Engineering graduate programs move up in national rankings

ASU's Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering has moved upward in eight of 10 areas in which its graduate school programs are ranked nationally by U.S. News & World Report magazine.

The school now has three graduate school programs that rank in the top 25 in the nation and seven programs that rank in the top 35.

The civil and environmental engineering program ranking moved to 21 from 26 a year ago. Aerospace, bioengineering, materials engineering, computer engineering, industrial engineering and chemical engineering programs all moved up in the rankings.

Industrial engineering now ranks 16th in the nation.

Over, the engineering school ranks 25th among graduate programs at public universities.