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Agriculture Economics Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Art and Design Education Philosophy
Biological Sciences Engineering Physics
Chemistry English Psychology
Child Development and Family Studies History Sociology
Communication Horticulture Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences
Computational Sciences and Engineering Information Technology Statistics
Computer Science Management Veterinary Medicine
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Mathematics  

Agriculture

  • Purdue's College of Agriculture ranks 3rd in the nation in the ranking of research and development expenditures in agricultural sciences. (National Science Foundation, 2007)

     

  • Purdue's Agricultural Economics program ranks 1st in international trade, farm management, production and finance; and 2nd in agribusiness, marketing and sales, and industrial organization. (Oregon State University, 2004)

     

  • Agronomy and Crop Sciences ranks 6th for outstanding faculty scholarship and contributions to research through publications, federal research grants, and awards. (Chronicle of Higher Education's Top Research Universities Faculty Scholar Productivity Index, 2007)

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Art and Design

  • Purdue's Interior Design program ranks 14th nationally. In its Midwest rankings, interior design ranks 3rd, and the Industrial Design program ranks 10th. (DesignIntelligence: The Almanac of Architecture and Design, 2008)

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Biological Sciences

  • Biological Sciences' doctoral program ranks 42nd overall nationally. (U.S.News & World Report, 2008)

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Chemistry

  • Chemistry's doctoral program ranks 22nd overall nationally with its Analytical Chemistry specialty ranked 2nd. (U.S.News & World Report, 2008)

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Child Development and Family Studies

  • Various programs in family and human sciences rank 3rd, 8th, 9th, and 10th for outstanding faculty scholarship and contributions to research through publications, federal research grants, and awards. (Chronicle of Higher Education's Top Research Universities Faculty Scholar Productivity Index, 2007)

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Communication

  • The Purdue University Department of Communication's health, interpersonal, and organizational programs rank in the top 10 based on faculty publications. Purdue's health communication ranks 2nd and interpersonal and organizational communication rank 4th. In addition, the department placed in the top 10 for specific areas of study. For example, Purdue places 2nd in the area of communication and emotion, and Purdue ties for 1st in the area of narrative. (Com Vista, 2008)

     

  • Communication and communication studies ranks 2nd for outstanding faculty scholarship and contributions to research through publications, federal research grants, and awards. (Chronicle of Higher Education's Top Research Universities Faculty Scholar Productivity Index, 2007)

     

  • The Department of Communication's interpersonal, organizational, and health communication programs rank among the top 10 in the United States. (National Communication Association, 2004)

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Computational Sciences and Engineering

  • Computational Sciences ranks 5th for outstanding faculty scholarship and contributions to research through publications, federal research grants, and awards. (Chronicle of Higher Education's Top Research Universities Faculty Scholar Productivity Index, 2007)

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Computer Science

  • The Computer Science doctoral program ranks 19th, the Systems specialty 16th, and the Programming Language specialty 18th nationally. (U.S.News & World Report, 2008)

     

  • Purdue's Computer Science program ranks 9th and Purdue's Systems and software engineering ranks 17th for research productivity. (Communications of the ACM, 2007)

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Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

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Economics

  • Purdue's Economics doctoral program ranks 42nd nationally. (U.S.News and World Report, 2009)

     

  • Purdue's Agricultural Economics program ranks 1st in international trade, farm management, production and finance; and 2nd in agribusiness, marketing and sales, and industrial organization. (Oregon State University, 2004)

     

  • Krannert School of Management's doctoral program in economics ranks 31st among the top 58 world departments and 25th among departments in U.S. colleges and universities. The ranking is based on the worth of doctoral programs in economics as reflected in their ability to place their graduates at top-level economics departments or business schools. (Review of Economics and Statistics, 2008)

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Education

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Engineering

Source: U.S.News & World Report, 2009

  • Purdue's College of Engineering ranks among the best institutions in the nation for Latino graduate students studying engineering. The college ranks 2nd in the Top 10 list of Best Schools for Hispanics in the field of engineering. The ranking is based on diversity measures aimed at Hispanic enrollment, faculty, student services, retention and repuation among Hispanics. (Hispanic Business, 2009)

     
  • Purdue is the top choice of recruiters from the aerospace and defense industries. Of the 64 schools mentioned by companies, Purdue ranks at the top and is among the top three graduate schools in the survey. (Aviation Week and Space Technology, 2008)

     
  • General engineering ranks 6th and Electrical engineering ranks 10th for outstanding faculty scholarship and contributions to research through publications, federal research grants, and awards. (Chronicle of Higher Education's Top Research Universities Faculty Scholar Productivity Index, 2007)

     
  • Purdue's Systems and Software engineering program ranks 17th in research productivity. (Communications of the ACM, 2007)

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English

  • The English doctoral program ranks 71st nationally. (U.S.News & World Report, 2009)

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History

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Horticulture

  • Horticulture ranks 5th nationally for faculty scholar productivity. (Chronicle of Higher Education's Top Research Universities Faculty Scholar Productivity Index, 2007)

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Information Technology

  • Purdue's Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Technology (CERIAS) ranks as the top program in information security among universities in the nation in a measure of faculty productivity. The ranked research classifications include: information technology/information systems, which ranks 2nd, computational sciences ranks 5th, general engineering ranks 6th and engineering/electrical ranks 10th. (Academic Analytics LLC, 2008) CERIAS is the world's largest multidisciplinary academic center addressing information security, assurance and privacy.

