Rankings

Berkeley Engineering is consistently ranked among the top engineering schools in the nation and the world by many measures. Our individual disciplines also maintain top rankings among all engineering programs.

U.S. News & World Report rankings

#2

U.S. undergraduate
engineering programs

#3

U.S. graduate
engineering programs

#7

Global engineering
programs

Latest U.S. News rankings by program	Undergraduate 2022	Graduate 2023
Bioengineering	6	4
Chemical engineering*	3	2
Civil engineering	1	1
Computer engineering	3	2
Computer science	1	2
Electrical engineering	2	1
Environmental engineering	1	2
Industrial engineering	7	2
Materials engineering	3	2
Mechanical engineering	4	3
Nuclear engineering	–	5
U.S. News undergraduate rankings are published in the fall for the coming year; graduate numbers are formulated in early spring for the following year.

By many measures, Berkeley Engineering is among the top programs in the nation and the world. U.S. News & World Report has consistently ranked its overall undergraduate and graduate programs in the top three nationwide for more than a decade. Among all the individual engineering programs, surveys put UC Berkeley in the top 10 nationally for both undergraduate and graduate students year after year.

Rankings history by program

Undergraduate	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018
Bioengineering	6	7	9	7	7
Chemical engineering*	3	3	2	3	2
Civil engineering	1	2	1	1	1
Computer engineering	3	3	3	4	2
Computer science	1	–	–	–	–
Electrical engineering	2	2	2	2	3
Environmental engineering	1	1	1	1	1
Industrial engineering	7	8	5	4	3
Materials engineering	3	2	4	7	2
Mechanical engineering	4	5	2	4	5

Graduate	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
Bioengineering	4	6	4	5	4
Chemical engineering*	2	2	2	2	2
Civil engineering	1	1	1	1	1
Computer engineering	2	2	2	1	2
Computer science	2	–	–	–	–
Electrical engineering	1	1	1	2	1
Environmental engineering	2	1	1	1	1
Industrial engineering	2	3	3	4	3
Materials engineering	2	3	2	6	3
Mechanical engineering	3	3	3	3	3
Nuclear engineering	5	4	3	5	5

*Offered through the College of Chemistry

Note: U.S. News last ranked undergraduate nuclear engineering programs in 2004, and engineering science programs in 2016.

Sources: U.S. News & World Report Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs, Best Graduate Engineering Schools and Best Global Universities for Engineering

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