We're also building a top educational opportunity. For example, in U.S. News and World Report's recent survey, recruiters rank Purdue graduate students third in the nation. Six of the Purdue engineering schools rank among the top 10, while the graduate program ranks ninth overall.
Purdue engineers are among the university's graduates making their mark in management.
Forbes magazine recently reported that among public universities, Purdue has the most graduates serving as chief executive officers among the 800 largest public companies. When compared with all universities, Purdue ranked sixth. Engineering is working to diversify its faculty and students, Schwartz said. Of the 17 new faculty hired in the fall, six are women and one is African-American. The university has graduated more women engineers than any other school in the country.