Johns Hopkins University’s Department of Mechanical Engineering is ranked No. 13 according to U.S. News & World Report‘s annual Best Graduate Schools rankings, up one spot from last year’s rankings. Johns Hopkins’ engineering graduate programs are again ranked among the nation’s best, as the Whiting School of Engineering retained its No. 14 spot, tied with UCLA. Five engineering graduate programs saw their rankings improve this year, and every graduate program is ranked among the top 25 in its category.
Graduate engineering programs are evaluated by U.S. News based on a comprehensive set of factors, including a school’s research expenditures, faculty productivity, admissions selectivity, and its reputation among peers and the employers who hire its graduates. Changes to this year’s methodology included using bibliometric data, including publications and citations, as new overall ranking indicators.