U.S. News and World Report

Category	Among publics	Nationally
Overall Ranking	64	137
Diversity	7 (best in VA)	13
Innovation	8 (best in VA)	20
Best school for veterans	58	89
A+ school for B students (listed, no ranking)

Undergraduate programs	Among publics	Nationally
Undergraduate Cybersecurity	10	19
Undergraduate Computer Science	40	72
Undergraduate Business	53	86
Undergraduate Nursing	70	93
Best school for veterans	58	89

Graduate programs	Among publics	Nationally
Part-time law	1	4
Industrial-Organizational psychology	4	5
Homeland security	6 (best in VA)	7
International policy	5 (best in VA)	14
Criminology	10 (best in VA)	10
Intellectual property law	6 (best in VA)	19
Public policy analysis	12 (best in VA)	24
Special education	14	15
Corporate law	17	41
Elementary education	16	20
Non-profit management	14 (best in VA)	18
Health care management	17	33
Public management	18 (best in VA)	26
Best law school	11	30
Constitutional law	19	40
Nursing master's	23	37
Nursing-DNP	38	52
Contracts law	18	37
Nonprofit management	23 (best in VA)	32
Industrial engineering	29	39
Public finance	19	26
Local government management	24	27
Leadership	19	27
Psychology	47	80
Trial advocacy law	31	89
Public affairs	26	39
Tax law	33	70
Public health	36	60
International law	30	67
Part-time MBA	40	67
Fine arts	41	73
Computer science	37	63
History	42	73
Dispute resolution law	43	103
Criminal law	38	80
Computer engineering	44	75
Political science	46	76
Economics	40	74
Education	52	67
Engineering	56	92
Statistics	38	54
Electrical engineering	49	82
Civil Engineering	63	89
Social work	54	79

Online masters programs	Among publics	Nationally
Business (non-MBA)	45	66
Information Technology	36	52
Education (overall)	47	52
Education for Veterans	17	18
Education (curriculum and instruction)	12	12
Education (administration and supervision)	14	15
Special Education	11	11
Engineering	36	44
Engineering (industrial)	10	12
Nursing	46	64

Times Higher Education

Category	Among publics	Nationally
Overall	39	70

Category	Among publics	Nationally
Social Sciences	8	11 (best in the DMV)
Computer/Informational Sciences (Federally Funded Research)	11	19
Computer/Informational Sciences (Total Research Funding	16	24
Engineering	56	78
Overall	77	122

Category	Among publics	Nationally
Overall	68	107
Best bang for the buck (Southeast)	22	34

Category	Among Publics	Nationally
Overall	33 (tied with UVA, Virginia Tech, VCU)	63 (tied with George Washington)
Clinical medicine	20	47
Public health	23 (tied with UMD-Balt.)	50 (tied with Georgetown)
Transportation science	29 (tied with UVA, Old Dominion	38
Education	30 (tied with Virginia Commonwealth)	42
Business administration	33	54 (tied with George Washington)
Tourism and hospitality	37	40
Electronic engineering	39 (tied with UVA)	60 (tied with George Washington)
Psychology	43	68
Management	44	66
Political science	44	73
Finance	45	79 (tied with American)
Sociology	48 (tied with UVA, Virginia Tech)	71 (tied with Georgetown)
Ecology	62 (tied with UVA, William & Mary)	78
Computer science	65 (tied with Virginia Commonwealth)	98 (tied with George Washington)
Earth science	67 (tied with UVA, William & Mary)	88
Law	13	17
Economics	17 (best in VA, tied with UVA)	38
Atmospheric sciences	16 (best in VA)	24
Public administration	23 (best in VA)	31
Communication	40 (best in VA)	49

Category	Among publics	Nationally
Communications technology	5 (Best in VA)	15
Health, fitness, and recreation	31	67
Homeland Security	18 (Best in VA)	35
Humanities	30	46
Public administration	30	84

Category	Among publics	Overall
Best colleges in the South	10	17

Category	Among publics	Nationally
Accounting	36	59
Artificial intelligence	37	60
Atmospheric science	36 (best in VA)	47
Business	35	57
Cinematography	20 (best in DMV)	37
Communication	33	51
Computer engineering	36	60
Computer networking	32	47
Computer science	36	59
Criminology	20 (best in VA)	28
Cybersecurity	5 (best in DMV)	8
Early childhood education	26	29
Economics	31	57
Education	29	35
Entrepreneurship	3	4
Finance	31	57
Global commerce	21 (best in VA)	39
Graphic design	34	47
Hospitality and tourism	40	45
Human resources	32	52
Information technology	21	30
International economics	25	48
International relations	17	37
Machine learning	25 (best in VA)	43
Mathematics	38	59
Operations research	27	40
Performing arts	27 (best in VA)	41
Political economy	11 (best in VA)	23
Public policy administration	18 (best in VA)	31
Remote sensing	35(best in VA)	45
Social sciences	42	65
Software engineering	6 (best in DMV)	10
System engineering	20	26
Telecommunications engineering	33	49
Transportation engineering	35	42
Urban/regional planning	24	32
Web development	8 (best in DMV)	12