Duke Graduate, Professional Programs Score High in US News Rankings

Amid questions about its methodology and impact, US News and World Report released its annual rankings of graduate and professional programs Tuesday, with many Duke schools and departments scoring high.

The schools of law and medicine chose not to participate in the US News survey this year, expressing reservations about the value and validity of the rankings and their influence on education decisions. US News has indefinitely delayed publication of the rankings in those fields.

Of the participating schools, the School of Nursing was ranked second among doctorate programs in the country. Its master’s program was fourth overall. In both programs, every specialty it offers was ranked No. 1 in its field.

Among the outstanding department and program results: the Physician Assistant program was ranked at the top of its field in the country.

The rankings also showed evidence of the reputational rise of several Duke priorities areas, such as quantum computing, which most likely contributed to a nine-spot rise of electrical engineering to 16th in the country.

Fuqua School of Business ranked 11^th overall

Accounting (22th)
Finance (14^th)
Management (18^th)
International (21th)
Entrepreneurship (17^th)
Executive MBA (5^th)
Marketing (8^th)
Nonprofit (8^th)
Business Analytics (10^th)

Pratt School of Engineering ranked 22nd overall

Biomedical Engineering (5^th)
Computer Engineering (18^th)
Electrical Engineering (16^th)
Environmental Engineering (12^th)
Mechanical Engineering (25^th)

School of Nursing Master’s Program was ranked 4^th overall

Adult Gerontology Acute Care (1^st)
Administration Management (1^st)
Family (1^st)
Pediatric Primary Care (1^st)
Adult Gerontology Primary Care (1^st)
Mental Health (1^st)

School of Nursing Doctor of Nursing Practice Program was ranked 2nd overall

Leadership (1^st)
Adult Gerontology Acute Care (1^st)
Adult Gerontology Primary Care (1^st)
Family (1^st)
Pediatric Primary Care (1^st)
Mental Health (1^st)

Sanford School of Public Policy

Environmental Policy (2th)
Public Policy Analysis (6th)
Social Policy (6th)
Health Policy (7th)

Each year, the magazine rotates the programs in the arts and sciences that it ranks. Departments that were previously ranked can be found in a 2022 Duke Today story. Here are the rankings for the academic departments and specialties that were ranked this year:

Arts & Sciences

Biochemistry (16^th)

Chemistry (27^th)

Computer Science (20^th)

Artificial Intelligence (21^st)
Theory (21^st)

Earth Sciences (39^th)

Environmental Sciences (6^th)

Math (16^th)

Algebra (14^th)
Analysis (15^th)
Applied Math (16^th)
Geometry (16^th)

Physics (28^th)

Atomic (16^th)
Nuclear (8^th)
Quantum (13^th)