It's Time for Bigger Goals
We offer 85+ undergraduate majors and 110 graduate and certificate programs across
10 schools. Our highly respected professional programs have garnered numerous accolades and rankings, including our No. 1 One-Year MBA — which is why we're ready with an education that's everything you need, and more
than you imagined.
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Impressive in a Variety of College Rankings
Supply Chain Degree Propels Grad to Global Company
A testament to the nationally-ranked earning power of Duquesne grads, Ronnie Coleman, B'23, had multiple job offers, but chose to go with Nestlé—the world’s largest food and beverage company—due to its “great environment and vast opportunities for growth and learning.”
Our 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.
Other notable rankings include:
U.S. News and World Report
- Duquesne is ranked No. 56 as a Best Value School for 2024.
- The Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program at Duquesne ranked No. 52 for 2023-2024.
- Duquesne ranked No. 151 in the National University category for 2023-2024.
- Duquesne ranked No. 104 nationally in the Best Colleges for Veterans category for 2023-2024.
- Duquesne University's 2022-2023 Best Graduate School rankings:
- School of Pharmacy, No. 43
- Occupational Therapy program, No. 29
- Speech-Language Pathology program, No. 55
- A number of Duquesne University online programs have been named among the 2022-23 Best Online Programs in the U.S., including the following which are ranked among the top 10 in Pennsylvania:
Washington Monthly
- Duquesne's service rank is No. 63 nationally and No. 4 among Pennsylvania universities.
- Earning power for Duquesne ranks No. 46 nationally and No. 5 in Pennsylvania.
- Duquesne is listed among "Best Bang for the Buck" schools in Northeast
Princeton Review
- For 2024, Duquesne was named among the Best 389 Colleges in the nation, which includes only the top 10% of colleges and universities nationally.
- Named to 2022 Best Colleges: Region by Region list for Northeast
- Recognized as a Green College in 2023
Other Rankings of Note
- 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 No. 1 in the United States and came in No. 2 globally.
- The Wall Street Journal ranked Duquesne No. 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 No. 59 among its Best Catholic Colleges in America, and No. 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).
Best Colleges for Veterans
Duquesne ranked No. 104 nationally in the Best Colleges for Veterans category for 2023-2024.