LSU Engineering Graduate Programs on the Rise in Latest Rankings
March 29, 2022
BATON ROUGE, LA – The LSU College of Engineering saw improvement in a number of rankings today with the release of the 2023 U.S. News & World Report Best Engineering Graduate Schools list.
The college’s graduate program was ranked T-109 overall and T-72 among public institutions, tying Kansas State ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø, the ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Miami, and Mississippi State ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø. Last year, the college’s graduate program was ranked T-113 overall.
Departments within the college also saw overall improvement in their respective rankings:
- Biological/Agricultural Engineering – T-27 overall and among public institutions (2022
ranking was T-23 overall). Tied with North Dakota State ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø and Utah State
¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø.
- Chemical Engineering – T-69 overall and T-45 among public institutions. (2022 ranking
was T-73 overall). Tied with Colorado State ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø, Dartmouth College, New York
¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø, Texas Tech ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø, ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of South Florida, ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Tennessee,
and Washington State ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø.
- Civil Engineering – T-64 overall and T-44 among public institutions. (2022 ranking
was T-54 overall). Tied with New York ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø, ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Houston, ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø
of Illinois-Chicago, and ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Nevada-Reno.
- Computer Science – T-122 overall and T-81 among public institutions. (Not ranked in
2022). Tied with a number of schools including Southern Methodist ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø, Texas
Tech ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø, ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Massachusetts-Lowell, ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Miami, ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø
of Texas-San Antonio, and Virginia Commonwealth ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø.
- Computer Engineering – T-89 overall and T-54 among public institutions. (2022 ranking
was T-105 overall). Tied with Southern Methodist ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø, ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Maryland-Baltimore
County, ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of South Carolina, and ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of South Florida.
- Electrical Engineering – T-99 overall and T-62 among public institutions. (2022 ranking
was also T-99 overall). Tied with a number of schools including Kansas State ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø,
Temple ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø, ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Georgia, ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Missouri, ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Oklahoma,
and West Virginia ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø.
- Industrial Engineering – T-83 overall and T-62 among public institutions. (Not ranked
in 2022). Tied with Morgan State ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø and ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Massachusetts-Lowell.
- Mechanical Engineering – T-99 overall and T-62 among public institutions. (2022 ranking
was T-91). Tied with a number of schools including Kansas State ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø, San Diego
State ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø, Temple ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø, ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Georgia, ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Kansas,
¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Miami, ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Missouri, ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Oklahoma, and West Virginia
¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø.
- Petroleum ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø – T-8 overall and 7th among public institutions. (2022 ranking was 10th). Tied with the ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Southern California.
The rankings were based on surveys by U.S. News with 214 engineering schools that grant doctoral degrees. This data collection was used for the overall rankings, 13 specialty rankings, and for populating each school’s profile on usnews.com. Statistical data was collected in fall 2021 and early 2022. In total, more than 200 engineering schools responded with the necessary data to calculate overall ranks based on weighted averages of the following:
- Quality assessment (40 percent).
- Faculty resources (25 percent).
- Research activity (25 percent).
- Student selectivity (10 percent).
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