Georgia Tech Named 7th Best Engineering Grad School

U.S. News & World Report on Wednesday released the 2017 Best Graduate Schools rankings, designed to help prospective students research programs across six disciplines and evaluate the potential return on their investment.

The 2017 edition features information and rankings in business, law, education, engineering, medicine and nursing – as well as specialty rankings within each graduate school discipline. California has the largest concentration of top-ranked graduate school programs, followed by New York and Pennsylvania, respectively.

Georgia Tech was ranked as the seventh best engineering school for graduates. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology was No. 1.

In the full-time MBA rankings, Harvard University is the No. 1 program in the country. The University of Chicago—Booth moves up two places to tie with Stanford University at No. 2. Among part-time MBA programs, the Haas School of Business at the University of California—Berkeley remains No. 1. The Kelley School of Business at Indiana University moves into the top 10, jumping from No. 12 to No. 6.

The top law schools remain consistent, with Yale University ranked No. 1. Harvard University and Stanford University again tie for No. 2. Georgetown University has the No. 1 part-time law program, followed by Fordham University at No. 2.

Harvard remains the No. 1 medical school for research, followed by Stanford University at No. 2. There is a three-way tie for third place among the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins University and the University of California—San Francisco. New this year, U.S. News evaluated Doctor of Nursing Practice programs, ranking the University of Washington at No. 1.

The six graduate disciplines U.S. News ranks annually are evaluated on factors such as employment rates for graduates, starting salary and standardized test scores of newly enrolled students.