WASHINGTON, March 20, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/
-- U.S. News & World Report today announced the 2019 Best
Graduate Schools, which are designed for prospective students
looking to continue their education and advance their careers. As
the global authority in rankings and consumer advice, U.S. News
evaluates graduate programs across six major disciplines: business,
education, engineering, law, medicine and nursing.
The University of Chicago's Booth
School of Business moves up this year to tie with Harvard University for the No. 1 spot among
full-time MBA programs. The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania follows at No. 3. For
part-time MBA programs, the Haas School of Business at the
University of California—Berkeley comes in at No. 1. Chicago's Booth School of Business is No. 2,
while Northwestern University's Kellogg
School of Management moves up this year to No. 3.
Among law schools, Yale University
and Stanford University maintained
their respective No. 1 and No. 2 ranks. Harvard University rounds out the list at No.
3.
Harvard is once again the No. 1
medical school for research. Johns Hopkins
University follows at No. 2, and New
York University and Stanford tie
for the third spot.
"Prospective students can choose from a range of options to
continue their education," said Anita
Narayan, managing editor of Education at U.S. News. "The
graduate school rankings and data are a great starting point for
applicants to find the program that's the best fit for them
academically and financially."
This year, U.S. News updated the Best Graduate Schools
methodologies in the following ways.
- Reduced the value of reported GPA, GRE and GMAT scores:
For the first time U.S. News reduced the value of reported GPA, GRE
and GMAT scores for full-time and part-time MBA programs and GRE
scores in the education rankings if less than 50 percent of an
entering class submitted these scores. U.S. News believes this lack
of data means the scores are not representative of the entire
class.
- Decreased emphasis on reputation in medical school research
ranking: To better account for all the research activity
conducted at medical schools, U.S. News added four new factors to
measure nonfederal research grants and non-National Institutes of
Health federal research grants in the medical schools research
ranking. Simultaneously, U.S. News decreased the weight of
reputation by 10 percentage points in this ranking.
"In measuring graduate schools nationwide, our ranking formulas
evolve as more and more data become available," said Robert Morse, chief data strategist at U.S.
News. "From MBA programs to law schools, our aim is to take full
advantage of data that are representative of incoming classes and
to provide information, where available, on career placement
success."
The six graduate disciplines U.S. News ranks annually are
evaluated on factors such as employment rates and starting salaries
for graduates and standardized test scores of newly enrolled
students. Because each graduate program is different, the rankings
methodology varies across disciplines.
Additionally, U.S. News published new rankings of graduate
programs in other popular academic disciplines. These include
science fields such as biological sciences and chemistry, as well
as public affairs, social work and criminology. In biological
sciences, three schools tied for the No. 1 spot: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the
University of California—Berkeley and Stanford
University. California Institute of
Technology is the top school for chemistry. Indiana
University—Bloomington is the No. 1 school for public affairs, and
the University of Michigan—Ann Arbor is the best for social
work.
New this year, the MBA rankings, along with U.S. News' rankings
of online and undergraduate business programs, will be featured in
the "Best Business Schools 2019" guidebook (ISBN
978-1-931469-89-0), to be published later this spring. The complete
2019 Best Graduate Schools rankings will be available on
usnews.com, with extended rankings data exclusively in the U.S.
News Graduate School Compass. For more information on the Best
Graduate Schools, explore Facebook and Twitter using
#BestGradSchools.
2019 Best Graduate Schools Rankings
*See the full
rankings here
Best Business Schools
1. Harvard University (MA) (tie)
1. University of Chicago (Booth)
(tie)
3. University of Pennsylvania
(Wharton)
Best Education Schools
1. University of California—Los Angeles
2. Harvard University (MA) (tie)
2. University of Wisconsin—Madison (tie)
Best Engineering Schools
1. Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
2. Stanford University (CA)
3. University of California–Berkeley
Best Law Schools
1. Yale University (CT)
2. Stanford University (CA)
3. Harvard University (MA)
Best Medical Schools – Research
1. Harvard University (MA)
2. Johns Hopkins University (MD)
3. New York University (Langone)
(tie)
3. Stanford University (CA) (tie)
Best Nursing Schools – Master's
1. Johns Hopkins University (MD)
2. Duke University (NC)
3. Emory University (GA)
For leaders in education, policy and workforce development, U.S.
News is hosting its "Workforce of Tomorrow" summit on April 4-6, 2018 in Washington, D.C. The U.S. News STEM Solutions
Presents: Workforce of Tomorrow conference is committed to
examining and advancing solutions for a STEM skilled workforce.
Those interested in attending can register at
USNewsSTEMsolutions.com or contact Enxhi Myslymi at
emyslymi@usnews.com.
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