Georgia universities climb in U.S. News Best Graduate Schools rankings

Three Georgia universities placed high in the U.S. News and World Report for the national Best Graduate Schools rankings.

Mercer University School of Medicine, Georgia State University and Georgia Tech all had graduate programs and rankings that rose from last year’s report.

The Best Graduate Schools rankings evaluates programs in crucial fields, such as education, law, health and business.

“These rankings reflect the continued progress of Georgia State’s graduate programs and our sustained focus on program quality,” said Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Nicolle Parsons-Pollard in a news release. “They underscore the momentum we are building through thoughtful program design, engaged faculty, and a commitment to delivering rigorous and relevant programs that respond to the evolving needs of students and the workforce.”

Here are the rankings for each school:

Georgia Tech

For the third year in a row, the engineering graduate programs at Georgia Tech ranked No. 4 as the Best Engineering Schools in the national Best Graduate Schools rankings. It’s tied with Purdue University.

The list also placed the school’s College of Engineering No. 2 among public programs. 

The H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering kept its top slot for the program for its 36th year in a row.

The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, tied with Johns Hopkins University, took the No. 1 slot for bioengineering programs.

The school’s aerospace engineering program placed No. 2 for the third year in a row, and the mechanical engineering program received its highest ever ranking at No. 3.

Georgia State University

The Andrew Young School of Policy placed No. 14 among public affairs colleges and received several top 10 graduate program rankings.

The College of Law’s healthcare law program ranked No. 2, which is the 8th consecutive year the program placed in the top five. Its part-time law program also placed at No. 21.

The J. Mack Robinson College of Business maintained a top 10 ranking among public universities for its information systems graduate program. Its international business graduate program placed No. 26 overall, No. 13 among public universities and No. 1 in Georgia.

The School of Public Health kept its No. 1 spot for public universities in Georgia and ranked in the top 30 nationally.

“The continued gains across so many programs underscore the strength and momentum of graduate education at Georgia State,” said Lisa Armistead, dean of The Graduate School, in a news release. “Faculty and students in our graduate programs aim to address today’s most complex challenges, and our rise in the rankings affirms our mission to deliver high-impact, accessible graduate education that advances knowledge, drives innovation and serves our communities.”

Mercer University

Mercer University School of Medicine ranked No. 20 in Most Graduates Practicing in Primary Care, No. 27 in Most Graduates Practicing in Medically Underserved Areas and No. 59 in Most Graduates in Rural Areas.

“We were created to fulfill a mission to improve health care in rural underserved areas of Georgia. Every day, our faculty, staff, students and alumni bring that mission to life by serving communities and strengthening care in a place I’m proud to call home,” said Dr. Jean Sumner, dean of Mercer University’s School of Medicine, in a news release.