AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas at Austin continues to be one of the premier schools for graduate studies, according to U.S. News & World Report’s partial release of its most recent “Best Graduate Schools.” UT made gains in several disciplines, including the College of Education’s jump into the top 10.
U.S. News has delayed release of its engineering, medicine and clinical psychology rankings, areas in which the University has historically achieved No. 1 and top 10 rankings.
Even with the partial release of the graduate rankings, UT maintained its top 10 spot for five colleges and schools: the College of Education (No. 8); the School of Information (No. 5); the Steve Hicks School of Social Work (No. 8); the College of Pharmacy (No. 6); and the Jackson School of Geosciences (No. 7), ranked under Earth Sciences. Three specialties ranked No. 1 in the country: Accounting, Latin American History and Sociology of Population. Overall, the University has 42 graduate schools and specialty programs ranked in the top 10 when combined with previous years.
“These rankings are striking and reflect our ability to continue to attract exceptional faculty and students. Our excellence is evident in our set of more than 40 schools, programs and specialties ranked in the top-10 in this partial release alone, including several that are the best in the country, if not the world,” said President Jay Hartzell. “Our talent is what puts UT at the leading edge of discovery in AI and robotics, life sciences, population research, and many other disciplines that are at the forefront of solving many of the world’s most pressing problems and bettering society.”
Among the highlights in this year’s rankings:
U.S. News & World Report’s graduate rankings, which are published separately from the yearly ranking of undergraduate programs, are considered the gold standard of graduate and professional rankings. They are based on surveys of academic leaders and, for select programs, additional quantitative measures including placement test scores, student/faculty ratios, research expenditures, salary by profession and job placement success.
The publication updates some of its specialty rankings each year and republishes the most recent rankings in other areas. The rankings for engineering, medicine and psychology will be released at a later date, according to U.S. News.
Graduate schools, programs and specialties that U.S. News ranked in the top 25 are listed below.
Business – 16
Education – 8
Health Disciplines (other than Nursing)
Law – 16
Library and Information Studies Schools (School of Information) – 5*
Nursing
Public Affairs – 13
The Sciences
Biological Sciences – 25*
Chemistry – 16*
Computer Science – 7
Earth Sciences (Jackson School of Geosciences) – 7*
Mathematics – 13*
Physics – 13*
Statistics – 27*
Social Sciences and Humanities
Economics – 22*
English – 17*
History – 11*
Political Science – 19*
Psychology – 23*
Sociology – 11*
Fine Arts – 23*
*Ranking not revised for 2024-25. Based on latest available ranking.
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