Graduate Program National Rankings

Purdue Engineering (overall) 12th

Industrial Engineering* 6th

Nuclear Engineering 8th

Civil Engineering* 7th

Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering 6th

Mechanical Engineering* 7th

Computer Engineering 11th

Electrical Engineering* 10th

Chemical Engineering* 14th

Materials Engineering 14th

Environmental Engineering* 16th

Biomedical Engineering* 24th

Agricultural and Biological Engineering** 2nd

* Tied in ranking with another university

** 2004 rank—this field was not included in the 2007 survey

The College of Engineering is made up of 14 schools and departments: aeronautics and astronautics, agricultural and biological, biomedical, chemical, civil, electrical and computer, engineering education, industrial, materials, mechanical, and nuclear. This also includes the divisions of engineering professional education, construction engineering and management, and environmental and ecological engineering. Also, the college houses programs such as Engineering Projects in Community Service, the Minority Engineering Program, the Women in Engineering Program and the Indiana Space Grant Consortium.

Undergraduate Program National Rankings

Purdue Engineering (overall)* 9th

Agricultural and Biological Engineering** 4th

Industrial Engineering 3rd

Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering*** 6th

Nuclear Engineering****** 4th

Civil Engineering 8th

Mechanical Engineering 7th

Electrical/Electronic Engineering 12th

Computer Engineering 11th

Materials Engineering**** 12th

Chemical Engineering 15th

Environmental Engineering***** 19th

* Tied with Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Texas

** Tied with Texas A&M University and University of California-Davis

*** Tied with University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign

**** Tied with Ohio State University

***** Tied with Duke University and the University of Wisconsin

****** 2006 rank—this field was not included in the 2008 survey

In the U.S. News & World Report survey “America’s Best Colleges 2008,” released in August 2007, Purdue’s College of Engineering tied with Carnegie Mellon University for 8th nationally among doctoral-granting universities. Undergraduate program rankings are based on ratings by deans and senior faculty in those disciplines at peer institutions.

Purdue University is a very good school for engineering and aviation. They are consistently ranked as one of the top schools in the nation for engineering.