March 17, 2020
University of Washington graduate and professional disciplines rank highly in US News’ Best Graduate School lists
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The University of Washington’s graduate and professional degree programs were widely recognized as among the best in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2021 Best Graduate School rankings released March 17.
Several schools and departments placed prominently in the 2021 rankings, including nursing, medicine, pharmacy and public affairs.
“More than at any time before, it is clear how much our society depends on highly trained and skilled researchers, health care professionals and experts across a vast array of disciplines to address and solve the serious challenges our world faces,” UW President Ana Mari Cauce said. “I am deeply proud of the incredible programs across the UW that are producing these talented Ph.D.s and professionals, and these rankings are a fitting recognition of their outstanding quality and impact.”
The UW School of Nursing received the No. 1 overall ranking for a school offering a doctor of nursing practice program, a position it shared with Columbia University’s School of Nursing. The UW School of Nursing was ranked No. 2 among public schools that offer a master’s degree and tied for No. 6 overall.
The UW School of Medicine ranked second in the nation in the categories of family medicine and primary care medical schools . In 2018, medical student training in rural medicine ranked No. 1; this category has not been re-ranked since. Based on U.S. News calculations, the UW medical school received $783 million in National Institutes of Health federal research funding in fiscal year 2019. Harvard Medical School was the only institution listed as receiving a greater amount.
The UW School of Pharmacy rose in the ranking to seventh place from ninth.
Ranked third among public institutions, the UW’s Evans School of Public Policy & Governance has maintained its top-10 ranking for the fourth consecutive year. The Evans School also ranked in the top 10 in the following areas: environmental policy, public finance and budgeting, social policy, nonprofit management and public management and leadership.
Information about U.S. News & World Report’s methodology can be found here.
Below is a roundup of the UW’s graduate and professional school and program rankings that were available under embargo to institutions before the full rankings were published.
TOP 10:
Doctor of Nursing Practice (overall): Tie for 1st
Biostatistics: Three-way tie for 1st (ranked in 2019)
Rural medicine: 1st (ranked in 2018)
Law librarianship: 1st (ranked in 2017)
Environmental policy: 2nd
Family medicine: 2nd
Primary care medical schools: Tie for 2nd
Microbiology: Tie for 2nd (ranked in 2019)
Library and information studies: 2nd (ranked in 2017)
Services for children and youth: 2nd (ranked in 2017)
School of Social Work (overall): Five-way tie for 3rd (ranked in 2019)
Digital librarianship: 3rd (ranked in 2017)
Information systems: 3rd (ranked in 2017)
Physics (nuclear): 4th (ranked in 2019)
Statistics: Tie for 4th (ranked in 2019)
Psychology (clinical): Three-way tie for 5th
Artificial intelligence: 5th (ranked in 2019)
Genetics/Genomics/Bioinformatics: 5th (ranked in 2019)
Evans School of Public Policy & Governance (overall): Tie for 6th
Nursing master’s (overall): Three-way tie for 6th
Computer science (overall): Tie for 6th (ranked in 2019)
Programming language: 6th (ranked in 2019)
Systems: 6th (ranked in 2019)
Education (special education): 7th
Pediatrics: 7th
Pharmacy: Six-way tie for 7th
Public finance and budgeting: 7th
Social policy: Tie for 7th
School library media: 7th (ranked in 2017)
Geriatrics: 7th (ranked in 2018)
School of Public Health (overall): 7th (ranked in 2020)
Education (elementary education): 8th
Education (secondary education): 8th
Nonprofit management: 8th
Nurse midwifery: Three-way tie for 8th
Chemistry (analytical): 8th (ranked in 2019)
Public management and leadership: Tie for 9th
Internal medicine: Tie for 10th
Speech-language pathology: Six-way tie for 10th
Earth sciences: Three-way tie for 10th (ranked in 2019)
TOP 25:
Anesthesiology: 13th
Biological sciences: Three-way tie for 23rd (ranked in 2019)
Business (information systems): Tie for 17th
Chemistry: Six-way tie for 24th (ranked in 2019)
Computer science (theory): 11th (ranked in 2019)
College of Education (overall): 14th
Education (administration/supervision): 11th
Education (psychology): Four-way tie for 18th
Education (policy): Three-way tie for 14th
Education (curriculum/instruction): Three-way tie for 11th
College of Engineering (overall): Three-way tie for 24th
Engineering (aerospace/aeronautical/astronautical): Three-way tie for 18th
Engineering (biomedical/bioengineering): Four-way tie for 12th
Engineering (chemical): Five-way tie for 23rd
Engineering (computer): Tie for 12th
Engineering (civil): Five-way tie for 16th
Engineering (electrical): Three-way tie for 19th
Engineering (industrial/manufacturing/systems): Three-way tie for 22nd
Entrepreneurship: 16th
Executive MBA: Tie for 18th
Foster School of Business (overall): Tie for 20th
Health care management: Tie for 15th (ranked in 2019)
History: Four-way tie for 23rd (ranked in 2019)
Information systems: Tie for 17th
Law (intellectual property law): Three-way tie for 18th
Local government management: 15th
Mathematics (applied math): 11th (ranked in 2019)
Mathematics (analysis): 17th (ranked in 2019)
Nurse practitioner (adult, acute care): Tie for 13th (ranked in 2019)
Nurse practitioner (psychiatric/mental health): Three-way tie for 11th
Obstetrics and gynecology: Four-way tie for 16th
Occupational therapy: Six-way tie for 23rd
Part-time MBA: Tie for 10th
Psychiatry: 18th
Physics: 22nd (ranked in 2019)
Physician assistant: 14th
Public policy analysis: Tie for 12th
Radiology: 13th
School of Medicine (medical research): 12th
Sociology: Five-way tie for 17th (ranked in 2019)
Sociology (population): 14th (ranked in 2019)
Surgery: 16th
Urban policy: Tie for 16th
TOP 35:
Accounting: Seven-way tie for 25th
College of Engineering (overall): Three-way tie for 24th
Economics: Tie for 35th (ranked in 2019)
Engineering (environmental/environmental health): Four-way tie for 27th
Engineering (materials): Tie for 29th
Engineering (mechanical): Three-way tie for 34th
English: Seven-way tie for 35th (ranked in 2019)Fine arts: Ten-way tie for 32nd
Law (environmental): Tie for 31st
Law (health care): Eight-way tie for 32nd
Mathematics: Six-way tie for 26th (ranked in 2019)
Physical therapy: Nine-way tie for 25th
Psychology: 10-way tie for 26th (ranked in 2019)
Political science: Four-way tie for 33rd (ranked in 2019)
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