Houston suburb’s fast progress and 4 extra in style tales

9 prestigious Houston universities have climbed via the ranks in U.S. Information & World Report’s just lately launched report of the perfect graduate faculties nationwide for 2025. A number of graduate packages additionally appeared among the many high 10 in a Texas-wide comparability.

U.S. Information revealed its annual nationwide “Finest Graduate Faculties” rankings on April 8. They have a look at a number of packages together with enterprise, schooling, engineering, wonderful arts, well being, and plenty of others.

For the 2025 report, the publication added new Ph.D. social sciences and humanities program rankings in English, historical past, political science and sociology for the primary time since 2021. U.S. Information additionally ranked graduate economics and psychology packages within the social sciences and the humanities for the primary time since 2022.

Among the many newcomers are Houston Christian College and Texas Southern College.

Here is how the 9 native faculties ranked, statewide and nationally, and the way they in contrast with final yr’s nationwide rating:

College of Houston

• No. 4 greatest graduate engineering college in Texas; No. 72 nationally
• No. 5 greatest graduate schooling college in Texas; No. 81 nationally (down from No. 63 final yr)
• No. 5 greatest regulation college in Texas; No. 63 nationally (up from No. 68)

The College of Houston Legislation Heart has the No. 9 greatest well being regulation program within the nation, and ranked No. 15 for its authorized writing program. The college’s part-time MBA program ranked No. 38 nationally.

• No. 12 greatest graduate schooling college in Texas; No. 166 nationally

The Clear Lake department of the College of Houston tied for No. 166 for its part-time MBA program.

• No. 21 greatest graduate schooling college in Texas; tied for No. 234-258 nationally

• No. 1 greatest Physician of Nursing Apply program in Texas; No. 33 nationally (up from No. 45)
• No. 2 greatest graduate nursing program in Texas; No. 41 nationally (down from No. 31)

• No. 5 greatest graduate nursing program in Texas; No. 104 nationally (up from No. 117)
• No. 7 greatest Physician of Nursing Apply program in Texas; tied for No. 143-158 nationally

Rice College

• No. 2 greatest graduate enterprise college in Texas; No. 29 nationally (unchanged)
• No. 3 greatest graduate engineering college in Texas; No. 26 nationally

Rice’s entrepreneurship program is the ninth greatest within the nation, and its part-time MBA program ranked thirteenth nationally. The George R. Brown Faculty of Engineering earned nods for its No. 10-ranking biomedical engineering and environmental engineering packages.

• No. 5 greatest Physician of Nursing Apply program in Texas; No. 76 nationally

• No. 7 greatest regulation college in Texas; No. 138 nationally

Out of the 11 regulation packages ranked by U.S. Information, the South Texas Faculty of Legislation carried out the perfect for its trial advocacy (No. 12), dispute decision regulation (No. 23), and authorized writing (No. 51) packages.