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

Editor’s note: This story was updated to reflect the current rankings for law and medical schools, which were released later than rankings for other colleges and programs.

Forty-four University of Iowa colleges and programs were recognized among the best in their field in the U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools rankings for 2024. Five of these programs received a top-10 ranking in this year’s report.

Each year, U.S. News ranks professional school programs in a variety of disciplines, including business, education, engineering, law, medicine, nursing, and public health. Not all programs are ranked annually, but Iowa continues to excel, with 24 total colleges and programs among the top 25 in the nation according to their most recent ranking.

This year’s graduate schools rankings were released in two parts. The first included academic reputation rankings for graduate and/or doctoral programs in business, chemistry, computer science, earth science, education, engineering, health care management, mathematics, nursing, physician assistant, physics, public affairs, public health, rehabilitation counseling, and veterinary medicine. The second included rankings in law and medical schools.

Below are all 65 UI colleges and programs included on the 2024 U.S. News Graduate School Compass, beginning with the highest ranked.

2. Audiology (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences)*

2. Physician Assistant (Carver College of Medicine)

3. Rehabilitation Counseling (College of Education)

4.  Clinical Nurse Leader MSN (College of Nursing)

4. Pediatric Primary Care DNP (College of Nursing)

4. Physical Therapy (Carver College of Medicine)*

6. Speech-Language Pathology (CLAS)*

7. Printmaking (CLAS)*

10. Adult Gerontology, Acute Care DNP (College of Nursing)

10. Nurse Anesthesia (College of Nursing)*

12. Student Counseling (College of Education)

13. Environmental Health Science (College of Public Health)

14. Health Care Management (College of Public Health)

17. College of Nursing—Doctor of Nursing Practice

17. College of Public Health

18. Clinical Psychology (CLAS)*

18. College of Pharmacy*

19. Epidemiology (College of Public Health)

19. Higher Education Administration (College of Education)

19. Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine—Primary Care

20. Biostatistics (College of Public Health)*

23. Contracts/Commercial Law

23. Fine Arts (CLAS)*

25. Business/Corporate Law

28. Part-time MBA (Tippie College of Business)

30. Statistics (CLAS)*

31. Environmental Engineering

34. Industrial Engineering

35. College of Law

35. Library and Information Studies (Graduate College)*

36. College of Education

39. Psychology (CLAS)*

40. English (CLAS)*

41. Sociology (CLAS)*

44. Accounting (Tippie College of Business)

44. Carver College of Medicine—Research

46. Political Science (CLAS)*

47. Civil Engineering

48. Constitutional Law

48. History (CLAS)*

50. Tax Law

51. Intellectual Property Law

51. Social Work (CLAS)*

53. Economics (Tippie College of Business)*

53. Mechanical Engineering

54. Biology (CLAS)*

55. Mathematics (CLAS)

58. Biological Sciences (CLAS)*

58. Biomedical Engineering

58. International Law

59. Clinical Legal Training (College of Law)

61. Criminal Law

66. Chemical Engineering

67. Chemistry (CLAS)

67. Health Care Law

67. Physics (CLAS)

70. Computer Science (CLAS)

70. Earth Science (CLAS)

71. Computer Engineering

76. Electrical Engineering

77. College of Engineering

88. Environmental Law

110. Legal Writing (College of Law)

118. Public Affairs (Graduate College)

158. Trial Advocacy Law

Rankings with an asterisk (*) were not evaluated this year, but represent the college or program’s most recent ranking.