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Rankings of graduate programs at Purdue University-Main Campus

Rankings of graduate programs from the latest National Research Council study.

Agricultural Sciences
Animal Sciences
Ranked from 9–36 out of 60 peer programs
Entomology
Ranked from 8–22 out of 28 peer programs
Food Science
Ranked from 2–11 out of 31 peer programs
Foods and Nutrition
Ranked from 7–20 out of 44 peer programs
Forestry and Natural Resources
Ranked from 3–16 out of 33 peer programs
Agronomy- Crops and Genetic
Ranked from 10–54 out of 116 peer programs
Agronomy- Soils
Ranked from 16–54 out of 141 peer programs
Botany and Plant Pathology
Ranked from 49–93 out of 116 peer programs
Horticulture
Ranked from 5–27 out of 116 peer programs

Arts and Humanities
American Studies
Ranked from 15–20 out of 22 peer programs
Comparative Literature
Ranked from 1–11 out of 46 peer programs
English
Ranked from 17–45 out of 119 peer programs
History
Ranked from 46–83 out of 137 peer programs
Philosophy
Ranked from 47–69 out of 90 peer programs
Foreign Languages and Literatures
Ranked from 13–39 out of 60 peer programs

Communication
Communication
Ranked from 13–29 out of 83 peer programs

Engineering
Aeronautics and Astronautics
Ranked from 7–17 out of 31 peer programs
Biomedical Engineering
Ranked from 24–53 out of 74 peer programs
Chemical Engineering
Ranked from 13–46 out of 106 peer programs
Civil Engineering
Ranked from 22–69 out of 130 peer programs
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ranked from 10–29 out of 136 peer programs
Materials Engineering
Ranked from 42–70 out of 83 peer programs
Mechanical Engineering
Ranked from 17–45 out of 127 peer programs
Industrial Engineering
Ranked from 8–24 out of 72 peer programs

Health Sciences
Veterinary Pathobiology
Ranked from 26–66 out of 78 peer programs
Health and Kinesiology
Ranked from 31–38 out of 41 peer programs
Psychological Sciences
Ranked from 83–129 out of 236 peer programs

Life Sciences
Biochemistry
Ranked from 100–144 out of 157 peer programs
Biophysics, Biochemistry, and Structural Biology
Ranked from 37–93 out of 157 peer programs
Wildlife and Aquatic Sciences
Ranked from 4–24 out of 94 peer programs
Basic Medical Sciences
Ranked from 38–89 out of 122 peer programs
Cell and Developmental Biology
Ranked from 32–90 out of 122 peer programs
Ecology, Evolution, and Population Biology
Ranked from 20–55 out of 94 peer programs
Neurobiology and Physiology
Ranked from 24–72 out of 94 peer programs

Physical Sciences and Mathematics
Chemistry
Ranked from 19–60 out of 178 peer programs
Computer Sciences
Ranked from 11–54 out of 127 peer programs
Atmospheric Science
Ranked from 26–47 out of 50 peer programs
Earth Science
Ranked from 57–107 out of 141 peer programs
Mathematics
Ranked from 21–48 out of 127 peer programs
Physics
Ranked from 56–113 out of 161 peer programs
Statistics
Ranked from 10–24 out of 61 peer programs

Social and Behavioral Sciences
Agricultural Economics
Ranked from 8–18 out of 28 peer programs
Economics
Ranked from 32–49 out of 117 peer programs
Linguistics
Ranked from 6–19 out of 52 peer programs
Political Science
Ranked from 36–48 out of 105 peer programs
Sociology and Anthropology
Ranked from 62–84 out of 118 peer programs

The graduate school rankings on PhDs.org have been made possible by grants from The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and The Burroughs Wellcome Fund.
The National Postdoctoral Association and The Center for Science and the Media have served as the project's fiscal sponsors.