Purdue Engineering National Rankings – 2027
Graduate Program National Rankings
(2027, published in April 2026)
| Rank | Unit |
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| 4th | Purdue Engineering |
| 1st | Agricultural and Biological Engineering |
| 4th |
Industrial Engineering Tied with Northwestern University (McCormick) |
| 5th |
Aerospace Engineering Tied with University of Michigan–Ann Arbor |
| 7th | Civil Engineering |
| 8th |
Electrical Engineering Tied with Carnegie Mellon University (Carnegie) and Cornell University |
| 8th | Mechanical Engineering |
| 9th |
Computer Engineering Tied with Cornell University and Princeton University |
| 10th |
Nuclear Engineering Tied with Pennsylvania State University–University Park |
| 11th |
Environmental Engineering Tied with Cornell University, Princeton University, Rice University (Brown), University of Colorado–Boulder and Yale University |
| 11th |
Materials Engineering Tied with Pennsylvania State University–University Park |
| 14th |
Chemical Engineering Tied with Carnegie Mellon University (Carnegie), Cornell University and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Grainger) |
| 25th |
Biomedical Engineering Tied with University of California–Los Angeles (Samueli), University of Minnesota–Twin Cities and University of Virginia |
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 sustainability engineering and environmental 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
(2026, published in January 2026)
| Rank | Unit |
|---|---|
| 1st | Civil Engineering |
| 1st | Electrical Engineering |
| 1st | Engineering Management |
| 1st | Industrial Engineering |
| 1st | Mechanical Engineering |
| 2nd | Online Graduate Engineering |
| 4th | Online Graduate Engineering for Veterans |
Undergraduate Program National Rankings
(2026, published in September 2025)
| 8th |
Overall, tied with Carnegie Mellon University
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Tied with Texas A&M University
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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 2026,” released in September 2025, Purdue’s College of Engineering ranked 8th nationally among doctorate-granting universities. Undergraduate program rankings are based on ratings by deans and senior faculty in those disciplines at peer institutions.
