September 23, 2025 UW-Madison ranks 7th among publics in U.S. News undergraduate engineering program rankings Written By: Staff Departments: Biomedical Engineering|Chemical & Biological Engineering|Civil & Environmental Engineering|Electrical & Computer Engineering|Industrial & Systems Engineering|Materials Science & Engineering|Mechanical Engineering Categories: Educational Innovation|Teaching The University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering was ranked seventh overall among public universities in the 2026 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Engineering Schools undergraduate rankings. Individual undergraduate program rankings among U.S. public universities include: Biomedical: 10 Chemical: 8 Civil: 10 Computer: 11 Electrical: 15 Environmental: 10 Industrial: 5 Materials: 9 Mechanical: 13