49 Florida Graduate Schools Make U.S. News 2023-24 Ranking

FLORIDA — Forty-nine colleges in Florida 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 business, education, engineering, health, nursing, public affairs and science.

The rankings for medical schools and law schools will be released at a later date.

This year, the rankings are weighed more for academic quality than for reputation to give prospective students a better idea how well they’ll be prepared for their chosen professions.

“Students face tough choices when it comes to the value of their graduate education — especially as many invest a lot of time and money in their schooling,” LaMont Jones, senior editor of education at U.S. News, said in a news release. “This year, our rankings prioritize output measures of academic quality — allowing students to gauge how well an institution succeeds in its mission of preparing its graduates for professional life.”

In Florida, the following grad schools were recognized:

Business (Full-Time):

• No. 40 University of Florida (Warrington)
• No. 73 University of South Florida (Muma)
• No. 75 University of Miami (Herbert)
• No. 120 Rollins College (Crummer)
• No. 124 Florida State University

Education:

1. No. 18 University of Florida
2. No. 21 Florida State University
3. No. 46 University of Central Florida
4. No. 54 University of South Florida
5. No. 99 University of Miami
6. No. 112 Florida International University
7. No. 117 Florida Atlantic University
8. No. 133 Florida A&M University
9. No. 138 University of North Florida
10. No. 176 Nova Southeastern University
11. No. 246-272 Florida Southern College
12. No. 246-272 Keiser University
13. No. 246-272 Lynn University

Engineering:

• No. 47 University of Florida (Werthiem)
• No. 73 University of Central Florida
• No. 85 University of South Florida
• No. 92 Florida A&M University - Florida State University
• No. 92 Florida International University
• No. 99 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
• No. 138 Florida Atlantic University
• No. 138 University of Miami
• No. 161 Florida Institute of Technology

Nursing DNP:

• No. 33 Barry University
• No. 33 Florida State University
• No. 33 University of South Florida
• No. 39 University of Miami
• No. 43 University of Central Florida
• No. 49 University of Florida
• No. 56 Florida International University
• No. 74 Florida Atlantic University
• No. 101 University of North Florida
• No. 130 Jacksonville University
• No. 134 Florida Gulf Coast University
• No. 153-169 Florida Southern College
• No. 153-169 Nova Southeastern University

Nursing (Masters):

• No. 25 University of Miami
• No. 31 University of South Florida
• No. 38 Florida Atlantic University
• No. 47 Florida International University
• No. 60 Barry University
• No. 109 Jacksonville University
• No. 130 University of Tampa
• No. 139 Nova Southeastern University
• No. 147 Florida Southern College

See the full rankings via U.S. News, for part-time MBA rankings and for disciplines in health, public affairs and sciences.

Among highlights from the rankings:

The University of Chicago’s Booth school of Business was the top full-time MBA school, followed by Northwestern University’s Kellogg School and the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business.

Teachers College at Columbia University and the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor tied as the No. 1 graduates schools for education, and three schools tied for No. 3: Northwestern University, the University of Pennsylvania and University of Wisconsin-Madison.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology was ranked as the best engineering school, followed by Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley.

Emory University moved into the No. 1 spot for best nursing schools for master’s degrees, followed by Johns Hopkins University at No. 2 and University of Pennsylvania at No. 3.

Johns Hopkins University remains at No. 1 among nursing schools for doctorate level programs, followed by Columbia University, Duke University, Rush University and the University of Washington all tied for No. 2.

New this year are five master’s degree-level rankings in the following public health specialties: biostatistics, environmental health sciences, epidemiology, health policy and management, and social and behavioral sciences, as well as an inaugural ranking in the Ph.D. physics specialty called physics of living systems.

The rankings also include master’s programs in health care management, physician assistant, rehabilitation counseling and veterinary medicine.