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Several of��CU �Ǹ�Թ�'s��graduate-level programs are among the top 25 of their kind in the United States, according to rankings released Tuesday, March 30, by��U.S. News and World Report.

U.S. News��does not update its rankings for every program each year. In the publication’s 2022��issue, CU �Ǹ�Թ� maintains previous rankings (from 2016 to 2021) or has taken new positions in a number of disciplines. Ranking in the top 10 nationally, these include: atomic/molecular/optical physics (2); quantum physics (6);��aerospace/aeronautical/astronautical engineering (or Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences) (10);��physical chemistry (10); environmental law (10); and clinical psychology (10).

Additionally, CU �Ǹ�Թ�’s graduate offerings in the following��U.S. News��categories rank in the teens nationally: education policy (12);��applied mathematics (14); physics (14); audiology (14); environmental/environmental health engineering (14); chemical engineering (14); sociology of population (17); and Earth sciences (19).

“CU �Ǹ�Թ�’s continued presence among graduate programs of excellence in U.S. News & World Report is a tribute to the world-class teaching, scholarship and creative work going on every day at CU �Ǹ�Թ�,” said Scott Adler, dean of CU �Ǹ�Թ�’s Graduate School. "I want to congratulate our graduate faculty, our graduate students and the staff members who support both for maintaining this legacy of excellence.”

A handful of other CU �Ǹ�Թ� schools, colleges, departments and programs are ranked in the top 25 nationally for graduate-level offerings in the categories of: speech-language pathology (20); civil engineering (20);��biological/agricultural engineering (21); computer engineering (22); fine arts program (23); and chemistry (24).