The Top Professional Schools in the USA 2016 (Based on US News & World Report)

College Search & Selection
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Best Business Schools

1 Stanford University

2 Harvard University

3 University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)

4 University of Chicago (Booth)

5 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)

6 Northwestern University (Kellogg)

7 University of California—​Berkeley (Haas)

8 Columbia University

9 Dartmouth College (Tuck)

10 University of Virginia (Darden)

11 New York University (Stern)

11 University of Michigan—​Ann Arbor (Ross)

13 Yale University

13 Duke University (Fuqua)

15 University of California—​Los Angeles (Anderson)

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Best Engineering Schools

1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2 Stanford University

3 University of California—​Berkeley

4 Carnegie Mellon University

5 California Institute of Technology

6 Georgia Institute of Technology

6 Purdue University—​West Lafayette

6 University of Illinois—​Urbana-​Champaign

6 University of Michigan—​Ann Arbor

10 University of Southern California (Viterbi)

10 University of Texas—​Austin (Cockrell)

12 Texas A&M University—​College Station (Look)

13 Cornell University

14 Columbia University (Fu Foundation)

14 University of California—​Los Angeles (Samueli)

14 University of Wisconsin—​Madison

3

Best Law Schools

1 Yale University

2 Harvard University

2 Stanford University

4 Columbia University

4 University of Chicago

6 New York University

7 University of Pennsylvania

8 University of California—​Berkeley

8 Duke University

8 University of Virginia

11 University of Michigan—​Ann Arbor

12 Northwestern University

13 Cornell University

14 Georgetown University

15 University of Texas—​Austin

4

Best Medical Schools: Research

1 Harvard University

2 Stanford University

3 Johns Hopkins University

3 University of California—​San Francisco

5 University of Pennsylvania (Perelman)

6 Washington University in St. Louis

7 Yale University

8 Columbia University

8 Duke University

10 University of Chicago (Pritzker)

10 University of Michigan—​Ann Arbor

10 University of Washington

13 University of California—​Los Angeles (Geffen)

14 New York University

14 Vanderbilt University

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Stanford
1+2+2+2 = 7 / 4 = 1.75

Harvard
2+20+2+1 = 25 / 4 = 6.25

Huge gap between Stanford and Harvard.

Is Stanford the new King of higher education?

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Aside from engineering, Harvard has far more breadth and depth in professional schools.

Architecture (Design) – Harvard #1, Stanford N/A
http://archrecord.construction.com/features/Americas_Best_Architecture_Schools/2014/Americas_Best_Architecture_Schools-2015-1.asp
http://pva.com/assets/Magazine.pdf

Education – Harvard #2, Stanford #3
http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-education-schools/edu-rankings?int=a3a109

Public Affairs – Harvard #3, Stanford N/A
http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-public-affairs-schools/public-affairs-rankings?int=a7cd09
----> Harvard is #2 for Public Policy

Public Health – Harvard #2, Stanford N/A
http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-health-schools/public-health-rankings

Harvard’s divinity school is widely considered the best in the US (followed in no particular order by PTS, Duke, and Notre Dame), and it also has an excellent dental school. Stanford lacks programs in these as well.