The University of Texas at Austin continues to stand among the nation\u2019s top institutions for graduate education, according to U.S. News & World Report\u2019s latest release of its \u201cBest Graduate Schools\u201d rankings. Among all graduate disciplines, which U.S. News ranks in alternating years, UT continues to have 50 graduate colleges, schools and programs ranked in the top 10 nationally, including 13 ranked in the top 5 and three ranked No. 1.<\/p>\n
The University continues to offer one of the strongest Computer Science graduate educations in the country, with all Computer Science programs now ranked in the top 10.<\/p>\n
Four UT colleges and schools ranked in the top 10: the College of Education (No. 6), College of Engineering (No. 6), the Jackson School of Geosciences (No. 4), and the College of Pharmacy (No. 8).<\/p>\n
Two specialties ranked No. 1 in the country: Information Systems and Petroleum Engineering. Overall, the University has 50 graduate schools and specialty programs ranked in the top 10 when combined with rankings not updated for 2026.<\/p>\n
Among the highlights in this year\u2019s rankings:<\/p>\n
Four Computer Science programs ranked in the top 10 this year. Artificial Intelligence moved up three spots to No. 7, Programming Language moved up one spot to No. 7, Computer Systems moved up three spots to No. 8, and Theory maintained its top 10 status at No. 9.
\nSeven College of Education programs also ranked in the top 10, including Curriculum and Instruction, which moved up four spots to No. 6, and Special Education, which moved up two spots to No. 4.
\nThe Jackson School of Geosciences rose three spots to No. 4 nationally, with three specialty programs also ranking in the top 5: Geology at No. 2, Paleontology at No. 3, and Geophysics and Seismology at No. 5.
\nCockrell School of Engineering\u2019s Petroleum Engineering program maintained its No. 1 ranking, a title the program has held since 2003.
\nThe Information Systems program at the McCombs School of Business was ranked No. 1 in the nation for the first time.
\nThe Clinical Psychology program at the College of Liberal Arts made the most significant increase, moving up 12 spots to No. 15.<\/p>\n
U.S. News & World Report\u2019s graduate rankings, which are published separately from the yearly ranking of undergraduate programs, are based on surveys of academic leaders and, for select programs, additional quantitative measures including placement test scores, student\/faculty ratios, research expenditures, salary by profession, and job placement success. The publication updates some of its specialty rankings each year and republishes the most recent rankings in other areas. UT graduate schools, programs and specialties that U.S. News ranked in the top 25 are listed below.<\/p>\n
Business\u00a0\u2013 18<\/p>\n
Accounting \u2013 6
\nBusiness Analytics \u2013 9
\nEntrepreneurship \u2013 22
\nFinance \u2013 14*
\nInformation Systems \u2013 1
\nManagement \u2013 15
\nMarketing \u2013 14
\nProduction\/Operations \u2013 12
\nProject Management \u2013 3*
\nReal Estate \u2013 8
\nSupply Chain\/Logistics \u2013 22
\nExecutive MBA \u2013 12*
\nPart-Time MBA \u2013 6<\/p>\n
Education\u00a0\u2013 6<\/p>\n
Counseling \u2013 15*
\nCurriculum\/Instruction \u2013 6
\nEducation Policy \u2013 10
\nEducational Administration\/Supervision \u2013 3
\nEducational Psychology \u2013 6
\nElementary Teacher Education \u2013 9
\nHigher Education Administration \u2013 14
\nSecondary Teacher Education \u2013 9
\nSpecial Education \u2013 4<\/p>\n
Engineering\u00a0\u2013 6<\/p>\n
Aerospace\/Aeronautical\/Astronautical Engineering \u2013 8
\nBiomedical Engineering \u2013 18
\nChemical Engineering \u2013 9
\nCivil Engineering \u2013 4
\nComputer Engineering \u2013 8
