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GW Graduate Programs Rise in Rankings from U.S. News & World Report

GW Graduate Programs Rise in Rankings from U.S. News & World Report

Milken Institute SPH, TSPPPA and GW Law all performed well in the latest list from the magazine.
April 7, 2026

Several schools and specialty programs at the George Washington University rose in the rankings of U.S. News & World Report's latest list of the nation's best graduate programs, published April 7.

The Milken Institute School of Public Health (SPH) ranked 11th among public health schools, up from 12th in 2025. The Columbian College of Arts and Sciences' Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration (TSPPPA) ranked 12th among public affairs schools, up from 16th. GW Lawranked 26th, rising five places from 31st.

Here is a look at GW graduate programs that received high rankings for 2026:

Milken Institute SPH ranked specialty programs:

  • 6th in health policy and management
  • 8th in health administration/health care management master's (up from 9th)
  • 11th in environmental and occupational health
  • 13th in epidemiology (up from 16th)
  • 14th in prevention and community health
  • 14th in biostatistics and bioinformatics (up from 19th)

TSPPPA ranked specialty programs:

  • 7th in international/global policy and administration
  • 11th in homeland security and emergency management
  • 14th in public management and leadership
  • 18th in nonprofit management
  • 23rd in public finance and budgeting
  • 26th in public policy analysis

These GW advanced-degree programs also obtained high rankings in the latest U.S. News list:

  • 3rd in rehabilitation counseling
  • 5th in intellectual property law
  • 6th in physician assistant
  • 11th in international law
  • 18th in environmental law
  • 19th in health care law
  • 19th in clinical training (up from 24th)
  • 20th in criminal law (up from 32nd)
  • 24th in physical therapy
  • 25th in tax law
  • 26th in constitutional law (up from 31st)
  • 26th in legal writing
  • 29th in business/corporate law (up from 31st)
  • 30th in occupational therapy
  • 31st in biostatistics
  • 38th in in political science
  • 40th in speech-language pathology (up from 48th)
  • 49th in statistics

In addition, GW Engineering continued its rising trend by climbing three places for 2026, from 74 to 71.

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