Dozens of Virginia colleges and universities have some of the best graduate programs in the country, newly released rankings by U.S. News & World Report show.
U.S. News’ 2025 Best Graduate Schools list breaks down the best-of-the-best business, law, medical, engineering, nursing and education schools in the United States.
Schools were ranked based on tuition, total doctoral and graduate degrees granted, graduate-student-to-faculty ratio, acceptance rate, percentage of faculty with awards, programs offered and other factors specific to the fields.
Here’s which Virginia schools made the list.
Here’s which business schools made it into U.S. News’ top five:
Here’s which nine Virginia business schools made it on U.S. News’ list:
For the full business school listings, visit: usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-business-schools/mba-rankings.
Here’s which law schools made it into U.S. News’ top five:
Here’s which eight Virginia law schools made it on U.S. News’ list:
For the full law school listings, visit: usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/law-rankings.
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Medical schools were split into four tiers based on their research productivity, faculty and admissions data in U.S. News’ list. Here’s which medical schools were included in the ranking:
Here’s which Virginia medical school was included in U.S. News’ Tier 2 ranking:
For the full medical school listings, visit: usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-medical-schools/research-rankings.
Here’s which engineering schools made it into U.S. News’ top five:
Here’s which five Virginia engineering schools made it on U.S. News’ list:
For the full engineering school listings, visit: usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-engineering-schools/eng-rankings.
Here’s which nursing schools made it into U.S. News’ top five:
Here’s which eight Virginia nursing schools made it on U.S. News’ list:
For the full nursing school for master’s programs listings, visit: usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-nursing-schools/nur-rankings.
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Here’s which graduate education schools made it into U.S. News’ top five:
Here’s which 13 Virginia graduate education schools made it on U.S. News’ list:
For the full graduate education school listings, visit: usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-education-schools/edu-rankings.
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