UDM graduate programs rank among best in U.S.
University of Detroit Mercy graduate programs in Business, Engineering, Law, health professions and Nursing once again ranked among the top in the United States in the 2025-26 U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges edition.
This year, the College of Business Administration’s (CBA) MBA in Management was ranked No. 16 in the nation, up one spot from No. 17 in 2023-24, making it the 11th consecutive year this program has ranked among the country’s top 25.
The College of Health Professions’ Nurse Anesthesia program was ranked No. 15 this year, up from No. 18 in 2023-24. This news comes following the introduction of the University’s 5,000-sq foot, state-of-the-art health simulation facility, the Simulation Technology & Research Center (STAR).
Other rankings of 2025-26 include the following:
College of Business Administration
Full-time Business – No. 77 (up from No. 79 in 2024-25)
Part-time MBA – No. 180 (up from No. 207 in 2024-25)
College of Engineering & Science
Overall Ranking – No. 181-198 (previously No. 180-199 in 2024-25)
Civil Engineering Specialties – No. 152 (no change from 2024-25)
Electrical/Electronic/Communication Engineering Specialties – No. 187 (down slightly from No. 183 in 2024-25)
Mechanical Engineering Specialties – No. 185 (down slightly from No. 182 in 2024-25)
College of Health Professions & McAuley School of Nursing
Nursing – Master’s – No. 82 (up from No. 91 in 2024-25)
Nursing – DNP – No. 106 (up from No. 111 in 2024-25)
Physician Assistant – No. 65 (not a new ranking, remains from 2023-24)
Health Care Management – No. 76 (not a new ranking, remains from 2022-23)
Overall Rank – No. 134 (up from No. 136 in 2024-25)
Each year, U.S. News & World Report ranks professional school programs in business, education, engineering, law, medicine and nursing, including specialties in each area.
The Best Graduate Schools rankings in these areas are based on two types of data – expert opinion about program excellence and statistical indicators that measure the quality of a school's faculty, research, and students and their post-graduate outcomes.
The data for the rankings in all four disciplines came from statistical and reputation surveys sent to academics and professionals, conducted in fall 2023 and early 2024. In some cases, data from these surveys was combined with third party-sourced information. To gather the peer assessment data, U.S. News asked deans, program directors and senior faculty to judge the academic quality of programs in their field on a scale of 1 (marginal) to 5 (outstanding).
For more information about the U.S. News & World Report’s ‘Best Graduate’ schools, please visit https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools.