The University of Texas at Austin places a premium on outstanding instruction and productivity.
Our faculty members are the recipients of numerous distinguished awards including Nobel and Pulitzer prizes and memberships in such prestigious organizations as the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
More than 1,000 privately funded endowed faculty positions exist at the university, and each year about 100 faculty members receive teaching excellence awards.
Graduate Program Rankings
U.S. News & World Report's "Best Graduate Schools"
The University of Texas at Austin continues to be one of the premier schools for graduate studies, according to U.S. News & World Report’s partial release of its most recent “Best Graduate Schools.” UT made gains in several disciplines, including the College of Education’s jump into the top 10.
U.S. News has delayed release of its medicine and clinical psychology rankings, areas in which the University has historically achieved top 10 rankings.
Even with the partial release of the graduate rankings, UT maintained its top 10 spot for five colleges and schools: the College of Education (No. 8); the School of Information (No. 5); the Steve Hicks School of Social Work (No. 8); the College of Pharmacy (No. 6); and the Jackson School of Geosciences (No. 7), ranked under Earth Sciences. Four specialties ranked No. 1 in the country: Accounting, Latin American History, Petroleum Engineering and Sociology of Population. Overall, the University has 45 graduate schools and specialty programs ranked in the top 10 when combined with previous years.
U.S. News & World Report’s graduate rankings, separate from the magazine's yearly ranking of undergraduate programs, are among the most widely regarded ratings in higher education. They are based on surveys of academic leaders and, for select programs, additional quantitative measures including placement test scores, student/faculty ratios, research expenditures and job placement success.
Specialties ranked No. 1 in the nation are:
Accounting
McCombs School of Business
Latin American History
College of Liberal Arts
Petroleum Engineering
Cockrell School of Engineering
Sociology of Population
College of Liberal Arts
Graduate and professional schools ranked in the top 10 are:
UT Austin Graduate Programs Ranked in the Top 25
Business - 16
- Accounting – 1
- Business Analytics – 8
- Entrepreneurship – 10
- Finance – 13
- Information Systems – 4
- Management – 11
- Marketing – 11
- Production/Operations – 15
- Project Management – 4
- Real Estate – 8
- Supply Chain/Logistics – 16
- Executive MBA – 15
- Part-Time MBA – 7
Communication
- Audiology – 12
- Speech Language Pathology - 14
Fine Arts – 23*
- Sculpture - 6*
Education - 8
- Counseling – 15
- Curriculum/Instruction – 12
- Education Policy – 9
- Educational Administration/Supervision – 5
- Educational Psychology – 6
- Elementary Teacher Education – 10
- Higher Education Administration – 14
- Secondary Teacher Education – 10
- Special Education – 7
Engineering – 8
- Aerospace/Aeronautical/Astronautical Engineering - 9
- Biomedical/Bioengineering - 17
- Chemical Engineering - 7
- Civil Engineering - 3
- Computer Engineering - 8
- Electrical Engineering - 11
- Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering - 5
- Industrial/Manufacturing/Systems Engineering - 17
- Materials Engineering - 20
- Mechanical Engineering - 9
- Nuclear Engineering- 13
- Petroleum Engineering - 1
Information – 5*
- Archives and Preservation - 4*
- Digital Librarianship - 7*
- Information Systems - 8*
Jackson School of Geosciences - 7
- Geochemistry – 13*
- Geology – 2*
- Geophysics and Seismology – 5*
- Paleontology – 3*
Law – 16
- Business/Corporate Law – 17
- Constitutional Law – 11
- Contracts/Commercial Law – 15
- Criminal Law – 20
- Intellectual Property Law – 15
- International Law – 25
- Tax Law – 13
Liberal Arts
- African American History – 10*
- American Literature After 1865 – 18*
- American Politics – 20*
- Behavioral Neuroscience – 8*
- Comparative Politics – 18*
- Economics – 22*
- English – 17*
- History – 11*
- Latin American History – 1*
- Modern U.S. History – 16*
- Political Science – 19*
- Psychology – 23*
- Sex and Gender – 6*
- Social Psychology – 9*
- Social Stratification – 13*
- Sociology – 11*
- Sociology of Population – 1*
Natural Sciences
- Algebra – 19*
- Applied Math – 7*
- Analysis – 8*
- Analytical – 4*
- Artificial Intelligence – 9
- Biological Sciences – 25*
- Chemistry – 16*
- Computer Science – 7
- Condensed Matter – 22*
- Cosmology/Relativity/Gravity – 10*
- Ecology/Evolutionary Biology – 8*
- Inorganic – 14*
- Mathematics – 13*
- Organic – 20*
- Physical – 14*
- Physics – 13*
- Programming Language – 7
- Statistics – 27*
- Systems – 10
- Theory – 8
- Topology – 8*
Nursing
- Master's - 14
Public Affairs – 13
- Public Policy Analysis - 15
*Ranking not revised for 2024-25. Based on latest available ranking.