The University of Washington School of Public Health, its departments, and programs are consistently ranked at the highest levels in global and U.S. rankings.
UW School of Public Health
The UW School of Public Health has maintained its top ten ranking for more than a decade, coming in this year tied for No. 9 in the U.S. News & World Report rankings for 2025.
Departments
Biostatistics: UW Biostatistics is the number one ranked public biostatistics program (third overall) in best science programs, and seventh in best area of study ranking, by U.S. News Education Rankings.
Epidemiology: UW Epidemiology is the eighth ranked epidemiology program, by U.S. News Education Rankings.
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences: For programs in public, environmental and occupational health, the UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences is ranked fourth in the world and second in the U.S. in the latest rankings of best global universities by U.S. News and World Report.
Health Systems and Population Health: The department is ranked 11th for health policy and management, 13th for social behavior, 16th health care management by U.S. News Education Rankings.
Programs
Public Health-Global Health major: Is ranked number one in The Best Public Health Degree Programs by College Choice in 2026.
Environment Health major: The UW is the number four ranked University for public, environmental and occupational health.
University of Washington
The University of Washington is recognized as one of the best universities in the world. According to U.S. News, the UW is No. 12 in the world on the 2026-27 rankings, No. 3 among U.S. public institutions. The UW also placed in the top 10 globally in six subject areas.
UW ranked No. 1 on list of public colleges that pay off the most
Statement on Rankings
Ranking organizations differ in their methodologies yet are often opinion-based and sourced via surveys of deans, program directors, and other peers.
UW School of Law and the UW School of Medicine withdrew from the U.S. News rankings in 2022 and 2023, respectively, citing concerns that some of the methodology in the rankings for those specific disciplines incentivize actions and policies that run counter to the schools’ public service missions.
UW leaders continue to work with ranking organizations — to the extent possible — to improve their methodologies. As part of ASPPH, UW SPH supports the ASPPH Stance on Third Party Ranking Systems - Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH).