Along with its well-known, researched university ranking lists, U.S. News takes its methodology a step further to dive deeper into which universities are best for specific subjects. Its subject-specific rankings, the outlet notes, are determined based on "publications and citations, as well as indicators for global and regional reputation in each specific subject."
The following schools were recently ranked by U.S. News as the top universities for studying infectious disease:
- Harvard University (Cambridge, Mass.)
- Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore)
- University of Washington, Seattle
- University of California, San Francisco
- University of Pittsburgh
- Emory University (Atlanta)
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)
- University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
- University of Florida (Gainesville)