Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University A land-grant institution
U.S. News & World Report has ranked the Department of Biological Systems Engineering’s graduate program among the best in its field. The “America’s Best Graduate Schools 2010” survey released in April ranked the program No. 7 among biological/agricultural engineering graduate programs. Since 1987, the newsmagazine has gathered the peer assessments of deans, senior faculty, and other professionals to provide prospective students with information about the nation’s top graduate schools and programs of study.