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Schar School Rises in New U.S. News & World Report Rankings

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Graphic showing that U.S. News & World Report ranked the Schar School of Policy and Government #39 nationally among 270 Public Affairs Institutions

The at 亚洲AV surged nine places in the latest U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 2023 Best Graduate Schools rankings. Of the 270 schools surveyed, the Schar School rose from No. 48 to No. 39 in the country.

Several Schar School graduate programs landed in the top 25 among all universities, with homeland security leading the list at No. 7 nationally, and No. 6 among public institutions. The Schar School鈥檚 homeland security program has made the nation鈥檚 top 10 list for five years straight.

The other top 25 programs include , , , and The nonprofit management program made a remarkable rise of 14 spots, from No. 32 to No. 18 nationally.

鈥淭he Schar School鈥檚 interdisciplinary programs increasingly are being recognized as among the best,鈥 said Schar School Dean听. 鈥淢ost notable this year is the big jump in the ranking in nonprofit management studies鈥攖he largest one-year move we鈥檝e ever seen. High-impact faculty work and recent exciting hires in that field are being noticed by our peers nationally,鈥 Rozell said.

In addition to a growing and prominent faculty, the Schar School鈥檚 location in the heart of the U.S. political scene provides students with extraordinary professional opportunities.

Overall, Mason has eight graduate programs listed among the top 25 nationally, reflecting the university鈥檚 reputation of being a top institution for advanced degrees. Mason has 18 programs ranked in the top 50 nationally and 33 ranked in the top 50 among public universities.

Mason is the fastest growing public university in Virginia听and has conferred the highest number of master鈥檚 degrees of any four-year public institution in the state for the past five years. According to State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, Mason conferred nearly a third of the state鈥檚 master鈥檚 degrees for the 2020-21 academic year.听

Additional reporting by Mariam Aburdeineh.