CWRU School of Medicine improves to #24, social work maintains #9 spot in U.S. News graduate school rankings

Engineering programs climb overall, and across multiple categories

Case Western Reserve University’s two schools with highest graduate student enrollment each posted gains in this year’s U.S. News & World Report graduate and professional school rankings, and two of its smaller schools maintained their top-10 spots.

Thanks in large part to impressive increases in research funding, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine improved one spot to 24^th in the country this year, with pediatrics appearing at 17^th and—in a new ranking for the magazine—its biostatistics program at 28^th. 

Meanwhile, Case School of Engineering climbed seven notches to 45^th, its first time back in the 40s since 2016. Its chemical engineering program climbed from 41^st to 34^th, materials science from 40^th to 35^th and civil engineering improved from 57^th to 47^th. Computer engineering improved six slots, to 50^th, and the school’s highest-ranked department, biomedical engineering, fell by one, to 18^th. 

The Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, meanwhile, retained its ninth-place ranking in social work—among nearly 300 accredited schools and programs—after a two-year hiatus in U.S. News’ annual survey of academic leaders in the discipline. 

And the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing’s master’s degree in acute gerontological care stayed at No. 7 in the nation, while its overall master’s degree improved from 13^th to 11^th in the country this year. The overall Doctor of Nursing Practice ranking, meanwhile, slipped three spots from last year to 15^th.

Weatherhead School of Management saw its full-time MBA ranking slip one spot to 82^nd.

The law school’s overall program ranked 78^th this year, down six positions from last year, while this year health law is 13^th and international law 21^st.