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How Pa., N.J. grad schools ranked in latest 'U.S. News' list

U.S. News and World Report is out this week with its latest rankings of graduate schools across the country.

As expected, both the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton had a number of highly ranked programs: 12 different Princeton graduate school programs were among the top 10 in their fields, and eight Penn programs had top 10 rankings.

Elsewhere in Pennsylvania, Carnegie Mellon University had four top 10 programs, the University of Pittsburgh had three and Penn State had two.

Here's a complete list of how colleges in New Jersey and Pennsylvania fared:

Business

3. Penn (Wharton)

19. Carnegie Mellon U (Tepper)

49. Penn State (Smeal)

58. Temple University (Fox)

61. University of Pittsburg (Katz)

61. Rutgers

Education

7. Penn

28. Penn State

32. Pitt

47. Temple

47. Rutgers

51. Lehigh University

Engineering

5. Carnegie Mellon

17. Princeton

22. Penn

25. Penn State

45. Lehigh

45. Pitt

51. Rutgers - New Brunswick

72. Stevens Institute of Technology

94. New Jersey Institute of Technology

Law

7. Penn

56. Temple (Beasley)

64. Seton Hall University

64. Penn State (Dickinson)

86. Rutgers - Newark

91. Pitt

91. Rutgers - Camden

98. Villanova University

Medical - best for research

4. Penn (Perelman)

16. Pitt

51. Temple

64. Jefferson Medical College

80. University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Brunswick (Johnson)

85. Drexel University

Medical - best for primary care

13. Penn (Perelman)

24. Pitt

62. Jefferson Medical College

62. Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine

Biological Sciences

7. Princeton

20. Penn

42. Penn State

46. Carnegie Mellon

46. Pitt

71. Rutgers - New Brunswick

82. University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - Newark

100. Thomas Jefferson University

115. Temple University

130. Rutgers - Newark

144. Bryn Mawr College

144. Drexel

160. Drexel (College of Medicine)

195. Lehigh

220. Duquesne

Chemistry

16. Princeton

19. Penn

21. Penn State

49. Carnegie Mellon

60. Rutgers - New Brunswick

83. Rutgers - Newark

94. Temple

123. Lehigh

129. Drexel

Computer Science

1. Carnegie Mellon

8. Princeton

17. Penn

28. Rutgers - New Brunswick

28. Penn State

53. Pitt

91. New Jersey Institute of Technology

99. Drexel

99. Lehigh

99. Stevens Institute of Technology

110. Temple

Earth Sciences

6. Penn State

9. Princeton

39. Rutgers - New Brunswick

63. Lehigh

81. Penn

81. Pitt

Mathematics

2. Princeton

18. Penn

20. Rutgers - New Brunswick

27. Penn State

36. Carnegie Mellon

59. Pitt

83. Temple

89. Lehigh

89. Rutgers - Newark

98. New Jersey Institute of Technology

119. Stevens Institute of Technology

Physics

5. Princeton

17. Penn

23. Penn State

26. Rutgers - New Brunswick

30. Carnegie Mellon

52. Pitt

93. Drexel

93. Lehigh

102. Temple

122. Stevens Institute of Technology

133. New Jersey Institute of Technology

Statistics

9. Carnegie Mellon

12. Penn

20. Penn State

37. Rutgers - New Brunswick

45. Pitt

62. Temple (Fox)

Library and Information Studies

6. Rutgers - New Brunswick

10. Drexel

10. Pitt

43. Clarion University of Pennsylvania

Sociology

1. Princeton

10. Penn

17. Penn State

28. Rutgers

52. Pitt

64. Temple

Economics

1. Princeton

9. Penn

19. Carnegie Mellon (Tepper)

36. Pitt

27. Penn State

48. Rutgers - New Brunswick

English

4. Penn

4. Princeton

17. Rutgers - New Brunswick

26. Penn State

39. Carnegie Mellon

39. Pitt

59. Bryn Mawr

63. Temple

113. Duquesne University (McAnulty)

121. Lehigh

134. Indiana University of Pennsylvania

History

1. Princeton

9. Penn

20. Rutgers - New Brunswick

36. Pitt

42. Carnegie Mellon

46. Penn State

50. Princeton Theological Seminary

64. Temple

118. Lehigh

Political Science

2. Princeton

28. Penn State

28. Penn

40. Pitt

45. Rutgers - New Brunswick

76. Temple

Psychology

7. Princeton

12. Penn

21. Carnegie Mellon

30. Penn State

30. Pitt

52. Temple

60. Rutgers - New Brunswick

67. Rutgers - Newark

141. Bryn Mawr

141. Drexel

191. Duquesne

191. Lehigh

206. Fairleigh Dickinson University

209. Seton Hall University

Criminology

5. Penn State

7. Rutgers - Newark

11. Temple

12. Penn

28. Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Social Work

11. Pitt

16. Penn

26. Rutgers - New Brunswick

37. Bryn Mawr

60. Monmouth University

66. Temple

79. West Chester

89. Marywood College

104. Widener University

148. California University of Pennsylvania

148. Edinboro University of Pennsylvania

148. Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

172. Kean University

187. Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

Physical Therapy

3. Pitt

14. Arcadia University

44. Temple

44. University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - Newark

51. Drexel

51. Thomas Jefferson

63. Duquesne

86. Rutgers - Camden

99. Seton Hall

99. University of Scranton

121. Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

121. University of the Sciences

121. Widener University

138. Chatham University

154. Gannon University

172. Richard Stockton College of New Jersey

172. Lebanon Valley College

172. St. Francis University

Speech-Language Pathology

8. Pitt

21. Penn State

29. Temple

62. Duquesne

131. Indiana University of Pennsylvania

169. Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

168. La Salle University

169. Misericordia University

181. Clarion

181. Edinboro

181. West Chester University

204. Kean

204. East Stroudsburg University

220. California University of Pennsylvania

229. Marywood

229. William Paterson University

Public Affairs

5. Princeton University (Wilson)

9. Carnegie Mellon (Heinz)

23. Rutgers - Newark

33. Pitt

42. Penn (Fels)

46. Rutgers - New Brunswick

67. Penn State - Harrisburg

97. Villanova

104. Rutgers - Camden

149. Seton Hall

149. Drexel

Fine Arts

7. Carnegie Mellon

13. Temple

27. Rutgers - New Brunswick

45. Penn

53. University of the Arts

72. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

93. Edinboro

127. Indiana University of Pennsylvania

127. Moore College of Art and Design

153. Montclair State University

197. Marywood

206. New Jersey City University

206. William Paterson