The Cullen College of Engineering remains among the Top 50 public graduate engineering schools in the nation according to U.S. News & World Reports, coming in at #44 in the 2025 rankings released on April 8.
Cullen is ranked 72nd overall, tied with Rutgers University. Cullen is the 4th highest ranked in Texas and in the 67th percentile overall.
For individual programs, Materials Engineering improved eight spots to #83, Biomedical Engineering improved six spots to #84, Computer Engineering improved three spots to #79, and Mechanical Engineering improved two spots to #68. Petroleum Engineering remains a Top 10 program overall, staying at #7 year-over-year.
Each department, its ranking and its percentile for 2025:
- Biomedical Engineering: 84, 46th percentile
- Chemical Engineering: 31, 77th percentile
- Civil Engineering: 73, 52nd percentile
- Computer Engineering: 79, 47th percentile
- Electrical Engineering: 90, 52nd percentile
- Environmental Engineering: 72, 30th percentile
- Industrial / Systems Engineering: 44, 56th percentile
- Materials Engineering: 83, 30th percentile
- Mechanical Engineering: 68, 63rd percentile
- Petroleum Engineering: 7, 61st percentile
For more information, visit the U.S. News & World Report webpage for Cullen here.