latest graduate and professional schools rankings compiled by U.S. News & World Report lists Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of education and human development as No. 2 — behind Stanford University only — among education schools.

Last year, Peabody tied for third with Harvard University.

“Peabody’s elevation to No. 2 is very gratifying,” said Camilla Benbow, dean of Education and Human Development at Peabody, in a statement. “More importantly, it reflects the outstanding efforts of our faculty and students who are inspired to address the thorniest problems in education.”

Peabody was ranked the best in the nation for administration/supervision programs, No. 2 for special education, No. 4 for education policy, No. 5 for elementary education, No. 8 for higher education administration, No. 9 for educational psychology and No. 10 for both curriculum/instruction and secondary education.

In other rankings released on Friday, Vanderbilt Law School and the research program at Vanderbilt University Medical Center made gains. Vanderbilt Law School moved up a notch to No. 15 after tying for 16th last year. The research program at Vanderbilt University Medical Center moved up two spots to tie at No. 16 with the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago.