Maryland's Best Grad Schools For 2019

U.S. News & World Report released its rankings of best graduate schools in the country for 2019, and one Maryland university has two graduate schools ranked high across the disciplines evaluated by the publication. In all, seven Maryland universities had grad programs that earned top rankings.

The six major disciplines U.S. News looked at were: business, education, engineering, law, medicine and nursing. One Maryland school — Johns Hopkins University — ranked among the top five nationwide in two categories. The university was ranked No. 1 among top nursing schools and No. 2 among the nation's medical schools, second only to Harvard University and climbing a notch from last year to surpass Stanford University.

“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 how Maryland schools ranked in each discipline:

Business:

• University of Maryland - College Park (Smith) - Robert H. Smith School of Business (48 tie)

Education:

• Johns Hopkins University - School of Education (17 tie)
• Towson University - College of Education (112 tie)
• University of Maryland-College Park - College of Education (33)

Engineering:

• Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) - Whiting School of Engineering (18 tie)
• University of Maryland--Baltimore County - College of Engineering and Information Technology (111 tie)
• University of Maryland--College Park (Clark) - A. James Clark School of Engineering (22 tie)

Law:

• University of Baltimore - School of Law (119 tie)
• University of Maryland (Carey) - Francis King Carey School of Law (49)

Medicine:

• Johns Hopkins University - School of Medicine (2)
• University of Maryland - School of Medicine (31)

Nursing:

• Johns Hopkins University - School of Nursing (1)
• Salisbury University - Department of Nursing (176 tie)
• Stevenson University (176 tie)
• Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences - Graduate School of Nursing (60 tie)
• University of Maryland--Baltimore - School of Nursing (13)

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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