U.S.News & World Report Announces the 2009 Publication of America's Best Gradua...(m/grad target _new http://www.usnews.co...),Health

This year's edition of America's Best Graduate Schools also includes articles on the following:
-- Get Your Boss to Pay for It -- Half of all workers today are eligible

for tuition benefits, up from 38 percent in 2000. U.S. News offers

advice on how to capitalize on such benefits from employers and the

government.

-- Back to School, for Adults -- One quarter of all grad students start at

age 36 or older, and nearly half of all grad students enroll between

the ages of 24 and 35. For these non-traditional students, grad school

is a delicate balance of study time and family time.

-- Your Body, Your Medicine -- Dr. Bernadine Healy explains how the rise

of "personalized medicine" -- treatments tailored to a specific

patient's genetic makeup-is changing the way medical schools teach.

-- Two for One -- More law schools are offering business school classes

and joint business degrees. This move to include more specialized and

practical training helps aspiring attorneys meld their professional

goals with their clients' needs.

For information about Best Graduate School badges, please E-mail badges@usnews.com. To request reprints of U.S. News content, E-mail permissions@usnews.com. For interview requests, please E-mail Liz Putze at eputze@usnews.com.

2009 Graduate School Rankings

Schools of Business

1. Harvard University (MA)

Stanford University (CA)

3. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)

4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)

Northwestern University (Kellogg) (IL)

University of Chicago

7. Dartmouth College (Tuck) (NH)

University of California-Berkeley (Haas)

9. Columbia University (NY)

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