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.