US News & World Report announces 2018 undergrad program rankings
The US News & World Report has released its national rankings of undergraduate programs, “Best Colleges 2018.” The rankings are computed from the responses to a survey sent to deans, heads, and selected senior faculty who rated programs on a 1-5 scale from marginal to distinguished. Based on these responses, EE’s ranking remains at #8, while CmpE is ranked #12, compared to #11 last year
Below is the complete list of rankings for Purdue's College of Engineering and all of the CoE schools.
Undergraduate Program National Rankings
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8th
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8th
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Overall, tied with Carnegie Mellon
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1st
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Tied with Iowa State and Texas A&M
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4th
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6th
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Tied with University of Illinois -- Urbana-Champaign
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6th
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Tied with University of Illinois -- Urbana-Champaign
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7th
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Tied with Virginia Tech
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Purdue Engineering undergraduate programs consistently rank high among their national peers. In the U.S. News & World Report survey “Best Colleges 2018,” released in September 2017, Purdue’s College of Engineering ranked 8th nationally among doctoral-granting universities. Undergraduate program rankings are based on ratings by deans and senior faculty in those disciplines at peer institutions.
*Environmental and Ecological engineering program was not ranked by USN&WR this year. 2017 is the most recent year in which Environmental and Ecological engineering program was ranked by USN&WR.