Three Programs Among Top 60 in Best Grad School Rankings
June 18, 2024
BATON ROUGE, LA – In the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings of the 2025 Best Engineering Graduate Schools, three of the LSU College of Engineering’s programs were ranked in the top 60 nationally. Additionally, each ranked program in the college improved its rankings over last year’s marks.
In the top 60, the petroleum engineering program was ranked T-11, biological and agricultural engineering was ranked T-29, and civil engineering was ranked T-58.
The full rankings are as follows:
- College of Engineering – T-124 overall (last year’s ranking was T-121). Tied with
the ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Alabama at Birmingham, ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Kansas, and West Virginia ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø.
Top program in Louisiana.
- Biological/Agricultural Engineering – T-29 overall (last year’s ranking was T-31).
Tied with Utah State ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø.
- Chemical Engineering – T-67 overall (last year’s ranking was T-72). Tied with Brown
¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø, Howard ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø, Illinois Institute of Technology, Stony Brook ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø,
Texas Tech ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø, ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Iowa, ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Maryland-Baltimore County,
¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Utah, Washington State ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of South Carolina, Tulane ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø, and ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Alabama.
- Civil Engineering – T-58 overall (last year’s ranking was T-60). Tied with New York
¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø, ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Connecticut, ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Nebraska-Lincoln, and ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø
of Tennessee-Knoxville.
- Electrical Engineering – T-102 overall (last year’s ranking was T-112). Tied with
CUNY-City College, Kansas State ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø, New Mexico State ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø, Oklahoma
State ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø, San Diego State ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø, ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Rhode Island, Wayne State
¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø, ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Kentucky, ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of South Carolina, and ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of
Alabama.
- Industrial Engineering – T-77 overall (last year’s ranking was T-79). Tied with West
Virginia ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø and Wright State ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø.
- Mechanical Engineering – T-96 overall (last year’s ranking was T-111). Tied with Kansas
State ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø, San Diego State ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø, Texas Tech ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø, ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of
Nebraska-Lincoln, ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Rochester, ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Vermont, Villanova ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø,
¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Alabama-Huntsville, and ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Alabama.
- Petroleum Engineering – T-11 overall (last year’s ranking was T-12). Tied with the ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Wyoming.
The rankings were based on surveys by U.S. News with 219 engineering schools that grant doctoral degrees. Statistical data was collected in fall 2023 and early 2024. Maintaining last year’s revamped focus, the ranking factor weights for this edition again featured an emphasis on research and a reduced emphasis on reputation, faculty resources, and selectivity. U.S. News took this approach based on the knowledge that research productivity is a core attribute of a department enrolling doctorate students. Also, there is increased confidence in research grants data that is validated against what schools reported to the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). Criteria was as follows:
- Research activity – 50%
- Quality assessment – 25%
- Faculty research – 20%
- Student selectivity – 5%
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