《美国新闻与世界报道》(US News & World Report)3月10日发布最新的2016年研究生项目排名。据USNews官方介绍，2016年USNEWS美国大学研究生最佳教育学院(Research)排名主要参考以下六大因素：1、师生比;2、研究费用;3、录取比率;4、本科平均学分;5、GRE LSAT GMAT平均分;6、毕业即成功就业率。
以下是US News发布的2016研究生院教育学院(Research)排名：
| 1 | Johns Hopkins University | $1,000 per year (full-time) | 1,869 | |
| Baltimore, MD | ||||
| #2 | Harvard University | $41,616 per year (full-time) | 876 | |
| Cambridge, MA | ||||
| #3Tie | Stanford University | $44,184 per year (full-time) | 379 | |
| Stanford, CA | ||||
| #3Tie | Vanderbilt University (Peabody) | $1,782 per credit (full-time) | 934 | |
| Nashville, TN | ||||
| #5 | University of Wisconsin—Madison | $11,864 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,191 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,011 | |
| Madison, WI | ||||
| #6 | University of Washington | $15,015 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,840 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 917 | |
| Seattle, WA | ||||
| #7Tie | Northwestern University | $46,836 per year (full-time) | 294 | |
| Evanston, IL | ||||
| #7Tie | Teachers College, Columbia University | $1,398 per credit (full-time) | 4,911 | |
| New York, NY | ||||
| #7Tie | University of Pennsylvania | $45,568 per year (full-time) | 1,046 | |
| Philadelphia, PA | ||||
| #10 | University of Texas—Austin | $8,402 per year (in-state, full-time); $16,338 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,124 | |
| Austin, TX | ||||
| #11 | University of Michigan—Ann Arbor | $20,470 per year (in-state, full-time); $41,384 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 630 | |
| Ann Arbor, MI | ||||
| #12 | University of Oregon | $16,032 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,752 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 516 | |
| Eugene, OR | ||||
| #13Tie | Michigan State University | $679 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,302 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,970 | |
| East Lansing, MI | ||||
| #13Tie | University of California—Los Angeles | $11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 747 | |
| Los Angeles, CA | ||||
| #15Tie | Ohio State University | $11,560 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,104 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,018 | |
| Columbus, OH | ||||
| #15Tie | University of Southern California (Rossier) | $1,602 per credit (full-time) | 1,748 | |
| Los Angeles, CA | ||||
| #17Tie | Arizona State University | $10,610 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,044 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,428 | |
| Phoenix, AZ | ||||
| #17Tie | University of California—Berkeley | $11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 355 | |
| Berkeley, CA | ||||
| #17Tie | University of Kansas | $363 per credit (in-state, full-time); $849per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 989 | |
| Lawrence, KS | ||||
| #20 | New York University (Steinhardt) | $35,496 per year (full-time) | 3,049 | |
| New York, NY | ||||
| #21 | University of Minnesota—Twin Cities | $15,458 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,680 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,749 | |
| Minneapolis, MN | ||||
| #22 | University of Virginia (Curry) | $14,244 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,568 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 918 | |
| Charlottesville, VA | ||||
| #23 | Boston College (Lynch) | $1,260 per credit (full-time) | 689 | |
| Chestnut Hill, MA | ||||
| #24 | University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign | $11,824 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,546 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 777 | |
| Champaign, IL | ||||
| #25 | Indiana University—Bloomington | $413 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,202 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 934 | |
| Bloomington, IN | ||||
| #26 | University of Maryland—College Park | $602 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,298 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 961 | |
| College Park, MD | ||||
| #27Tie | University of Pittsburgh | $20,742 per year (in-state, full-time); $33,960 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 930 | |
| Pittsburgh, PA | ||||
| #27Tie | Virginia Commonwealth University | $10,258 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,091 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 898 | |
| Richmond, VA | ||||
| #29 | University of Colorado—Boulder | $10,224 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,522 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 363 | |
| Boulder, CO | ||||
| #30 | University of Florida | $449 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,253 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,106 |
