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U.S.News & World Report, America’s Best Colleges, 2009

U.S.News & World Report, America’s Best Colleges, 2008

U.S.News & World Report, Best Graduate Schools, 2008
Nine graduate engineering programs are ranked in the top-50 among the public national universities:

  • #15 Environmental Engineering
  • #24 Bioengineering
  • #25 Industrial Engineering
  • #28 Advanced Materials
  • #32 Civil Engineering
  • #32 Mechanical Engineering
  • #33 Chemical Engineering
  • #33 Electrical Engineering
  • #35 Computer Engineering

BusinessWeek magazine, 2008

  • #22 Undergraduate Business School, Top Public National Universities

Kiplinger’s magazine, 2009

  • #34 Best Values in Public Universities

Chronicle of Higher Education, Top Research Universities Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index, 2007

  • #9 in nation for Ph.D. program in applied economics

Design Intelligence, 2006

Diverse Issues, Number of African-American engineering bacalaureate graduates
  • #19 among public universities
  • #20 overall
  • #12 among traditionally white universities
National Science Foundation research expenditures, 2008
  • #17 for expenditures in engineering
  • #19 among public universities without a medical school
National Survey of Student Engagement, 2006 Planetizen Guide to Graduate Urban Planning Programs, 2008
  • #7 among programs offering master’s degrees
  • One of the 10 best historic preservation programs in the U.S.
Princeton Review’s “Best 290 Business Schools,” 2008
  • Clemson’s MBA program ranked among the best in the U.S.

The Scientist magazine, 2007