2017 Best Graduate Schools Preview: Top 10 Education Schools

Thinking about applying to graduate school? Whether you're interested in pursuing a graduate degree in education, or attending law school or business school, there are some big decisions to make. To help students find the right school for them, U.S. News & World Report surveys more than 1,900 graduate schools and programs and ranks them according to our methodology.

Here, we offer a sneak peek at the 2017 Best Graduate Schools rankings.

U.S. News surveyed 376 schools granting doctoral degrees in education. In alphabetical order, here are the top 10 education schools.

School (name) (state)

Harvard University (MA)

Johns Hopkins University (MD)

Northwestern University (IL)

Stanford University (CA)

Teachers College, Columbia University (NY)

University of Pennsylvania

University of Texas--Austin

University of Washington

University of Wisconsin--Madison

Vanderbilt University (Peabody) (TN)

The actual ranking and score of these and other graduate schools will be available March 16, 2016, on usnews.com. Use #BestGradSchools to continue the conversation on Twitter and Facebook.

For more in-depth rankings, searchable data and an expanded directory of programs, sign up for the U.S. News Education School Compass.