Duke Graduate/Professional Schools Score High in US News Rankings

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The annual U.S. News and World Report rankings of graduate and professional programs again gave high scores to several Duke programs, even as some programs express concern about the ranking process.

The schools of law and medicine chose not to participate in the US News survey this year, expressing reservations about the value and validity of the rankings and their influence on education decisions.

Among the highlights is the School of Nursing ranking third overall in master’s programs, with several specialties being listed at the top of their field. Biomedical engineering was listed second in that discipline.

Fuqua School of Business ranked 12th (tied) overall

  • Accounting (29th)
  • Finance (13th)
  • Management (16th)
  • International (16th)
  • Executive MBA (5th)
  • Marketing (4th)
  • Nonprofit (5th)
  • Business Analytics (10th)
  • Production-Operations (21st)

Sanford School of Public Policy

  • Public Policy Analysis (6th)
  • Environmental Policy and Management (3rd)
  • Health Policy and Management (5th)
  • Social Policy (12th)

Read more on Sanford rankings on the school website

Pratt School of Engineering ranked 23rd (tied) overall

  • Biomedical Engineering (2ndT)
  • Civil Engineering (27thT)
  • Computer Engineering (20thT)
  • Electrical/Communications Engineering (20thT)
  • Environmental Health Engineering (9thT)
  • Materials Engineering (26thT)
  • Mechanical Engineering (23rdT)

More on the Pratt engineering rankings on the school’s website.

School of Nursing

  • Master’s (3rd)
  • Doctor of Nursing Practice (3rdT)
  • Doctor of Nursing Practice Leadership Program (1st)
  • Master’s Nurse Practitioner: Adult/Gerontology Acute Care (1st)
  • Master’s Nurse Practitioner: Adult/Gerontology Primary Care (1st)
  • Master’s Nurse Practitioner: Family (1st)
  • Master’s Nurse Practitioner: Psychiatric/Mental Health (1st)
  • Master’s Nursing Administration (1st)See more about the School of Nursing rankings on the school website

School of Law ranked 4th (tied) overall

Other:

  • Computer Science (21stT)
  • Nursing Anesthesia (7thT)
  • Physical Therapy (6thT)
  • Occupational Therapy (27thT)
  • Clinical Psychology (7thT)

Note: This list includes only 2024 rankings for programs. Programs that were ranked in previous years but not newly scored in 2024 were not included.