Purdue Engineering National Rankings – 2026

Graduate Program National Rankings

(2026, published in April 2025)

Rank	Unit
5th	Purdue Engineering Tied with California Institute of Technology
1st	Agricultural and Biological Engineering Tied with Iowa State University
3rd	Industrial Engineering Tied with Northwestern University (McCormick) and University of California, Berkeley
5th	Aerospace Engineering Tied with University of Michigan--Ann Arbor
5th	Civil Engineering Tied with Stanford University and University of Michigan--Ann Arbor
7th	Mechanical Engineering Tied with University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Grainger)
9th	Computer Engineering Tied with Cornell University and Princeton University
9th	Electrical Engineering Tied with Cornell University
10th	Environmental Engineering Tied with Duke University (Pratt), Princeton University, Rice University (Brown) and Yale University
10th	Nuclear Engineering
12th	Materials Engineering
14th	Chemical Engineering Tied with Cornell University and University of California--Santa Barbara
24th	Biomedical Engineering Tied with University of Minnesota--Twin Cities, University of Virginia and University of Wisconsin--Madison

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

(2025, published in January 2025)

Rank	Unit
2nd	Online Graduate Engineering Tied with University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
5th	Online Graduate Engineering for Veterans
1st	Electrical Engineering Tied with Arizona State University (Fulton)
1st	Industrial Engineering
1st	Engineering Management Tied with Johns Hopkins University
1st	Mechanical Engineering
2nd	Civil Engineering

 

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.