Graduate students studying agricultural and biosystems engineering work in a campus lab. Larger photo. Photo by Christopher Gannon and courtesy of the department of agricultural and biosystems engineering.
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State’s graduate program in agricultural and biosystems engineering is still one of the country’s best, according to the latest rankings of graduate programs by U.S. News and World Report magazine.
The graduate program rankings, released online today, have Iowa State’s program in agricultural and biosystems engineering ranked No. 2 in the country. The program was No. 1 in last year’s rankings; Purdue University in Indiana now has the magazine’s top spot. (The magazine’s latest undergraduate rankings have Iowa State’s agricultural and biosystems engineering program tied for top honors with Purdue and Texas A&M University.)
Other high marks from the magazine go to the College of Veterinary Medicine (13th overall and 9th among public universities), statistics (tied for 20th overall and tied for 11th among publics) and engineering, which has nine programs ranked among the top 25 public universities.
The magazine reports its graduate rankings are based on two kinds of data – expert opinions about program quality and statistical measures of a program’s faculty, research and students. The magazine says researchers did statistical surveys of more than 2,012 programs and sent reputation surveys to more than 20,500 academics and professionals.
The magazine’s latest rankings of Iowa State graduate programs include:
Colleges and schools:
Engineering, tied for 43rd overall and tied for 23rd among publics (tied for 45th and tied for 26th last year)
Business, tied for 79th overall and tied for 43rd among publics (tied for 65th and 37th last year)
Education, tied for 89th overall and tied for 66th among publics (tied for 80th and 63rd last year)
Programs and departments (not listed above):
Industrial/Manufacturing/Systems Engineering, tied for 28th overall and tied for 21st among publics
Materials Engineering, tied for 30th overall and tied for 19th among publics
Aerospace/Aeronautical/Astronautical Engineering, tied for 30th overall and tied for 21st among publics
Chemical Engineering, tied for 34th overall and tied for 21st among publics
Civil Engineering, tied for 35th overall and tied for 22nd among publics
Electrical/Electronic/Communications Engineering, tied for 39th overall and tied for 23rd among publics
Computer Engineering, tied for 43rd overall and tied for 23rd among publics
Mechanical Engineering, tied for 48th overall and tied for 26th among publics
Chemistry, tied for 48th overall and tied for 28th among publics
Physics, tied for 52nd overall and tied for 32nd among publics
Economics, tied for 53rd overall and tied for 28th among publics
Computer Science, tied for 61st overall and tied for 35th among publics
Math, tied for 66th overall and tied for 38th among publics
Biological Sciences, tied for 73rd overall and tied for 39th among publics
Sociology, tied for 80th overall and tied for 55th among publics
Psychology, tied for 90th overall and tied for 56th among publics
History, tied for 98th overall and tied for 59th among publics
Fine Arts, tied for 104th overall and tied for 62nd among publics
English, tied for 108th overall and tied for 69th among publics
Part-time MBA, tied for 118th overall and tied for 69th among publics