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

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

Please Note: Not all categories are ranked each year. If a category was not ranked for that particular year, it is left blank. If a category was ranked and Pitt did not make the list, NR is displayed.  

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