US News Releases Graduate School Rankings 2023

Following the boycott by several top law schools and medical schools, US News & World Report has released its annual rankings of the best graduate schools in the United States. Here is a look at the top institutions in each category.

Best Business Schools

1. University of Chicago Booth School of Business

2. Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University

3. Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

4. Sloan School of Management at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

5. Business School at Harvard University

6. Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and Graduate School of Business at Stanford University (tie)

8. Stephen M. Ross School of Business at University of Michigan--Ann Arbor and School of Management at Yale University (tie)

10. Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University

Best Engineering Schools

1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2. Stanford University

3. University of California, Berkeley

4. College of Engineering at Purdue University--West Lafayette

5. Carnegie Institute of Technology at Carnegie Mellon University and Georgia Institute of Technology (tie)

7. California Institute of Technology, College of Engineering at University of Michigan--Ann Arbor and Cockrell School of Engineering at University of Texas--Austin (tie)

10. College of Engineering at Texas A&M University--College Station

Best Nursing Schools

1. Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University

2. Johns Hopkins University

3. University of Pennsylvania

4. Duke University and University of Washington (tie)

6. Columbia University and Vanderbilt University (tie)

8. Ohio State University and University of Michigan — Ann Arbor (tie)

10. University of Alabama--Birmingham

Best Education Schools

1. Teachers College, Columbia University and University of Michigan--Ann Arbor (tie)

3. School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University, University of Pennsylvania and University of Wisconsin--Madison (tie)

6. Peabody College of Education and Human Development at Vanderbilt University

7. Stanford University and University of California--Los Angeles (tie)

9. Harvard University and Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at New York University (tie)

Changes in Ranking Methodology

Following a severe criticism of its methodologies, US News has focused its results on changes that education can bring. Keeping that in mind here are the changes to this year’s ranking system:

• U.S. News lowered its weights on reputation factors to equal 25% across several rankings. With outcome measures outweighing reputation, schools are able to demonstrate their value by having strong outcome performance.
• For the first time, U.S. News published five new master’s degree-level rankings in the following public health specialties: biostatistics, environmental health sciences, epidemiology, health policy and management, and social and behavioral sciences, as well as an inaugural ranking in the Ph.D. physics specialty called physics of living systems.
• U.S. News once again published new rankings for master’s programs in health care management, physician assistant, rehabilitation counseling and veterinary medicine.
• U.S. News issued new rankings of graduate programs in other popular academic disciplines. These include chemistry, computer science, physics and public affairs.

Medical and Law School Rankings

The US News rankings for Best Medical and Law Schools have been delayed indefinitely. The publisher released a preview of its rankings although there was a boycott from top schools. However, there was a lot of feedback to the initial lists. "The level of interest in our rankings, including from those schools that declined to participate in our survey, has been beyond anything we have experienced in the past." While the rest of the rankings have been released, the Medical and Law School Lists are delayed indefinitely.

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