(DURHAM) -- U.S. News & World Report released its annual ranking of graduate programs across the county. Duke University scored well in medical, law and business.

Duke's medical school tied for fifth for research, up from a tie for sixth last year.  The Duke nursing school tied for seventh, its highest ranking ever.  The law school remained 11th and the Fuqua School of Business rose two places to 12th.

Under health disciplines, Duke's physician assistant program was rated first. The nursing school's pediatric nurse practitioner program was rated fifth, its adult nurse practitioner and gerontological nurse practitioner programs were each ranked 10th, and its nursing-anesthesia program was tied for 11th.

Duke's business school marketing discipline ranked third. The executive MBA program was fourth, international business ranked fourth, management was ninth and finance 12th.

Within engineering, Duke ranked fourth for biomedical and bioengineering, 21st for environment/environmental health, 24th for mechanical engineering, 28th for computer engineering and 31st for electrical/electronic communications.