Graduate and Professional Rankings of WUSTL by News Media

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GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS
This is a compilation of all U.S. News graduate and professional rankings of Washington University programs, based on information from the 2009 Guidebook and additional Web-based rankings at http://www.usnews.com/. Altogether, 20 academic areas at Washington University rank in U.S. News top-10 categories and a total of 44 academic areas hold a top-25 ranking.
U.S. News Graduate & Professional Categories Ranking Year Last Ranked
Graduate School of Art 15* 2008
Sculpture 13* 2003
Arts & Sciences
American Politics 14 2005
Biological Sciences 7* 2008
Chemistry 43* 2008
Clinical Psychology 16* 2008
Cognitive Psychology 11 2005
Creative Writing 10* 1997
Earth Sciences 25* 2008
Economics 36* 2005
Education 38* 2008
English 39* 2005
Geochemistry 13* 2006
Geophysics and Seismology 19* 2006
History 39* 2005
Mathematics 40* 2008
Mathematics analysis 18* 2006
Music 60* 2000
Physics 45* 2006
Psychology 36* 2008
Political Methodology 9 2008
Political Science 16* 2008
Psychology 36* 2005
George Warren Brown School of Social Work 1 2008
School of Engineering and Applied Science 46* 2007
Applied Mathematics 47 2002
Biomedical Engineering 12* 2007
Chemical Engineering 34* 2007
Civil Engineering 41* 2007
Computer Engineering 29* 2007
Computer Science 40* 2006
Electrical/Electronic/Communications 38* 2006
Environmental/Environmental Health 38* 2007
Mechanical Engineering 50* 2007
School of Law 19 2008
Clinical Training 6 2008
Healthcare law 16 2006
Intellectual Property Law 21 2007
International Law 19* 2007
Trial advocacy 4 2008
Legal writing 36* 2007
School of Medicine (comprehensive ranking) 3 2008
AIDS 12* 2007
Audiology (in cooperation with CID) 5 2008
Biochemistry 10* 2008
Cell Biology 9 2008
Drug/Alcohol Abuse 10* 2007
Genetics/Genomics/Bioinformatics 4* 2008
Geriatrics 18* 2007
Ecology/Evolutionary Biology 11* 2007
Healthcare Management 17* 2008
Health Services Administration 17* 2007
Immunology/Infectious Diseases 5* 2008
Internal Medicine 8 2008
Microbiology 3* 2008
Molecular Biology 11 2007
Neuroscience/Neurobiology 9 2008
Occupational Therapy 1* 2008
Pediatrics 7 2008
Pharmacology/Toxicology 8* 1999
Physical Therapy 2* 2008
Primary Care 38* 2007
Women’s Health 11 2007
Olin School of Business MBA 25* 2008
Finance 21* 2006
Management 24 2005
Olin Executive MBA (EMBA) 20 2007
Olin School Part-time MBA 12* 2007

BusinessWeek Magazine

Ranking Year
Olin School MBA 27 2006
Olin School Professional MBA (Midwest) 4 2007
Olin School Professional MBA (National) 20 2007
Olin Executive MBA – St. Louis (EMBA) 17 2003
Olin Executive MBA – Shanghai (EMBA) 24 2007
Olin School Executive Education (Non-degree) Top 18 2003

The Economist

Ranking Year
Olin School of Business MBA (USA only) 23 2006
Olin MBA – Worldwide 41 2006
Diversity of recruiters 1 2003
Educational experience 4 2003
Alumni effectiveness 21 2003
Executive education non-degree programs (worldwide) 2* 2006

Financial Times

Ranking Year
Washington University-Fudan University EMBA (worldwide) 7 2007
Washington University-Fudan University EMBA (China) 1 2006
Olin School of Business MBA (USA ranking) 30 2006
Olin School of Business MBA (worldwide ranking) 52 2006
Faculty research productivity (worldwide ranking) 14 2006

Forbes

Ranking Year
Part-time MBA 11 2005

Entrepreneur Magazine

Ranking Year
Olin School of Business Entrepreneurship Program Top 25 2003

Wall Street Journal

Ranking Year
Olin School of Business MBA (regional) 46 2007

Design Intelligence

Ranking Year
Architecture and Design Programs
(Also reported by Architecture Magazine)
5 2007-8

POST-DOCTORAL PROGRAMS

The Scientist
Ranking Year
Best universities for post-docs to work 28 2006

Key:

* – tie

Last update: April 12, 2007