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Did you know that over 70% percent of Purdue's full-time graduate students receive funding?

Since its inception in 1929, the Purdue University Graduate School has conferred more than 62,000 master's degrees and 20,000 doctoral degrees.

In 2007, the Times of London ranks Purdue among world's best 100 universities.

In 2007, Purdue University ranked 24th among the nation's public universities by U.S. News & World Report.

Purdue Makes the Top 5 of the 'Best Places to Work in Academia' in 2007 according to readers of The Scientist, helping it attract some of the best professors and researchers.

The Cave is a special facility allowing three-dimensional visualization of data and part of Purdue's Envision Center for Data Perceptualization.

Purdue ranks 14th in the nation for wireless Internet capabilities according to Intel's "Most Unwired College Campuses" survey.

The College of Engineering ranked 15th in the country; specialties in aerospace/aeronautical/astronautical, civil, electrical/electronic/computer, industrial/manufacturing, and mechanical placed in the top 10 in 2008 by U.S. News & World Report.

U.S. News & World Report ranked Agricultural and Biological Engineering's graduate program second nationally in 2004.

Computer Engineering was ranked 10th nationally in 2008 by U.S. News & World Report.

Nuclear Engineering was ranked 12th nationally in 2008 by U.S. News & World Report.

Materials Engineering was ranked 14th nationally in 2008 by U.S. News & World Report.

Chemical Engineering was ranked 15th nationally in 2008 by U.S. News & World Report.

Environmental Engineering ranked 19th nationally in 2008 by U.S. News & World Report.

Biomedical Engineering was ranked 20th nationally in 2008 by U.S. News & World Report.

In 2007, the College of Engineering placed among the best institutions in the nation for Latino graduate students according to Hispanic Business Magazine.

Small Times magazine ranked Purdue's nanotechnology facilities among the best in the nation in 2006.

The Wall Street Journal named Purdue University's Krannert School of Management a top five MBA school in 2006.

The Krannert School of Management's international executive MBA program was ranked among the world's best in 2007 by the Financial Times. Its MBA program was also highly ranked for top salaries and placement success of its graduate, while the doctoral program ranked in the top 25 for Ph.D. graduates produced.

Purdue's Economics doctoral program is ranked 36th nationally.

The Krannert School of Management ranked 33rd nationally in 2008 by U.S. News & World Report; specialties ranked 3rd in production/operations, 8th in supply chain/logistics, and 12th in management information systems.

The Krannert School of Management's Executive MBA program was ranked 20th nationally in 2008 by U.S. News & World Report.

The Department of Communication's interpersonal, organizational, and health communication graduate programs are ranked among the top 10 in the United States according to the National Communication Association.

The Speech-Language Pathology master's program was ranked 2nd in the nation in 2008 by U.S. News & World Report.

The Audiology program was ranked 9th overall nationally in 2008 by U.S. News & World Report.

Clinical Psychology's doctoral program was ranked 43rd in the nation in 2008 by U.S. News & World Report.

The School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences was ranked 9th nationally by U.S. News & World Report

In 2008, the College of Education was ranked 68th nationally by U.S. News & World Report.

The English doctoral program was ranked 56th nationally in 2008 by U.S. News & World Report.

The Department of History was ranked 68th nationally by U.S. News & World Report

The Psychological Sciences department was ranked 66th nationally by the U.S. News & World Report.

The Sociology Department was ranked 58th nationally by U.S. News & World Report.

Purdue's Department of Chemistry leads the nation in producing PhD students.

In 2008, Chemistry's doctoral program ranked 22nd overall nationally with its Analytical Chemistry specialty ranked 2nd by U.S. News & World Report.

In 2008, the Computer Science doctoral program was ranked 19th nationally; the Systems specialty ranked 16th by U.S. News & World Report and the Programming Language specialty ranked 18th.

In 2008, Mathematics' doctoral program ranked 28th overall nationally; its Applied Math specialty ranked 19th by U.S. News & World Report.

The Department of Physics ranked 36th overall nationally in 2008 by U.S. News & World Report.

In 2008, Biological Sciences' doctoral program ranked 42nd overall nationally by U.S. News & Word Report.

Statistics ranked 10th nationally in 2006 by U.S. News & World Report.

Earth and Atmospheric Sciences' doctoral program ranked 43rd nationally in 2008 by U.S. News & World Report.

The Pharm.D. program was ranked 4th nationally in 2005 by U.S. News & World Report.

The School of Veterinary Medicine's Doctor of Veterinary Medicine program was ranked 14th nationally in 2008 by U.S. News & World Report.

In 2008, Purdue's interior design program was ranked 14th nationally by DesignIntelligence: The Almanac of Architecture and Design. In their Midwest rankings, this graduate program ranked 3rd, with the industrial design program ranking 10th.

BusinessWeek magazine ranks the Krannert School of Management's undergraduate business program at 45th in the nation.



 
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