‘US News & World Report’ releases latest graduate, professional programs rankings

Each year, U.S. News & World Report ranks professional schools in business, education, engineering, law, medicine, and nursing. The 2021 rankings for each respective college at the UI are listed below.

20. Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine—Primary Care
27.  College of Law
34. Carver College of Medicine—Research
47. College of Education
74. College of Engineering

Overall, the UI has 60 graduate colleges and programs ranked by U.S. News, according to the 2021 report. Eleven of these programs hold top-10 rankings.

Highlights of the rankings will be published in the America’s Best Graduate Schools 2021 guidebook, which goes on sale March 17. A paid subscription is required to access all of the data.

The yearly professional school (non-specialty) rankings are based on two types of data: expert opinions about program excellence and statistical indicators that measure the quality of a school’s faculty, research, and students. The data come from surveys of administrators in relevant fields conducted during fall 2019 and early 2020.

U.S. News also periodically ranks programs in the arts, sciences, social sciences, humanities, and health. The specialty rankings are based solely on nominations by deans and deans of graduate studies, who were asked to choose programs of excellence in each specialty.

Below are all UI graduate schools, specialties, and programs, beginning with the highest-ranked programs. The UI offers 151 graduate degree and professional degree programs.

1. Physician Assistant (Carver College of Medicine)*
2. Audiology (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences)
3. Social Psychology (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences)*
4. Physical Therapy (Carver College of Medicine)*
6. Speech-Language Pathology (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences)
6. Doctor of Nursing Practice, Adult Gerontology/Primary (College of Nursing)
6. Nurse Practitioner: Adult/Gerontology, Acute Care (College of Nursing)*
7. Printmaking (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences)
8. Health Care Management (College of Public Health)*
9. Rehabilitation Counseling (College of Education)*
10. Student Counseling and Personnel Services (College of Education)
14. Nursing, Doctorate (College of Nursing)
15. Family Medicine (Carver College of Medicine)
18. College of Pharmacy
18. Clinical Psychology (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences)*
19. College of Public Health*
21. Nursing, Master’s (College of Nursing)
23. Fine Arts (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences)
20. Carver College of Medicine, Primary Care
23. Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering (College of Engineering)
26. Psychology (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences)*
27. College of Law
29. Internal Medicine (Carver College of Medicine)
30. Business/corporate law (College of Law)
32. Library and Information Studies (Graduate College)*
34. Carver College of Medicine—Research
36. Sociology (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences)*
36. Part-time MBA (Tippie College of Business)
37. Political Science (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences)*
40. Statistics (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences)*
41. Industrial/Manufacturing/Systems Engineering (College of Engineering)
42. Economics (Tippie College of Business)*
42. English (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences)*
43. Criminal Law (College of Law)
46. Contract Law (College of Law)
47. College of Education
51. Legal Writing (College of Law)
52. International Law (College of Law)
53. Civil Engineering (College of Engineering)
53. History (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences)*
54. Biology (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences)*
55. Biostatistics (College of Public Health)*
55. Biomedical Engineering/Bioengineering (College of Engineering)
58. Mechanical Engineering (College of Engineering)*
59. Social Work (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences)*
61. Physics (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences)*
62. Intellectual Property Law (College of Law)
62. Mathematics (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences)*
64. Computer Science (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences)
67. Chemistry (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences)*
61. Computer Engineering (College of Engineering)*
61. Chemical Engineering (College of Engineering)
68. Electrical/Electronic Communications Engineering (College of Engineering)
68. Tax Law (College of Law)
74. College of Engineering
78. Health Care Law (College of Law)
78. Earth Sciences (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences)*
86. Clinical Legal Training (College of Law)
105. Trial Advocacy (College of Law)
106. Environmental Law (College of Law)

Rankings with an asterisk (*) were not ranked for the 2021 issue of America’s Best Graduate Schools, but represent the college or program’s most recent ranking.