Purdue Ranks
Overall rankings
- Ranked 24th best public university in the nation - Source: U.S. News World Report, 2007 edition. More information
- 11 Purdue doctoral programs placed in the top 10 - Source: Academic Analytics' 2007 rankings of Research Universities Faculty Scholar Productivity Index. More information
Rankings by publication
U.S. News and World Report
In March 2008, Purdue's speech-language pathology graduate program was ranked second and the audiology program was ranked ninth by U.S. News & World & Report magazine. In engineering, Purdue's aerospace/aeronautical/astronautical program was ranked fifth and the civil and mechanical engineering programs were ranked seventh.
Purdue's Krannert School of Management had two programs ranked in the top 10. Productions/operations was ranked third and supply chain/logistics was ranked eighth.
Purdue's School of Pharmacy was ranked ninth.
Graduate program rankings reflect both masters and doctoral programs or only doctoral programs.
U.S. News and World Report ranks only a small sub-set of all of the Purdue programs. For a complete listing of all the Purdue programs, click here.
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U.S. News and World Report graduate rankings released in 2008:
| #2 |
Analytical chemistry (2007) |
| #2 |
Speech-language pathology |
| #3 |
Production/operations |
| #5 |
Aerospace/aeronautical/astronautical |
| #7 |
Civil engineering |
| #7 |
Mechanical engineering |
| #8 |
Industrial/manufacturing engineering |
| #8 |
Supply chain/logistics |
| #9 |
Audiology |
| #9 |
Pharmacy |
| #10 |
Computer engineering |
| #10 |
Electrical/electronic/communications engineering |
| #10 |
Statistics |
| #12 |
Nuclear engineering |
| #12 |
Information systems |
| #14 |
Materials engineering |
| #14 |
Veterinary medicine (2007) |
| #15 |
College of Engineering |
| #15 |
Chemical engineering |
| #16 |
Computer science - systems |
| #18 |
Computer science - programming language |
| #19 |
Computer science |
| #19 |
Applied mathematics |
| #19 |
Environmental/environmental health engineering |
| #20 |
Executive MBA program |
| #20 |
Biomedical/bioengineering engineering |
| #22 |
Chemistry |
| #28 |
Mathematics |
| #33 |
Krannert School of Management |
| #36 |
Physics |
| #36 |
Economics |
| #42 |
Biological sciences |
| #43 |
Earth sciences |
| #43 |
Clinical Psychology |
| #56 |
English |
| #58 |
Sociology |
| #66 |
Psychology |
| #68 |
Education program |
| #68 |
History |
| #134 |
Fine Arts |
| #136 |
Psychology (Organizational Behavior & HR Management) |
| #151 |
Psychology (Dept. of Child Development) |
In August 2007, Purdue's College of Engineering undergraduate program ranked ninth nationally among doctoral-granting public universities.
Purdue's Krannert School of Management's undergraduate program ranked No. 21 overall among doctoral-granting universities and was eighth among public universities.
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U.S. News and World Report undergraduate rankings released in 2007:
| #1 |
Quantitative analysis/methods among public universities (#4 overall) |
| #3 |
Industrial/manufacturing engineering |
| #3 |
Production/operations management |
| #4 |
Agricultural engineering |
| #6 |
Aerospace/aeronautical/astronomical engineering |
| #7 |
Mechanical engineering |
| #8 |
Civil engineering |
| #10 |
Supply chain management/logistics |
| #11 |
Computer engineering |
| #12 |
Electrical/electronic/communications engineering |
| #12 |
Materials engineering |
| #15 |
Chemical engineering |
| #15 |
Management information systems |
| #19 |
Environmental engineering |
| #21 |
Finance |
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American Society for Engineering Education
In 2005, a survey of engineering technology programs conducted by the American Society for Engineering Education showed Purdue's College of Technology awards more engineering technology degrees to women than any other university or college in the country.
Purdue awarded 60 bachelor's degrees in engineering technology to women during the 2002-03 academic year, the highest in the country. Purdue's College of Technology also tied for first in the total number of degrees awarded - 364.
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Business 2.0
In fall 2001, Purdue was listed among the top 20 tech-savviest MBA programs.
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Business Week
In 2006, Purdue's Krannert School of Management ranked No. 24 nationally and eighth among public universities in Business Week magazine's rankings of full-time MBA programs. The school also was ranked in the top 20 by recruiters and 17th for faculty intellectual capital.
Krannert students surveyed by Business Week lauded the school's quality of faculty, small class sizes, career opportunities and educational value for the money.
In fall 2005, Purdue's degree programs ranked 18th worldwide.
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Academic Analytics
In 2008, Purdue's Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Technology was ranked the top program in information security among universities in the nation by Academic Analytics LLC. Academic Analytics ranks faculty members' scholarly output in 8,182 doctoral programs at 387 universities.
