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U.S. News rankings of Purdue grad programs

U.S. News and World Report is out with its latest rankings of graduate school programs.

Among those rated this year is Purdue’s College of Engineering, which moved up from 10th to 8th in the country. Eight engineering schools made the lists in their respective categories for their graduate programs. Those include agricultural and biological engineering at number one, 6th ranked aeronautics and astronautics, and electrical engineering ranked 10th.

Purdue’s College of Education is ranked 32nd in the nation, tied with William and Mary and the universities of Illinois-Chicago, Iowa and Pittsburgh. Purdue’s college ranking is up from 37th last year.

Also showing improvement is Krannert School of Management. It rose from 49th to 44th this year.

The graduate program in psychology at Purdue is ranked in the top 50 on the latest list. It’s tied for 46th with Michigan State University, Stony Brook University-SUNY and the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. The department is in the College of Health and Human Sciences.

You can see all of U.S. News & World Report's graduate program rankings HERE.