19 Maryland Graduate Schools Make U.S. News 2023-24 Ranking

MARYLAND — Nineteen colleges in Maryland 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.

Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore was ranked No. 2 in the U.S. among best nursing schools for master’s degrees, and it was No. 1 among nursing schools for doctorate level programs.

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 Maryland, the following grad schools were recognized:

Business (Full-Time):

• No. 42 University of Maryland-College Park
• No. 124 Loyola University Maryland
• No. 135-149 Morgan State University

Education:

• No. 13 Johns Hopkins University
• No. 27 University of Maryland-College Park
• No. 153 Salisbury University
• No. 170 Towson University
• No. 225 Bowie State University
• No. 226 Frostburg State University

Engineering:

• No. 14 Johns Hopkins University
• No. 19 University of Maryland-College Park
• No. 104 University of Maryland-Baltimore County
• No. 152 Morgan State University

Nursing DNP:

• No. 1 Johns Hopkins University
• No. 15 University of Maryland-Baltimore
• No. 23 Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Nursing (Masters):

• No. 2 Johns Hopkins University
• No. 25 University of Maryland-Baltimore
• No. 167-184 Frostburg State University

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.