Illinois State University programs were once again recognized in U.S. News & World Report’s rankings for Best Graduate Schools, with four in the top 100.

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Both graduate programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders ranked within the top 100 of their fields, with the audiology program named 46th in the nation, and the speech-language pathology program at No. 82. The College of Education’s graduate programs came in 83rd in the nation, and the graduate programs in the Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts ranked 89th among M.F.A. programs across the country.

Other Illinois State graduate programs included in the rankings are the Department of English (No. 131), the College of Business part-time MBA program (138), the School of Biological Sciences (224), the School of Social Work (163), and the Department of Psychology (163). Illinois State is one of more than 800 institutions with graduate schools surveyed by U.S. News & World Report on an annual basis.

Illinois State was additionally ranked in the upper echelon of Money’s 2023 list of Best Colleges in America for quality education and affordability.