Rankings
Berkeley Engineering is consistently ranked among the top engineering schools by many measures, including U.S. News & World Report, which ranks it second nationally for undergraduate programs, third nationally for graduate programs, and seventh globally overall. Many individual disciplines also maintain top rankings among all engineering programs.
| 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bioengineering | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| Chemical engineering* | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Civil engineering | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Computer engineering | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Electrical engineering | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Environmental engineering | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Industrial engineering | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Materials engineering | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 |
| Mechanical engineering | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
USN&WR last ranked undergraduate nuclear engineering programs in 2004, and engineering science programs in 2016
| 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bioengineering | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
| Chemical engineering* | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Civil engineering | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Computer engineering | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Electrical engineering | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Environmental engineering | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Industrial engineering | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Materials engineering | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| Mechanical engineering | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Nuclear engineering | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
USN&WR last ranked graduate computer science programs in 2018
Source: U.S. News & World Report. Graduate rankings are formulated in early spring for the following year; undergraduate numbers are published in the fall for the coming year.
*Offered through the College of Chemistry