5 LI Graduate Schools Make U.S. News 2023-24 Ranking

LONG ISLAND, NY — Five Long Island universities and colleges 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.

On Long Island, Hofstra, Long Island University, Molloy University, Adelphi University and Stony Brook University all made the list.

“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 New York, the following grad schools were recognized.

Business (Full-Time):

• New York University (Stern)
  • Rank: 10
  • Overall score: 92
  • Average starting salary and bonus 2022: $196,143
• Columbia University
  • Rank: 11
  • Overall score: 91
  • Average starting salary and bonus 2022: $194,363
• Cornell University (Johnson)
  • Rank: 15
  • Overall score: 87
  • Average starting salary and bonus 2022: $189,772
• University of Rochester (Simon)
  • Rank: 27
  • Overall score: 76
  • Average starting salary and bonus 2022: $165,718
• CUNY Bernard M. Baruch College (Zicklin)
  • Rank: 27
  • Overall score: 63
  • $129,050
• Syracuse University (Whitman)
  • Rank: 63
  • Overall score: 53
  • Average starting salary and bonus 2022: $91,452
• Fordham University (Gabelli)
  • Rank: 68
  • Overall score: 51
  • Average starting salary and bonus 2022: $147,447
• University at Buffalo--SUNY
  • Rank: 73
  • Overall score: 50
  • Average starting salary and bonus 2022: $72,426
• Pace University (Lubin)
  • Rank: 86
  • Overall score: 44
  • Average starting salary and bonus 2022: $73,769
• Canisius College (Wehle)
  • Rank: 102
  • Overall score: 38
  • Average starting salary and bonus 2022: $51,593
• Binghamton University--SUNY
  • Rank: 104
  • Overall score: 37
  • Average starting salary and bonus 2022: $78,481
• University at Albany--SUNY
  • Rank: 107
  • Overall score: 34
  • Average starting salary and bonus 2022: $83,030
• Rochester Institute of Technology (Saunders)
  • Rank: 112
  • Overall score: 31
  • Average starting salary and bonus 2022: $65,600
• Clarkson University (Reh)
  • Rank: 120
  • Overall score: 27
  • Average starting salary and bonus 2022: $73,843

Education

• Teachers College, Columbia University
  • Rank: 1
  • Overall score: 100
• New York University
  • Rank: 9
  • Overall score: 96

• University at Buffalo--SUNY
  • Rank: 58
  • Overall score: 77
• Syracuse University
  • Rank: 64
  • Overall score: 76
• Binghamton University--SUNY
  • Rank: 80
  • Overall score: 72
• University at Albany--SUNY
  • Rank: 83
  • Overall score: 72
• St. John's University
  • Rank: 99
  • Overall score: 71

• University of Rochester
  • Rank: 112
  • Overall score: 70
• Fordham University
  • Rank: 153
  • Overall score: 61

• Long Island University
  • Rank: 163
  • Overall score: 59
• Hofstra University
  • Rank: 192
  • Overall score: 48
• Molloy University
  • Rank: 214
  • Overall score: 28
• D'Youville University
  • Rank: 246-272
  • Overall score: bottom 10%

Engineering

• Cornell University
  • Rank: 13
  • Overall score: 81
• Columbia University (Fu Foundation)
  • Rank: 17
  • Overall score: 77
• New York University (Tandon)
  • Rank: 67
  • Overall score: 37
• University of Rochester (Hajim)
  • Rank: 42
  • Overall score: 65
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Rank: 51
  • Overall score: 62
• University at Buffalo--SUNY
  • Rank: 53
  • Overall score: 60
• Rochester Institute of Technology (Gleason)
  • Rank: 63
  • Overall score: 57
• Stony Brook University--SUNY
  • Rank: 63
  • Overall score: 57
• Binghamton University--SUNY (Watson)
  • Rank: 112
  • Overall score: 44
• CUNY--City College (Grove)
  • Rank: 112
  • Overall score: 44
• Syracuse University
  • Rank: 119
  • Overall score: 43
• SUNY Polytechnic Institute
  • Rank: 127
  • Overall score: 41
• Clarkson University (Coulter)
  • Rank: 168
  • Overall score: 31
• Alfred University--New York State College of Ceramics (Inamori)
  • Rank: 183-202
  • Overall score: bottom 10%
• SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
  • Rank: 183-202
  • Overall score: bottom 10%

Nursing DNP

• Columbia University
  • Rank: 2
  • Overall score: 91
• New York University
  • Rank: 18
  • Overall score: 81
• University at Buffalo--SUNY
  • Rank: 45
  • Overall score: 70
• University of Rochester
  • Rank: 78
  • Overall score: 61
• Pace University
  • Rank: 92
  • Overall score: 57
• St. John Fisher College
  • Rank: 100
  • Overall score: 54
• Molloy University
  • Rank: 139
  • Overall score: 29
• Dominican University New York
  • Rank: 145
  • Overall score: 25
• D'Youville University
  • Rank: 153
  • Overall score: Bottom 10%

Nursing (Masters)

• Columbia University
  • Rank: 6
  • Overall score: 92
• New York University
  • Rank: 13
  • Overall score: 88
• University of Rochester
  • Rank: 22
  • Overall score: 82
• St. John Fisher College
  • Rank: 32
  • Overall score: 77
• Pace University
  • Rank: 47
  • Overall score: 72
• SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
  • Rank: 47
  • Overall score: 72
• CUNY--Hunter College
  • Rank: 51
  • Overall score: 71
• Hofstra University
  • Rank: 73
  • Overall score: 63
• Binghamton University--SUNY
  • Rank: 89
  • Overall score: 57
• Molloy University
  • Rank: 109
  • Overall score: 45
• Adelphi University
  • Rank: 113
  • Overall score: 44
• SUNY Polytechnic Institute
  • Rank: 113
  • Overall score: 44
• Mount St. Mary College
  • Rank: 147
  • Overall score: 29
• American University of Beirut
  • Rank: 147
  • Overall score: 29
• CUNY--College of Staten Island
  • Rank: 153
  • Overall score: 27
• D'Youville University
  • Rank: 156
  • Overall score: 25
• Le Moyne College
  • Rank: 156
  • Overall score: 25
• Dominican University New York
  • Rank: 161
  • Overall score: 23
• Daemen University
  • Rank: 167-184
  • Overall score: Bottom 10%
• St. Joseph's University
  • Rank: 167-184
  • Overall score: Bottom 10%
• Mercy College
  • Rank: 167-184
  • Overall score: Bottom 10%

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.