Two graduate programs in the Texas A&M University College of Science are among the top 10 for public institutions across the country, according to U.S. News & World Report’s most recent national survey of graduate programs in the sciences since 2019.
Statistics led the way at No. 6 among public institutions and No. 13 overall in the report, “2023 Best Graduate Schools,” released Tuesday (March 29) — a seven-spot jump in the latter category from the previous survey released in March 2018. In addition, Chemistry is ranked No. 9 among public institutions and No. 21 overall, buoyed by its traditional strength in inorganic chemistry, which continues to rank No. 2 among publics and No. 5 overall within the discipline’s specialty programs.
Meanwhile, Mathematics is No. 15 among all U.S. public programs and No. 32 overall, while Physics and Astronomy is No. 23 publicly and No. 41 overall. Biology rounded out the survey at No. 34 among publics and No. 68 overall.
Three additional Texas A&M Science specialty programs rank among the public top 10: applied mathematics (No. 6 public, No. 14 overall), nuclear science (No. 7 public, No. 9 overall) and topology (No. 9 public, No. 20 overall). Another is listed among the top 20: analytical chemistry (No. 16 public, No. 17 overall).
U.S. News professional school rankings — the result of individual surveys of thousands of academics and professionals nationwide — are based on both program quality as viewed by experts and the actual quality of a program’s students, faculty and research. Because each graduate program is different, the rankings methodology varies across disciplines. Learn more about the criteria for science or find further general information via the U.S. News website.
See U.S. News’ complete rankings for science and a related Texas A&M Today feature for rankings of additional Texas A&M graduate programs and specialty areas.
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