Carnegie Mellon University retained its ranking as the nation's best graduate program for computer science and the eighth best in engineering, according to the latest 2007 rankings of U.S. News & World Report.
CMU's graduate program in computer science tied with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of California at Berkeley and Stanford University for first place. The university's Tepper School of Business moved up from 17th to 16th place with Cornell.
"Our engineering excellence is also reflected in five of our programs being ranked in the top 10," said Pradeep K. Khosla, dean of Carnegie Mellon's College of Engineering. The five fields that cracked the top 10 are computer, electrical, environmental, civil and mechanical engineering.
The University of Pittsburgh was ranked as the nation's seventh-best graduate program in library and information sciences. Pitt's School of Medicine stayed in 16th place in the research category, and jumped from 40th last year to a tie for 33rd place in primary care.
Pitt's Katz School of Business cracked the top 50, moving into 48th place. The School of Education was ranked 31st, the same as last year. Pitt's School of Law dropped from 47th to 60th, and its engineering school went from 49th to 54th.
Penn State stayed in 19th place in engineering and dipped from 37th to 38th in business.
The rankings are based in part on how selective the schools are, how they are viewed by their peers and how much money is available for faculty.
