MIT named No. 2 university by U.S. News for 2024-25

MIT has placed second in U.S. News and World Report’s annual rankings of the nation’s best colleges and universities, announced today. 

As in past years, MIT’s engineering program continues to lead the list of undergraduate engineering programs at a doctoral institution. The Institute also placed first in six out of nine engineering disciplines.

U.S. News placed MIT second in its evaluation of undergraduate computer science programs, along with Carnegie Mellon University and the University of California at Berkeley. The Institute placed first in four out of 10 computer science disciplines.

MIT remains the No. 2 undergraduate business program, a ranking it shares with UC Berkeley. Among business subfields, MIT is ranked first in three out of 10 specialties.

Within the magazine’s rankings of “academic programs to look for,” MIT topped the list in the category of undergraduate research and creative projects. The Institute also ranks as the third most innovative national university and the third best value, according to the U.S. News peer assessment survey of top academics.

MIT placed first in six engineering specialties: aerospace/aeronautical/astronautical engineering; chemical engineering; computer engineering; electrical/electronic/communication engineering; materials engineering; and mechanical engineering. It placed within the top five in two other engineering areas: biomedical engineering and civil engineering.

Other schools in the top five overall for undergraduate engineering programs are Stanford University, UC Berkeley, Georgia Tech, Caltech, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

In computer science, MIT placed first in four specialties: biocomputing/bioinformatics/biotechnology; computer systems; programming languages; and theory. It placed in the top five of five other disciplines: artificial intelligence; cybersecurity; data analytics/science; mobile/web applications; and software engineering.

The No. 1-ranked undergraduate computer science program overall is at Stanford. Other schools in the top five overall for undergraduate computer science programs are Carnegie Mellon, Stanford, UC Berkeley, Princeton University, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Among undergraduate business specialties, the MIT Sloan School of Management leads in analytics; production/operations management; and quantitative analysis. It also placed within the top five in three other categories: entrepreneurship; management information systems; and supply chain management/logistics.

The No. 1-ranked undergraduate business program overall is at the University of Pennsylvania; other schools ranking in the top five include UC Berkeley, the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and New York University.