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US News & World Report Best Colleges

N/R = Not Ranked

	2023-2024	2024-2025	2025-2026
National Universities	60	63	64
Top Public Universities	28	30	29

	2023-2024	2024-2025	2025-2026
Best Undergraduate Business Programs	21	27	24
Supply Chain Management	1	1	1
Production/Operations Management	3	3	7
Management	10	15	16
Accounting	17	25	22
Marketing	32	39	N/R
International Business	30	29	21

	2023-2024	2024-2025	2025-2026
Undergraduate Engineering	46	43	48
Undergraduate Nursing	31	39	28
Psychology	39	42	52
Economics	41	43	44
Computer Science	50	53	54

	2023-2024	2024-2025	2025-2026
Learning Communities	5	4	4
Service Learning	8	9	6
Study Abroad	8	8	10
Best Colleges for Veterans	36	37	37
Undergraduate Research		42	N/R
Most Innovative Schools	38	53	N/R

Washington Monthly

Best Colleges for Research	2025
Overall	45
Public Institutions	26

Main (non-research) Ranking	2025
Research Universities Overall	75
Public Research Universities	49

US News & World Report Grad Program Rankings

	2024	2025	2026
Best Education Schools	21	22	19
Curriculum and Instruction	1	3	1
Elementary Teacher Education	1	1	1
Secondary Teachere Education	1	1	1
Educational Administration and Supervision	1	1	2
Higher Education Administration	1	1	2
Educational Psychology	4	4	4
Special Education	9	9	8
Education Policy	6	6	9
Student Counseling and Personal Services	N/R	11	13

	2024	2025	2026
Best Business Schools	41	35	43
Supply Chain/Logistics	1	2	15
Production/Operations	9	8	23
Accounting	28	30	26
Executive MBA	N/R	N/R	32
Marketing	N/R	35	37
Management	31	N/R	43
Entrepreneurship	N/R	N/R	46
Finance	N/R	N/R	46
Business Analytics	N/R	N/R	48

	2024	2025	2026
Best Engineering Schools	57	59	62
Biological/Agricultural Engineering	12	12	8
Environmental Engineering	38	36	38
Civil Engineering	48	43	45
Electrical Engineering	45	51	50
Materials Engineering	57	56	50
Mechanical Engineering	50	51	51
Chemical Engineering	53	49	53
Biomedical Engineering	60	63	64

	2024	2025	2026
Best Nursing Schools (Master's programs)	58	52	45
Doctor of Nursing Practice	49	61	47

College of Osteopathic Medicine	2024	2025	2026
Most graduates practicing in medically underserved areas	1	3	2
Most graduates practicing in primary care	14	2	4
Most graduates practicing in rural areas	58	57	30

College of Human Medicine
Most graduates practicing in medically underserved areas	19	40	35
Most graduates practicing in primary care	40	50	56
Most graduates practicing in rural areas	38	48	41

Best Online Graduate Programs:	2024	2025	2026
Online Grad Education Programs	7	7	13
Curriculum and Instruction	1	3	3
Education Administration and Supervision	1	3	1
Educational/Instructional Media Design	4	6	7
Special Education	5	9	3
Online Grad Criminal Justice Programs	10	10	8
Online Grad Business Programs (excludes MBA)	4	8	5
Online Grad Civil Engineering	N/R	5	N/R

Best Online Graduate Programs for Veterans:	2024	2025	2026
Online Grad Business Programs for Veterans	2	5	4
Online Grad Criminal Justice Programs for Veterans	5	7	5

US News & World Report (Grad programs ranked every few years)

	Most Recent Rank	Edition
Rehabilitation Counseling	2	2026
Criminal Justice	9	2021
DNP Gerontology - Acute Care	14	2026
Veterinary Medicine	18	2026
Clinical Psychology	24	2026
Speech-Language Pathology	27	2026
Statistics	31	2026
Economics	32	2025
Political Science	33	2025
Physics	34	2026
Social Work	36	2024
Psychology	39	2025
Nursing Anesthesia	40	2026
History	42	2025
Chemistry	43	2026
Mathematics	46	2026
Sociology	47	2025
Biological Sciences	50	2026
BIostatistics	52	2026
English	54	2025
Fine Arts	54	2026
Earth Sciences	55	2026
Public Health	55	2026
Computer Science	56	2026

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