Graduateprograms.com Announces Fall Graduate Program Rankings

ENGLEWOOD, N.J., Oct. 20, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- East coast or west coast? Public or private?

The complex decision of where to attend graduate school also includes things like cost, quality of the network, diversity, and where students can find a healthy social life.

Graduate Programs is pleased to provide answers to these questions with the annual Fall Graduate Program Rankings. This is a comprehensive list of the best graduate programs in the country, based solely on student ratings and reviews posted on graduateprograms.com.

The rankings encompass reviews posted by more than 70,000 students participating in over 1,600 graduate programs. Ratings are based on a 10-star system (with 1 being the worst and 10 being the best).

For a complete list and methodology, please visit http://www.graduateprograms.com/graduate-school-rankings.

The top graduate programs in the country are:

Overall Business & Management: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (9.36)

Business Management: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (9.86)
Accounting: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (9.81)
Executive MBA: University of Virginia (9.70)
Full-time MBA: University of California-Los Angeles (9.40)
Marketing: New York University (9.65)
Part-time MBA: The Ohio State University (9.28)

Communications: Georgetown University (8.92)

Journalism: Columbia University NY (8.77)
Media Studies: New York University (9.13)
Public Relations: Georgetown University (9.47)

Overall Education: Northwestern University (8.91)

Administration: Virginia Tech (9.47)
Adult Education: Texas State University (9.33)
Counselor Education: Old Dominion University (9.41)
Curriculum & Instruction: Purdue University-West Lafayette (9.49)
Educational Leadership: Union University (9.38)
Elementary Education: Teachers College at Columbia University (9.03)
Secondary Education: University of Georgia (9.53)
Special Education: University of Pittsburgh (9.75)
Teacher Certification: University of Louisville (9.51)

Engineering: Rice University (9.20)

Aerospace Engineering: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (9.57)
Biomedical Engineering: Columbia University NY (9.47)
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering: University of Virginia (9.79)
Civil Engineering: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (9.01)
Computer Science: University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (9.35)
Electrical Engineering: University of California-Berkeley (9.35)
Engineering Management: The University of Alabama at Birmingham (9.70)
Mechanical Engineering: University of California-Riverside (9.69)
Systems Engineering: University of Pennsylvania (9.12)

Fine Arts and Architecture:

Architecture: University of Utah (8.77)
Art: New York University (9.50)
Art History: University of Southern California (9.54)    
Film Production: New York University (8.92)

Health:

Healthcare Administration: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (9.80)
Health Care Policy & Management: Brown University (9.79)    
Kinesiology: University of Tennessee-Chattanooga (9.65)
Mental Health Counseling: Syracuse University (9.11)
Nutritional Science: Northeastern University (9.59)
Nursing: University of Pittsburgh-Main Campus (9.47)
Occupational Therapy: Colorado State University (9.11)
Physical Therapy: Texas Woman's University (9.05)
Physician Assistant: Quinnipiac University (9.40)
Public Health: The University of Iowa (8.93)
Speech Language Pathology: University of New Mexico-Main Campus (9.45)

Law:

Criminal Justice: University of Louisville (9.81)
JD: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (8.77)

Liberal Arts and Social Sciences:

Anthropology: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (9.78)
Counseling: Syracuse University (9.11)
Economics: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (9.79)
English: University of Colorado at Boulder (9.73)
History: Harvard University (9.65)
Library and Information Science: Rutgers University-New Brunswick (9.59)
Linguistics: Stanford University (9.38)
Mathematics: Harvard University (9.52)
Philosophy: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (9.80)
Political Science: Arizona State University (8.96)
Psychology: Harvard University (9.13)
Social Work: CUNY Lehman College (8.95)
Sociology: Rice University (9.30)
Theology/Religious Studies: University of Washington Seattle (9.43)

Medicine and Dental:

Anatomy: Pacific University Oregon (9.40)
Dental Medicine: University of Florida (9.11)
M. D.: The Ohio State University (9.13)
Pharmacy: Butler University (9.59)
Public Health: The University of Iowa (8.93)
Veterinary Medicine: Virginia Tech (9.65)

Public Affairs:

International Relations: Tufts University (8.62 stars)
Public Administration: University of Georgia (8.73)
Public Policy: Rutgers University-New Brunswick (9.55)

Sciences:

Animal Science: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (9.60)
Biochemistry, microbiology, molecular biology: Univ. of California-Irvine (9.65)
Biology: Indiana University, Bloomington (9.44)
Chemistry: University of Washington Seattle (9.27)
Neuroscience: Texas A&M University (9.15)
Physics: University of California-Santa Barbara (9.14)

Next week, Graduateprograms.com will publish a comprehensive list of the Best Online Grad Programs according to students and will follow with an expanded list of student rankings next Spring, 2015.

Harvey Berkey
201-615-5981
[email protected]

SOURCE Graduateprograms.com