See Which PA Graduate Schools Are Ranked Among Best In U.S.

PENNSYLVANIA — Numerous colleges and universities in Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania, the following institutions made the rankings:

Best Business Schools

1. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) — No. 1 nationally
2. Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) — No. 18 nationally
3. University of Pittsburgh (Katz) — No. 46 nationally
4. Lehigh University — No. 86 nationally
5. La Salle University — No. 100 nationally
6. Duquesne University (Palumbo-Donahue) — No. 107 nationally
7. Drexel University (LeBow) — No. 110 nationally

Best Law Schools

1. University of Pennsylvania (Carey) — No. 5 nationally
2. Villanova University (Widger) — No. 48 nationally
3. Temple University (Beasley) — No. 50 nationally
4. Pennsylvania State University Dickinson Law — No. 59 nationally
5. Pennsylvania State University--University Park — No. 68 nationally
6. Drexel University (Kline) — No. 79 nationally (tie)
7. University of Pittsburgh — No. 79 nationally (tie)
8. Duquesne University (Kline) — No. 92 nationally
9. Widener University - Pennsylvania (Commonwealth) — No. 175 nationally

Best Medical Research Schools

• University of Pittsburgh — Tier 1
• Temple University (Katz) — Tier 2
• Thomas Jefferson University (Kimmel) — Tier 2
• Drexel University — Tier 3
• Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine — Tier 3
• Duquesne University — Tier 4
• Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine — Tier 4

Best Engineering Schools

1. Carnegie Mellon University (Carnegie) — No. 7 nationally
2. University of Pennsylvania — No. 17 nationally
3. Pennsylvania State University--University Park — No. 31 nationally
4. University of Pittsburgh (Swanson) — No. 42 nationally
5. Drexel University — No. 74 nationally
6. Lehigh University (Rossin) — No. 81 nationally
7. Temple University — No. 133 nationally
8. Villanova University — No. 176 nationally

Best Nursing Schools (Masters)

1. University of Pennsylvania — No. 6 nationally
2. Duquesne University — No. 34 nationally
3. Villanova University — No. 47 nationally
4. La Roche University — No. 111 nationally
5. Moravian University (Breidegam) — No. 124 nationally
6. DeSales University — No. 134 to No. 146 nationally

Best Education Schools

1. University of Pennsylvania — No. 6 nationally
2. University of Pittsburgh — No. 35 nationally
3. Temple University — No. 40 nationally
4. Pennsylvania State University--University Park — No. 45 nationally
5. Lehigh University — No. 73 nationally
6. Drexel University — No. 125 nationally
7. Indiana University of Pennsylvania — No. 147 nationally
8. Duquesne University — No. 153 nationally
9. Arcadia University — No. 176 nationally
10. West Chester University of Pennsylvania — No. 187 nationally

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.