Georgia Tech’s School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (ChBE) is ranked 5th for the fifth year in a row in U.S. News & World Report’s annual ranking of graduate programs nationwide as well as No. 2 among public universities.

For the third year running, the engineering graduate programs at Georgia Tech are No. 4 in the national Best Graduate Schools rankings released by U.S. News & World Report.

The updated list, published April 7, once again places the College of Engineering among the elite engineering schools in the U.S. and No. 2 among public programs. Tech is tied with Purdue University.

U.S. News releases graduate school rankings each spring. The publication’s evaluation of engineering as a whole is based on a number of factors, including research expenditures and publications, assessments from peer institution and employers, and academic achievements of entering students.

Rankings of specific engineering disciplines are based solely on peer assessments by department heads.

In the fall, U.S. News ranked the College’s undergraduate programs the best among public universities and No. 3 overall. ChBE's undergraduate program is ranked 2nd.