The U.S. News and World Report magazine released its national graduate school rankings for 2016 on March 10, 2015. Several engineering programs climbed in the rankings, including Iowa State’s program in agricultural and biosystems engineering, which jumped one spot to No. 3.
2016 engineering graduate program rankings:
- Biological/Agricultural Engineering, 3rd overall, 3rd among publics
- Aerospace/Aeronautical/Astronautical Engineering, 23rd overall, 16th among publics
- Materials Engineering, 24th overall, 15th among publics
- Industrial/Manufacturing Systems Engineering, 25th overall, 18th among publics
- Chemical Engineering, 30th overall, 19th among publics
- Civil Engineering, 37th overall, 24th among publics
- Electrical/Electronic/Communications Engineering, 41st overall, 23rd among publics
- Mechanical Engineering, 43rd overall, 23rd among publics
- Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering, 48th overall, 32nd among publics
- Computer Engineering, 53rd overall, 29th among publics