More than 100 of the University of Washington’s graduate and professional degree programs are among the top 35 in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 Best Graduate School rankings released Tuesday.
More than 100 of the University of Washington’s graduate and professional degree programs are among the top 35 in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 Best Graduate School rankings released Tuesday.
Dozens of schools and departments placed prominently in the 2022 rankings, including medicine, nursing, library sciences, education, public health and public affairs — including the UW School of Medicine ranking No. 1 in the nation for primary care education.
“As this year of the pandemic has shown, our society depends on and is deeply indebted to the expertise and skills of researchers, scholars and health care providers for all their efforts to help us beat COVID-19 and rebuild a healthier, more equitable world,” UW President Ana Mari Cauce said. “I am so proud that throughout these difficult months, the UW has continued to educate and train Ph.D.s, experts and professionals who are integral to this work. It’s wonderful to see these graduate programs recognized for their outstanding contributions and impact.”
In addition to its No. 1 position in primary care, the UW School of Medicine earned a No. 2 ranking for family medicine training and tied with Johns Hopkins University at No. 7 for medical research. The School is second in the nation for federal grant funding with $960 million in federal grants in 2019.
The UW Information School was ranked No. 2 alongside University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. The iSchool also tied for second place in digital librarianship alongside UNC, and was No. 2 for information systems.
Ranked second among public institutions and No. 4 overall, the UW Evans School of Public Policy & Governance has maintained its top-10 ranking for the fifth consecutive year. The Evans School also ranked in the top 10 in the following areas: environmental policy, policy analysis, public finance and budgeting, social policy, nonprofit management and public management and leadership.
The UW School of Nursing received the No. 1 overall ranking for a public school offering a doctor of nursing practice degree. The UW School of Nursing was also tied for No. 1 among public schools that offer a master’s degree, and tied for No. 6 overall. This latter ranking is specific to UW Bothell and UW Tacoma.
Information about U.S. News & World Report’s methodology can be found here.
Below is a roundup of the UW’s graduate and professional school and program rankings that were available under embargo to institutions before the full rankings were published. Not all disciplines are ranked every year; rankings from prior years are noted in parentheses.
TOP 10:
Primary care medical schools: 1st
Biostatistics: Three-way tie for 1st (ranked in 2019)
Law librarianship: 1st (ranked in 2017)
Environmental policy: 2nd
Family medicine: 2nd
Library and information studies: Tie for 2nd
Digital librarianship: Tie for 2nd
Information systems: 2nd
Microbiology: Tie for 2nd (ranked in 2019)
Doctor of Nursing Practice (overall): 3rd
School of Social Work (overall): Five-way tie for 3rd (ranked in 2019)
Evans School of Public Policy & Governance (overall): Three-way tie for 4th
Nurse practitioner (pediatric acute care): Tie for 4th
Physics (nuclear): 4th (ranked in 2019)
Statistics: Tie for 4th (ranked in 2019)
Library services for children and youth: Tie for 5th
Education (secondary education): Tie for 5th
Psychology (clinical): Three-way tie for 5th (2021)
Artificial intelligence: 5th (ranked in 2019)
Genetics/Genomics/Bioinformatics: 5th (ranked in 2019)
Computer science (overall): Tie for 6th (ranked in 2019)
Programming language: 6th (ranked in 2019)
Systems: 6th (ranked in 2019)
Nonprofit management: 6th
Nursing master’s (overall): Tie for 6th
School of Medicine (research): Tie for 7th
Education (special education): Tie for 7th
Public finance and budgeting: 7th
Social policy: 7th
School of Public Health (overall): 7th
Pharmacy: Six-way tie for 7th (ranked in 2021)
Geriatrics: 7th (ranked in 2018)
School of Public Health (overall): 7th (ranked in 2020)
Education (elementary education): Three-way tie for 8th
Nurse midwifery: Three-way tie for 8th (ranked in 2021)
Chemistry (analytical): 8th (ranked in 2019)
Pediatrics: 9th
Speech-language pathology: Six-way tie for 10th
Earth sciences: Three-way tie for 10th (ranked in 2019)
Public management and leadership: 10th
Public policy analysis: 10th
TOP 25:
Accounting: Three-way tie for 15th
Anesthesiology: 13th
Biological sciences: Three-way tie for 23rd (ranked in 2019)
Business (information systems): 15th
Business (management): Tie for 23rd
Chemistry: Six-way tie for 24th (ranked in 2019)
Computer science (theory): 11th (ranked in 2019)
College of Education (overall): 13th
Education (administration/supervision): Tie for 12th
Education (psychology): Three-way tie for 17th
Education (policy): Tie for 15th
Education (curriculum/instruction): 11th
Education (higher education administration): 20th
College of Engineering (overall): Tie for 22nd
Engineering (aerospace/aeronautical/astronautical): Tie for 19th
Engineering (biomedical/bioengineering): 13th
Engineering (chemical): Four-way tie for 22nd
Engineering (computer): Three-way tie for 11th
Engineering (civil): Six-way tie for 20th
Engineering (electrical): Seven-way tie for 20th
Engineering (industrial/manufacturing/systems): Six-way tie for 23rd
Engineering (environmental/environmental health): Three-way tie for 25th
Engineering (materials): Three-way tie for 23rd
Entrepreneurship: Tie for 24th
Executive MBA: Tie for 21st
Foster School of Business (overall): 22nd
Health care management: Tie for 15th (ranked in 2019)
Internal Medicine: 15th
Law (intellectual property law): Four-way tie for 15th
Law (dispute resolution): Five-way tie for 19th
Local government management: 19th
Mathematics (applied math): 11th (ranked in 2019)
Mathematics (analysis): 17th (ranked in 2019)
Nurse practitioner (adult, acute care): Tie for 13th (ranked in 2019)
Nurse practitioner (psychiatric/mental health): Three-way tie for 11th (ranked in 2021)
Nurse practitioner (family): Three-way tie for 12th
Obstetrics and gynecology: Two-way tie for 14th
Occupational therapy: Six-way tie for 23rd (ranked in 2021)
Part-time MBA: Tie for 14th
Physics: 22nd (ranked in 2019)
Physician assistant: 14th (ranked in 2021)
Psychiatry: 13th
Public policy analysis: Tie for 12th (ranked in 2021)
Radiology: 11th
School library media: Tie for 11th
Sociology: Three-way tie for 20th
Sociology (population): Tie for 15th
Surgery: 16th
Urban policy: 19th
TOP 35:
Economics: Six-way tie for 30th
Engineering (mechanical): Seven-way tie for 29th
English: Seven-way tie for 32nd
Finance: Three-way tie for 26th
History: Four-way tie for 34th
Law (environmental): Three-way tie for 34th
Law (contracts/commercial law): Eight-way tie for 26th
Law (clinical training): Eight-way tie for 32nd
Law (tax law): Five-way tie for 34th
Mathematics: Six-way tie for 26th (ranked in 2019)
Physical therapy: Nine-way tie for 25th (ranked in 2021)
Political science: Three-way tie for 34th
Psychology: Ten-way way tie for 26th (ranked in 2017)
