Elmore Family School of Electrical Engineering ranked 9 in grad programs
Purdue University’s Elmore Family School of Electrical Engineering has cracked the top 10 in the newest U.S. News & World Report Graduate School rankings. Both programs –electrical engineering and computer engineering – came in at number 9 in the annual list, which was released Tuesday (March 29). That’s up from 11 in the previous rankings.
For the second consecutive year, Purdue’s College of Engineering graduate program is No. 4 nationally in the rankings. Seven of the College of Engineering’s graduate programs are in the top 10 of their areas, and 11 departmental programs made the top-15 rankings in the country.
This from a Graduate School that is placing high priority into its diversity efforts – and getting results. During the five-year period that ended spring 2020, Purdue conferred the most doctorate degrees to Black students among peer R1 research institutions (those that reach certain benchmarks in research activity and funding as set by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education) nationally and in the Big Ten – in the disciplines of chemistry, the physical sciences, veterinary medicine, computer science and statistics.
Tuesday’s Graduate School rankings come on the heels of the U.S. News & World Report’s Online rankings in January, in which Purdue ECE’s online MSECE ranked No. 1 for the second straight year. Purdue Engineering is third overall in online master’s programs, and the master’s programs in industrial engineering, mechanical engineering and engineering management were also ranked 1 in their categories.
“This year marks the first time on record for Purdue Engineering to be ranked among the nation’s top four in consecutive years,” said Mung Chiang, executive vice president for strategic initiatives and the John A. Edwardson Dean of the College of Engineering. “And this is the first time that we have, other than biomedical that competes against many with medical schools, all of the other 11 departmental rankings in the top 15, including seven in the top 10: upward momentum and stellar strength across the board.”