U.S. News & World Report’s latest list of the nation’s best graduate programs, published yesterday at this link, shows strong rankings for George Washington University in several schools and specialty programs that offer advanced degrees.
The Milken Institute School of Public Health ranked 12th among public health schools, and the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences’ Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration ranked 16thamong public affairs schools
In addition, GW Law’s part-time program was ranked second and 31st among full-time law programs.
There are six academic disciplines for which schools across the country submit statistical surveys, including business (both full-time and part-time programs); education; engineering; law (also full-time and part-time); and medical (both primary care and research). GW Nursing does not participate in the spring rankings by U.S. News.
The magazine’s rankings have been met with controversy in recent years relating to the methods used in their development. And the methodology for each school category within the graduate programs list could vary depending on the specialty.
Here is a look at GW graduate programs that received high rankings for 2025:
Milken Institute SPH ranked specialty programs:
- fifth in health policy and management
- ninth in public health masters of health administration
- 11th in environmental and occupational health
- 12th in public health
- 14th in prevention and community health (categorized as social and behavioral sciences)
- 16th in epidemiology
- 19th in biostatistics and bioinformatics
Trachtenberg School ranked specialty programs:
- sixth in international/global policy and administration
- ninth in public management and leadership
- ninth in homeland security and emergency management
- 13th in public finance and budgeting
- 16th in social policy
- 17th in nonprofit management
- 23rd in public policy analysis
These GW advanced-degree programs also obtained high rankings in the latest U.S. News list:
- third in rehabilitation counseling
- fifth in intellectual property law
- sixth in physician assistant
- eighth in international law
- ninth in health care management
- 12th in international business
- 17th in health care law
- 18th in environmental law
- 22nd in physical therapy
- 23rd in tax law
- 24th in clinical training
- 30th in occupational therapy
- 31st in constitutional law
- 31st in business/corporate law
- 32nd in criminal law
- 37th in political science
- 41st in statistics
- 43rd in trial advocacy
- 48th in dispute resolution
- 48th in speech-language pathology
In addition, GW Engineering climbed 14 places for 2025, from 88 to 74. This climb is the largest single-year increase among the top 100 schools.