The University of Scranton has more than a dozen graduate programs ranked among the best in the nation, according to one of the leading authorities in assessing academic quality and reputation.<\/p>\n
U.S. News and World Report\u2019s \u201cBest Graduate Schools\u201d report,<\/a> released April 7, features 14 University of Scranton master\u2019s and doctoral offerings ranked in their respective categories.<\/p>\n Among Scranton\u2019s highest-ranked and fastest-rising programs are the following:<\/p>\n No. 43 (tied), Best Rehabilitation Counseling Programs \u2014 up six spots from No. 49 in 2025No. 59 (tied), Best Occupational Therapy Programs \u2014 up 20 spots from No. 79 in 2025No. 99 (tied), Best Nurse Anesthesia Programs \u2014 up 12 spots from No. 111 in 2025<\/p>\n In rehabilitation counseling, Scranton ranks first in Pennsylvania and shares the No. 43 ranking with the likes of Texas Tech and the University of Alabama.<\/p>\n Scranton also held strong in the Best Healthcare Management Programs category, ranking 53rd nationally, tied with Creighton University, Texas State University, the University of Memphis and the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, among others.<\/p>\n Additionally, after not being ranked in 2025, the University placed in the following categories:<\/p>\n No. 109 (tied), Best International Business ProgramsNo. 139 (tied), Best Management ProgramsNo. 154 (tied), Best Marketing ProgramsNo. 166 (tied), Best Supply Chain Management Programs<\/p>\n The University also received recognition in multiple other categories: Best Part-Time MBA Programs, No. 105 (tied); Best Physical Therapy Programs, No. 115 (tied); Best Business Analytics Programs, No. 115 (tied); Best Nursing Schools: Doctor of Nursing Practice, No. 137; Best Accounting Programs, No. 148 (tied); and Best Finance Programs, No. 170 (tied).<\/p>\n The methodologies used by U.S. News to rank programs are constantly updated, refined and tailored to each category. Among the factors that go into U.S. News rankings are the results of surveys of educational and professional personnel, faculty student ratios and student test scores. In addition to U.S. News, The Wall Street Journal,<\/a> Princeton Review<\/a> and Forbes<\/a> are among the other publications that have recently recognized the value of a Scranton education with noteworthy rankings.<\/p>\n The University of Scranton has more than 40 graduate programs<\/a> covering specialties within the fields of business, health administration, health sciences, social sciences and STEM.<\/p>\n According to the most recent Roche Family Center for Career Development\u2019s First Destination Survey<\/a>, graduate students from the Class of 2024 reported a 100% success rate with 95% of them employed full-time. The graduates\u2019 mean annual salary was $82,932, up 15% from just three years earlier.<\/p>\n For more information, visit The University of Scranton\u2019s graduate admissions website<\/a> \u2014 or visit in-person on Wednesday, April 22, for Graduate Open House<\/a>. Online registration<\/a> is now open for the event at the DeNaples Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The University of Scranton has more than a dozen graduate programs ranked among the best in the nation,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":160519,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[72490,72489,55602,48115,178,180,179,274,3585],"class_list":["post-160518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-advanced-learning","tag-grad","tag-graduate-school","tag-masters","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-the-university-of-scranton","tag-u-s-news-and-world-report"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}