{"id":155075,"date":"2026-04-07T16:46:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T21:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/?p=155075"},"modified":"2026-04-07T16:46:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T21:46:49","slug":"graduate-programs-at-uwm-score-high-in-2026-u-s-news-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/graduate-programs-at-uwm-score-high-in-2026-u-s-news-rankings\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate programs at UWM score high in 2026 U.S. News rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Several graduate programs at UW-Milwaukee were ranked among the best in the country in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/best-graduate-schools\">2026 graduate school rankings by U.S. News &amp; World Report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">UWM has the No. 13 library and information studies program in the United States, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/best-graduate-schools\/university-of-wisconsin-milwaukee-240453\/overall-rankings\">according to the latest rankings<\/a>. Three other programs at UWM were ranked in the top 25% of programs nationwide:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Occupational therapy<\/li>\n<li>Physical therapy<\/li>\n<li>Social work<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Two other UWM programs fell just outside the top 25%:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clinical psychology<\/li>\n<li>Speech-language pathology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">In addition, several other UWM graduate programs were ranked among the top 100 in the country:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Business, part-time MBA<\/li>\n<li>Nursing, master\u2019s degree<\/li>\n<li>Nursing, doctor of nursing practice<\/li>\n<li>Clinical psychology<\/li>\n<li>Biostatistics<\/li>\n<li>Economics<\/li>\n<li>Health care management<\/li>\n<li>History<\/li>\n<li>Physics<\/li>\n<li>Political science<\/li>\n<li>Sociology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The U.S. News best graduate school rankings are based on two factors: expert opinion about program excellence and statistical indicators that measure the quality of a school&#8217;s academic productivity and postgraduate outcomes. 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