Sargent College’s OT Program Is Top in U.S. News Rankings for Fourth Consecutive Year
Boston University’s Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences retained its best-in-the-nation spot among occupational therapy (OT) programs in U.S. News & World Report’s latest graduate school rankings. Photo by Above Summit
Sargent College’s OT Program Is Top in U.S. News Rankings for Fourth Consecutive Year
School of Public Health ranked 7th in the nation
For the fourth straight year, Boston University’s Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences retained its best-in-the-nation spot among occupational therapy (OT) programs in U.S. News & World Report’s latest rankings of best graduate schools, released this week.
The 2025 U.S. News rankings also named Sargent’s speech-language pathology program fifth in the nation for the second year in a row.
“These consistent national rankings are a testament to the strength and dedication of our program leadership, both within Sargent College and across the country,” Sargent Dean Jack Dennerlein says.
“This recognition reflects the immanent excellence of our programs, rooted in our innovative and interprofessional curriculum, the depth of hands-on clinical education—including experiences in our state-of-the-art simulation center—and the expertise of our world-class faculty,” Dennerlein says. “These programs continue to set the standard for excellence in health and rehabilitation sciences.”
The BU School of Public Health was ranked seventh overall among the country’s public health schools for the second year in a row. SPH also ranked 7th in epidemiology, 7th in biostatistics, 9th in social and behavioral sciences and in health policy and management (tied), and 10th in environmental health sciences.
“We are gratified that U.S. News & World Report has again ranked our School of Public Health among the top schools in the nation,” says Michael Stein, SPH dean ad interim. “Each of our academic departments was in the top 10 of their respective categories and our special healthcare management program jumped to its highest ranking ever, at 14th.
Public health—as an ethos, as a practice in the world, as a contributor to the well-being of our nation—is under attack, and I hope that every ranked school does its part to explain the power of, and need for, our work and teachings in this moment.
“Public health—as an ethos, as a practice in the world, as a contributor to the well-being of our nation—is under attack,” Stein says, “and I hope that every ranked school does its part to explain the power of, and need for, our work and teachings in this moment.”
The rankings, based largely on assessments by peers and in some cases, statistical data, are important for students making decisions about which grad schools to attend in their specialty.
Other BU schools rose in the graduate school rankings, including the School of Law, which rose 2 places to tie for 22nd overall among law schools, and the Questrom School of Business, which rose 4 places to tie for 46th among full-time MBA programs—and its part-time MBA program also rose 4 places to rank 29th in that category.
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