17 NJ Graduate Schools Make U.S. News 2023-24 Ranking

NEW JERSEY — Seventeen colleges in New Jersey were ranked among the Best Graduate Schools in the country by U.S. News and World Report, which released its annual rankings Tuesday.

The rankings, intended as a guide for prospective graduate students, evaluate programs in a variety of disciplines, including business, education, engineering, health, nursing, public affairs and science.

Among New Jersey schools, Rutgers' Newark campus was ranked in the top 15 in the country for a nursing Master's and nursing Doctorate. Princeton made the top 25 for engineering.

The rankings for medical schools and law schools will be released at a later date.

This year, the rankings are weighed more for academic quality than for reputation to give prospective students a better idea how well they’ll be prepared for their chosen professions.

“Students face tough choices when it comes to the value of their graduate education — especially as many invest a lot of time and money in their schooling,” LaMont Jones, senior editor of education at U.S. News, said in a news release. “This year, our rankings prioritize output measures of academic quality — allowing students to gauge how well an institution succeeds in its mission of preparing its graduates for professional life.”

In New Jersey, the following grad schools were recognized:

Business (Full-Time):

45. Rutgers University--Newark and New Brunswick

53. Stevens Institute of Technology

112. New Jersey Institute of Technology (Tuchman)

Education:

43. Rutgers University--New Brunswick

83. Montclair State University

99. Rowan University

189. Seton Hall University

221. Monmouth University

235. Saint Elizabeth University

240. New Jersey City University

Engineering:

23. Princeton University

62. Rutgers University--New Brunswick

77. New Jersey Institute of Technology

85. Stevens Institute of Technology (Schaefer)

157. Rowan University

Nursing DNP:

6. Rutgers University--Newark

69. Rutgers University--Camden

106. Fairleigh Dickinson University

153-169. Stockton University

Nursing (Masters):

14. Rutgers University--Newark

70. Fairleigh Dickinson University

123. Ramapo College of New Jersey

135. Monmouth University

139. Stockton University

165. Saint Elizabeth University

See the full rankings via U.S. News, for part-time MBA rankings and for disciplines in health, public affairs and sciences.

Among highlights from the rankings:

The University of Chicago’s Booth school of Business was the top full-time MBA school, followed by Northwestern University’s Kellogg School and the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business.

Teachers College at Columbia University and the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor tied as the No. 1 graduates schools for education, and three schools tied for No. 3: Northwestern University, the University of Pennsylvania and University of Wisconsin-Madison.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology was ranked as the best engineering school, followed by Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley.

Emory University moved into the No. 1 spot for best nursing schools for master’s degrees, followed by Johns Hopkins University at No. 2 and University of Pennsylvania at No. 3.

Johns Hopkins University remains at No. 1 among nursing schools for doctorate level programs, followed by Columbia University, Duke University, Rush University and the University of Washington all tied for No. 2.

New this year are five master’s degree-level rankings in the following public health specialties: biostatistics, environmental health sciences, epidemiology, health policy and management, and social and behavioral sciences, as well as an inaugural ranking in the Ph.D. physics specialty called physics of living systems.

The rankings also include master’s programs in health care management, physician assistant, rehabilitation counseling and veterinary medicine.

This story contains reporting from Patch’s national desk.