In the latest rankings from U.S. News and World Report, UNL maintained its position as one of the nation’s top public universities. According to the publication’s 2016 rankings, UNL checks in at No. 47 among public universities and was tied with four other institutions at No. 103 when considering all national universities, public and private, that offer a range of undergraduate majors as well as master’s and doctoral degrees.
In addition to the overall rankings, UNL boasts a number of highly-ranked academic programs on both the undergraduate and graduate levels. For example, UNL’s College of Business Administration ranks in the top 15% of undergraduate business colleges, coming in at No. 61 out of the 472 institutions that were evaluated. UNL also boasts the No. 17 Criminology and Criminal Justice Program in the country according to U.S. News and World Report and a Top 50 Journalism College as evaluated by College Media Matters.
The list of ranked programs at the graduate level for UNL is extensive. Among the programs recognized by the latest U.S. News and World Report rankings are the following:
- #9: Master of Science in Biological/Agricultural Engineering
- #9: Ceramics (Fine Arts)
- #10: Online MBA program
- #16: Printmaking (Fine Arts)
- #17: Speech-Language Pathology
- #36: Audiology
- #40: College of Education and Human Sciences Graduate program
- #54: Political Science
- #56: College of Law
- #60: Clinical Psychology
- #64: Part-time MBA program
- #69: Sociology
- #70: Computer Science
- #74: Psychology
- #80: Chemistry
- #84: Biological Sciences
- #90: College of Engineering Graduate School
