How can you find the best graduate schools in the discipline that interests you most?  You can come up with a good answer to this by getting information from as many sources as you can.  Just as you don’t rely on one source for the news, your efforts to discover the top graduate schools should start with getting information from many credible people.

Begin by talking to the faculty at your current school and ask them if they can recommend graduate schools to you. They might have similar research interests, or they might know colleagues at other universities. Either way, your teachers are a rich source of information about graduate schools you might be interested in.

You can also speak to graduate students you know from other universities. Graduate students can give you a lot of information about their experiences and what you can expect in graduate school.  Finally, you can also look at ranking websites to see what graduate schools specialize in your interests.