Best Graduate Education Schools in US 2018

Ranked in 2017 by US News

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More US Graduate School Rankings

* Schools within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

RankSchool nameTuitionEnrollment (full-time)Average GRE verbal score, entering doctoral studentsAverage GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral studentsDoctoral programs acceptance rate
101

Ball State University

(Muncie, IN)

$394 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,078 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)3,30315314956.6%
101

Marquette University

(Milwaukee, WI)

$805 per credit (full-time)14115814875%
101

Miami University

(Oxford, OH)

$12,890 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,604 per year (out-of-state, full-time)722N/AN/A44.7%
101

New Mexico State University

(Las Cruces, NM)

$4,088 per year (in-state, full-time); $14,254 per year (out-of-state, full-time)70515615247.1%
101

Portland State University

(Portland, OR)

$9,936 per year (in-state, full-time); $15,552 per year (out-of-state, full-time)1,226N/AN/A62.5%
101

University of Alabama, Birmingham

(Birmingham, AL)

$7,588 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,294 per year (out-of-state, full-time)73014914465.4%
101

University of California, Santa Cruz

(Santa Cruz, CA)

$12,294 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,396 per year (out-of-state, full-time)11115714742.4%
101

University of Dayton

(Dayton, OH)

$620 per credit (full-time)61315714433.3%
101

University of Maine

(Orono, ME)

$418 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,361 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)41415414786.4%
101

University of Mississippi

(University, MS)

$425 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,217 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)60314814570.4%
101

University of Missouri, Kansas City

(Kansas City, MO)

$359 per credit (in-state, full-time); $926 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)434N/AN/A20.2%
112

Appalachian State University

(Boone, NC)

$4,744 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,913 per year (out-of-state, full-time)88115614781.8%
112

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

(Baton Rouge, LA)

$8,728 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,643 per year (out-of-state, full-time)72514914264.4%
112

Old Dominion University

(Norfolk, VA)

$478 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,195 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)1,51415014771.2%
112

Texas Tech University

(Lubbock, TX)

$285 per credit (in-state, full-time); $693 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)1,42615114651.2%
112

University of Nevada, Reno

(Reno, NV)

$264 per credit (in-state, full-time); $13,910 per year (out-of-state, full-time)54015414781.8%
112

University of Texas, Arlington

(Arlington, TX)

$273 per credit (in-state, full-time); $273 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)2,00415014648.6%
112

University of Wyoming

(Laramie, WY)

$241 per credit (in-state, full-time); $721 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)56315614970%
112

Wayne State University

(Detroit, MI)

$614 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,331 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)1,41915215012.9%
120

Claremont Graduate University

(Claremont, CA)

$44,328 per year (full-time)38315214567%
120

Howard University

(Washington, DC)

$29,090 per year (full-time)23114814248.9%
120

Illinois State University

(Normal, IL)

$389 per credit (in-state, full-time); $808 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)88115014884.2%
120

Mills College

(Oakland, CA)

$32,504 per year (full-time)202N/AN/A85.2%
120

Ohio University

(Athens, OH)

$11,744 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,208 per year (out-of-state, full-time)82614914543%
120

Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg

(Middletown, PA)

$19,812 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,104 per year (out-of-state, full-time)130N/AN/A100%
120

University of Colorado, Denver

(Denver, CO)

$373 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,243 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)1,323N/AN/A75%
120

University of South Dakota

(Vermillion, SD)

$313 per credit (in-state, full-time); $602 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)48415014647.6%
120

Western Michigan University

(Kalamazoo, MI)

$555 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,175 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)1,37115214734%
120

West Virginia University

(Morgantown, WV)

$8,316 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,824 per year (out-of-state, full-time)78815214839.8%
130

DePaul University

(Chicago, IL)

$620 per credit (full-time)91814615977.4%
130

Oklahoma State University

(Stillwater, OK)

$210 per credit (in-state, full-time); $825 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)82815114862.5%
130

Oregon State University

(Corvallis, OR)

$12,150 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,789 per year (out-of-state, full-time)455N/AN/A47.1%
130

University of New Hampshire

(Durham, NH)

$13,840 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,130 per year (out-of-state, full-time)25616015376.5%
130

University of North Texas

(Denton, TX)

