2016 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 nearly 1,900 graduate schools and programs and ranks them according to our methodology.
Here, we offer a sneak peek of the 2016 Best Graduate Schools rankings.
U.S. News surveyed 357​ schools granting doctoral degrees in education. In alphabetical order, here are the top 10 highest-ranked 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 10, 2015, on usnews.com. Use the #BestGradSchools hashtag 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.

Updated on March 9, 2015: The 2016 Best Graduate Schools rankings have been released; check out the full Best Education Schools rankings online.