Complex sentence: The National Research Council has ranked the Ph.D program as the the 2nd best program in the United States andthe U.S. News & World Report has ranked the program as 9th best in the nation.
Split into simpler sentences: The National Research Council has ranked the Ph.D program as the the 2nd best program in the United States. The U.S. News & World Report has ranked the program as 9th best in the nation.