$303 per credit (in-state, full-time); $710 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)1,30114814339.2%
135

Bowling Green State University

(Bowling Green, OH)

$7,632 per year (in-state, full-time); $13,284 per year (out-of-state, full-time)817N/AN/A30.8%
135

California State University, Los Angeles

(Los Angeles, CA)

$6,739 per year (in-state, full-time); $10,087 per year (out-of-state, full-time)1,115N/AN/A61%
135

Montana State University

(Bozeman, MT)

$5,200 per year (in-state, full-time); $16,200 per year (out-of-state, full-time)28415116053.8%
135

Towson University

(Towson, MD)

$379 per credit (in-state, full-time); $785 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)1,38915014737.8%
135

University of Montana

(Missoula, MT)

$5,176 per year (in-state, full-time); $14,667 per year (out-of-state, full-time)39314914874.2%
135

Western Carolina University

(Cullowhee, NC)

$9,414 per year (in-state, full-time); $19,821 per year (out-of-state, full-time)30215414550%
141

Eastern Michigan University

(Ypsilanti, MI)

$630 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,160 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)89515314650%
141

Hofstra University

(Hempstead, NY)

$1,240 per credit (full-time)83315214974.5%
141

Mississippi State University

(Mississippi State, MS)

$7,780 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,900 per year (out-of-state, full-time)72214814752.2%
141

University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

(Colorado Springs, CO)

$555 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,120 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)38915814984.6%
141

University of Denver

(Denver, CO)

$1,258 per credit (full-time)86815315151.8%
141

University of North Carolina, Wilmington

(Wilmington, NC)

$4,448 per year (in-state, full-time); $16,667 per year (out-of-state, full-time)617N/AN/A50%
141

University of Texas, San Antonio

(San Antonio, TX)

$288 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,155 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)1,46715014456.8%
148

Colorado State University

(Fort Collins, CO)

$9,627 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,603 per year (out-of-state, full-time)63015514564.1%
148

Duquesne University

(Pittsburgh, PA)

$1,234 per credit (full-time)52815014635.6%
148

East Carolina University

(Greenville, NC)

$4,656 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,547 per year (out-of-state, full-time)1,19015214789%
148

Gallaudet University

(Washington, DC)

$17,100 per year (full-time)77N/AN/AN/A
148

Northern Arizona University

(Flagstaff, AZ)

$8,972 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,958 per year (out-of-state, full-time)1,76214714780.9%
148

Texas Christian University

(Fort Worth, TX)

$1,480 per credit (full-time)22015214664.5%
148

Texas State University

(San Marcos, TX)

$5,550 per year (in-state, full-time); $12,894 per year (out-of-state, full-time)1,18814614442.7%
148

University of New Mexico

(Albuquerque, NM)

$5,835 per year (in-state, full-time); $16,982 per year (out-of-state, full-time)96914914464.1%
156

Georgia Southern University

(Statesboro, GA)

$302 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,130 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)1,27615314750%
156

Indiana State University

(Terre Haute, IN)

$396 per credit (in-state, full-time); $777 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)692N/AN/A47.3%
156

North Dakota State University

(Fargo, ND)

$310 per credit (in-state, full-time); $464 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)280N/AN/A48%
156

Oakland University

(Rochester, MI)

$16,338 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,648 per year (out-of-state, full-time)1,031N/AN/A34.5%
156

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

(Las Vegas, NV)

$4,752 per year (in-state, full-time); $18,662 per year (out-of-state, full-time)1,127N/AN/A68%
161

Drake University

(Des Moines, IA)

$475 per credit (full-time)659153148100%
161

Florida International University

(Miami, FL)

$10,944 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,048 per year (out-of-state, full-time)98615014631.3%
161

Samford University

(Birmingham, AL)

$789 per credit (full-time)359N/AN/A41.5%
161

Sam Houston State University

(Huntsville, TX)

$286 per credit (in-state, full-time); $694 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)1,20415214648.8%
161

University of Massachusetts, Lowell

(Lowell, MA)

$795 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,436 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)38015314391.7%
166

Cleveland State University

(Cleveland, OH)

$13,816 per year (in-state, full-time); $15,766 per year (out-of-state, full-time)1,31115414836.2%
166

University of Idaho

(Moscow, ID)

