U.S. News & World Report has ranked Purdue among the top 10 Most Innovative Schools in the nation for the fourth consecutive year. Purdue Engineering is 10th overall in the ranking, and 11 of its specialty areas are ranked: agricultural and biological engineering is 1st for the 11th year in a row; industrial/manufacturing remains second; aeronautical and astronautical is fourth; civil, sixth; mechanical, eighth; computer, electrical and environmental, each 11th; materials, 12th; chemical, 14th; and biomedical, 23rd.