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Four Jacobs School of Engineering Undergraduate Programs Rank Top 10 Nationally

11 undergraduate programs ranked in the Top 10 among public schools

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Four undergraduate programs at the University of California San Diego’s Jacobs School of Engineering ranked in the nation’s Top 10 in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2027 Best Colleges ranking, released September 22, 2026. The Jacobs School has 11 programs that ranked in the Top 10 among public schools.

  • Biomedical engineering ranked #6 in the nation, and #2 among public schools
  • Biocomputing, bioinformatics and biotechnology program ranked #7 in the nation, and #2 among public schools. This multidisciplinary undergraduate offering is supported by three UC San Diego divisions, including the Jacobs School of Engineering.
  • Our artificial intelligence major, launched in fall 2025 and housed in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, jumped five spots to rank #8 in the nation, and #5 among public schools
  • Cybersecurity at the Jacobs School of Engineering ranked #10, and #7 among public schools.
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The Jacobs School of Engineering’s undergraduate program as a whole was ranked the #9 public school in the nation and #17 overall.

For the fourth consecutive year, UC San Diego has been named the country’ssixth best public university by U.S. News & World Report in its annual Best Colleges rankings. UC San Diego also held steady at No. 29 among more than 400 national universities overall.&

Here are all of the Jacobs School of Engineering undergraduate programs that earned a Top 10 ranking among public schools:

#6 / #2 public biomedical engineering

#7 / #2 public bioinformatics / biotechnology / biocomputing

#8 / #5 public computer science: artificial intelligence

#10 / #7 public computer science: cybersecurity

#11/ #5 public computer science: programming languages

#12 / #7 public computer engineering

#13/ #5 public computer science theory

#13/ #8 public computer science: computer systems

#13 / #8 public electrical engineering

#14/ #7 public computer science

#17 / #9 public engineering overall

In addition, UC San Diego ranked #8 in the nation and #5 among public schools for our data analytics and data science undergraduate program, administered by the Halicioglu Data Science Institute which is part of SCIDS.

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