Every engineering program remained in the top nine in the annual national assessment from U.S. News & World Report.
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For the third year running, the engineering graduate programs at Georgia Tech are No. 4 in the national Best Graduate Schools rankings released by U.S. News & World Report.
The updated list, published April 7, once again places the College of Engineering among the elite engineering schools in the U.S. and No. 2 among public programs. Tech is tied with Purdue University.
In addition to the overall engineering graduate program, U.S. News also ranks individual disciplines. Among the highlights of those rankings:
- The H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering remained the top program in the nation for the 36th consecutive year.
- The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering returned to the No. 1 spot, tied with Johns Hopkins University. (In addition to biomedical engineering, the College also offers an interdisciplinary bioengineering graduate program.)
- Aerospace engineering remained at No. 2 for the third year.
- Mechanical engineering rose to third among its peers, the program’s highest-ever ranking.
(2nd among public universities)
U.S. News releases graduate school rankings each spring. Most programs maintained their rankings from 2025.
The publication’s evaluation of engineering as a whole is based on a number of factors, including research expenditures and publications, assessments from peer institution and employers, and academic achievements of entering students.
Rankings of specific engineering disciplines are based solely on peer assessments by department heads.
In the fall, U.S. News ranked the College’s undergraduate programs the best among public universities and No.3 overall.
2026 Graduate Rankings
U.S. News & World Report
| School | Ranking | Public Ranking |
|---|---|---|
| Biomedical Engineering | 1st (2nd last year) | 1st |
| Industrial Engineering | 1st | 1st |
| Aerospace Engineering | 2nd | 1st |
| Civil Engineering | 3rd (2nd last year) | 3rd |
| Mechanical Engineering | 3rd (5th last year) | 1st |
| Environmental Engineering | 4th | 3rd |
| Chemical Engineering | 5th | 2nd |
| Computer Engineering | 5th | 2nd |
| Electrical Engineering | 7th (6th last year) | 4th |
| Materials Engineering | 7th | 4th |
| Nuclear Engineering | 9th | 8th |
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