\nElectrical\/Electronic\/Communications Engineering \u2013 12
\nEnvironmental\/Environmental Health Engineering \u2013 7
\nIndustrial Manufacturing Systems \u2013 22
\nMaterials Engineering \u2013 18
\nMechanical Engineering \u2013 16
\nPetroleum Engineering \u2013 1<\/p>\n
Health Disciplines (other than Nursing)<\/p>\n
Audiology \u2013 18
\nClinical Psychology \u2013 15
\nPharmacy (College of Pharmacy) \u2013 8
\nSocial Work (School of Social Work) \u2013 8*
\nSpeech-Language Pathology \u2013 13<\/p>\n
Law\u00a0\u2013 16<\/p>\n
Business\/Corporate Law \u2013 17
\nConstitutional Law \u2013 15
\nContracts\/Commercial Law \u2013 18
\nCriminal Law \u2013 20
\nIntellectual Property Law \u2013 11
\nInternational Law \u2013 19
\nMost Grads at Big Law Firms \u2013 7
\nMost Grads in Federal Clerkships \u2013 7
\nTax Law \u2013 20
\nTrial Advocacy \u2013 19<\/p>\n
Library and Information Studies Schools (School of Information)\u00a0\u2013 6<\/p>\n
Archives and Preservation \u2013 6*
\nDigital Librarianship \u2013 7*
\nInformation Systems \u2013 7*<\/p>\n
Nursing\u00a0<\/p>\n
Public Affairs\u00a0\u2013 14<\/p>\n
Global Policy \u2013 15
\nLeadership \u2013 23
\nLocal Government Management \u2013 21
\nPublic Policy Analysis \u2013 16<\/p>\n
The Sciences<\/p>\n
Biological Sciences\u00a0\u2013 41<\/p>\n
Ecology\/Evolutionary Biology \u2013 8*<\/p>\n
Chemistry\u00a0\u2013 17<\/p>\n
Analytical \u2013 4*
\nInorganic \u2013 14*
\nOrganic \u2013 20*
\nPhysical \u2013 14*<\/p>\n
Computer Science\u00a0\u2013 10<\/p>\n
Artificial Intelligence \u2013 7
\nProgramming Language \u2013 7
\nSystems \u2013 8
\nTheory \u2013 9<\/p>\n
Earth Sciences\u00a0(Jackson School of Geosciences) \u2013 4<\/p>\n
Geochemistry \u2013 13*
\nGeology \u2013 2*
\nGeophysics and Seismology \u2013 5*
\nPaleontology \u2013 3*<\/p>\n
Mathematics\u00a0\u2013 12<\/p>\n
Algebra \u2013 19*
\nAnalysis \u2013 8*
\nApplied Math \u2013 7*
\nTopology \u2013 8*<\/p>\n
Physics\u00a0\u2013 14<\/p>\n
Cosmology\/Relativity\/Gravity \u2013 10*
\nCondensed Matter \u2013 22*<\/p>\n
Statistics\u00a0\u2013 26<\/p>\n
Social Sciences and Humanities<\/p>\n
Economics\u00a0\u2013 21*<\/p>\n
English\u00a0\u2013 17*<\/p>\n
American Literature After 1865 \u2013 18*<\/p>\n
History\u00a0\u2013 13*<\/p>\n
African American History \u2013 10*
\nLatin American History \u2013 1*
\nModern U.S. History \u2013 16*<\/p>\n
Political Science\u00a0\u2013 18*<\/p>\n
American Politics \u2013 20*
\nComparative Politics \u2013 18*<\/p>\n
Psychology\u00a0\u2013 14*<\/p>\n
Behavioral Neuroscience \u2013 8*
\nSocial Psychology \u2013 9*<\/p>\n
Sociology\u00a0\u2013 14<\/p>\n
Sociology of Population \u2013 1*
\nSex and Gender \u2013 6*
\nSocial Stratification \u2013 13*<\/p>\n
Fine Arts\u00a0(College of Fine Arts) \u2013 34<\/p>\n
*Ranking not revised for 2024-25. Based on latest available ranking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The University of Texas at Austin continues to stand among the nation\u2019s top institutions for graduate education, according…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239218,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,910,8014,31778,91887,517,3618,41073,163,13178,19033,23467,1910,8015,426,33030,91888,1049],"class_list":["post-239217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-business","tag-cockrell-school-of-engineering","tag-college-of-education","tag-college-of-fine-arts","tag-college-of-liberal-arts","tag-college-of-natural-sciences","tag-college-of-pharmacy","tag-education","tag-faculty","tag-graduate-school","tag-jackson-school-of-geosciences","tag-leadership","tag-mccombs-school-of-business","tag-rankings","tag-school-of-nursing","tag-school-of-social-work","tag-students"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}