Johns Hopkins University’s engineering graduate programs are again ranked among the nation’s best, according to U.S. News & World Report‘s Best Graduate Schools rankings, released today. The Whiting School of Engineering retained its No. 13 spot.
Overall graduate engineering programs are evaluated by U.S. News based on of a variety of factors. Key metrics include the school’s research expenditures, faculty publications, citations and honors, admissions selectivity, and its reputation among peers and the employers who hire its graduates.
Specialty rankings are based on reputation as measured by peer evaluations. The biomedical engineering graduate program, which is part of both Johns Hopkins’ schools of Engineering and Medicine, retained its No. 1 spot this year. Five programs saw their rankings improve,
Specialty rankings
- Biomedical Engineering: No. 1 (tied)
- Mechanical Engineering: No. 12
- Materials Engineering: No. 14 (tied, up four spots)
- Electrical Engineering: No. 15 (tied, up three spots)
- Computer Engineering: No. 16 (tied, up one spot)
- Civil Engineering: No. 17 (tied, up six spots)
- Chemical Engineering: No. 21 (tied, up one spot)
- Computer Science-overall: No. 21 (tied)
- Computer Science-AI: No. 22
- Environmental Engineering: No. 22 (tied)