Purdue Engineering National Rankings – 2023

Undergraduate Program National Rankings

(2023, published in September 2022)

9th	Purdue Engineering Overall, tied with University of Texas at Austin and Cornell University
2nd	Agricultural and Biological Engineering
2nd	Industrial Engineering
5th	Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
6th	Mechanical Engineering
7th	Civil Engineering
9th	Electrical Engineering
10th	Computer Engineering
11th	Environmental and Ecological Engineering
13th	Materials Engineering
15th	Chemical Engineering
29th	Biomedical Engineering Tied with Brown University and Vanderbilt University

Note: The Nuclear undergraduate discipline is not ranked by USNWR, but is part of its graduate rankings.

Purdue Engineering undergraduate programs consistently rank high among their national peers. In the U.S. News & World Report survey “Best Colleges 2023,” released in September 2022, Purdue’s College of Engineering ranked 9^th nationally among doctorate-granting universities. Undergraduate program rankings are based on ratings by deans and senior faculty in those disciplines at peer institutions.

Graduate Program National Rankings

(2023, published in March 2022)

Rank	Unit
4th	Purdue Engineering Tied with Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
1st	Agricultural and Biological Engineering
5th	Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
7th	Civil Engineering Tied with Carnegie Mellon University (PA), Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Virginia Tech
7th	Industrial Engineering Tied with Cornell University (NY) and Virginia Tech
8th	Mechanical Engineering Tied with Cornell University (NY)
9th	Computer Engineering Tied with Princeton University (NJ), University of Texas--Austin (Cokrell) and University of Washington
9th	Electrical Engineering Tied with Cornell University (NY) and University of Texas--Austin (Cockrell)
11th	Environmental and Ecological Engineering Tied with Cornell University (NY), Duke University (Pratt) (NC), Princeton University (NJ) and University of Minnesota--Twin Cities
11th	Nuclear Engineering
13th	Materials Engineering
14th	Chemical Engineering Tied with Carnegie Mellon University (PA), Cornell University (NY), Northwestern University (McCormick)(IL) and University of Colorado-Boulder
29th	Biomedical Engineering Tied with University of California--Davis and Yale University (CT)

The College of Engineering is made up of 11 schools and two divisions: aeronautics and astronautics, agricultural and biological, biomedical, chemical, civil, electrical and computer, engineering education, industrial, materials, mechanical, nuclear, construction engineering and management, and environmental and ecological engineering. Also, the college houses programs such as Purdue Online – Engineering, EPICS (Engineering Projects in Community Service), the Minority Engineering Program, the Women in Engineering Program and Global Engineering Programs and Partnerships.

Online Graduate Program National Rankings

(2023, published in January 2023)

Rank	Unit
2nd	Online Graduate Engineering
4th	Online Graduate Engineering for Veterans
1st	Electrical Engineering
1st	Industrial Engineering
1st	Engineering Management
1st	Mechanical Engineering
2nd	Civil Engineering