Rankings
The Texas A&M University College of Engineering is one of the largest engineering schools in the country, ranking second in undergraduate enrollment and eighth in graduate enrollment by the American Society for Engineering Education in its 2017 survey.
Our college consistently ranks among the nation's top public undergraduate and graduate engineering programs, according to the U.S. News & World Report
Top Public 2019 Undergraduate Programs
- 8 College of Engineering (overall)
- 2 Petroleum Engineering
- 2 Biological and Agricultural Engineering
- 6 Aerospace Engineering
- 7 Mechanical Engineering
- 8 Civil Engineering
- 8 Industrial and Systems Engineering
- 12 Computer Engineering
Source: U.S. News & World Report America's Best Colleges
Top Public 2020 Graduate Programs
- 8 College of Engineering (overall)
- 2 Petroleum Engineering
- 3 Biological and Agricultural Engineering
- 4 Nuclear Engineering
- 6 Aerospace Engineering
- 8 Industrial and Systems Engineering
- 9 Mechanical Engineering
- 9 Civil Engineering
- 14 Chemical Engineering
- 15 Computer Engineering
- 15 Electrical Engineering
- 17 Materials Science and Engineering
- 19 Biomedical Engineering
- 25 Computer Science
Students
The College of Engineering is the largest college on the Texas A&M campus and one of the largest in the country, with more than 20,000 engineering students enrolled in our 14 departments. Texas A&M is ranked seventh nationally in the number of National Merit Scholars, and 66.8 percent of the university’s National Merit Scholars are engineering students. The college is ranked eighth in both engineering graduate programs and undergraduate engineering programs among public institutions by the U.S. News & World Report.
Our students can enhance the value of their degrees through various certificate programs, undergraduate research opportunities, global experiences and by participating in various design competitions, such as Aggies Invent, the steel bridge contest and the SAE hybrid car contest. Our students can also choose from about 90 engineering student organizations and earn valuable job experience through co-ops and internships.
Our engineering graduates are among the most highly recruited in the country. They typically receive two or more job offers with higher-than-average salaries at graduation.
Faculty
The College of Engineering has nearly 700 faculty members. Of our faculty 29 are National Academy of Engineering, Science and/or Medicine and International Academy of Engineering members, and 283 are fellows of their respective professional societies. They are also editors of their respective flagship journals and are recognized at national and international levels for their contributions.
We have also invested in our up-and-coming young faculty. Since 2004, 117 have received prestigious Young Investigator Awards (NSF, CAREER, Air Force, Navy, DARPA
Research
Our researchers have established preeminence in the research areas of autonomy and robotics; energy systems and services; education and training; health care; information systems and sensors; materials and manufacturing; national security and safety; and infrastructure. Underlying technologies that propelled the college to the forefront of the above research areas include mathematical modeling and simulation, optimization, mechanics, sensors, structures, robotics, autonomous vehicles, communications and networks, process engineering, materials, and computational sciences.
The quality of our research activities is highlighted by the direct impact of our research on technology; volume of peer-reviewed research funding from highly competitive sources; volume of publications in high impact refereed journals; number of patents; volume of widely used textbooks; and national rankings of our programs.