U.S. News and World Report Best Graduate and Professional Schools

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	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2023-2024	2024	2025
BUSINESS SCHOOLS	85	68	61	52	48	55	53	52	43	39	52	55	86	47	46
MBA PROGRAMS
Part-Time MBA			64	53	64	66	71	56	48	39	39	34	43	35	36
EDUCATION SCHOOLS	23	24	32	22	27	30	27	34	35	39	34	32	27	34	35
EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Education Psychology			13	14	13	NR	NR	NR	NR	22	NR	17	22	NR	23
Curriculum & Instruction													27	NR	NR
ENGINEERING SCHOOLS	52	47	45	43	43	43	42	47	47	51	47	48	47	45	43
ENGINEERING PROGRAMS
Biomedical Engineering/Bioengineering			16	15	16	18	12	18	18	19	24	18	21	25	28
Chemical Engineering			38	39	39	36	33	32	32	33	33	34	34	42	44
Civil Engineering			56	61	53	56	60	55	56	59	57	60	55	63	58
Computer Engineering			50	58	54	48	43	43	45	49	51	47	44	49	50
Electrical/Electronic/Communications Engineering			55	58	52	55	55	55	55	54	58	53	54	53	61
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering			53	55	48	54	48	48	58	51	53	55	56	48	54
Industrial/Manufacturing/Systems Engineering			21	23	22	23	17	17	18	22	23	56	27	24	24
Materials Engineering			47	56	53	55	43	50	54	54	54	56	57	52	50
Mechanical Engineering			49	52	49	51	57	48	47	50	49	56	53	50	55
HEALTH SCHOOL SPECIALTY PROGRAMS
Audiology		8				7				7				6	5
Clinical Psychology		18				11				8					14
Healthcare Management	25				29				17					14	12
Nursing Anesthesia	3				1	4								2	2
Nursing Midwifery	NR				NR	NR				27				29	26
Occupational Therapy		6				4				3				1	3
Pharmacy		14				9				13				9
Physical Therapy		3				1				1				8	9
Physician Assistant					57				93					50	26
Public Health	11				13				13		15	15	15	16	16
Rehabilitation Counseling	23				18				20				17	17	24
Social Work	14	11				10		11	17			21		12
Speech – Language Pathology		8				7				3				5	5
LAW SCHOOLS	71	69	91	81	78	78	82	74	77	76	67	78	89	91	79
LAW SPECIALTIES
Business/Corporate Law										75	78	78	78	85	78
Clinical Training			NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	112	121	99	92	89	123	101
Constitutional Law										69	71	65	65	68	65
Contracts/Commercial Law										69	62	80	80	64	83
Criminal Law										57	61	80	73	61	51
Dispute Resolution Programs															110
Environmental Law			NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	82	85	90	109	80	94	86
Health Care Law			13	14	14	12	18	20	27	32	29	38	29	28	34
Intellectual Property Law			NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	60	51	44	45	51	48	58
International Law			NR	NR	29	NR	NR	27	45	43	43	42	50	66	45
Legal Writing			NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	76	68	128	NR	NR	NR
Tax law			NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	25	26	47	28	31	40	35
Trial Advocacy			NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	76	131	124	120	139	150	151
Most Grads in Public Interest Law															27
Most Grads in Federal Clerkships															26
LIBRARY & INFORMATION STUDIES SCHOOLS	10		10				10				17				16
LIBRARY & INFORMATION STUDIES PROGRAMS
Archives and Preservation			6				6				9				9
Digital Librarianship			10				11				14				12
Health Librarianship			3				1				NR				NR
Information Systems			4				9				11				11
School Library Media			13				NR				NR				NR
MEDICAL SCHOOLS
Primary Care		18		18	19	11	13	14	14	17	34	10	11	Tier 2	Tier 2
Count of Tier 1 Schools - Primary Care														15	16
Count of Tier 2 Schools - Primary Care														70	70
Count of Tier 3 Schools - Primary Care														105	105
Count of Tier 4 Schools - Primary Care														56	60
Research		15		17	16	16	15	14	13	14	13	14	13	Tier 1	Tier 1
Count of Tier 1 Schools - Research														16	16
Count of Tier 2 Schools - Research														72	74
Count of Tier 3 Schools - Research														105	111
Count of Tier 4 Schools - Research														60	60
MEDICAL SCHOOL DIVERSITY											56	50	100	33
MEDICAL SPECIALTIES
Anesthesiology								10	NR	17	NR	NR	NR
Drug and Alcohol Abuse				9	11	8	10
Geriatrics				9	10	10	9
Internal Medicine				16	18	13	16	NR	19	19	22	NR	15
Obstetrics & Gynecology				4	4	5	6	6	NR	7	11	16	10
Pediatrics				7	11	9	8	7	8	11	15	NR	18
Psychiatry								9	10	8	6	7	7
Radiology								NR	8	NR	NR	NR	NR
Surgery								10	NR	10	11	10	16
Most Graduates Participating in Rural Areas											88	92	83	86	134
Most Graduates Practicing in Medically Underserved Areas											99	92	121	121	103
Most Graduates Practicing in Primary Care Fields											139	107	90	94	130
NURSING SCHOOLS
Masters	7				5	13	8	7	12	6	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Doctor of Nursing Practice						8	7	5	9	8	6	7	10	11	12
NURSING SPECIALTIES
Master's - Clinical Nurse Leader										3
DNP - Nurse Practitioner: Adult/Gerontology, Primary Care										4	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
DNP - Nurse Practitioner: Administration/Management											4	5	6
DNP - Nurse Practitioner: Family										16	12	13	NR	NR	NR
Clinical Nurse Leader					3	4	3	4	7				4
Nurse Practitioner: Adult/Gerontology, Acute Care					5		6	7	9						NR
Nurse Practitioner: Adult/Gerontology, Primary Care					12		13	12	NR						NR
Nurse Practitioner: Family					17		15	12	NR						NR
Nurse Practitioner: Pediatric, Primary Care					3		9	6	7						NR
Nurse Practitioner: Psychiatric/Mental Health, Across the Lifespan					5		12	12	7					5	5
Nursing Administration					5		4	10	10				5		NR
Nursing Informatics					6		6	7	NR
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT													50
PUBLIC AFFAIRS SCHOOLS	27	33				34		34	35	38	38	39	39	34	34
PUBLIC AFFAIRS SPECIALTIES
International/Global Policy and Administration			NR			NR		7	10	7	7	8	9	6	6
Local Government Management			NR			NR		19	NR	NR	NR	21	15		NR
Public Management and Leadership			NR			NR		37	29	NR	40	NR	NR		NR
Public Policy Analysis														31	31
Urban Policy			19			NR		NR	NR	18	22	27	22	16	16
EARTH SCIENCES													70
SCIENCE SPECIALTIES
Biology		46		42				46				50
Biostatistics												19
Chemistry		38		35				39				42	42
Computer Science		53		52				49				55	57	56	51
Earth Science		81		88				90				62	70
Mathematics		59		60				55				53	62
Physics		52		50				47				48	38
Statistics		45		49				55				35
SOCIAL SCIENCES & HUMANITIES SPECIALTIES
Economics		39		36			39				30	38
English		35		39			35				32
History		42		36			44				34
Political Science		39		40			40				37
Psychology		36		30			26					39
Sociology		54		52			57				54

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