Education
University of Chicago, Northwestern Ranked Among Top Grad Programs in the Nation on U.S. News List
The campus of University of Chicago is pictured in a file photo. (Jacob Boomsma / iStock)
The business and law schools at the University of Chicago and Northwestern were each ranked among the best in the country, according to a new list from U.S. News & World Report, which looked at the nation’s best grad school programs of 2025.
The University of Chicago’s law school was once again ranked as the third best in the U.S., according to the list, matching its position from last year, while Northwestern’s Pritzker School of Law came in at No. 10.
Both universities were also included in the top five for best business schools, with Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management coming in at No. 2 and UChicago’s Booth School of Business ranked No. 4.
The new list comes from the self-proclaimed “global authority” on rankings and consumer advice.
“We are equipping future graduate students with the information and tools they need to make informed decisions in today’s competitive academic landscape,” LaMont Jones, senior editor of education at U.S. News, said in a statement.
Tuesday’s list ranked the top programs in various areas, including engineering, medicine, business, law, education, nursing and social sciences.
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s Grainger College of Engineering was ranked as the seventh best engineering program, ahead of Northwestern University’s McCormick School of Engineering (No. 16) and the University of Illinois-Chicago (No. 64).
The University of Illinois-Chicago also had the 17th ranked nursing school, while Rush University was ranked No. 34. Loyola University finished at No. 52 and DePaul University ranked No. 78.
Northwestern also has the sixth-ranked education grad school. It was followed by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (No. 31), the University of Illinois-Chicago (No. 73), Illinois State University (No. 81) and Loyola University Chicago (No. 90).
