This story was updated June 18 to include the 2024 rankings of the best engineering schools.
The University of Pittsburgh's advanced degree programs once again received high recognition in U.S. News & World Report's 2024 Best Graduate Schools rankings, released April 9.
Four graduate programs in the College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences were named among the top 10 programs, with Occupational Therapy earning the honor at No. 1 for the first time, along with Speech-Language-Pathology (No. 5), Audiology (No. 6) and Physical Therapy (No. 8).
Other notable top 10 honors included pharmacy (No. 9) and nursing anesthesia (No. 2).
The University of Pittsburgh's School of Public Health ranked 16th, and its School of Social Work rose nine places in the rankings to 12th. The School of Public and International Affairs also improved in the public affairs rankings (34th), and UP was the top public university for international policy and administration (6th). The university also ranked in the top 50 for urban policy (16th) and public policy analysis (31st).
The University of Pittsburgh's Katz School of Business rose 39 places to 47th, and its part-time MBA rankings rose eight places to 35th. The Swanson College of Engineering also saw some gains, in an update released June 18. Overall, it rose two places to 45th, with six engineering specialty programs ranking in the top 50: Industrial/Manufacturing/Systems Engineering (24th), Biomedical Engineering/Bioengineering (25th), Chemical Engineering (42nd), Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering (48th), Computer Engineering (49th), and Mechanical Engineering (50th).
Four of the university's professional programs ranked in the top 50: Pitt Law's health care law (28th), tax law (40th) and intellectual property law (48th) and the School of Nursing's Doctor of Nursing Practice Psychiatry-Mental Health major (5th), which prepares primary care nurses to care for patients with mental illnesses across the lifespan.
The publication is late in releasing its latest rankings for medicine, engineering and clinical psychology programs, so the list still includes last year's rankings. In it, the University of Pittsburgh is ranked 7th in psychiatry, 8th in clinical psychology, 10th in obstetrics and gynecology, 11th in best medical schools for primary care and 13th in best medical schools for research.
Each year, U.S. News & World Report evaluates advanced degree programs in business, education, engineering, law, medicine and nursing, as well as related specializations within each category. According to the magazine's website, rankings in these fields are based on two types of data: expert opinion on the excellence of the programs, and statistical indicators that measure the quality of a school's faculty, research and students.
— Nicole Faina, photo by Amy Obizinski
