CU Denver Ranked Among Best Grad Schools By U.S. News

Denver CO

31 March, 2021

10:13 AM

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DENVER, CO — The latest U.S. News & World Report rankings for best graduate schools in the country has been released, with the University of Colorado Denver ranked among the top in four major fields identified by the news outlet. CU Denver is ranked 28th in Public Affairs, 85th in Education, 100th in business and 136th in Engineering, according to the 2022 U.S. News list released Tuesday. U.S. News based their rankings on expert opinions and statistics that measure the quality of the school's faculty, research and students, it said in a news release. Stanford University in California took the top spot with the best business school, followed by the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School at No. 2 and the University of Chicago's Booth School at No. 3. Yale University in Connecticut remains the top law school in the rankings. Stanford and Harvard University followed Yale as the top law schools on the list. Like what you're reading? Invite a friend to subscribe to free Denver newsletters and real-time email alerts. Harvard stayed atop the best medical schools for research category, followed by New York University's Grossman School and Duke University. NYU and Duke both moved into the top three from last year's rankings. The University of Pennsylvania tied Harvard for the top spot in education programs, with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology No. 1 in engineering and Johns Hopkins University No. 1 in nursing. Statistical surveys were sent to more than 23,000 academic professionals in the fall of 2020 and early 2021 to find the statistical portion of the methodology.