Undergrad engineering program ranked 15th among public universities
Four Ohio State engineering specialties also received top rankings. The Dept. of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering ranked 10th among biological/agricultural programs. The Dept. of Integrated Systems Engineering ranked 15th among industrial/manufacturing programs. The Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering placed 16th among materials engineering programs, and the Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering ranked 18th among mechanical engineering programs.
The U.S. News rankings of the undergraduate engineering programs accredited by ABET, formerly known as the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, are based solely on the peer judgments of deans and senior faculty who rated each program they are familiar with on a scale from 1 (marginal) to 5 (distinguished).