In an exciting new development, U.S. News released their first round of 2024 rankings for graduate schools – identifying nearly 30 UC Berkeley graduate programs as Top 10 programs in the country. Five programs/disciplines were included in this round of rankings; computer science (#1), public affairs (#4), social work (# 4), business (#7), and public health (#10), with the remainder of rankings belonging to specific specialties within programs.
- #2 in Part-time MBA
- Computer science:
- Systems (#1)
- Theory (#1)
- Artificial intelligence (#3)
- Programming language (#5)
- Public Affairs:
- Public policy analysis (#1)
- Social policy (#2)
- Environmental policy (#4)
- Health policy (#10)
- Business:
- Entrepreneurship MBA (#4)
- Nonprofit management MBA (#4)
- Real estate MBA (#4)
- Executive MBA (#7)
- Business analytics MBA (#7)
- Management MBA (#7)
- Finance MBA (#8)
- MBA marketing (#10)
- Public Health:
- Environmental health science (#4)
- Health policy and management (#9)
- Social behavior (#9)
- Biostatistics (#10)
- Epidemiology (#10)
According to U.S. News, ranking graduate schools is based on two metrics; “expert opinion about program excellence and statistical indicators that measure the quality of a school’s faculty, research, and students and their post-graduate outcomes”. This year saw a change in the way full-time MBA programs in Business were ranked, with “more emphasis on earnings, facilitated by a new ranking factor that assessed how each school’s post-graduate salaries across different professions compared with other schools’ post-graduate salaries in those professions”.
To learn more about U.S. News’ rankings or other UC Berkeley highlights, visit the U.S. News official site or read more details on Berkeley News.