UC Berkeley graduate programs soar to elite status in latest US News rankings

April 8, 2025

UC Berkeley’s graduate programs maintained their premier-level rankings in a 2025 surveyreleased today (Tuesday, April 8) by US News & World Report, with elite scores achieved in disciplines ranging from the social sciences and engineering to computer science and business.

A remarkably diverse set of Berkeley schools and programs achieved top rankings in the magazine’s annual assessment of graduate programs nationwide.

The College of Letters & Sciences scored No. 1 rankings for economics, psychology and sociology in the Division of Social Sciences, and for English in the Division of Arts & Humanities.

Read the full story in Berkeley News