The College earns high marks in US News graduate program rankings

April 24, 2023

Graduate programs in The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University are among the best in the nation, according to the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings.

The College, which offers more than 140 graduate degree programs in the humanities, natural sciences and social sciences, has seven graduate programs included in this year’s survey. Students in the School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences smile outside Wexler Hall. Students from the School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, which was included in this year's U.S. News & World Report rankings. Download Full Image

“It’s wonderful to see our graduate programs in the sciences ranked among the top programs in the country,” said Kenro Kusumi, dean of natural sciences at The College. “From fundamental discoveries to translational research, the natural sciences have a tremendous impact on the communities we serve.”

The School of Earth and Space Exploration ranked No. 14 overall for earth sciences graduate programs, tied with Yale University and UCLA, among others. The school ranked ahead of the University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, Harvard University and the University of Texas–Austin.

Within the earth sciences specialties, the school ranked No. 6 for geochemistry and No. 8 for geology. In geochemistry, the school shares the spot with Columbia, Princeton and the University of Arizona, and ranked ahead of the University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, Harvard University and the University of Texas–Austin, among others. In geology, the school shares the spot with Colorado School of Mines and is ranked ahead of the University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, Columbia University and Harvard.

Graduate programs in earth sciences offered by the school include master’s degrees in geological sciences and earth and space sciences, and a geological sciences PhD.

The Department of Physics ranked No. 50 overall for physics graduate programs, tied with Virginia Tech and Florida State University, among others, and ahead of the University of Southern California, Emory University and Case Western Reserve University.

Graduate programs in physics offered by the school include the master’s degree in physics and a physics PhD.

The School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences ranked No. 55 overall for mathematics graduate programs and shares the spot with Boston University and Dartmouth, among others, and ahead of Case Western Reserve University and the University of Rochester.

For the applied mathematics specialty, the school tied for No. 26 with Cornell, Northwestern University and Pennsylvania State University University Park.

Graduate programs in mathematics offered by the school include the master’s degree in mathematics and PhDs in applied mathematics and mathematics.

The School of Molecular Sciences' chemistry graduate program ranked No. 51 overall, tied with Brown, New York University, the University of Arizona, among others, and ahead of the University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, Harvard University and the University of Texas–Austin.

Graduate programs in chemistry offered by the school include a master’s degree in chemistry and a chemistry PhD.

Through first-of-their-kind degree programs, world-class research and innovative learning experiences, The College is committed to improving communities on a local, national and global scale, while supporting the largest and highly diverse student population within ASU.

Allison Connell

Director, Marketing and Communications, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

allisonconnell@asu.edu

10 ASU MBA specialties rank in US News' top 25

In the newest U.S. News & World Report graduate program rankings, the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University ranked in the top 25 across 10 MBA specialty areas, including No. 3 in supply chain management and No. 5 in project management.The rankings, released publicly today, also named W. P. Carey’s full-time MBA No. 35 in the country, ahead of Pennsylvania State Universi...

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10 ASU MBA specialties rank in US News' top 25

April 24, 2023

The rankings, released publicly today, also named W. P. Carey’s full-time MBA No. 35 in the country, ahead of Pennsylvania State University–University Park, the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the University of Arizona. W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University Download Full Image

With this rankings update, all four of W. P. Carey’s MBA programs — including full-time, part-time, executive and online (ranked in January 2023) — now rank in the top 35. Here's the breakdown of the new MBA speciality and program rankings:

Supply chain management, No. 3.
Project management, No. 5.
Information systems, tied for No. 9.
Production and operations, No. 10.
Business analytics, tied for No. 16.
Entrepreneurship, No. 16.
International, tied for No. 16.
Management, tied for No. 16.
Executive MBA, tied for No. 17.
Accounting, tied for No. 19.
Marketing, tied for No. 23.
Part-time, tied for No. 33.
Full-time, tied for No. 35.

The U.S. News rankings are the output of several factors, with methodology updates this year giving greater weight to compensation outcomes and student GPA.

“The results of this year’s rankings reflect areas for continued growth as well as changes in ranking methodology, giving less weight to peer reviews and more weight to employment outcomes,” said Ohad Kadan, the Charles J. Robel Dean of the W. P. Carey School of Business. “The W. P. Carey newly launched bold strategic plan is focused on inclusive excellence, technological innovation, and societal impact through business education. I am confident that these important areas of strategic focus will help propel the school to new heights and will also be reflected in future rankings of our graduate programs.”

The W. P. Carey School's No. 16 entrepreneurship specialty ranking is up from No. 23 last year.

“W. P. Carey is focused on providing an MBA where students learn to both capitalize on their business ideas and help companies think entrepreneurially,” said Luiz Mesquita, associate dean of graduate programs at W. P. Carey. “ASU is No. 1 in innovation, and we make sure that focus on invention permeates our programs.”