U.S. News & World Report has ranked UC Santa Barbara’s College of Engineering graduate program No. 12 among public universities in its annual ranking of nation’s “Best Engineering Schools.” The UCSB College of Engineering (CoE) earned the No. 24 position among both public and private universities.

The CoE’s materials program was ranked No. 2 among public universities, behind only UC Berkeley, and was ranked No. 5 overall, with Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Northwestern University, Stanford University, and UC Berkeley filling out the top four positions. 

The UCSB chemical engineering programs earned the No. 7 position among public universities and was No. 11 overall.
Some 214 engineering schools were surveyed for the U.S. News & World Report rankings, which were calculated based on a weighted average of ten indicators.

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