GW graduate schools and programs saw mixed results in Tuesday’s U.S. News & World Report rankings, with gains for GW Law and the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy & Public Administration, but declines for the business and education schools.

GW Law continued its upward trajectory from last year, rising 5 spots from No. 31 to a tie for No. 26 among full-time law schools, while the Trachtenberg School, housed in the Columbian College of Arts & Sciences, rose from No. 16 to No. 12, tying with American University, among public affairs schools nationwide. Some programs dipped in the rankings, including the School of Business, which fell eight spots to No. 69 among business schools, and the Graduate School of Education and Human Development, which dropped one spot to No. 74 among nationwide education schools.

Also among schools that rose in the rankings was the Milken Institute School of Public Health, which inched up one spot to tie at No. 11 nationally among public health schools. The School of Engineering & Applied Science rose three spots to a tie for No. 71 among engineering schools nationwide after climbing 18 spots from No. 92 the year prior.

U.S. News calculates graduate school rankings using a mix of peer assessment surveys and statistical data schools report, like test scores, faculty resources and postgraduation outcomes, with the formula varying by discipline. For specialty programs, some rankings are based only on peer reputation or nominations from other schools, according to its website.

GW Law’s No. 26 rank tied with the University of Georgia, University of Southern California and University of Wisconsin-Madison. The law school’s placement this year brings it near its 2022 rank of No. 25 after it fell nearly 16 spots from 2022 to 2024.

The school saw rises in five programs, including a 12-point bump for the criminal law program from No. 32 to No. 20 after it fell eight places last year. Six law school programs fell in the rankings this year, including the dispute resolution program, which dropped from No. 48 last year to No. 71 this year.

GWSB’s drop to No. 69 ties it with the University of Massachusetts Amherst, marking a ten-point fall from the No. 59 ranking in 2023.

GSEHD, which is facing faculty and staff cuts amid declining enrollment, dipped one spot this year to a tie for No. 74 with nine universities, including peer school University of Rochester.

Milken saw a rise of five points in the biostatistics program, tying for No. 14, and three points in its epidemiology program, tying for No. 13. The school’s other program remained at the same rank as last year, with its health policy and management program slipping one spot from No. 5 to No. 6.

CCAS’s physics program rose 16 spots, cracking the top 100 from No. 113 last year to No. 97 this year. The school’s biological sciences program fell out of the top 100 from No. 88 last year to No. 115 this year, while the fine arts programs fell 14 spots to No. 87.