In 2007, 11 Purdue doctoral programs placed in the top 10 of Academic Analytics 2007 Top Research Universities Faculty Scholar Productivity Index.
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Purdue's 2008 rankings:
| #2 |
Information Technology/Information Systems (CERIAS - Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security) |
| #5 |
Computational sciences |
| #6 |
General engineering |
| #10 |
Electrical engineering |
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Communications of the ACM
The first ACM Rankings (Communications of the ACM), June 2007/Vol. 50, No. 6, an assessment of research productivity:
Computer Science - Purdue ranked 9th.
Systems and software engineering - Purdue ranked 17th.
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Design Magazine
In 2005, Design Magazine's survey of recruiters ranked Purdue's Landscape Architecture undergraduate program No. 2 in the nation.
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DesignIntelligence
In January 2008, DesignIntelligence: The Almanac of Architecture and Design ranked Purdue's Patti and Rusty Rueff Department of Visual and Performing Arts interior design program 14th. Purdue tied with five other interior design programs.
Also receiving regional recognition in the 2008 survey was Purdue's industrial design undergraduate program, which ranked 13th, and the graduate program, which was 10th in the Midwest region.
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Financial Times
According to a January 2008 survey in Financial Times, Purdue University's Krannert School of Management placed 19th worldwide in doctoral rank, which measures the number of doctoral graduates produced in the last three years. The rank is weighted by placement of doctoral graduates at schools that finish among the top 50 business schools in the Financial Times survey.
In fall 2007, Purdue's International Master's in Management program ranked 11th in degree programs worldwide and No. 1 in international course experience.
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Hispanic Business
In 2007, Hispanic Business magazine placed Purdue's College of Engineering among the best institutions in the nation for Latino graduate students studying engineering. The college was ranked second in the Top 10 list of Best Schools for Hispanics in the field of engineering.
Purdue was cited for the number of Latino faculty hired in 2006 and its increased enrollment of Hispanics into its graduate engineering programs.
In the same issue, the magazine featured Purdue President France A. Cordova on the cover and included a profile story.
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Insititute of International Education
In November 2007, the Institute of International Education ranked Purdue second in the nation among U.S. public institutions in international student enrollment for the 2006-07 academic year.
"Open Doors" is published by the Institute of International Education with support from the Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The survey includes almost 3,000 accredited U.S. institutions and has been conducted every year since 1949.
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Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education
In 2002, the Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education ranked Purdue's Department of Hospitality & Tourism program No. 1 in the nation. The study has not yet been replicated.
Also, the hospitality & tourism program was ranked No. 1 in the U.S. by the Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education in a study based on survey results from industry recruiters. It also has not yet been replicated.
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National Science Foundation
In 2007, Purdue's College of Agriculture was ranked No. 3 in the nation in the National Science Foundation's ranking of research and development expenditures in agricultural sciences.
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Oregon State University national survey
In 2004, a national survey by Oregon State University ranked Purdue's agricultural economics program No. 1 in international trade, farm management, production and finance; and No. 2 in agribusiness, marketing and sales, and industrial organization.
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Review of Economics and Statistics
In February 2008, the Krannert School of Management's doctoral program in economics ranked 31st among the top 58 world departments and 25th among departments in U.S. colleges and universities in a review by faculty at the University of Arizona and Warsaw School of Economics. It was published in the Review of Economics and Statistics. The ranking was based on the worth of doctoral programs in economics as reflected in their ability to place their graduates at top-level economics departments or business schools.
In spring 2008, Purdue's doctoral program in economics was ranked 25th in economics among U.S. schools.
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Shanghai World Rankings of Broad Fields
In February 2008 the Shanghai World Rankings of Broad Fields ranked Purdue 68th overall in the world.
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Small Times magazine
In 2007, Purdue's nanotech facilities ranked eighth in the U.S. in a survey by Small Times magazine. Overall, Purdue's nanotechnology program ranked 13th. In 2006, the trade publication ranked Purdue third nationally for its industrial outreach efforts.
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Times Higher Education Supplement
In 2007 The Times Higher-QS World University Rankings rated Purdue 77th overall and 24th in technology (engineering).
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Wall Street Journal
In 2004 and 2005, Purdue University's Krannert School of Management was ranked No. 1 among business schools in the Wall Street Journal's survey of "regional" business schools (the regional status indicated that the schools draw recruits primarily from the region in which they are located). The Krannert School ranked fourth in 2006.
Krannert ranked third among all schools in operational management in all seven of the publication's rankings from 2001 to 2007. The Krannert School ranked 10th in information technology in 2007.
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Whitefield Consulting Worldwide Rankings
In fall 2007, Purdue's International Master's in Management (IMM) program was ranked eighth in the world by Whitefield Consulting Worldwide. Whitefield is a management consulting group specializing in management education, careers and recruitment. Purdue's IMM program is a partnership between the Krannert School, the GISMA Business School in Germany, TiasNimbas Business School in the Netherlands, and CEU Business School in Budapest.
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