UCSB Engineering

UC Santa Barbara’s College of Engineering is ranked 21st in the nation according to the latest assessment of graduate schools by U.S. News and World Report.

The 2012 rankings, based on data gathered in fall 2010, compared 194 engineering schools that grant doctoral degrees. The College of Engineering at UCSB ranked 11^th among public institutions. Last year it was ranked 19^th equal overall and 11^th among public institutions.

The assessment also rated specialty disciplines. The Materials program at UCSB was ranked 4^th in the country, its Chemical Engineering program was ranked 9^th, Electrical/Electronic/Communications Engineering was tied for 17^th, Computer Engineering was tied for 18^th, Mechanical Engineering was tied for 26^th and Computer Science was tied for 35^th.

The overall rankings for engineering schools were based on opinions from engineering deans and industry recruiters, and statistical indicators of the quality of faculty, research and students—including the number of doctoral degrees granted, the proportion of faculty who were members of the National Academy of Engineering, and expenditure on research.

Rankings for engineering disciplines were based on assessments by department heads in each specialty.