U.S. News and World Report
America’s Best Colleges
U.S News and World Report consistently recognizes Oakland in its annual report about "America’s Best Colleges." Oakland has been listed among national-doctoral universities since the 2002-03 edition. Prior to appearing on the national list,
U.S. News and World Report ranked Oakland among the top universities in the Midwest.
Best Graduate Schools
Oakland University’s Beaumont Graduate Program of Nurse Anesthesia was recognized as 11th in the United States in the 2007 edition of
U.S. News and World Report’s America’s Best Graduate Schools.
The program, which provides an exceptional educational environment for training certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs), started in 1991 as a collaborative initiative to address the nurse anesthesia shortage. Currently, there are 86 graduate programs of nurse anesthesia in the United States with four in Michigan.
U.S. News began its annual rankings of American colleges and universities in 1983 with the fall of 1987 marking the first publication of the newsstand book, "America’s Best Colleges." "America’s Best Graduate Schools" came on board in 1994. In 1983, rankings were purely reputational, based on an opinion survey of 662 college presidents. Since then, rankings have been modified more than a dozen times to include measures such as selectivity, strength of faculty and SAT scores.