Facts and Rankings

At Duquesne, we have the breadth and depth to make the most of your goals, as evidenced by just some of our achievements below. 

U.S. News & World Report

• For 2026, Duquesne ranked #169 among National Universities and #115 among Best Value Schools 
• For 2025, Duquesne's Schools of Nursing, Law and Health Sciences earned the following Best Graduate School Rankings:
  • School of Nursing climbed 12 spots to #34 for Best Nursing Schools and climbed five spots to #80 in the Best Nursing Schools: Doctor of Nursing Practice category.
  • Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University advanced two positions to #92 in the Best Law Schools category.
  • John G. Rangos, Sr. School of Health Sciences tied for #30 in Occupational Therapy, #58 for Physician Assistant, #74 for Speech-Language Pathology and #79 for Physical Therapy.
• For 2025, Duquesne's Master's in Nursing Education program is ranked #1 in the nation for Best Online Programs. In addition, the School of Nursing ranked #37 overall for its online Master's in Nursing programs with its specialized programs earning exceptional recognition, including:
  
  • Master’s in Nursing Administration, #7
  • Master’s in Family Nurse Practitioner, #8
  • Master’s in Nursing for Veterans, #11
• Additional 2025 Best Online Programs rankings for Duquesne include:
  • Bachelor’s in Business, #68
  • Master’s in Education, #97
  • Bachelor’s Programs, #123
• Duquesne is ranked #58 as a Best Value School for 2025.
• Our Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program at Duquesne is ranked #39 for 2025.
• Duquesne ranked #165 (among the nearly 1,500 national colleges and universities evaluated) in the National University category for 2025.
• Duquesne ranked #118 nationally in the Best Colleges for Veterans category for 2025.
• A number of Duquesne University online programs have been named among the 2025 Best Online Programs in the U.S. including:
  
  • Master's in Nursing Education, #3
  • Family Nurse Practitioner Master's Program, #4
  • Master's in Nursing Administration, #6
  • Master's in Nursing for Veterans, #9
  • Bachelor's in Business, #59
  • Master's in Education, #63

Washington Monthly

• Duquesne's service rank is #63 nationally and #4 among Pennsylvania universities.
• Earning power for Duquesne ranks #46 nationally and #5 in Pennsylvania.
• Duquesne is listed among "Best Bang for the Buck" schools in Northeast

Princeton Review

• Based on student surveys and institutional data, Duquesne ranked among the top 15% among four-year institutions in the U.S. for 2026 and was included in he Princeton Review’s Best Mid-Atlantic Colleges list, which showcases academically outstanding institutions across Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and surrounding states.
• The Palumbo-Donahue School of Business was named a Best Business School for 2025, including being one of 213 business schools for the Best On-Campus MBA Programs grouping and named #6 among 10 business schools named to the Greatest Resources for Women category.
• For the second year in a row, Duquesne Kline School of Law ranks in the top 10 for “Professor Accessibility,” and is ranked #39 for “Career” outcomes. These exceptional ranks from the TaxProf Blog are based on the recently released 2025 Princeton Review Law School ratings. The ratings are out of nearly 200 law schools in the United States. 
• In 2025, Duquesne was named among the Best 390 Colleges in the nation, which includes only the top 10% of colleges and universities nationally.
• Duquesne was recognized as a Green College in 2025 and 2024.

Other Rankings of Note

• Wall Street Journal (WSJ)/College Pulse named Duquesne among the 2026 Best Colleges in the U.S.
• Recent graduates of the Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University achieved top-tier success on the Pennsylvania Bar Examination. For the July 2025 administration, 92.13% of takers passed the lawyer licensing exam on their first attempt. Duquesne Kline School of Law ranks together with three other top-performing Pennsylvania law schools—Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law, the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law—whose first-time passage rates were all clustered within tenths of a percentage point.
• Money magazine ranked Duquesne among its Best Colleges for 2025.
• For 2026, Duquesne climbed two spots to #60 for Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs.
• Niche (2025) gave Duquesne University an A+ ranking for campus location.
• In 2025, Poets&Quants, a leading online publication for undergraduate business and education news, ranked Duquesne's Palumbo-Donahue School of Business #65 on its prestigious annual list—up three spots from 2024 and 12 spots from 2023.
• The Wall Street Journal/College Pulse 2025 Best Colleges in the U.S. ranks only the top 12% of colleges and universities in the country, and Duquesne was ranked #144 on their list, based on a methodology that places a significant 70% on student outcomes. 
• 100% of Duquesne's nursing graduates passed the 2024 National Council Licensure Exam (NCLEX-RN) on their first time.
• Duquesne University has been recognized as one of the 2024 Money Best Colleges in America. Money's analysis showcases the country's top colleges based on graduation rates, cost of attendance, financial aid, alumni salaries and more.
• The Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University was named a “Best Value Private Law School” in preLaw Magazine’s Fall 2024 issue and ranked 6th in the nation for its excellence in bar preparation in their Winter 2024 issue.
• Duquesne's Palumbo-Donahue School of Business has again been recognized on the Corporate Knights Better World MBA Ranking. The University's One-Year MBA program is ranked #1 in the United States and came in #2 globally.
• The Wall Street Journal ranked Duquesne #143 among the top 400 universities in the country and in the top 13 schools ranked from Pennsylvania.
• Money magazine listed Duquesne University in its Best Colleges in America 2023 rankings.
• FORTUNE magazine ranked Duquesne University #5 for Best Online Master's in Nursing (MSN) Program for 2022.
• Duquesne ranked #3 in the Northeast in a recent workforce analysis focused on R2 institutions producing the most high-earning female alumni under 40 in the United States. 
• For 2022, Niche.com ranked Duquesne at #59 among its Best Catholic Colleges in America, and #4 in Pennsylvania. Additionally, Niche gave Duquesne an A+ in Best College Locations, an A for Value and an overall A- among colleges and universities in the nation.
• Duquesne University (#1) and the School of Nursing achieved Top 10, gold-level rankings as both a Military Friendly® and Military Spouse Friendly® School for 2022-23.
• Duquesne is the first university in the nation to offer combined biomedical engineering and nursing dual degree (BS-BSN).
• Also, Duquesne is the first university in the nation to offer an online Ph.D. in nursing (1997) and first in Pennsylvania to grant a BSN degree (1937).