     

  • Information technology/information systems, which ranks 2nd, for outstanding faculty scholarship and contributions to research through publications, federal research grants, and awards. (Chronicle of Higher Education's Top Research Universities Faculty Scholar Productivity Index, 2007)

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Management (Krannert School of Management)

  • Overall Rankings

     

    • The Krannert School of Management MBA program ranks 32nd nationally, and 13rd among public universities, with specialties ranking 6th in production/operations, 10th in supply chain/logistics, and 18th in management information systems. (U.S.News & World Report, 2009)

       

    • Purdue University's Krannert School of Management ranks 19th worldwide in doctoral rank, which measures the number of doctoral graduates produced in the last three years. The rank is weighted by placement of doctoral graduates. (Financial Times, 2008)

       

    • Purdue's Krannert School of Management ranks 24th nationally and 8th among public universities. The school also ranks in the top 20 by recruiters and 17th for faculty intellectual capital. (Business Week, 2006) Krannert students surveyed by Business Week lauded the school's quality of faculty, small class sizes, career opportunities, and educational value for the money.

       

  • MBA Rankings

     

    • The Krannert School of Management's MBA program placed second in Best in Industry. (Financial Times, 2009)

       

    • Purdue's Krannert School of Management was ranked among the best in the country in the Operations category, according to Princeton Review's student opinion survey, the "Student Opinion Honors Business Schools." (Princeton Review, 2009)

       

    • Purdue University's Krannert School of Management is a top five MBA school. (The Wall Street Journal, 2006)

       

  • Executive MBA Program Rankings

     

    • Purdue's Executive MBA program ranks among the top 25 in the world. Krannert's program ranked 2nd overall and was 8th among U.S. public institutions. (Wall Street Journal, 2008)

       

    • Purdue was the only Indiana college included in the top 25. Krannert's Executive MBA was ranked 16th overall by corporations and 24th by students. The program also scored in the top one-third of all schools in the categories of classmate quality and immediately applicable coursework. (Wall Street Journal, 2008)

       

    • A Krannert Executive MBA degree ranks 14th in the United States when factoring in the cost of education. (Wall Street Journal, 2008)

       

    • The Krannert School of Management's Executive MBA program ranks 20th nationally. (U.S.News & World Report, 2008)

       

  • International Executive MBA Program Rankings

     

    • The Krannert School of Management's international executive MBA program ranks among the world's best. Its MBA program is also highly ranked for top salaries and placement success of its graduates, while the doctoral program ranks in the top 25 for Ph.D. graduates produced. (Financial Times, 2007)

       

  • International Master's in Management (IMM) Rankings

     

    • Purdue's International Master's in Management program ranks 15th in degree programs worldwide and 1st in international course management. (Financial Times, 2008)

    • Purdue's International Master's in Management (IMM) program ranks 8th in the world. (Whitefield Consulting Worldwide, 2007). Purdue's IMM program is a partnership between the Krannert School, the GISMA Business School in Germany, TiasNimbas Business School in the Netherlands, and CEU Business School in Budapest.

  • Economics Rankings

     

    • Krannert School of Management's doctoral program in economics ranks 31st among the top 58 world departments and 25th among departments in U.S. colleges and universities. The ranking is based on the worth of doctoral programs in economics as reflected in their ability to place their graduates at top-level economics departments or business schools (Review of Economics and Statistics, 2008).

    • Purdue's Economics doctoral program ranks 42nd nationally. (U.S.News & World Report, 2009)

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Mathematics

  • Mathematics' doctoral program ranks 28th overall nationally and its Applied Math specialty ranks 19th. (U.S.News & World Report, 2008)

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Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

  • The School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences ranks 9th nationally. (U.S.News & World Report, 2008)

     

  • Pharmacy ranks 3rd for outstanding faculty scholarship and contributions to research through publications, federal research grants, and awards. (Chronicle of Higher Education's Top Research Universities Faculty Scholar Productivity Index, 2007)

     

  • The Pharm.D. program ranks 4th nationally. (U.S.News & World Report, 2005)

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Philosophy

  • Philosophy ranks 4th for outstanding faculty scholarship and contributions to research through publications, federal research grants, and awards. (Chronicle of Higher Education's Top Research Universities Faculty Scholar Productivity Index, 2007)

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Physics

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Psychology

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Sociology

  • The Sociology Department ranks 54th nationally. (U.S.News & World Report, 2009)

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Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences

  • The Audiology program ranks 9th overall nationally. (U.S.News & World Report, 2008)  

     

  • The Speech-Language Pathology master's program ranks 2nd in the nation. (U.S.News & World Report, 2008)

     

  • Speech and Hearing Sciences ranks 3rd for outstanding faculty scholarship and contributions to research through publications, federal research grants, and awards. (Chronicle of Higher Education's Top Research Universities Faculty Scholar Productivity Index, 2007)

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Statistics

  • Purdue University's Statistics program ranks 10th nationally. (U.S.News & World Report, 2008)  

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Veterinary Medicine

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