As usual when it comes to academic rankings, the University of Texas at Austin delivered — this time with its graduate programs.
Each year, U.S. News & World Report releases analyses of colleges and universities across the country. Its graduate school rankings include data on schools like business, law and engineering as well as the programs and specialties within them. In total, over 10,000 graduate programs and specialties were included in the 2026 data.
Rather than standard rankings, the medical schools are analyzed on a four-tier system “in which overall scores were calculated based on percentile performance compared to all rated schools.”
Here are how programs at the biggest Central Texas graduate schools ranked nationally.
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Education: No. 6
The following programs in UT Austin’s School of Education rank in the country’s top 10: educational administration and supervision; special education; curriculum and instruction; educational psychology; elementary teacher education; secondary teacher education; and education policy.
Engineering: No. 6
The Cockrell School of Engineering offers the following top 10-ranking programs: petroleum engineering, civil engineering, environmental/environmental health engineering, aerospace/aeronautical/astronautical engineering, computer engineering and chemical engineering.
Computer Science: No. 10
The Department of Computer Science’s artificial intelligence, programming language, systems and theory programs rank in the top 10 nationally.
Law: No. 16
Of the law schools analyzed, the UT Austin School of Law had the seventh-highest number of graduates in federal clerkships.
Business: No. 18
Within UT Austin’s McCombs School of Business, programs ranking in the country’s top 10 include information systems, accounting, business analytics and real estate. It also landed No. 6 for part-time MBA programs.
Other
UT Austin ranked among the top 10 in several other programs, including earth sciences, library and information studies, pharmacy, social work
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Unlike UT Austin, Texas State University did not have any programs ranking among the top 10 in the U.S. Only four made it into the top 100 lists:
No. 26 (tie) in criminology
No. 53 (tie) in health care management
No. 97 (tie) in physical therapy
No. 98 (tie) in MBA (part-time)
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Engineering: No. 14
The Texas A&M University’s College of Engineering had some programs land among the country’s top 10, including petroleum engineering, nuclear engineering, biological/agricultural engineering and aerospace/aeronautical/astronautical engineering.
Law: No. 22
The School of Law’s dispute resolution program ranked No. 5 in the nation.
Other
Texas A&M University’s veterinary medicine program ranked No. 4 in the U.S.
The Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine’s research and primary care programs landed in Tier 2, which covers the 50th through 84th percentile.