$8,530 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,338 per year (out-of-state, full-time)328N/AN/AN/A
168

The Catholic University of America

(Washington, DC)

$42,850 per year (full-time)28N/AN/A33.3%
168

University of Akron

(Akron, OH)

$430 per credit (in-state, full-time); $735 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)270N/AN/AN/A
168

University of Minnesota, Duluth

(Duluth, MN)

$660 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,046 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)105N/AN/AN/A
168

University of San Francisco

(San Francisco, CA)

$1,130 per credit (full-time)1,060N/AN/A95.7%
172

California State University, East Bay

(Hayward, CA)

$7,830 per year (in-state, full-time); $15,492 per year (out-of-state, full-time)727N/AN/AN/A
172

Chapman University

(Orange, CA)

$870 per credit (full-time)44215614650%
172

East Tennessee State University

(Johnson City, TN)

$7,992 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,248 per year (out-of-state, full-time)577153152100%
172

Louisiana Tech University

(Ruston, LA)

$7,113 per year (in-state, full-time); $16,203 per year (out-of-state, full-time)69915314854.9%
172

Tennessee Technological University

(Cookeville, TN)

$16,375 per year (in-state, full-time); $38,155 per year (out-of-state, full-time)375N/AN/A66.7%
172

University of Toledo

(Toledo, OH)

$548 per credit (in-state, full-time); $978 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)725N/AN/A60.3%
172

Western Kentucky University

(Bowling Green, KY)

$395 per credit (in-state, full-time); $816 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)699151142100%
179

Central Connecticut State University

(New Britain, CT)

$6,497 per year (in-state, full-time); $18,102 per year (out-of-state, full-time)940N/AN/AN/A
179

Drexel University

(Philadelphia, PA)

$1,192 per credit (full-time)88914814673.6%
179

Lewis & Clark College

(Portland, OR)

$879 per credit (full-time)359N/AN/A80%
179

Northern Illinois University

(DeKalb, IL)

$8,893 per year (in-state, full-time); $15,319 per year (out-of-state, full-time)1,20214514150.6%
179

Stephen F. Austin State University

(Nacogdoches, TX)

$272 per credit (in-state, full-time); $680 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)970N/AN/A80%
179

University of New Orleans

(New Orleans, LA)

$7,234 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,673 per year (out-of-state, full-time)36215414238.2%
179

University of Southern Mississippi

(Hatsburg, MS)

$7,659 per year (in-state, full-time); $16,529 per year (out-of-state, full-time)56814814513.2%
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Alliant International University

(San Francisco, CA)

$648 per credit (full-time)660N/AN/AN/A
RNP

American International College

(Springfield, MA)

$439 per credit (full-time)1,446N/AN/A52.4%
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Andrews University

(Berrien Springs, MI)

$1,218 per credit (full-time)23915014787.8%
RNP

Arcadia University

(Glenside, PA)

N/A381N/AN/A80.6%
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Arkansas State University, Jonesboro

(State University, AR)

$257 per credit (in-state, full-time); $514 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)2,402N/AN/AN/A
RNP

Azusa Pacific University

(Azusa, CA)

$672 per credit (full-time)1,208N/AN/A93.3%
RNP

Binghamton University, SUNY

(Binghamton, NY)

$453 per credit (in-state, full-time); $925 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)234151146100%
RNP

Bowie State University

(Bowie, MD)

$399 per credit (in-state, full-time); $688 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)176N/AN/A100%
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California State University, Sacramento

(Sacramento, CA)

$6,738 per year (in-state, full-time); $13,434 per year (out-of-state, full-time)1,004N/AN/AN/A
RNP

Cardinal Stritch University

(Milwaukee, WI)

$665 per credit (full-time)531N/AN/A100%
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Clark Atlanta University

(Atlanta, GA)

$861 per credit (full-time)134N/AN/A85.7%
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College of St. Elizabeth

(Morristown, NJ)

$1,001 per credit (full-time)125N/AN/A68.4%
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College of St. Mary

(Omaha, NE)

$635 per credit (full-time)134N/AN/A38.2%
RNP

Columbus State University

(Columbus, GA)

$201 per credit (in-state, full-time); $801 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)88514914255.4%
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Dallas Baptist University

(Dallas, TX)

$856 per credit (full-time)49614614366.7%

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