The most recent undergraduate rankings were announced by U.S. News on August 19, 2005, for the 2005-06 academic year.
U.S. News Undergraduate Categories
2005-06
2004-05
Overall Undergraduate Programs
11
11*
Alumni giving
9*
9*
Economic diversity
25
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Faculty resources
5
6
Financial resources
4
4
Graduation & retention
17*
19
Selectivity
6*
8
Best Value
20
12
Olin School of Business
12*
11*
School of Engineering & Applied Science
41*
39*
* – tie
GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS
This is a compilation of all U.S. News graduate and professional rankings of Washington University programs. Entries dated 2005 were issued on April 1, 2005. All other entries are for the year in which rankings were last conducted – some categories are ranked once every two to six years.
U.S. News Graduate & Professional Categories
Ranking
Year Last Ranked
School of Architecture
19*
1997
School of Art
21*
2003
Sculpture
13*(**)
2003
Arts & Sciences
Audiology (in cooperation with CID)
8*
2004
American Politics
14
2005
Biological Sciences
14*
2002
Chemistry
43*
2002
Clinical Psychology
32*
2004
Cognitive Psychology
11
2005
Creative Writing
10*
1997
Economics
36*
2005
Education
40*
2005
English
39*
2005
Geochemistry
10
1999
Geology
23*
1999
History
39*
2005
Mathematics
37*
2002
Music
60*(**)
2000
Physics
46*(**)
2002
Political Methodology
9
2005
Political Science
16*
2005
Psychology
36*
2005
George Warren Brown School of Social Work
2
2004
School of Engineering and Applied Science
34*
2005
Applied Mathematics
47
2002
Biomedical Engineering
14
2005
Chemical
32*
2005
Civil
48*
2005
Computer Engineering
28*
2005
Computer Science
35*
2002
Electrical/Electronic/Communications
38*
2005
Environmental/Environmental Health
34*
2005
Materials
51*
2004
Mechanical
47*
2005
School of Law
24*
2005
Clinical Training
3
2005
Intellectual Property Law
19*
2005
International Law
16
2005
School of Medicine (Comprehensive ranking)
3
2005
AIDS
19*
2005
Cell Biology
10
2002
Drug/Alcohol Abuse
12*
2005
Genetics
9
1999
Geriatrics
15*
2004
Health Services Administration
16*(**)
2003
Internal Medicine
6
2005
Microbiology
6
2002
Molecular Biology
10*
2002
Neurosciences
6
2002
Occupational Therapy
3
2004
Pediatrics
6
2005
Pharmacology/Toxicology
8*
1999
Physical Therapy
2
2004
Primary Care
46
2005
Women’s Health
11*
2005
Olin School of Business MBA
32*
2005
Management
24
2005
Olin Executive MBA (EMBA)
16
2005
Olin School Part-time MBA
11
2005
* – tie. *(**) – Web ranking only
The Atlantic Monthly
Ranking
Year
Overall undergraduate program
11
2003-04
Forbes
Ranking
Year
Part-time MBA
11
2005
Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
Ranking
Year
Black enrollment – nation’s top 50 universities
7
2003-04
Integrating African-American undergraduates
4
2002-03
Comparative graduation rates of blacks and whites
1
2002-03
Five-year progress in black faculty appointments
1
2002-03
Rolling Stone
Ranking
Year
Schools that Rock (ranks both WUSTL and St. Louis)
