Pitt’s Bioengineering and Industrial Engineering programs move up in 2018 U.S. News and World Report Graduate School Rankings

PITTSBURGH (March 14, 2017) … The University of Pittsburgh’s Swanson School of Engineering has moved up one slot among engineering programs in the 2018 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools,” which will be available on newsstands April 11. 

The Swanson School is tied 42^nd overall among university engineering programs, and 21^st among all Association of American Universities (AAU) members. Two of its programs, bioengineering and industrial engineering, made significant gains over 2017. Bioengineering jumped from 18^th in the nation to 12^th overall, and remains at 6^th among public AAU university programs. Industrial moved from 23^rd to 17^th overall, and from 13th to 10^th among AAU publics. 

Other department rankings include:

• Chemical engineering: 33^rd overall, 18^th among AAU publics
• Civil engineering: 60^th overall, 27^th among AAU publics
• Computer engineering: 43^rd overall, 20^th among AAU publics
• Electrical engineering: 55^th overall, 26^th among AAU publics
• Materials science: 43^rd overall, 22^nd among AAU publics
• Mechanical engineering: 57^th overall, 26^th among AAU publics

Complete rankings and information about the process can be found online in the U.S. News Grad Compass.

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