U.S. News & World Report ranks elite CCNY engineering programs

The only public school of engineering in the metropolitan area, The City College of New York’s Grove School of Engineering also offers some of the top programs in the nation, according to the 2023 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools rankings released today.

From a survey of the top 214 engineering schools that grant doctoral degrees, U.S. News ranked the following CCNY programs among the best in the country:

• Chemical engineering, #48;
• Biomedical engineering, #74;
• Mechanical engineering, #89;
• Civil engineering, #107;
• Electrical engineering, #113; and
• Computer science, #115.

U.S. News' Best Engineering Schools rankings compare schools on their research activity, faculty resources, academic achievements of entering students and assessments by other engineering schools and employers. Click here to read the entire methodology.

Overall, the Grove School, which celebrated its centennial in 2019, is ranked #140 in the nation.

Other CCNY programs ranked highly by U.S. News include physician assistant in the CUNY School of Medicine at City College which is #46; fine arts in the Division of Humanities and the Arts at #64; clinical psychology and psychology, both in the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership, which are #101 and #111, respectively; and earth sciences at #140, in the Division of Science.

"The Best Graduate Schools rankings evaluate schools across nearly 200 different areas, such as law, business and nursing," said Robert Morse, chief data strategist at U.S. News. "We regularly update the methodology and add new programs to keep the rankings relevant and valuable for prospective students."

In all, U.S. News analyzed more than 10,000 graduate programs and specialties in its 2023 ranking process.

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Since 1847, The City College of New York has provided a high-quality and affordable education to generations of New Yorkers in a wide variety of disciplines. CCNY embraces its position at the forefront of social change. It is ranked #1 by the Harvard-based Opportunity Insights out of 369 selective public colleges in the United States on the overall mobility index. This measure reflects both access and outcomes, representing the likelihood that a student at CCNY can move up two or more income quintiles. In addition, the Center for World University Rankings places CCNY in the top 1.8% of universities worldwide in terms of academic excellence. Labor analytics firm Emsi puts at $1.9 billion CCNY’s annual economic impact on the regional economy (5 boroughs and 5 adjacent counties) and quantifies the “for dollar” return on investment to students, taxpayers and society. At City College, more than 16,000 students pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees in eight schools and divisions, driven by significant funded research, creativity and scholarship. CCNY is as diverse, dynamic and visionary as New York City itself. View CCNY Media Kit.