By Janelle Hanson, communications specialist, University Marketing & Communications

The 2019 rankings for U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools” are out. Professional university programs in business, education, engineering, law, medicine and nursing, including specialties found in each college, receive a rank each year from U.S. News.

Other programs are ranked every few years.

Here’s how the U performed:

• David Eccles School of Business
  • Full-time MBA jumps 13 spots from No. 57 coming in at No. 44
  • Part-time MBA leaps from a seven-way tie for 108th place to No. 60, a staggering 48-spots
  • Entrepreneurship landing 24th
• College of Social Work, last ranked in 2016, lands at 38th, rising 15 spots
• School of Medicine
  • Medical primary care climbs eight spots from the 2018 rankings to 26th
  • Medical research ranks 41st
• College of Education jumps eight spots, coming in at 58th.
• College of Nursing moves up a spot to No. 30
  • Doctor of nursing practice moves up three spots, clinching No. 19
  • Nursing informatics ranks 6th
  • Midwifery comes in at No. 9
• College of Engineering slides into No. 58, up two spots from 2018
  • Mechanical engineering jumps 13 spots, landing 66th place
  • Electrical/electronic/communications engineering rises 10 spots to No. 55
  • Computer Science ranks 43rd
  • Computer engineering moves up six spots into 49th
  • Civil engineering is up three spots up to 67th
  • Biomedical engineering/bioengineering ranks 38th
  • Chemical engineering ranks 61st
  • Materials engineering comes in at No. 64
• The S.J. Quinney College of Law ranks 54th
  • Environmental law holds steady at No. 9
• College of Mines and Earth Sciences
  • Earth Sciences moves up one spot from 2014 rankings into 41st
• College of Science
  • Biology ranks 62nd
  • Chemistry rises two spots from 2014 rankings to land at No. 32
  • Organic Chemistry ranks 18th
  • Mathematics ranks 34th
  • Algebra/Number Theory/Algebraic Geometry ranks 12th
  • Physics, last ranked in 2014, jumps four sports from No. 65 to No. 61
• Public Affairs comes in at 72nd
• College of Health
  • Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders (Audiology) ranks 48th.
  • Division of Occupational Therapy comes in at No. 44
  • Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders (Speech Lang Pathology) lands at 30th
  • Physical Therapy ranks 20th
• College of Pharmacy ranks No. 17
• Social Sciences & Humanities
  • Department of Sociology lands at 71st place
  • Department of Psychology ranks 75th
  • Political Science Department comes in at 89th
  • Department of History ranks No. 98
  • English Department lands at No. 60
  • Department of Economics ranks 83rd
• College of Fine Arts ranks 131st

The rankings are based on a number of factors including expert opinions about program excellence and statistical indicators that measure the quality of a university’s students, faculty and research.

This year, the rankings will also be featured in the “Best Business Schools 2019” guidebook.

To see the full list of rankings, visit usnews.com/best-graduate-schools.