See Which CA Institutions Are Ranked Among Best In U.S.

CALIFORNIA — Numerous colleges and universities in California were ranked among the Best Graduate Schools in the country by U.S. News and World Report, which released its annual rankings Tuesday.

The rankings, intended as a guide for prospective graduate students, evaluate programs in a variety of disciplines, including engineering, medicine, business, law, education, nursing and social sciences.

In California, the following institutions made the rankings:

Best Business Schools

1. Stanford University — No. 2 (tie)
2. University of California, Berkeley — No. 11 (tie)
3. University of California, Los Angeles — No. 18 (tie)
4. University of Southern California — No. 24 (tie)
5. University of California, Irvine — No. 43 (tie)
6. University of California, Davis — No. 65
7. Chapman University — No. 66 (tie)
8. University of California, San Diego — No. 68 (tie)
9. Pepperdine University — No. 88 (tie)
10. University of California, Riverside — No. 88 (tie)
11. Claremont Graduate University — No. 97 (tie)
12. University of San Diego — No. 108 (tie)
13. California State University, Long Beach — No. 122 (tie)
14. University of San Francisco — No. 122 (tie)

Best Law Schools

1. Stanford University — No. 1 (tie)
2. University of California, Los Angeles — No. 12
3. University of California, Berkeley — No. 13
4. University of Southern California — No. 26 (tie)
5. University of California, Irvine — No. 38 (tie)
6. University of California, Davis — No. 50 (tie)
7. Pepperdine University — No. 55 (tie)
8. University of San Diego — No. 57 (tie)
9. Loyola Marymount University — No. 71 (tie)
10. University of California, San Francisco — No. 88 (tie)
11. Chapman University — No. 104 (tie)
12. Southwestern Law School — No. 154 (tie)
13. Santa Clara University — No. 156 (tie)
14. University of the Pacific — No. 163 (tie)
15. University of San Francisco — No. 166 (tie)
16. California Western School of Law — No. 178 (tie)
17. Western State College of Law at Westcliff University — No. 178 (tie)

Best Education Schools

1. University of California, Los Angeles — No. 5
2. University of California, Berkeley — No. 6 (tie)
3. Stanford University — No. 15 (tie)
4. University of California, Irvine — No. 18 (tie)
5. University of California, Davis — No. 40 (tie)
6. San Diego State University — No. 45 (tie)
7. University of California, Riverside — No. 90 (tie)
8. University of California, Santa Barbara — No. 90 (tie)
9. Loyola Marymount University — No. 100 (tie)
10. California State University, San Bernardino — No. 114 (tie)
11. Claremont Graduate University — No. 127 (tie)
12. Chapman University — No. 138 (tie)
13. San Jose State University — No. 138 (tie)
14. Santa Clara University — No. 138 (tie)
15. University of California, Santa Cruz — No. 153 (tie)
16. University of San Francisco — No. 166 (tie)
17. University of La Verne — No. 198 (tie)

Best Engineering Schools

1. Stanford University — No. 2
2. University of California, Berkeley — No. 3
3. California Institute of Technology — No. 5 (tie)
4. University of California, San Diego — No. 10
5. University of California, Los Angeles — No. 13 (tie)
6. University of Southern California — No. 20 (tie)
7. University of California, Santa Barbara — No. 31 (tie)
8. University of California, Davis — No. 34 (tie)
9. University of California, Irvine — No. 37 (tie)
10. University of California, Santa Cruz — No. 74 (tie)
11. University of California, Riverside — No. 89 (tie)
12. University of California, Merced — No. 106 (tie)
13. Naval Postgraduate School — No. 120 (tie)
14. San Diego State University — No. 173 (tie)
15. Santa Clara University — No. 181

Best Nursing Schools

1. University of California, San Francisco — No. 6 (tie)
2. University of California, Los Angeles — No. 9 (tie)
3. University of San Francisco — No. 27 (tie)
4. California State University, Los Angeles — No. 30 (tie)
5. University of California, Davis — No. 30 (tie)
6. University of San Diego — No. 34 (tie)
7. University of California, Irvine — No. 47 (tie)
8. San Diego State University — No. 50 (tie)
9. Loma Linda University — No. 65 (tie)
10. Azusa Pacific University — No. 95
11. Western University of Health Sciences — No. 96
12. Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science — No. 99 (tie)
13. California Baptist University — No. 122 (tie)

Best Medical Schools: Research

• University of California, Los Angeles — Tier 1
• University of California, San Diego — Tier 1
• University of California, San Francisco — Tier 1
• University of California, Davis — Tier 2
• University of California, Irvine — Tier 2
• University of California, Riverside — Tier 3
• Touro University California — Tier 4
• Western University of Health Sciences — Tier 4

This year’s rankings emphasize the results that education can bring. There were very limited changes in this year’s rankings formulas. A few new rankings were computed to help students make the best-informed decisions for their careers.

Three new law school rankings focus on different career outcomes for graduates, including employment in full-time, long-term jobs at big law firms (greater than 500 attorneys), in federal clerkships and at public interest organizations.

Here are the top schools by category:

Best Business Schools: Executive MBA
1. The University of Pennsylvania – Wharton
2 Northwestern University – Kellogg (Illinois) and Stanford University (California) (tie)
4. University of Chicago (Illinois)
5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Best Law Schools
1. Stanford University (California) and Yale University (Connecticut) (tie)
3. The University of Chicago
4. University of Virginia
5. University of Pennsylvania – Carey

Best Education Schools
1. University of Wisconsin – Madison
2. Teachers College – Columbia University (New York), University of Michigan – Ann Arbor and Vanderbilt University (Tennessee) (tie)
5. University of California – Los Angeles

Best Engineering Schools
1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2. Stanford University (California)
3. University of California, Berkeley
4. Georgia Institute of Technology
5. California Institute of Technology

Best Nursing Schools: Master’s
1. Emory University (Georgia)
2. Johns Hopkins University (Maryland)
3. Ohio State University
4. Vanderbilt University (Tennessee)
5. Duke University (North Carolina)

Best Nursing Schools: Doctor of Nursing Practice
1. Johns Hopkins University (Maryland)
2. Duke University (North Carolina)
3. University of Washington
4. Rutgers University – Newark (New Jersey) and University of Minnesota – Twin Cities (tie)

Best Medical Schools: Research (Tier 1)
Baylor College of Medicine (Texas)
Case Western Reserve University (Ohio)
Emory University (Georgia)
Hofstra University/Northwell Health (New York)
The Mayo Clinic School of Medicine (Minnesota)
Ohio State University
University of California – Los Angeles
The University of California – San Diego
The University of California – San Francisco
The University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
The University of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania)
The University of Rochester (New York)
The University of South Florida
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Vanderbilt University (Tennessee)
Yale University

Best Medical Schools: Primary Care (Tier 1)
East Carolina University – Brody (North Carolina)
East Tennessee State University – Quillen
Saint Louis University (Missouri)
Texas A&M University
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
UMass Chan Medical School (Massachusetts)
University of Arizona – Tucson
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
University of California – Davis
University of California – San Francisco
University of Hawaii – Manoa
University of Kansas Medical Center,
University of Minnesota
University of New Mexico
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Western University of Health Sciences (California)

Additionally, U.S. News issued new rankings of graduate programs in other popular academic disciplines, including computer science and public affairs. Because each program is different, the rankings methodologies vary by discipline and graduate degree level.