U.S.News America's Best Graduate Schools Rankings  (updated 3/28/08)
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Business 38 37* 28 27* 23* 33* 46* 45* MD MD MD NR**
  Accounting 3 4 1 4 4 2* 2 1 MD MD MD NR**
  Entrepreneurship NR NR NR NR NR NR** NR** NR** MD MD MD NR**
  Executive MBA NR NR NR 18* NR NR**   NR** MD MD MD NR**
  Finance NR NR 24* 24* 23 NR** NR** NR** MD MD MD NR**
  Information Systems 17 15* 19* 22 24 NR** NR** NR** MD MD MD NR**
  International NR NR NR NR NR NR** NR** NR** MD MD MD NR**
  Management 21* 21 23 25* NR NR** NR** NR** MD MD MD NR**
  Marketing NR NR 21* 24 25 NR** NR** NR** MD MD MD NR**
  Nonprofit NR NR NR NR NR NR** NR** NR** MD MD MD NR**
  Part-time MBA NR NR NR NR NR NR** NR**   MD MD MD NR**
  Production/Operations NR NR NR NR NR NR** NR** NR** MD MD MD NR**
  Quantitative Analysis             NR** NR** MD MD MD  
  Supply Chain/Logistics NR NR NR NR NR NR**     MD MD MD NR**
 
Education 25* 25 18 18* 27 24* 14 14 MD MD MD 8*
  Curriculum/Instruction 5 5 4 7 7 4 7 7 MD MD MD 6
  Education Policy 13* 13* 12 13 12 10 NR** NR** MD MD MD 7
  Educational Administration/Supervision 17* 14 20* 16* NR NR** NR** NR** MD MD MD NR**
  Educational Psychology 4 7 4 4 5 4 5 4* MD MD MD 4
  Elementary Education 10 10* 8* 7 5* 6 6 4 MD MD MD 6
  Higher Education Administration 21* NR 22* NR 16 NR** NR** NR** MD MD MD NR**
  Secondary Education 9 8 8 8* 7 5 8* 6* MD MD MD 4
  Special Education 4* 8 5 6* 5 5 6 4* MD MD MD 6
  Student Counseling/Personnel NR 17* 13* NR 10 NR** NR** NR** MD MD MD NR**
  Technical Teacher Education/Vocational 6 5 5 6 6 6 5* 4 MD MD MD 5
 
Engineering 5 5 5 4* 4 4 5 6 MD MD MD 4*
  Aerospace/Aeronautical/Astronautical 7 8 7* 8 9* 7 8* 8 MD MD MD 9
  Biomedical/Bioengineering NR NR NR                  
  Chemical 10* 10* 12 8* 9* 8 9 10 MD MD MD 10
  Civil 1* 2 1* 1* 2 2 2 1* MD MD MD 1
  Computer Engineering 5 4* 5 4* 5 5 5 5 MD MD MD 4*
  Electrical/Electronic/Communications 4 4 4 4 4* 4 3* 3 MD MD MD 4
  Environmental/Environmental Health 3 2* 5* 2 2* 5 4 3 MD MD MD 3*
  Industrial Manufacturing 16* 23* 20* 18* 15* NR** NR** NR** MD MD MD NR**
  Materials 2 2* 2 2* 3* 2 3 3* MD MD MD 2
  Mechanical 6 6 5* 6 6 5 5 4 MD MD MD 4
  Nuclear 13 9 11* 10*   3* 5*   MD MD MD 3*
 
Law 27* 25* 27* 26 27* 25* 25* 23* MD MD MD 20*
  Clinical Training NR NR NR NR NR NR** NR** NR** MD MD MD NR**
  Dispute Resolution NR NR NR NR NR NR** NR** NR** MD MD MD NR**
  Environmental Law NR NR NR NR NR NR** NR** NR** MD MD MD NR**
  Healthcare Law NR NR NR NR NR NR** NR** NR** MD MD MD NR**
  Intellectual Property Law NR NR NR NR NR NR** NR** NR** MD MD MD NR**
  International Law NR NR NR NR NR NR** NR** NR** MD MD MD NR**
  Legal Writing  NR NR NR NR NR NR** NR** NR** MD MD MD NR**
  Tax Law NR NR NR NR NR NR** NR** NR** MD MD MD NR**
  Trial Advocacy NR NR NR NR NR NR** NR** NR** MD MD MD NR**
 
Social Sciences and Humanities (Ph.D.)                        
Economics       28*       NR**       NR
  Development Economics       NR       NR**       NR**
  Econometrics       NR       NR**       NR**
  Industrial Organization       NR       NR**       NR**
  International Economics       NR       NR**       NR**
  Labor Economics       NR       NR**       NR**
  Macroeconomics       NR       NR**       NR**
  Microeconomics       NR       NR**       NR**
  Public Finance       NR       NR**       NR**
 
English       19*       18*       20*
  African-American Literature       NR       NR**       NR**
  American Literature After 1865       17*       NR**       NR**
  American Literature Before 1865       NR       NR**       NR**
  18th through 20th Century British Literature       NR       NR**       NR**
  Gender and Literature       NR       NR**       NR**
  Literary Criticism and Theory       14*       NR**       NR**
  Medieval/Renaissance Literature       NR       NR**       NR**
 
History       22*       22*       22*
  African History       NR       NR**       NR**
  African-American History       NR       NR**       NR**
  Asian History       NR       NR**       NR**
  Cultural History       NR       NR**       NR**
  Latin American History       NR       NR**       NR**
  Modern U.S. History       NR       NR**       NR**
  U.S. Colonial History       NR       NR**       NR**
  Women's History       NR       NR**       NR**
 
Political Science       22*       23*       22*
  American Politics       NR       NR**       NR**
  Comparative Politics       NR       NR**       NR**
  International Politics       NR       NR**       NR**
  Political Methodology       NR       NR**       NR**
  Political Theory       NR       NR**       NR**
 
Psychology       5* 8*     3*       3*
  Behavioral Neuroscience       NR NR              
  Clinical Psychology                       4
  Cognitive Psychology       6* NR     3*        
  Developmental Psychology       8 NR     7*       5
  Experimental Psychology       4 NR     4       6
  Industrial and Organizational Psychology       5 NR     6       4
  Social Psychology       10* NR              
  Educational Psychology       55* NR              
 
Sociology       NR 19*     NR       NR**
  Economic Sociology       NR NR     NR**       NR**
  Historical Sociology       NR NR     NR**       NR**
  Sex and Gender       NR NR     NR**       NR**
  Social Psychology       NR NR     NR**       NR**
  Social Stratification       NR NR     NR**       NR**
  Sociology of Culture       NR NR     NR**       NR**
  Sociology of Population       NR NR     NR**       NR**
 
Health Disciplines* ranked by directors and faculty
  Audiology 28*       20*       18*     14*
  Clinical Psychology 9*       8*     9*        
  Rehabiliatation Counseling   24*       NR**     NR     18*
  Social Work 18*       19*       25*     21*
  Speech-Language Pathology 9*       10*       10*     10*
  Veterinary   18*       12*     NR**     NR**
 
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