Here’s Where CA Grad Schools Rank In U.S. News Rankings For 2019

REDONDO BEACH, CA – U.S. News & World Report released its rankings of best graduate schools in the country for 2019, and several California graduate schools ranked high across the disciplines evaluated by the publication.

The six major disciplines U.S. News looked at were: business, education, engineering, law, medicine and nursing.

“Prospective students can choose from a range of options to continue their education,” Anita Narayan, managing editor of education at U.S. News, said in a press release. “The graduate school rankings and data are a great starting point for applicants to find the program that’s the best fit for them academically and financially.”

As U.S. News explains, certain professions like law and medicine require a graduate level credential and in other fields it may not be required but makes a person more marketable.

To determine the rankings, U.S. News used expert opinions and statistical indicators. In the fall of 2017 and in early 2018, U.S. News conducted surveys of over 2000 programs and reputation surveys sent to academics and professionals. Statistical indicators varied based on discipline and U.S. News used both input and output measures. For example, in the business category, starting salary was an output measure while GMAT score was an input measure. (You can read more about the methodology here.)

Here’s which California schools ranked in the top 25 of each discipline:

Business:

• Stanford University, #4
• University of California—Berkeley (Haas), #7
• University of California—Los Angeles (Anderson), #16
• University of Southern California (Marshall), #20

Education:

• University of California—Los Angeles, #1
• Stanford University, #4
• University of Southern California (Rossier), #10
• University of California—Berkeley, #19
• University of California—Irvine, #24

Engineering:

• Stanford University, #2
• University of California—Berkeley, #3
• California Institute of Technology, #4
• University of Southern California (Viterbi), #10
• University of California—San Diego (Jacobs), #12
• University of California—Los Angeles (Samueli), #16
• University of California—Santa Barbara, #24

Law:

• Stanford University, #2
• University of California—Berkeley, #9
• University of California—Los Angeles, #16
• University of Southern California (Gould), #19
• University of California—Irvine, #21

Medicine for Research:

• Stanford University, #3
• University of California—San Francisco, #5
• University of California—Los Angeles (Geffen), #8
• University of California—San Diego, #22

Medicine for Primary Care:

• University of California—San Francisco, #2
• University of California—Los Angeles (Geffen), #4
• University of California—Davis, #10
• University of California—San Diego, #17

Nursing:

• University of California—San Francisco, #11
• University of California—Los Angeles, #20

Here are the top schools overall in each discipline:

Business:

Harvard University (1)
University of Chicago, Booth (1)
University of Pennsylvania, Wharton (3)
Stanford University (4)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan (5)

Education:

University of California, Los Angeles (1)
Harvard University (2)
University of Wisconsin, Madison (2)
Stanford University (4)
University of Pennsylvania (4)
New York University, Steinhardt (6)

Engineering:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1)
Stanford University (2)
University of California, Berkeley (3)
California Institute of Technology (4)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (4)
Carnegie Mellon University (6)

Law:

Yale University (1)
Stanford University (2)
Harvard University (3)
University of Chicago (4)
Columbia University (5)

Medicine:

Harvard University (1)
Johns Hopkins University (2)
New York University (3)
Stanford University (3)
University of California-San Francisco (5)
Mayo Clinic School of Medicine (6)
University of Pennsylvania (6)

Nursing:

Johns Hopkins University (1)
Duke University (2)
Emory University (3)
University of Pennsylvania (4)
University of Washington (5)

You can see the full rankings here.

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