U.S. News & World Report

U.S. News & World Report: Best Graduate Schools

Institutional Effectiveness, Strategic Planning, and Assessment has prepared a PowerPoint presentation providing an overview of 2021 US News and World Report Best Graduate School Rankings

‌The U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Graduate Schools ranks programs and specialties in law, medicine, and nursing annually, while other programs are typically ranked every four years. In the table below, the year indicates the calendar year the rankings were released. The "2025" rankings were released April 9, 2024 and are shown under the 2024 column.

		2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
School of Medicine
Research - Overall		41	43	43	40	38	37	37	34	37	40	40	31	38	34	27	29	32	27
	Among Publics	16	18	18	17	15	14	15	13	15	17	16	12	16	14	9	10	13	tbd
Primary Care - Overall		30	35	42	46	49	71	58	40	52	65	44	21	23	12	16	15	22	27
	Among Publics	20	26	29	32	32	40	36	26	35	37	26	17	17	10	14	13	21	tbd

Most Diverse Medical Schools ^a																86	58	51	tbd
Most Graduates Practicing in Medically Underserved Areas ^a																95	98	114	tbd
Most Graduates Practicing in Primary Care Fields ^a																67	58	64	tbd
Most Graduates Practicing in Rural Areas ^a																122	111	98	tbd

^a new ranking in 2021

		2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Carey School of Law
Day Program - Overall		36	42	43	48	42	39	41	46	47	48	48	49	52	47	50	47	51	55
	Among Publics	15	21	20	25	20	18	19	22	25	24	24	26	27	24	26	24	24	28
Evening Program ^a - Overall				6	5	8	9	6	7	5	5	4	5	4	5	8	6	21	8
	Among Publics			2	1	2	2	3	3	2	2	1	2	1	2	3	2	8	3
Specialties
	Business / Corporate Law ^b														61	52	56	60	35
	Clinical Training	5	8	8	9	6	5	5	11	5	7	7	6	7	6	9	8	13	5
	Constitutional Law ^b														44	41	40	48	39
	Contracts / Commercial Law ^b														46	56	59	72	64
	Criminal Law ^b														57	50	39	36	34
	Dispute Resolution	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	18	13	13	13	15	12	9	7
	Environmental Law	11	8	6	10	7	11	6	6	15	13	14	17	13	10	16	13	19	21
	Health Care Law	2	3	2	2	3	3	4	1	2	4	2	6	6	7	7	6	6	4
	Intellectual Property Law	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	69	79	97	87	46	53
	International Law	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	71	69	68	67	47	71
	Legal Writing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	68	63	114	115	98	111
	Tax Law	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	71	63	73	76	68	70
	Trial Advocacy	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	13	16	-	-	43	31	30	31	40	36

^a new ranking in 2009
^b new ranking in 2020

							2003	2007	2011	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
School of Nursing
Doctor of Nursing Practice ^a											5	10	8	6	16	33	13	15	8
Master of Science							10	7	11	6	8	10	13	12	22	37	21	25	20
Nursing Anesthesia ^b							-	32	17	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	22
Nursing Midwifery ^c							-	21	29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Specialties
	Clinical Nurse Leader ^d,i									1	1	1	2	2
	Nursing Informatics ^d,i									1	1	1	1	1
	Nursing Administration ^e,i						7	6	3	5	5	3	4	5
	Nurse Practitioner
		Family ⁱ					12	5	9	5	8	7	9	11
		Adult ^f,g					5	6	8
		Gerontological / Geriatric ^f,g					13	-	8
		Adult / Gerontology, Acute Care ^d,i								8	8	6	3	7
		Adult / Gerontology, Primary Care ^d,i								4	8	9	10	11
		Pediatric, Primary Care ^h,i					-	-	15	14	-	11	10	-
		Psychiatric / Mental Health, Across the Lifespan ^d,i								8	11	9	6	-
	Clinical Nurse Specialist
		Adult / Medical Surgical ^g					8	-	-
		Community / Public Health ^g					8	-	-
		Psychiatric / Mental Health ^g					13	-	7
	Doctor of Nursing Practice
		Administration / Management ^j													7	-	-	-	-
		Leadership ^j													-	-	-	-	-
		Nurse Practitioner: Adult / Gerontology, Acute Care ^j													8	-	9	10	-
		Nurse Practitioner: Adult / Gerontology, Primary Care ^j													-	6	5	4	3
		Nurse Practitioner: Family ^j													4	8	4	11	10
		Nurse Practitioner: Pediatric, Primary Care ^k															6	-	-
		Nurse Practitioner: Psychiatric / Mental Health, Across the Lifespan ^k															5	4	-
	Master's
		Clinical Nurse Leader ^{j, l}													2	-
		Nursing Leadership ^m																2	-
		Nurse Practitioner: Adult / Gerontology, Acute Care ^j													-	-	-	7	-
		Nurse Practitioner: Adult / Gerontology, Primary Care ^j													-	-	-	-	-
		Nurse Practitioner: Family ^j													-	-	-	-	-
		Nurse Practitioner: Pediatric, Primary Care^j													-	-	-	-	-
		Nurse Practitioner: Psychiatric / Mental Health, Across the Lifespan ^j													-	-	-	-	-
		Nursing Administration ^j													11	-	-	2	2

^a new ranking for 2016
^bNursing Anesthesia ranking last updated for 2024, 2016 ranking shown 2017 through 2023
^cUniversity of Maryland School of Nursing program discontinued in 2008
^d new ranking for 2015
^e specialty named Nursing Service Administration before 2015
^f ranking applies to a combined program at University of Maryland School of Nursing
^g ranking discontinued after 2011
^h specialty named Pediatric before 2015
ⁱ ranking discontinued after 2019
^j new ranking for 2020
^knew ranking for 2022
^l ranking discontinued after 2021
^m new ranking for 2023


		1997	2005	2008	2012	2016	2020	2024
School of Pharmacy
Overall		7	8	9	17	9	14	15


		2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2018	2019	2022	2024
School of Social Work
Overall		25	19	18	16	17	17	17	21	24


		2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020	2024
Physical Therapy Program
Overall		-	16	15	19	28	42	58


		2019	2021	2022	2023	2024
Public Health Program ^a
Overall:		62	60	54	76	68

^aRanking expanded in 2019 to include both schools and programs


		2002	2010	2014	2018	2022	2023
Graduate Program In The Sciences
Biological Sciences ^a		113	100	93	90	119	119
Chemistry		-	107	106	-	140	136

^a ranking not updated for 2023

Note: Dates refer to year rankings were released. A dash (-) means UMB program was unranked for that year.

Updated April 9, 2024

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