{"id":87791,"date":"2026-04-13T15:00:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T19:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=87791"},"modified":"2026-04-13T15:07:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T19:07:27","slug":"bu-wheelock-rises-again-in-us-news-ranking","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/articles\/2026\/bu-wheelock-rises-again-in-us-news-ranking\/","title":{"rendered":"BU Wheelock Rises Again in US News Ranking"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin news-block-editorial-leadin is-style-text-over-image has-media has-box has-media-focus-center-middle has-text-position-x-center has-text-position-y-bottom has-primary-theme\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"\/wheelock\/files\/2026\/04\/river.jpg\" class=\"has-background-opacity has-background-opacity-90\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2026\/04\/river.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2026\/04\/river-900x506.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2026\/04\/river-1500x844.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2026\/04\/river-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2026\/04\/river-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2026\/04\/river-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2026\/04\/river-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2026\/04\/river-992x558.jpg 992w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2026\/04\/river-1000x563.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2026\/04\/river-1628x916.jpg 1628w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2026\/04\/river-1600x900.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2026\/04\/river-1366x768.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2026\/04\/river-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2026\/04\/river-854x480.jpg 854w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">News<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBU Wheelock Rises Again in US News Ranking\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"deck\">As graduate programs move up, educational policy program attains specialty ranking for second year<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar js-block-editorial-metabar news-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">April 13, 2026<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-comments\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#comments\" class=\"wp-prepress-component-comment-counter label has-no-comments\"><span class=\"wp-prepress-component-comment-counter-zero\"><span>0<\/span><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul data-credit-type=\"By\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/authors\/stephanies-vang\/\">Stephanies Vang<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<p>For the third year in a row, BU Wheelock has risen in the rankings of the nation\u2019s best graduate schools of education, climbing to #35 by&nbsp;<em>US News &amp; World Report<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For a second consecutive year, BU Wheelock\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/degree-program\/educational-leadership-policy-studies\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/degree-program\/educational-leadership-policy-studies\/\">Educational Leadership &amp; Policy Studies program<\/a> is ranked #24 among educational policy programs, again recognized for its work in educational policy, equity, and human development.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBU Wheelock\u2019s continued recognition, both in our overall standing and for our Education Policy program, reflects the extraordinary dedication of our faculty, students, and alumni to advancing meaningful, systems-level change in education,\u201d says Dean&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/profile\/penny-bishop\/\">Penny Bishop<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Consecutive years in the&nbsp;<em>US News &amp; World Report<\/em>&nbsp;education policy rankings signal that BU Wheelock&#8217;s program has established itself as a serious national voice in the field,\u201d says&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/profile\/marcus-winters\/\">Marcus Winters<\/a>, professor and chair of BU Wheelock\u2019s Educational Leadership &amp; Policy Studies Department. \u201cWe&#8217;re proud of what our faculty and students have accomplished, and we remain committed to the kind of rigorous, impactful work that earned us this recognition.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<em>US News &amp; World Report<\/em>&nbsp;rankings of graduate schools of education are released annually, assessing key metrics including academic reputation, student outcomes, and research activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories is-style-card has-two news-block-editorial-relatedstories\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-title\">Related<\/h3>\n\t\t<ul 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