Best Graduate Schools 2025
For Money’s annual graduate school ranking, we worked with College Factual to find the country’s top-value programs. Our analysis balances quality against costs, with a focus on annual prices, debt burdens, employment rates and recent graduate salaries. All of the lists below feature colleges and universities rated 4 stars and above on our 5-star scale.
MBA
A master’s in business administration is one of the country’s most popular graduate degrees.
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Emory University
Atlanta, GA
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University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
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University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Education
A graduate degree can boost teachers’ earning potential and open doors to administrative jobs.
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California Baptist University
Riverside, CA
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California State Polytechnic University - Pomona
Pomona, CA
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California State University - Bakersfield
Bakersfield, CA
Engineering
These top colleges offer a variety of engineering disciplines, affordable degrees and impressive outcomes.
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Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA
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Oklahoma Christian University
Edmond, OK
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Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
Public Health
A graduate degree in public health can lead to work in several different job sectors.
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Benedictine University
Lisle, IL
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Des Moines University - Osteopathic Medical Center
West Des Moines, IA
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SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Brooklyn, NY
Medical Schools
These medical schools offer quality outcomes for comparatively affordable tuition.
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Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
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University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX
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The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, TX
Law Schools
Flagship public universities shine on our list of best-value law schools.
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University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
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University of Georgia
Athens, GA
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Nursing
The best nursing schools include speciality health sciences institutions and large public universities.
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Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College
Saint Louis, MO
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The University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, TX
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University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL
Computer Science
Our value-focused list highlights computer science programs that maximize return on investment.
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
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University of California - San Diego
La Jolla, CA
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California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA
Health Administration
This degree prepares you to work in one of the country’s fastest-growing job sectors.
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Trinity University
San Antonio, TX
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University of California - San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
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University of Massachusetts - Lowell
Lowell, MA
