SLU Graduate, Professional Programs Again Rank Among Nation's Best in Annual U.S. News Rankings
ST. LOUIS (March 29, 2022) — Saint Louis University has 29 graduate and professional programs ranked in the top-100 in the 2023 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Graduate Schools” guide released today.
The School of Law’s health law program was named No. 1 in the country, continuing a long tradition of holding a top spot since rankings for the discipline were first published. Eleven other law school programs at SLU were ranked in the top-100 as well.
The Richard A. Chaifetz School of Business earned a trio of top-25 rankings from U.S. News for its graduate programs in international business (No. 8), entrepreneurship (No. 12) and supply chain management (No. 13). Each of those rankings rose from 2022.
Numerous other graduate programs at SLU rose in the U.S. News rankings this year, including several engineering programs, including aerospace (No. 65), computer (No. 129), mechanical (No. 153) and electrical (No. 178), as well as the graduate education program increasing to No. 113 from No. 154.
The data for the rankings came from statistical surveys of more than 2,150 programs and reputation surveys sent to more than 23,200 academics and professionals, conducted in fall 2021 and early 2022.
2023 Best Graduate Schools Rankings by Discipline
Business
- 8: International
- 12: Entrepreneurship
- 13: Supply Chain
- 83: MBA-Part Time
- 93: MBA-Full Time
Engineering
- 65: Aerospace
- 118: Biomedical
- 129: Computer
- 142: Civil
- 153: Mechanical
- 178: Electrical
Law
- 1: Health Care
- 28: Law-Part Time
- 57: Clinical Training
- 70: Tax
- 73: Constitutional
- 84: Contracts- Commercial
- 87: Intellectual Property
- 91: International
- 93: Business – Corporate
- 96: Criminal
- 98: Law-Full Time
- 104: Legal Writing
- 120: Trial Advocacy
- 134: Environmental
Health and Medicine
- 54: Public Health
- 56: Medical Schools – Primary Care
- 68: Nursing Schools - Master’s
- 73: Medical Schools - Research
- 87: Nursing Schools - Doctorate (DNP)
Humanities and Science
- 113: Education
- 140: Earth Sciences / Geology
Previously Ranked Programs Not Re-Ranked
U.S. News & World Report does not re-rank all graduate programs every year. Some disciplines are ranked on four or six-year cycles. Below is a summary of the most recent rankings for these programs at SLU.
- 13: Health Care Management
- 34: Physical Therapy
- 37: Physician Assistant
- 42: Occupational Therapy
- 51: Social Work
- 63: Speech-Language Pathology
- 99: English
- 101: Clinical Psychology
- 113: History
- 155: Mathematics
- 162: Psychology
- 176: Chemistry
- 203: Biology
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