Purdue Engineering National Rankings – 2025

Undergraduate Program National Rankings

(2025, published in September 2024)

8th	Purdue Engineering Overall, tied with Carnegie Mellon University
2nd	Industrial Engineering
3rd	Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
3rd	Civil Engineering Tied with University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
4th	Agricultural and Biological Engineering Tied with Cornell University
7th	Mechanical Engineering
10th	Computer Engineering
10th	Materials Engineering Tied with California Institute of Technology & The Pennsylvania State University–University Park
11th	Electrical Engineering
12th	Environmental and Ecological Engineering
14th	Chemical Engineering
26th	Biomedical Engineering Tied with University of Maryland, College Park

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 2025,” released in September 2024, Purdue’s College of Engineering ranked 8^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

(2025, published in June 2024)

Rank	Unit
6th	Purdue Engineering
1st	Agricultural and Biological Engineering
2nd	Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering Tied with California Institute of Technology, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Stanford University
5th	Civil Engineering Tied with Stanford University and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
6th	Industrial Engineering Tied with Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, and University of Wisconsin at Madison
7th	Electrical Engineering Tied with Carnegie Mellon University and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
8th	Computer Engineering Tied with Cornell University, Princeton University, and University of Texas at Austin
8th	Mechanical Engineering
9th	Environmental and Ecological Engineering Tied with Arizona State University, Cornell University, Duke University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Rice University, University of Colorado at Boulder, University of Minnesota at Twin Cities, and Yale University
10th	Nuclear Engineering
12th	Materials Engineering Tied with Carnegie Mellon University
16th	Chemical Engineering Tied with Northwestern University
28th	Biomedical Engineering Tied with University of California at Irvine, University of Maryland at College Park, University of Minnesota at Twin Cities, and Yale University

The College of Engineering is made up of 11 schools, one division, and one department: aeronautics and astronautics, agricultural and biological, biomedical, chemical, civil and construction engineering, computer science, electrical and computer, engineering education, industrial, materials, mechanical, nuclear, and environmental and ecological engineering. Also, the college houses programs such as Purdue Engineering Online, 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

(2024, published in February 2024)

Rank	Unit
3rd	Online Graduate Engineering Tied with Pennsylvania State University--World Campus
5th	Online Graduate Engineering for Veterans
1st	Industrial Engineering
1st	Engineering Management Tied with Johns Hopkins University
1st	Mechanical Engineering
2nd	Civil Engineering
3rd	Electrical Engineering