KU MSW program ranks No. 22 among public schools in U.S. News & World Report

LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas has 55 graduate programs in the top 50 among public universities — including eight in the top 10 — in the latest U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools rankings, released today.

Highlights include the following:

• KU moved into a tie for No. 1 overall in special education and remained No. 1 among publics in paleontology.
• In addition to the abovementioned No. 1-ranked programs, KU ranks in the top 10 among publics in local government management (No. 3), education (No. 8), physical therapy (No. 8), public management and leadership (No. 8), environmental law (No. 9) and speech language pathology (No. 10).

U.S. News no longer issues numeric rankings for medical schools, having switched to a tier ranking system in 2024. Therefore, the medical school rankings are not included in the list of top 50 subjects. KU remained a Tier 1 institution in the Medical School–Primary Care rankings (one of only 16 institutions in Tier 1) and ranked in Tier 2 in the Medical School–Research rankings.

U.S. News & World Report publishes its Best Graduate Schools rankings each spring. These rankings are different from the annual Best Colleges rankings, which are published each fall.

Below is a full list of KU graduate programs ranked in the top 50 among public universities in today's announcement:

1. Paleontology
1. Special Education
3. Local Government Management
8. Education
8. Physical Therapy
8. Public Management and Leadership
9. Environmental Law
10. Speech Language Pathology
11. Petroleum Engineering
11. Public Affairs
13. Occupational Therapy
13. Public Finance and Budgeting
13. Urban Policy
14. Audiology
18. Dispute Resolution (Law)
19. Legal Writing
21. Clinical Child Psychology
21. Full-Time Law
21. Trial Advocacy (Law)
22. Social Work
24. Management (Business)
24. Nursing-Midwifery
24. Pharmacy
25. Full-Time MBA
25. Nursing-Anesthesia
26. Biostatistics
26. Entrepreneurship
29. Clinical Psychology
29. Healthcare Management
30. Contracts-Commercial Law
30. History
32. Psychology
33. Criminal Law
36. Business-Corporate Law
36. International Law
37. Aerospace Engineering
37. Constitutional Law
39. Biology
39. Sociology
40. Chemistry
40. Finance
41. Political Science
42. English
44. Environmental Engineering
44. Intellectual Property Law
44. Mathematics
45. Bioengineering
47. Economics
48. Business Analytics
48. Tax Law
49. Health Care Law
50. Chemical Engineering
50. Earth Sciences
50. Fine Arts
50. Mechanical Engineering.