WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — U.S. News & World Report's 2024-25 Best Graduate Schools rankings saw 15 programs earn positions in the top 10 as Purdue University continues to improve its graduate education and research across the board.
“Purdue's students and faculty in master's, doctoral and professional degree programs are among the best in the country,” said Purdue President Moon Chang. “Our latest graduate and research rankings reflect the success of our students and colleagues across multiple school divisions as the university continues to support academic excellence at scale.”
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Purdue's renowned Agricultural and Biological Engineering graduate program earned first place for the fourth consecutive year. In the College of Engineering, 10 of 12 departments ranked in the top 10 nationally, the best performance in the university's history. Seven departments improved from the previous year.
Agricultural and Biological Engineering: 1st Aeronautics and Astronautics: 2nd (up 4 places) Civil Engineering: 5th (up 2 places) Industrial Engineering: 6th (up 2 places) Electrical Engineering: 7th (up 1 place) Computer Engineering: 8th (up 2 places) Mechanical Engineering: 8th Environmental Engineering: 9th (up 3 places) Nuclear Engineering: 10th (up 1 place) Biomedical Engineering: 7th (among universities without a medical school)
Several areas associated with the Purdue Computes initiative also saw year-over-year increases, including the Department of Computer Science, which spans the College of Science and College of Engineering.
Computer Engineering: 8th (up 2 places) Computer Systems: 13th (up 1 place) Computer Science: 19th (up 1 place)
The restructured Mitchell E. Daniels Jr. School of Business continued to perform well, with its Information Systems and Part-Time MBA programs each appearing in the rankings for the first time. Additionally, the following top 10 programs maintained or improved their rankings:
Manufacturing operations: 3rd place Project management: 4th place (up 3 places) Supply chain management: 7th place (up 2 places)
“Our graduate students are central to our mission as a leading public land-grant research university, and we have always prioritized investing in their success,” said Patrick J. Wolf, provost and vice president for academic affairs and diversity. “The hard work of Purdue's faculty to enhance our graduate programs and their academic impact has resulted in continued increases in our national rankings, particularly in strategic areas that are so important to the entire university.”
Within the College of Health and Human Sciences, the School of Nursing's Doctor of Nursing Practice program rose seven places to 24th, the largest increase of any Purdue program this rankings cycle. The Master's program overall also rose three places to 22nd. Last August, the Purdue Board of Trustees approved plans to remodel the Nursing and Pharmacy Education Building, which will further accelerate the program's significant growth. Purdue also saw two of its College of Health and Human Sciences departments rise to the top 10.
Speech Therapy: 2nd place Audiology: 8th place
The 2024-25 Best Graduate Schools rankings are based on two types of data: expert opinion on program excellence and statistical indicators that measure the quality of a school's faculty, research, and students, as well as students' graduate school outcomes. Data for the rankings in the fields of business, education, engineering, and nursing came from a statistical survey of 2,225 programs and a reputation survey sent to approximately 5,766 scholars and 10,941 professionals in fall 2023 and early 2024. To collect peer evaluation data, U.S. News asked deans, program directors, and senior faculty to judge the academic quality of programs in each field on a scale of 1 (marginal) to 5 (outstanding).
Purdue University's profile and reputation continues to grow, as evidenced by U.S. News & World Report's latest graduate school rankings and the many awards it has recently won.
About Purdue University
Purdue University is a public research institution that demonstrates excellence at scale. Ranked among the top 10 public universities in the U.S. and with two universities ranked in the top four, Purdue discovers and disseminates knowledge with unmatched quality and scale. More than 105,000 students learn at Purdue in a variety of ways and places, with nearly 50,000 learning face-to-face at the West Lafayette campus. Committed to affordability and accessibility, Purdue's main campus has frozen tuition for 13 consecutive years. With the first integrated urban campus in Indianapolis, the Mitchell E. Daniels Jr. School of Business, Purdue Computing, the One Health initiative and more, learn how Purdue never stops for its next big leap at https://www.purdue.edu/president/strategic-initiatives.
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Source: Moon Chan, Patrick J. Wolf
