Purdue's Graduates
#1
Agricultural & Biological Engineering Graduate Program
Already No. 1 in three key competitive areas, Purdue Engineering has added another major laurel: No. 4 ranked engineering college in the country, among nearly 200 ranked engineering colleges, according to U.S. News & World Report’s Best Graduate Engineering Schools survey released today (April 7). Purdue Engineering is now ranked close behind MIT, Stanford and Berkeley engineering.
In addition, Purdue Engineering maintained its highest-ever peer assessment score and its highest overall evaluation score this century, and secured 3 top 5 specialty rankings.
Purdue Engineering’s 2026 research and graduate engineering performance builds on this triple crown of national distinctions:
- No. 1 producer of engineering graduates – by the number of BS degrees in engineering granted annually, and by the number of BS, MS and PhD degrees awarded annually.
- No. 1 engineering college for market demand – having received more applications for first-choice engineering majors than any other university.
- No. 1 ranked online engineering master’s degrees in all 5 specialties ranked by U.S. News.
In the Best Graduate Engineering Schools survey, Purdue Engineering’s top 5 specialties are Agricultural and Biological Engineering (ABE), No. 1, for the sixth straight year; Industrial Engineering (IE), No. 4; and Aeronautical and Astronautical (AAE), No. 5.
2026-27 Graduate Program National Rankings
U.S. News & World Report
(published in April 2026)
| Unit | Ranking |
|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Engineering | #1 |
| Industrial Engineering
Tied with Northwestern University (McCormick) |
#4 |
| Purdue Engineering | #4 |
| Aeronautical and Astronautical
Engineering Tied with University of Michigan–Ann Arbor |
#5 |
| Civil Engineering | #7 |
| Electrical Engineering
Tied with Carnegie Mellon University (Carnegie) and Cornell University |
#8 |
| Mechanical Engineering | #8 |
| Computer Engineering
Tied with Cornell University and Princeton University |
#9 |
| Nuclear Engineering Tied with Pennsylvania State University–University Park |
#10 |
