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US News – Best Colleges

2020202120222022-20232023-2024
National Universities#84 (tie)#80 (tie)#79 (tie)#72 (tie)#60 (tie)
Best Colleges for Veterans#52 (tie)#50 (tie)#45#41 (tie)#36
Best Value Schools#69#65#59#66#53
Most Innovative Schools#31 (tie)#68 (tie)#70 (tie)#52 (tie)
Top Performers on Social Mobility#224 (tie)#237 (tie)#211 (tie)#250 (tie)#178
Top Public Schools#34 (tie)#32 (tie)#32 #29 (tie)#28
Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs#34 (tie)#32 (tie)#36 (tie)#33 (tie)#30
Biological / Agricultural Engineering#6 (tie)#10#6 (tie)#6 (tie)#7
Chemical Engineering#22 (tie)#21#20 (tie)#17#17
Civil Engineering#20#20 (tie)#31 (tie)#23 (tie)#21
Industrial / Manufacturing Engineering#13#14#14 (tie)#15#12
Materials Engineering#15#18#19#20 (tie)#20
Mechanical Engineering#28#29 (tie)#25
Business Programs#90 (tie)#81#84 (tie)#73 (tie)#70
Analytics#14 (tie)#27 (tie)#17 (tie)#21
Computer Science#52 (tie)#51 (tie)#54 (tie)#50
Software Engineering#9 (tie)#9 (tie)#13 (tie)#11

Link: https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities

Methodology: https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/how-us-news-calculated-the-rankings External Link

US News – Global Rankings

20192020202120222023
Overall Rank#217#232#226#227 (tie)#230
Plant and Animal Science#25 (tie)#33#35 (tie)#38#44
Engineering#108#116 (tie)#138#149#146 (tie)
Energy and Fuels#64 (tie)#66#52 (tie)
Materials Science#49 (tie)#52#67#68 (tie)#70
Chemical Engineering#147#141 (tie)#134 (tie)
Electrical and Electronic Engineering#144 (tie)#186 (tie)#203 (tie)#200
Polymer Science#41#46
Condensed Matter Physics#55#60
Agricultural Sciences#45 (tie)#47#48#61#60 (tie)
Microbiology#194 (tie)#161 (tie)#95 (tie)#70#81
Mathematics#67#57#60#74#81
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology#67#78#82 (tie)
Physical Chemistry#85#87
Food Science and Technology#93#95
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology#92#98#98
Environment/Ecology#98#95 (tie)#99#111 (tie)#142 (tie)
Biology and Biochemistry#205 #167#155 (tie)#133 (tie)#148
Molecular Biology and Genetics#203 (tie)#223 (tie)#158#149 (tie)#164 (tie)
Chemistry#123 (tie)#138 (tie)#145 (tie)#171 (tie)#157 (tie)
Computer Science#209 (tie)#161 (tie)#189#209
Geosciences#206 (tie)#225 (tie)#214#224 (tie)
Economics and Business#203#208 (tie)#231#223 (tie)
Social Sciences and Public Health#324#300 (tie)#280 (tie)#258#253 (tie)

Link: http://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities External Link

Methodology:  http://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/articles/methodology External Link

US News – Best Online Programs

20192020202120222023
Bachelor's #58 (tie)#39 (tie)#14 (tie)#10 (tie)#18 (tie)
Master's in Engineering #8#7 (tie)#6 (tie)#7 (tie)#11
Master's in Civil Engineering #2#11 (tie)#4#6 (tie)
Master's in Mechanical Engineering #6#4 (tie)#4 (tie)#11 (tie)
Master's in Industrial Engineering #7 (tie)#11#7 (tie)#7
Master's in Electrical Engineering #5 (tie)#13 (tie)#8 (tie)#11
Master's in Engineering for Veterans#7#6 (tie)#7#10#15
Master's in Engineering Management #15 (tie)
Master's in Computer Information Technology #6#15#16 (tie)#28 (tie)#9
MBA #17 (tie)#15 (tie)#16#20 (tie)#37 (tie)
MBA for Veterans#9 (tie)#11 (tie)#24#29 (tie)#46 (tie)
Business Analytics MBA #9#8 (tie)
Master's in Business (non-MBA)#4
Master's in Education #29 (tie)#31 (tie)#42 (tie)#46 (tie)#30 (tie)
Master's in Education for Veterans#9#8 (tie)#12#17#9 (tie)
Master's in Educational Administration #20 (tie)#15 (tie)
Master's in Instructional Media #10 (tie)#13 (tie)
Master's in Curriculum and Instruction #15 (tie)#19 (tie)

