Claiming a Place at the Top

Adozen University of Houston graduate programs were ranked as top 50 programs in their disciplines in the 2021 U.S. News & World Report graduate program rankings, with the petroleum engineering program joining the top 10 at No. 9. The UH Law Center has two top 10 programs with Health Care Law at No. 5 and Intellectual Property Law at No. 8. 

“To have 12 graduate programs ranked among the nation’s best academic programs [this year] demonstrates the excellence of our faculty and caliber of our students across the University of Houston,” said Paula Myrick Short, senior vice president for academic affairs and provost. 

The rankings are based on two types of data: expert opinions about program excellence and statistical indicators that measure the quality of a school's faculty, research and students.

Overall, the UH Law Center had eight programs ranked in the top 50, a goal that was part of the Law Center’s strategic plan, according to Dean Leonard Baynes. “The Law Center has deep and excellent expertise in a wide variety of legal specialties, which ultimately provides our students a diversity of legal educational and job opportunities,” he said.