HOUSTON, Texas -- Nine prestigious Houston universities have climbed through the ranks in U.S. News & World Report's recently released report of the best graduate schools nationwide for 2025. Several graduate programs also appeared among the top 10 in a Texas-wide comparison.
U.S. News published its annual national "Best Graduate Schools" rankings on April 8. They look at several programs, including business, education, engineering, fine arts, health, and many others.
For the 2025 report, the publication added new Ph.D. social sciences and humanities program rankings in English, history, political science, and sociology for the first time since 2021. U.S. News also ranked graduate economics and psychology programs in the social sciences and the humanities for the first time since 2022.
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