UDM graduate programs recognized in latest national rankings
University of Detroit Mercy graduate programs are once again ranked among the top in the nation in the 2026-27 U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges edition.
This year, the College of Business Administration’s (CBA) online MBA in Management program earned a top-10 national ranking, placing No. 8, an improvement of five spots from last year. This is the 11th consecutive year the program was recognized among the nation’s top 25 by the publication.
UDM's overall MBA program also appeared in the 2026-27 rankings, placing No. 276 out of 364. This is the second straight year the program has ranked nationally.
Additionally, in the College of Health Professions, the McAuley School of Nursing’s online master’s in Nursing program ranked No. 72 out of 198 programs.
Rankings for 2026-27 Best Graduate Schools edition include the following:
School of Law
- Overall Rank Best Law School — No. 142
- Part-Time Law — No. 46
- Business-Corporate Law — No. 167
- Clinical Training — No. 95
- Constitutional Law — No. 156
- Contracts-Commercial Law — No. 147
- Criminal Law — No. 132
- Dispute Resolution — No. 94
- Environmental Law — No. 111
- Health Care Law — No. 134
- Intellectual Property — No. 146
- International Law — No. 126
- Legal Writing — No. 66
- Tax Law — No. 145
- Trial Advocacy — No. 175
College of Business Administration
- Full-time Business — No. 87
- Part-time MBA — No. 202
- MBA Specialties – Finance — No. 249
- MBA Specialties – Management — No.139
College of Engineering & Science
- Overall Ranking — No. 177-194
- Civil Engineering Specialties — No. 153
- Electrical/Electronic/Communication Engineering Specialties — No. 185
- Mechanical Engineering Specialties — No. 186
College of Health Professions
- Nursing Anesthesia — No. 27
- Physician Assistant — No. 65
- Health Care Management — No. 86
- Nursing – Master’s — No. 89
- Nursing – DNP — No. 114
College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences
- Clinical Psychology — No. 152
- Psychology — No. 244
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 data for the rankings in all six disciplines came from statistical surveys and from peer assessment surveys sent to academics and professionals in the respective fields, conducted in fall 2025 and early 2026.
To gather the peer assessment data, U.S. News & World Report 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). The publication also surveyed professionals who hire or work with recent graduates in several fields.
U.S. News & World Report also revised its data collection methodology this year in certain areas, which significantly affected results.
Learn more about U.S. News & World Report’s ‘Best Graduate’ schools.