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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

#3

U.S. undergraduate
engineering programs

#3

U.S. graduate
engineering programs

#11

Global engineering
programs

Latest U.S. News
rankings by program
Undergraduate
2024
Graduate
2024
Aerospace*18–
Bioengineering74
Chemical engineering**42
Civil engineering11
Computer engineeringNR2
Computer science21
Electrical engineering32
Environmental engineering11
Industrial engineering53
Materials engineering22
Mechanical engineering33
Nuclear engineering–3
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

Undergraduate20242023202220212020
Aerospace*1816–––
Bioengineering77679
Chemical engineering**44332
Civil engineering11121
Computer engineeringNR3333
Computer science211––
Electrical engineering33222
Environmental engineering11111
Industrial engineering56785
Materials engineering23324
Mechanical engineering35452
Graduate20242023202220212020
Bioengineering44645
Chemical engineering**22222
Civil engineering11111
Computer engineering22221
Computer science12–––
Electrical engineering21112
Environmental engineering12111
Industrial engineering32334
Materials engineering22326
Mechanical engineering33333
Nuclear engineering35435

*New undergraduate program in aerospace engineering launched Fall 2022

**Offered through the College of Chemistry

NR: Not ranked by U.S. News for 2024

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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Berkeley Engineering Undergraduate At-A-Glance: Download the printable brochure (PDF) with data on our students, faculty, alumni, rankings and contact information.

Graduate At-A-Glance brochure cover

Berkeley Engineering Graduate At-A-Glance: Download the printable brochure (PDF) with data for potential graduate students.

If you would like to receive these documents in an alternative, accessible format, please contact eng-ada@berkeley.edu.
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