Link:https://www.usnews.com/education/online-education/north-carolina-state-university-raleigh-199193External Link

US News – Best Graduate Schools

2017201920212023
Veterinary Medicine#3 (tie)#4 (tie)#4 (tie)#4 (tie)
Statistics#15#16 (tie)#16 (tie)#11 (tie)
Best Engineering Schools#27 (tie)#24 (tie)#25#26
Nuclear Engineering#6#3#3#3 (tie)
Biological/ Agricultural Engineering#10#8#7#3 (tie)
Industrial/ Manufacturing/ Systems Engineering#12 (tie)#15 (tie)#16 (tie)#16 (tie)
Chemical Engineering#21#21 (tie)#21#20 (tie)
Environmental/ Environmental Health Engineering#29 (tie)#26 (tie)#22 (tie)#21 (tie)
Materials Engineering#15 (tie)#20 (tie)#23 (tie)#22 (tie)
Civil Engineering#24 (tie)#24 (tie)#30 (tie)#26 (tie)
Aerospace/ Aeronautical/ Astronautical Engineering#26 (tie)#29 (tie)#25 (tie)#27 (tie)
Computer Engineering#28 (tie)#22 (tie)#33 (tie)
Electrical/ Electronic/ Communications Engineering#34 (tie)#35 (tie)#35 (tie)#34 (tie)
Mechanical Engineering#35 (tie)#37 (tie)#46 (tie)#38 (tie)
Biomedical Engineering/ Bioengineering#36 (tie)#33 (tie)#33 (tie)#45 (tie)
Computer Science#48 (tie)#43 (tie)#43 (tie)#49 (tie)
Best Education Schools#51 (tie)#45 (tie)#37 (tie)#28 (tie)
Education Administration and Supervision#14 (tie)#22 (tie)#17 (tie)#14
Secondary Teacher Education#18 (tie)
Elementary Teacher Education#23 (tie)#22 (tie)
Curriculum and Instruction#29 (tie)#24 (tie)
Best Public Affairs Programs#45 (tie)#47 (tie)#48 (tie)#49 (tie)
Nonprofit Management#28 (tie)#26 (tie)#24 (tie)
Mathematics#52 (tie)#53 (tie)#53 (tie)#53 (tie)
Applied Math#21 (tie)
Sociology#52#47 (tie)#61 (tie)#61 (tie)
Economics#48 (tie)#55 (tie)#55 (tie)#61 (tie)
Chemistry#56 (tie)#52 (tie)#52 (tie)#62 (tie)
Best Business Schools#52#85 (tie)#64 (tie)#67 (tie)
Business Analytics#13#27 (tie)
Part- Time MBA#34 (tie)#57 (tie)#85 (tie)#57 (tie)
Physics#54 (tie)#52 (tie)#52 (tie)#68 (tie)
Earth Sciences#60 (tie)#68 (tie)#68 (tie)#70 (tie)
Social Work#78 (tie)#96 (tie)#96 (tie)#79 (tie)
Biological Sciences#75 (tie)#85 (tie)#85 (tie)#93 (tie)
Psychology#101 (tie)#112 (tie)#112 (tie)#122 (tie)

Link: https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools External Link

Methodology:  http://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/articles/methodology External Link