March 20, 2018
                  U.S. News & World Report releases 2019 Graduate Program rankings
U.S. News & World Report releases 2019 Graduate Program rankings
The US News & World Report has released its national rankings of graduate programs. EE and CmpE both ranked #9 for 2019, the same ranking as the previous year for both programs. 
 
	
		U.S. News & World report released its rankings of Graduate Programs for 2019; Purdue EE and CmpE held steady at #9
The US News & World Report has released its national rankings of graduate programs. EE and CmpE both ranked #9 for 2019, the same ranking as the previous year for both programs. The College of Engineering moved to the #7position, up from #8 last year. The discipline rankings are based entirely on peer evaluations, whereas the college rankings are a combination of peer and recruiter assessments, along with a variety of performance-based factors.
Listed below are the rankings for all of the schools within Purdue's College of Engineering.
| Rank | Unit | 
|---|---|
| 7th | Purdue Engineering | 
| 1st | Agricultural and Biological Engineering | 
| 6th | Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering | 
| 6th | Civil Engineering | 
| 6th | Industrial Engineering | 
| 8th | Mechanical Engineering Tied with Princeton | 
| 9th | Computer Engineering Tied with Cornell and Washington | 
| 9th | Electrical Engineering Tied with Cornell, Princeton, and UT-Austin | 
| 11th | Nuclear Engineering Tied with Oregon St. | 
| 14th | Chemical Engineering Tied with Northwestern and UIUC | 
| 14th | Materials Engineering Tied with Ohio St. and Wisconsin-Madison | 
| 17th | Environmental and Ecological Engineering Tied with Penn St., Colorado-Boulder, Iowa, Washington, and Wisconsin-Madison | 
| 31st | Biomedical Engineering Tied with Penn St. and USC | 
